yeah, MO stuff is taking forever and a day to ship out. i used up a gc on the 27th on lush stuff, and it just shipped yesterday. sigh.
everyone raves about american cream, scent-wise. i haven't used it, though. but i remember being turned off by the smell of veganese (which is reason enough for me to not use it). BUT, the ingredients in veganese are going to be better on hair (like the seaweed, which retread has.) so i think it might be a matter of how much you can deal with scents, you know? i would personally try AC before veganese.
let me know what you think of CSS. i always just stuck with my solid shampoos, i never branched out.