Products I Love
I do a lot of product reviews and though I might like a product a lot, it doesn’t mean that I will use it on a regular basis. Here are the products that are usually in my rotation. I have not reviewed a few of these, but I will update as I add reviews.
How do I choose my products?
- Must have a pleasant smell
- Must have mostly quality ingredients and no silicones (unless straightening)
- Must leave my hair feeling relatively soft
- Must be a reasonable price
- Available locally is a plus, but not a requirement
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Cowashing Conditioners:
Suave Tropical Coconut
Giovanni 50:50
Deep Conditioners:
AOHSR
SitriNillah Deep Conditioning Masque (Hairveda)
Caramel Treatment
Giovanni Smooth as Silk
Jessicurl Weekly Deep Treatment
AOWC
KBB Luscious Locks
Curl Junkie Curl Rehab Moisturizing Treatment
Stylers:
KCCC
Fantasia IC Hair Polisher Styling Gel with Sparkle lites
Wet Set Pudding
Hairveda Whipped Gelly
Leave in Conditioners:
Giovanni Direct Leave In
Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk
Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Cream
Cleansers:
Castile Soap
Hairveda Amala Shampoo
Baking Soda
Moisturizers:
Homemade Spritz
Avocado Butter
Shea butter
Aloe Vera Gel
Oyin Frank Juice
Oyin Greg Juice
Qhemet Biologics Heavy Cream
Qhemet Biologics Burdock Root Cream
Qhemet Biologics Olive and Honey Balm
Jane Carter Nourish and Shine
KBB Hair Cream
KBB Hair Butter
Hairveda Whipped Clouds
Oils:
Jojoba Oil (Great for scalp)
Olive Oil (Great for oil rinsing)
Grapeseed Oil (very light, great for sealing ends)
Castor Oil (Great for oil rinsing)
Coconut oil (Great for scalp and sealing)
Red Palm Oil (Oil rinsing and scalp)
Pomades:
Oyin Burnt Sugar Pomade
Hairveda Almond Glaze
Aveda Anti Humetecant Pomade——————————————————–
Styling Combinations
The following are the different styles that I like to wear and what products I usually end up using for those styles.
Fingercoils:Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk and Fantasia IC Hair Polisher Styling Gel with Sparkle lites
Twists/Braids/Bantu Knots: Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk and any butter/creams
Wash n Go (very defined):Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk and KCCC, or Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk and Wet Set Pudding
Wash n Go (soft and slightly frizzy): Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk under Hairveda Whipped Gelly
Wash n Go (no frizz control): Any leave in or butter
Puff: Karen’s Body Beautiful Hair Milk,Wet Set Pudding, Hairveda Almond Glaze for edges
Flat Ironing: Aveda Brilliant Damage Control, Aveda Anti Humetecant Pomade
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Umm just how is a shea butter a moisturizer!!! For it has no water in it at all. Now shea butter is basically an oil, and we all know [or should know] that oil and water dont mix due to the hydrophobic and hydrophilic phenomenon which I would not get into. But shea butter DOES lock in the moisturize, if that is what you were trying to say. Just place water in a bowl and drop some oil into it; the oil stays at the top right? That is what happens to our hair when we add moisture and seal our hair with shea butter.
HappyKinks, thank you for such an upbeat and positive response.
If you look in practically any reference, you will shea butter listed as a moisturizer and emollient. An most importantly, in my own personal experience, it is moisturizing.
Take care
Hello, I just did my big chop on July 1st! Just wanted to say the only products I think I will ever need is Design Essentials Natural hair care line the products are awesome and bring out my curls!
They sell the package for 62.00 online Shampoo, Conditioner, Daily Hair Moisturizer and the Defining Gel Cream!
Hello,
I’ve been Natural since dec 2010, I was using a mixture of Shea butter & Aloe Vera gel with Coconut oil as my moisturiser. I think I need a change, bearing in mind I live in the UK, What do you suggest I use?
Please take a look at this link for an idea of what my hair texture is like.
theprincesspoetslifeadventures.blogspot.com/2011/07/six-months-since-my-big-chop.html
Thank you!
hola ase 3meses estou com mi pelo natural e nessecito encontra esses productos da liña kinky curly,vivo en españa.muchas gracias ,saludos.
Hi I have been natural since, 2007. I use Sulfur 8 Loc Twist and Braid Gel, and Sulfur 8Loc Twist and Braid Butter. I sometimes use Murray’s Gel, Loc-Lock, and Jamaican Mango and Lime Locking Creme Wax. All of these product are good for my two strand twist and my kinky twist. When I want a shine, I use Palmers/Olive oil for braids only a little in the palm of your hands. I wash my scalp with African Pride shampoo and condition for braids. I don’t use to much of the braid butter or Locking Creme wax, because it will weigh the hair down. In the summer I were braids and I usually were my natural hair in the fall and winter.
Hello, I have been natural for about a year completely and, I flat iron my hair. My hair is about 2 inches from my shoulders. When I flat iron my hair and when I go outside in the heat my hair puffs up. Of course its because of the humidity but its cold outside and my hair started to puff up too!!Its so hard to deal with it sometimes I just want to put a relaxer in my hair. I put serum on my hair before i go out so I dont know what the problem is. PLEASE Help!!! I DO NOT want to go back to a relaxer.
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Victoria, the only suggestion I have is to try a different reversion product and be sure it has silicones in it. Otherwise, I am a strong believer in not trying to fight your hair. I know a lot of people can live as straightened naturals but it would not work for me, more than likely because it would be too frustrating with my current lifestyle. Maybe you could try some other natural styles? Good luck to you.
I appreciate your work! I just got The Science of Black Hair, an amazing book. In it, she says that shea butter is a form of an oil. It feels moisturizing, but water and a leave in would be the moisture, and then the shea butter would be the sealant, to seal in the moisture of the water and the leave in. It is true that shea butter feels moisturizing, but it is a sealant that happens to feel moisutrizing. Your site is awesome, thanks for all you do! You are beautiful!
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