Soak - Superfood Skincare - Skin Booster - Body Lotion

This brand suggests that the supposed benefits of 'superfoods' can be absorbed through the skin.
This is mostly nonsense.
Food works best when you eat it.

This lotion claims to give you benefits from 2% chia seed... sure...

This smells like aloe vera body lotion, is hydrating, but won't do much else.

Price: 3.5/5 ($10.95 for 100mL)
Scent: 2.5/5
Effectiveness: 3/5

Pure Beach - St. Tropez Shampoo - with Coconut & Passionfruit

This is a hotel sample from a recent adventure.

It doesn't really smell of coconut or passionfruit, and it doesn't contain any extracts of either.
It's just a generic shampoo smell.

And it's great for cleaning up blood!

It does, however clean well, lather well, and doesn't leave a residue.

Price: 5/5 ($0.38 for 25mL)
Scent: 2.5/5 (generic shampoo scent)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Four Points Activ Body Care Body Lotion

This is a hotel body lotion (Four Points by Sheraton).

It is a thin lotion with a shower fresh smell.

It absorbs quickly, is non-irritating,  and leaves skin hydrated.

Price: 5/5 ($0.27 for 28mL)
Scent: 3/5
Effectiveness: 3/5

Kris n Rad - Conditioning Shampoo - Coconut

This is a shampoo I got from a hotel!

It smells like a mix of coconut and baby shampoo.

It doesn't take much to clean your hair, lathers and cleans well.

If you find this in your hotel room, you're in luck!

Price: 5/5 ($0.24 for 30mL, I found a site where you can buy a box of 400!)
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 5/5

Spirit - Shampoo

This was a hotel shampoo that I tried. It was in the shower, I already paid for the room, it's mine.

It was pretty cruddy, the shampoo that it. I had to double wash my hair in order to get a clean feel.

It has no discernible smell and lathered up okay.

If you walk into a hotel bathroom and this is the shampoo in there, go buy some new shampoo to use.

Overall, not impressed free shampoo, not impressed.

Price: 5/5 (it was free)
Scent: 2/5
Effectiveness: 1/5

Pure Essense - Hydrating Shampoo - Green Tea

This was a sample I got from a hotel room, so I guess this will help you decide if you want to use/take this hotel sample, should you encounter it...

The scent is pleasant enough, kind to green tea with generic soap smell.

The lather was just ok and the cleaning ability seems a bit limited by it being a 'hydrating shampoo' (possibly due to the moisturising elements leaving a bit of residue).

'I need a good shampoo' Solution:

Effective, cheap and cheerful!

Price: 5/5 (free!)

Scent: 2/5

Effectiveness: 2/5

Lather Modern Apothecary - Bamboo Creme Hair Wash (Hotel sample)

The interesting thing about this shampoo is the scent (which, given it contains the word 'apothecary' in the name, should be note-worthy).

With notes of orange, cederwood and lavender; it smells fresh and reminds me of something therapeutic. I found it left my hair feeling clean and smelling sooooooo pretty!

I would like to specify that this praise is for THE HOTEL SAMPLE ONLY! Because it appears that it differs in formulation from the normal full size product. (You disappoint me Lather, I would have bought this formulation if it was avaliable full size!).

Price: 2/5 (if you can find it on ebay)
Scent: 5/5
Effectiveness: 5/5

Aromatherapy Associates - Shampoo with Rosemary and Ylang ylang

This beautifully floral/herb scented shampoo smells amazing! 

It lathers up terrifically and ... what can I say? It does what a shampoo is meant to do... clean hair in one wash (and you may think that sounds obvious, but some shampoos can't accomplish this)

Unfortunately I can't find this in any size other than travel/hotel size bottles (40mL)... prove me wrong, kids! Prove me wrong!

Price: 2.5/5 (you can get some small containers on eBay... sorry I can't give a rrp)
Scent: 5/5 (floral/herb, almost musk)
Effectiveness: 5/5