I just LOVE when I find great beauty deals at TJ Maxx or any other markdown store that offer markdowns on famous name brands. TJ Maxx has really upped the ante when it comes to putting out beauty products that are the retail rejects, so to speak. I’ve found some of my greatest discoveries there, not the least of which is the Virtual Laser moisturizing, light bending day cream that helsp make your skin look brighter and less lined.
Yes, I’m very bummed that I couldn’t find this product any more at TJ Maxx, it looks like my luck may have run out with that one, but oh well, I may have to pay retail for it again. Well, in it’s place, I found one of the Rusk hair care products, which I must say are appearing with startling frequency on the shelves of TJ Maxx. I hope the line is not in danger of going down, because this may not be a good sign for the brand in general, but then again they may have some sort of exclusive agreement with TJ Maxx that I don’t know about.
Rusk is a good, quality hair care line that is reasonably priced, but not really “cheap” per se. It wouldn’t be marketed as a budget hair care product, but it certainly isn’t as pricey as some of the other high end hari care products, and it’s just as good. Enough on Rusk in general though. Let me tell you about my ridiculously cheap find at TJ Maxx.
I found two Rusk products packaged together at TJ Maxx on clearance for eight bucks. Yes, eight bucks, and I get two products for that too! That’s like drugstore cheapo product prices! One of the products was the Rusk Priming cream, which is a shine boosting, strength boosting cream that helps to mend and repair and make the hair sleaker. It is meant to help smooth the cuticle in preparation for the application of any other products, like the next one I’m going to talk about, which is the one that came with it in the package incidentally, the Softwear serum.
Rusk Softwear serum is a velvety, clear serum that is reminiscent of the biosilk shine drops that so many people have used, but it seems a bit more weighty and heavy than that. It is probably made of silicone polymers, but it’s goal is to provide weightless, bouncy shine. You apply it when you are ready to blow your hair dry, or after you apply the Priming cream.
I liked these hair products. One thing I noticed is that it gave me a sort of ropey, texturized type of look. These are awesome products if you want that texturized, sort of Gisele Bundchen, beachy body wave look. If you were just going for a sleek, straight and shiny look, you should probably just go for the the Softwear serum though.