Singing the praises of nexxus and some questions

[asha]

Well ladies...all the talk about nexxus products made me want to go out and try it. My sister has some nexxus products and I used them last night on my hair...oh my golly gee whizzikers!!!! My hair this morning is looking good and feeling even better. I am 4 months post relaxer so this is a miricle to me.

I first washed with my herbal essences clarifying shampoo (my sister does not have the nexxus clarify ..but I want to get it), then I put on emergencee and left it in with no heat for half an hour. I then rinsed it out and shampood with therappe. I conditioned with humectress and also used it as a leave in. I let my hair drip dry..the new growth was feeling so nice with the humectress in it that I could not keep my fingers out of it. The relaxed part was feeling like butter..so smooth. When my hair was 80 percent dry I put some wild growth on the ends and some vitatress on my temples (trying to see if I can get more growth happening in that area). I then wrapped my hair and this morning it felt so good. It only feels this good after a relaxer. I think I am going to invest in some nexxus.

Can someone tell me if you have used both Therappe and botanoil can you tell me which is better for 4a/b hair or which one your hair prefers. I used therappe because my sister has it and I loved it but I read that a lot of you use botanoil.

Next I want to try the keraphix that you all rave about. Two more questions...does nexxus have a leave in other than headress (I tried headress and it just doesn't work for me..I need a spray leave in.

And where does an acidifying conditioner like ensure fit into a wash routine?

Thanks

 

[Cowgirl]

Welcome to the Nexxus bandwagon. I haven't used the Botanoil yet but I think Candy and a few others have. The Keraphix is great when you don't need to pull out the big guns (Emergencee). I feel the same about Headress. For the price I was not impressed as I was with the other Nexxus products. So what I have been using as a leave in is diluted Humectress/NTM Silk Touch & coconut oil mixed in a spray bottle. Works good for me. HTH. I'm sure the other Nexxus fanatics will be along in a minute.

 

[bajanplums1]

I have tried the Therappe and the Botanoil. The Botanoil is my fav. I felt that the Therappe was too light. The Botanoil has essential fatty acids as well as oils and my hair takes to that. Congrats!!

 

[PrettyBrownEyes]

I prefer the Botanoil Shampoo over the Therappe. Botanoil is my staple shampoo.

 

[VelvetRain]

Botanoil did nothing for me. I did not like the consistency. I prefer therapee. It just seems a lot richer to me. The only way your going to know what works is to try both.

 

[candibaby]

Like Cowgirl said, welcome to the Nexxus Bandwagon!

I've used both Therappe and Botanoil, my hair prefers Therappe, I only use Botanoil before I use Emergencee, but then again my hair is not 4b. My mom is a 4b and she prefers Botanoil, I think you should get the small sizes to figure out which one you like better.

Nexxus does have other leave-ins besides Headress, there's one in the Phyto Organics line called Luxxtress, it's a spray, but I've never used it before. They have another one in the Retexxtur line but it's for curls.

I use Ensure, here's how I do it on a regular wash day: Wash with Therappe, condition w/ humectress/keraphix for 20 minutes with heat, then apply Ensure for 3 minutes, rinse with cool water. I think Ensure is what makes my hair so shiny.

 

[bajanplums1]

i agree with candibaby. I think it depends on your hair type. I have 4a/4b and botanoil worked great but therappe was fruitless.

 

[phynestone]

I haven't used the Therappe too long to see how well my hair is reacting to it, but so far, so good. I wasn't impressed with the Headdress as well. I felt as if using it, along w/ the Therappe and the Humectress was too much. My hair prefers spray-leave-ins.

 

[sengschick]

I love Therappe, I have a liter of Botanoil right now. But it's not at all as moisturizing as Therrape to me. It's nice, but Therrape leaves my hair feeling much more moisturized when I rinse. Now when all of my conditioning is done, it all feels the same.

I use Humctress and Lacio Lacio as leave-ins. I used to use Botanic Oil as well, but now I just use castor oil and avocado oil. Cheaper and works well for my hair.

 

[asha]

Thanks for the responses ladies, I can't wait to get my hands on that Keraphix!!! I have to wait till my next payday.

 

[lunalight7]

I use Botanoil and it acts almost like a clarifier on my hair. Feels clean though (Thanx Lindy!). I absolutely LOVE Humectress, Keraphix and Ensure. Use Ensure after deep conditioning for silky detangled hair. Headdress is good but it is a bit dulling to the hair so mix it w/ oil or oil and distilled water if you like watery spray leave-ins.

 

[Tene]

I love Nexxus products, I use Therappe, Botanoil, Keraphix, and Humectress. I like Therappe better than Botanoil, my hair is more moisturized with it.

 

[webby]

Welcome to the Nexxus Lover's Group /images/graemlins/smile.gif

I use humectress as a leave in and LOVE it, but it's not a spray. I need creams for my hair.

 

[sengschick]

I might have to try this Ensure. Ever tried it Webby?
**after just vowing to stay consistent w/my current product line-up. /images/graemlins/nono.gif I'mma stop coming here, I swear!!

 

[webby]

No Seng, I may try it too. I'm trying to use up my current stash.

 

[DahomeyAhosi]

I tried emergencee for the first time this afternoon after shampooing with Nutrine garlic conditioner. It was the first protein/reconstructor that did not cause monstrous tangles (I've tried 5 in 1 and drc 28) so I'm certainly happy about that. I followed up with dabur vatika oil and ao gpb. My hair was so soft I couldn't believe it. I noticed some breakage but not much. I'll see this week how effective it proves.

 

[SouthernGirl]

I just tried Keraphix for the time (had never tried any other Nexxus products) and loved it so much that I decided to buy Botanoil and Humectress. I read that book by Shamboosie and thought I'd try it b/c my hair seems really dry lately. I may be on protein overload- not sure. Anyway, I hope it works for mositure. I've been using Suave for so long, but I don't know whether to attribute it to dryness, but it doesn't make my hair feel quite as supple anymore. I think I may have gotten used to it so a switch might be in order.
SG