I've drastically narrowed down the number of products used (3-6 total).
That's amazing, I'm such a product junkie, I've hardly bought anything in a year and a half and still have a tall unit in my bathroom full of shampoos and conditioners! I tried to write up a list of staples for my new regimen, I came up with 3 shampoos, with two I still want to try; 6 co-wash/pre-poo conditioners, 6 DC's with 2 in my current stash I'm yet to use and 2 more I want to try; 2 protein treatments, 2 oils for my roots, 2 moisturizers and I want to try and make one with aloe vera juice, 6 oils for sealing and HOTs with one more I want to try and 2 heat protectants. That's like a total of 31 products without counting the 8 products I'm yet to try
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I think the reasons that I have/want to have more than one or two of each product that I can rely on is:
1. They always seem to discontinue products I like
2. I truly believe that my hair gets used to products after a while and they stop working the same (a change is as good as a rest, right?)
3. my hair needs different things at different times
4. I genuinely like all the products I want in my staples
5. that's my story and I'm sticking to it!
The good thing is that I know exactly which types of products I want to use and also the types I want to stay away from, this prevents me from jumping on any and every band wagon, so my PJism is highly unlikely to jack up my hair. I think I will eventually whittle it down, I can't say to what figure though, I'll probably always be a PJ