Products with ingredients I can’t pronounce
Most people apply this way of thinking to their food, and I’ve applied it to my hair products. I prefer to know exactly what I’m putting in my hair, so I know whether it’s hurting me or not.
My simple rule in th beauty aisle is to turn the bottle over to the back and see if there are any ingredients I can’t pronounce. If it’s more than maybe two, and I can’t seem to find a benefit of that ingredient on Google, then I put it back.
Now, I normally shop indie businesses for my hair products. It’s much easier, because I can actually read and understand what I’m using. What also makes it better is that these products began in someone’s kitchen, for their own hair growth needs, so I’m more likely to trust it. Products made with love are 100 times better!
V05 Conditioner
V05 conditioner is a staple for many naturals, especially because it’s so cheap. Depending on where you go, you can find it for as low as $1.
The ingredients also aren’t horrible, and they normally have nice scents. However, when I bought my first (and last) bottle of this conditioner, I was not impressed.
It didn’t provide any slip, and it didn’t leave my hair feeling softer. Conditioner is vital for any wash day, especially for replenishing moisture after shampoo. After the first two uses I realized this product wouldn’t do anything for me, and I used the rest of the bottle as shaving cream! (Yes, a girl’s got to get creative!)
Shea Moisture* Shea Butter* Deep Treatment Masque
This was one of the products from my first product junkie spree when I started my transitioning hair journey, and I was sad to say that it left me very underwhelmed.
The interesting thing about this deep conditioner* is that it’s the only product from the raw Shea butter* line that my hair did not like. It didn’t leave my hair feeling moisturized or soft, no matter how much or how little product I applied. This wound up sitting on my dresser until I could find someone to give it away to.
Organix Coconut Oil* Conditioner
Let me start this off by saying that Organix the brand is misleading. Although they’re marketed more as a natural brand, every product contains all of the ingredients that I mentioned above.
But for this product specifically, I just want to say that if you’re protein sensitive, I do not recommend this conditioner at all.
Coconut oil* is supposed to be moisturizing, but this conditioner seems more like its protein based. The one time I tried to use it, it left my hair hard, stringy, and hard to detangle. It also did not add any shine. I would literally never use this product again, except as a last resort, and even then I would add some carrier oils* to prevent that crunchy feeling.
Nacobi Lewis says
I like my coconut oil in the spring and summer when it won’t harden in my hair because of cold weather, I like the Aussie 3 min miracle in a pinch when I do not have time to do my regular deep treatment, and my hair just has not been a Shea Moisture fan.
ladee neenah says
I didn’t like the Shea Moisture DC you referred to either after my big chop, although it worked well enough while I was transitioning. I thought it was strange because the shampoo and conditioner from that line worked vey well. The Curl Enhancing Smoothie from the Coconut and Hibiscus line didn’t work for me either, but everything else I’ve tried from Shea Moisture has worked out very well.