SheaMoisture souffle catastrophic FAIL

[NubianPrize]

erplexedI just tried THREE TIMES to use the Shea Moisture Curl Souffle & Curl Smoothie. First I gave my hair a steam treatment, then tried putting my hair in twists using the smoothie over the soufflé .I'd heard a lot of mixed "love it hate it" reviews but decided to try anyway. It didn't really feel right, didn't seem to penetrate my hair & took forever to start to dry but when it was just a little damp I put on a scarf & went to bed.. Next day the twists were shrunken & dry with a little greasy feel. Washed it all out, looked at more youtube videos & many had great results from mixing the soufflé with the smoothie. Tried that & when I took the dried twists out & tried to fluff, I wound up with a horrible mass of frizzy crispy feeling dry greasy hair. I'd even done one part of my head with the smoothie & soufflé, another part with the yucca baobab with smoothie on top & a section where the soufflé was under the smoothie. IT WAS ALL A CATASTROPHIC MESS like my hair had actually changed it's DNA ! This morning washed it all out with the SM Purification Masque (GREAT STUFF) & was about to try again but decided ,after washing it out, that I'd just forget it & put Kimmaytube's leave in, KinkyCurly, & SM Curl milk . Beautiful soft little curls. Now I'd heard that you only use a very little soufflé & that it should be very wet.I have a whole jar of the soufflé & an almost full jar of smoothie. The smoothie is "iffy" on my hair & I only had one twist out look "not bad" using it & that only lasted a few hours. It just doesn't seem to penetrate my hair & neither does the soufflé.Seem to act like buildup. I get great results using the smoothie or the Curl /style milk over Kinky Curly. Neither one gives me ANY curl definition at all & when they dry the twists are shrunken & feel like coated with dry buildup. Not moisturized at all.
Anyone out there have any tips that worked with the soufflé or smoothie after a fail? I'd hate to toss the soufflé,but it really can't hold a candle to the wonderful KCCC . My hair is soft, fine, 4a with maybe some b, & all of it is various sized penspring S curls. No Z strands anywhere.

 

[havilland]

I'm tell you the truth. I never try ANYTHING THREE TIMES.

For my hair that is asking for trouble. I will try twice MAYBE.

I'm too scared of a setback.

I would gve it away or sell it or return it if u got it at Target.

Maybe some other ladies will chime in with tips but I'm a quitter. I'll return something in a minute. LOL

Good luck!

 

[Guinan]

I like the shea moisture curly smoothie. The trick is not to apply too much product as it will make your hair greasy. I dampen my hair with AVJ and then apply about a nickel size amount to each section (I section in 4's). I concentrate on the ends 1st and work the product up the hair shaft. I also don't seal the product in, since the product is naturally on the oily side. I don't use the product as the main source to achieve my braidouts & twistouts. I use it as a nice addition. I like the product because it defines my braidouts/twistouts very nicely.

Maybe try dampening your hair with a water based product (ie water, AVJ) and then apply the SM product.

Hope this helps.

 

[Lita]

Before I use the smoothie,I dampens hair with water or spray moisturizer,put little oil to seal.

Happy Hair Growing!

 

[DarkJoy]

Both products were disaster for here too. Those made me realize that my hair HATES aloe or its relatives--agave in the SM products I think--when left on. I had crispy hair and breakage for days. Took several DCs to repair that mess. Never again.

 

[janaq2003]

Bout to return to tarjay as we speak. It made my hair tangle something awful!

 

[Alta Angel]

I have never used the Souffle, but the Smoothie is one of my staples. I apply it in sections, spraying each section with a braid spray first. I put about 10 braid-n-twists in my hair each night and wake up to a defined braidout. I have 4a/4b hair.

 

[ckisland]

The only thing I've liked from Shea Moisture was the shampoo in the gold bottle. I tried the entire Curl & Style line and the Deep Treatment (gold) . I used it and my hair acted a complete full. It took me a week to get it back to normal. I returned that mess back to the store as quickly as I could .

 

[kxlot79]

I love all of SMs products. I think the very first time I tried the souffle, I didn't experience a disaster but it was unpleasant. I figured out I used too much. I just need a tiny bit of that stuff. One jar lasted me over a year with regular use. I remember wondering if it wasn't absorbing on my hair but I didn't experience dryness or crispiness, ever.

 

[krissyhair]

I cosign. Shea Moisture curl enhancing smoothie left my hair crispy, greasy, and with a lot of buildup that took clarifying to get rid of. Fortunately, I gave the product to a friend and she did not have the same problem. She actually loved it.

However, my hair is baby fine and I get build-up easily.

 

[NubianPrize]

I cosign. Shea Moisture curl enhancing smoothie left my hair crispy, greasy, and with a lot of buildup that took clarifying to get rid of. Fortunately, I gave the product to a friend and she did not have the same problem. She actually loved it.

However, my hair is baby fine and I get build-up easily.

Baby fine! So's mine. Maybe that's part of the problem, or maybe it's the protein. My hair likes shea butter,coconut oil & other smoothie ingredients but it just seems to sit on my hair & not absorb well. I have the YuccaBaobab line & have had no problem with them. Gonna try some "mixtress " skills & see if I can mix something with the smoothie to make it work. I just made a batch of shea butter mix with shea butter,coconut oil, grapeseed oil, & jojoba & it's wonderful on my hair. Also made shealoe that turned out equally well.,

 

[HairPleezeGrow]

SMCES leaves my hair feeling greasy every time. Has anyone tried it with eco styler to make like a custard kind of thing? I'm thinking about trying that bc I don't like the smoothie. Haven't tried the souffle and probably won't.

HPG

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