Ladies, I don't know how to describe it, my hair just hated those products...it never seemed clean, it never seemed to rinse out properly, it left it limp and dull. Even the Caribbean humidity couldn't give it any body!! And the lotion never made my skin feel moisturized for long. I tried the products for 3 days, but then I just bought "off the ship". I hate to drag products along too, in fact, I just won't travel with that weight. However, if they still have the same awful products on next year, I'll buy stuff in Ft. Lauderdale once I land, or at an early port.