curlyhersheygirl
Well-Known Member
List what's working and what's not for this month.
Sent from my XT1080 using LHCF
Sent from my XT1080 using LHCF
Big ole fat miss:
Using two new products for the first time...had to re condition my hair all over again.
Surprised hit: wearing my hair in a bun. I usually don't like wearing my hair in a bun since I feel it is a boring hairstyle but for the past 3 weeks it has been my go to style.
Hugely Disappointing Misses:
J. Monique Naturals Hibiscus & Broccoli Deep Conditioner
This product has a thick, creamy consistency along with a brownish-purplish hue. During application, this conditioner felt extremely gritty and had the most noxious aroma – it smelled like “old lady perfume” circa 1979 (a loud, brassy, cheap floral nastiness that seemed to attach itself to all of the cells and atoms in the vicinity). Given its smell and the brown tinged water that continually dripped down my neck, this habitual extended DC-er was forced to rinse this stuff out after 20 minutes of torture. After rinsing, my hair felt blah...as if I hadn’t applied a DC at all. And, to my horror, the smell of the DC was everywhere!!! As a result, I was forced to shampoo and DC my hair again. I also had to shower, change clothing, scrub my hair tools, toss the towels, washcloths and clothes into the machine and throw away the processing cap I had used in order to eliminate all remnants of that smell. After which, I tossed this product into the trash and went to lie down with a cold compress applied to my forehead.
Four products trashed. I guess that's one way to reduce my product stash.
How is that a deep conditioner when there is no conditioner in it? It has no behentrimonium chloride, no cetearyl alcohol, no fatty alcohols etc. I don't see any ingredients that would provide slip. IDareT'sHair This looks like twisting butter to me.
SM Manuka Honey Deep Conditioner
Hit: Hempseed oil. No matter how much I add to my deep conditioner, I can conditioner rinse it out easily and it leaves my hair so soft. Mad I didn't try this sooner...
Hit and miss: Mustard powder. I think it was working on my scalp like it's supposed to but it's so, so drying to my hair and I don't really want to go through the work of mixing it with a butter/solid oil especially for my scalp. I'll do a different growth mixture that I can put on my whole head. I used it in my fried cabbage though and it tasted really good so it's not a loss