Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo

Dear fellow Amazonites: First of all, Buyers, please remember to take the time to leave feedback (it does not to have to be as long as mine! ) as it really does help fellow Buyers to know this information before purchasing. I have not returned one item to Amazon in a year and 1/2, partially, because the comments help me get it right the first time. I thank you for that. I am giving this a 5 star for the products ONLY. Please excuse me, I will leave this same roughly the same review for all 4 Paul Mitchell Tea Tree products I purchased. This is by far the best shampoo I have ever used and I have been around a while. Over the years I tried so many new "hot" haircare items. This shampoo is different. It TINGLES! This tingle is like nothing else I have ever used. I had my hair shampooed at Super Cuts and this shampoo was used. I noticed the difference right away and asked the lady what it was . She said "tea tree". Since then I have been trying every tea tree shampoos that that have tea tree in them. None of them had the tingle this one did. It will help get you going in the morning! When I saw this I thought maybe it was this one since it is sold in salons. BINGO! We have had a family crisis of late with mites due to wild animals in the forest having them where we live. We border the national forest and wild, beautiful animals are everywhere. I feed them and love them but not these mites! Our whole family is being treated. In my medical research I found that tea tree oil kills some mites and helps repel them however, I now believe one must soak the mites in pure tea tree oil for and hour to kill them! Pure tea tree oil is a little strong for us though to tolerate. I washed my face with this too in the shower and got the shampoo in my eyes. I even wear around the clock contacts so I thought it would be horrible if I got it in my eyes. It wasn't. My family will probably be on this shampoo for life, mostly for it's therapeutic invigorating benefits but also for possible anti-parasitic properties. My fine but thick, long (about 2 feet long) blonde, processed hair has been so dry due to all the products I have tried to kill these things with but since tea tree can be drying I ordered the conditioner as well. Glad I did. I really do need it and if I used another conditioner I already have it would wash out some of the tea tree shampoo application. This way the conditioner also feels so good and leaves the tea tree benefits in your hair. I have used hydrogen peroxide, alcohol,sprayed bird mite spray directly on my head which has known chemicals to kill mites (yes, i know, not a good idea but a person gets desperate with this agony), Desitin (terrible to get out, don't ever do it), direct application of antibiotic ointment, vinegar, tea tree ointment application and numerous medicated shampoos both for humans and dogs and "natural" products and get rid of these terrible things. None have. We are also treating our pets. I do not believe anything is going to get rid of these things without the internal treatment of ivermectin and antibiotics at his point, so am going to the Dr. to get Ivermectin. I already have us all, dogs too, on antibiotics. I did this after one of my precious little toy poodles died from the infections caused by these. I do not what to lose my other little poodles. I ordered the the Paul Mitchell Tea Tree Special Shampoo, Conditioner, Bar soap and the All over body conditioner. I will review all of these for you. I thought the products were expensive. I still do but it is worth every penny. I hesitated at first to pay this price as we are on a strict budget but after researching other Amazon tea tree products ' I took the plunge'. My only regret is that I did not get the shampoo and conditioner in the large sizes. I needed these products overnight ( I have Amazon Prime and it is only 3.99 for the overnight mail upgrade) and Amazon did not have the pair available in the large sizes, unfortunately. The 10 oz for our family of three will probably be gone in a week and 1/2 shampooing and conditioning every day. It is small. I purchased the large size of the all over body conditioner and am glad I did. I love that stuff too! It is great to use from head to toe. My hair has not been this shiny in a long time. The texture is wonderful again. It brought back the slight wave in my hair! I also use the body conditioner on my face and body. It is not the same as the regular hair conditioner so don't confuse the two. It takes so little and is very concentrated. I put it all over me when I am just out of the shower and towel dried. My hair tangles so easily and this really helps so much. Using both the hair conditioner and body conditioner on my hair does not leave it flat and lifeless but so healthy looking. I even use this on my dogs and their coats are soft and shiny again too. They have their own, less expensive, tea tree shampoo for dogs! You will love this! I figure using all three products should help keep away pests to some extent but I would buy it anyway. You can't do better, I don't think. Finally, the bar soap. Just a good as the other products. I am use to using the liquid shower soap and have not used a bar of soap in a long time. Having said that, I will continue to use this and check to see if there is a liquid form. if not, it is OK. This soap is great. My 21 year old son loves this too. It is 'manly' enough for him and feminine enough for me. I gave my my Mother, who is 84 and has Alzheimers, a shower in it and she got so excited and just kept saying how good it felt. That made me feel good! I noticed that she smells so much better! She wears Depends all the time and sometimes the urine smell is a bit strong. Other soap has just not made her smell clean. This has a clean fresh scent I love. On the minus side....Amazon one day shipping placed on the 11th did not get delivered to me until Saturday the 13th. I was upset as we need these products immediately. I wrote Amazon but received canned replies and one, which clearly, the Reviewer did not really read my email. That made me more upset. Forgiving but upset. It would not have been quite so bad but several other of my overnight purchases and 2 day delivery items placed at the same time and next day, did not make it to me on time either, most not until the 15th. Usually I am not 'rattled' by little things like delivery delays, however, in this case some were urgent needs and being disabled or physically challenged now, I depend on Amazon timely deliveries. On the other hand, I had not had this happen before with Prime shipping. It is usually right on time. Hopefully it is the last time this happens to me. I signed up for another year of Prime mainly because of the convenience of overnight and 2 day delivery. You know the day you'll get your stuff. Ease of mind and handy in an emergency which we seem to have often! Hope these reviews help someone. Sorry for the length. Blessings.