My hair loves:
- Thick, creamy products
- Oils (particularly castor, almond, sesame, grapeseed, sunflower, carrot seed, rosemary & jojoba)
- Hairveda products (SitriNillah, Moist 24/7, Cocasta Oil, Whipped Gelly, Almond Glaze)
- Darcy’s Botanicals Daily Leave-In, Peach Kernel Hydrating Milk, Transitioning Crème & Madagascar Crème (the latter kicked my Qhemet AOHC & BRBC to the curb)
- Shescentit Banana Brulee, Avocado Conditioner & Coco Cream Leave-In
- Joico Moisture Recovery Balm
- Aloe Vera Juice
- Regular doses of Keratin & Collagen
- Products containing Horsetail, Nettle, Sage, Yarrow & Silk Amino Acids
- Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner as a detangler
- Yes to Carrots Pampering Hair Mud for co-washing
- Elasta QP Crème Conditioning Shampoo
- Using Colorful Neutral Protein Filler as a protein treatment
- Air drying
- Weekly shampoos and deep conditioning
- Being detangled prior to being washed and conditioned
- My willingness to continually hop in and out of the shower on wash/co-wash days
- Being left alone
My hair hates:
- Soy Protein, Wheat Protein and Animal Protein in large/repeated doses
- Shea Butter
- Aloe Vera Gel
- Cholesterols (I twied and twied so hard to make this work!)
- Dominican conditioners
- Gels (except Hairveda’s Whipped Gelly)
- Oyin products (they’re ineffective and smelly)
- Roux Porosity Control (another exercise in futility)
- Coconut Oil (unless it’s an ingredient of a DC)
- ORS, Aubrey Organics, Giovanni & Elasta QP products (excluding Elasta’s fabulous shampoo)
- “Cheapy Conditioners” except Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner