Natura Siberica

[Henrietta]

The brand (along with other Russian ones) is very popular in Poland. Not among "normal" people (though I have to say I've seen Russian products in drugstores, but it took the mainstream... more or less 4 years to pick the trend up) but among those who do conscious hair care - very much. Same with conscious skin care, NS has quite a few nice toners, moisturisers etc.

NS shampoos were my favourite ones for years, but after the third change of ingredients I lost my patience and switched to Eco Laboratorie. NS is good, though. The newest lines tend to have poor INCI lists (base+silicone, basically) and the shampoos now have SLeS, the older ones are rich and full of oils and extracts and sulphate-free. All the Russian brands tend to do a linguistic trick with their INCI lists, though. They write "Aqua with infusions of..." and a list of extracts and oils follows, so it looks like there's a lot of them, but they're only a part (nobody knows how big) of the "water" item.

[Pinni]

I bought today Natura Siberica Oblepikha conditioner. Oblepikha shampoo had a good ratings at one blog but there is not much reviews about these.

Has anyone tried this? I know this brand because of LHC. There was someone who liked these products, I cant find that conversation anymore.

[Winter Fox]

I own the Oblepikha Volume shampoo and the scalp peeling and like both (although I've only used the peeling once so far).
My scalp felt nice and fresh after using the peeling+shampoo and I'll definitely want to use the peeling more often I just tend to forget about it.
But I'm sorry I don't know about the conditioner or the conversation you mentioned Pinni. Although I want to try one of their conditioners because I really like the shampoo.

[Pinni]

I own the Oblepikha Volume shampoo and the scalp peeling and like both (although I've only used the peeling once so far).
My scalp felt nice and fresh after using the peeling+shampoo and I'll definitely want to use the peeling more often I just tend to forget about it.
But I'm sorry I don't know about the conditioner or the conversation you mentioned Pinni. Although I want to try one of their conditioners because I really like the shampoo.

My first impression about conditioner is good. Hair feels clean and silky now that it is dry. When I finish my shampoo I consider bying also Oblepikha shampoo. (If I like this conditioner after little bit longer use) Result could be even nicer with both producst from same serie.

[mira-chan]

I don't use the shampoo but I do use the scalp scrub and like it.

I mostly use Sibirica skincare not hair care. All the Sibirica shampoo available here has sulfates, which I don't use.

[Arctic]

Bump! I recenty bought one of their conditioners, I'll need to check the name. I am really loving it! Affordable, great smell that doesn't offend my nose, thick consistency, and of course, my hair seems to like it! In fact based on the few weeks of experimenting, I think it's the best conditioner I have came across in a long time!

ETA: I can't get to check my actual bottle right now, but I think it's this one: OBLEPIKHA HAIR CONDITIONER FOR ALL HAIR TYPES.

One minus by the way is the super small font on their bottle, it was only now that I was able to actually read the inci from the net, and realised it has some ingredients I suspect not working for my hair type in a longer use, so I shall see how I feel about it after one bottle. But so far I have loved it! /end eta

[Joules]

I've been using NS since 2010, it was the first SLS and cone-free brand I tried (I think it was the only SLS and cone-free brand available back then...). I prefer their original line, particularly shampoos and conditioners for dry hair (nourishing in pink bottles and moisturizing in greenish blue bottles). Shampoo for dry hair from the Oblepikha line is nice, too. I'm not trying a lot of their newer products, since a lot of them have silicones. Why did they have to introduce them into their products? NS became famous in Russia as a natural brand, there was no need at all for change. The funny thing is that I've encountered bottles of NS products both in Russian and in English, and for some reason the same conditioner would be cone-free in the Russian bottle, and have Amodimethicone as the second ingredient in the foreign bottle. Whyyyyy? Do you make different products for different countries? Or are you hiding something from us?

They also became 4-5 times more expensive here. This is the main reason I'm not using their products regularly anymore, only when I have no other choice (or when they're on sale), it's just not worth it for me. Quality of their products has been pretty much the same, and it is good, but there are better alternatives within that price range. I much prefer Eco Laboratorie, they have amazing avocado shampoo and conditioner for dry hair.

[Stray_mind]

I liked their shampoo and conditioner with Siberian pine. It made my hair super soft and shiny, and manageable. I didn't like oblepikha much, made my scalp flake a bit.

[Ylva]

I've tried quite a few Natura Siberica products for hair and skin, but my absolute favorite one - and my favorite sulfate shampoo of ALL time - is the Oblepikha Intensive Hydration Shampoo. When I rinse it out, my hair honestly feels like I rinsed out conditioner instead, and not just any conditioner, but a rather good one as well. I've also tried the Frozen Berries Vitamin Shampoo, but that one was way too drying for me and left my hair feeling coarse and tangly, so I gave it to my boyfriend. His short virgin hair is not picky. Currently I have my eye on a couple of their men's shampoos, Fury of the Tiger and Beluga, as they look quite gentle and I think I might very well like them. A few days ago I ordered three more bottles of the OIHS, and I can't wait to use it again. I would definitely title it as my holy grail shampoo.

Of their conditioners, I've tried Saaremaa and the cloudberry one. I wasn't particularly impressed by either. I think the cloudberry one was better, and after rinsing, Saaremaa just felt like I never had any conditioner in my hair at all. Because of these experiences and the fact that many of their conditioners seem to have cones, I haven't bothered trying any others.

I don't know if these ingredients are out of date for the OIHS shampoo, but this is the INCI of the one I love:

Aqua, Sodium Coco-Sulfate, Lauryl Glucoside, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Panthenol, Sodium Chloride, Glyceryl Oleate, Hippophae Rhamnoidesamidopropyl Betaine, Pineamidopropyl Betaine, Hippophae Rhamnoides Fruit Oil, Triticum Vulgare Germ Oil, Pinus Sibirica Seed Oil, Argania Spinosa Kernel Oil, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Pulmonaria O cinalis Extract, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Cetraria Nivalis Extract, Pinus Pumila Needle Extract, Styrene/Acrylates Copolymer, Coco-Glucoside, Biotin, Folic Acid, Cyanocobalamin, Niacinamide, Pantothenic Acid, Pyridoxine, Ribo avin, Thiamine, Yeast Polypeptides, Mel, Sodium PCA, Sodium Lactate, Arginine, Aspartic Acid, PCA, Glycine, Alanine, Serine, Valine, Proline, Threonine, Isoleucine, Histidine, Phenylalanine, Citric Acid, Benzyl Alcohol, Dehydroacetic Acid, Sodium Benzoate, Potassium Sorbate, Parfum, CI 15985, CI 19140, Linalool

[Henrietta]

Their ingredients changed a lot recently. The shampoos now have sulphates and the conditioners have cones very high up. I don't mind cones but I can easily get "commercial" coney conditioners. Natura Siberica used to be more "natural" and "alternative". Now their products have INCI lists that aren't much better than those typical drugstore products that claim to be "natura" and they are natural by having 1 oil and 1 extract somewhere in there.
I'm kind of sad because NS was one of the first Russian brands that became available in Poland and it started the whole wave of alternative, non-drugstore haircare.

ETA: They have at least two factories, and the INCI lists depend on where a given product was manufactured. So in your area they might still be pretty good.