Sebastian to me, is kind of a curious hair care product, because for me, I relate it to my younger days in the eighties and the nineties, when I used to watch my mom buy their products in the salon, long before I was old enough to care about buying all the beauty related stuff. It hung in there with a lot of the other early on brands of high end hair care like Matric and Redken, but now there certainly is a lot more competition out there for them.
Sebastian hair care nonetheless still offers some superior styling, conditioning, shampooing and shining hair products, and I just tried one of them for the first time for the bargain bin price of 3.99 because I picked it up at a local TJ Maxx store. The product is called Sateen, and I think it may even be discontinued, which is a shame, because I actually like it. It’s in a small bottle of almost 2 oz, but you really don’t need much of it to see a nice sheen.
You do have to be careful not to overuse this product. It is both heavily scented – albeit with a pleasant coconut-type of smell, but it is also very overly greasy if you over apply it. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not a heavy product, as long as you apply it sparingly. It is advertised as a polymer product that treats the hair, adds shine, and can be left in to leave the hair soft, silky and shiny. The only problem is that it may add to the dust and dirt buildup, making your hair appear duller if you use it too often or too much of it.
I can see how this is a treatment too though, because after I’ve used it, when I do go to shampoo my hair, it feels very soft, almost satin-y or velvety as the product suggests. Any product that advertises it’s a polymer product is usually useful for helping to mend split ends or at least reduce their appearance, and also probably works well as a hair protectant. Overall, I liked Sateen by Sebastian, and would probably use it again – if it weren’t discontinued.
