I have used Garnier and I like it a lot. I have never used Herbal Essence. My hair is a super light, light blonde, so I do not need to bleach my hair at all and this product will be darkening my hair to a more natural blonde so it won't be as damaging as lightening my hair so please don't tell me to go to a salon because I will just flag your response, as I don't care. I have gone to salons, I have done it myself, I have messed up my hair horrifically bad before and I just don't give a crap. It's hair, I'm planning on shaving it all off next summer anyway. Anyways, I'm wondering from people who have tried either or both of these products, I want first hand experiences from the yahooanswers community not the google community.