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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

My Holy Grail Product- Shea Moisture Organic Coconut & Hibiscus Curl Enhancing Smoothie

So I've tried a lot of natural hair products and I have found my holy grail moisturizer! It has super yummy ingredients and is thick enough to keep my hair moisturized for days! I will say that I don't notice any "curl enhancing" aspects but then again my hair is in twist so I'll have to update you on that come spring or summer...



Ingredients:
Deionized Water, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea
Bu@er)*, Macadamia Ternifolia Seed Oil, Mangifera
Indica (Mango) Seed Bu@er*, Persea GraQssima
(Avocado) Oil, Cocos Nucifera (Coconut) Oil*, Aloe
Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Silk Protein, Melia
Azadirachta (Neem) Seed Oil, Daucus Carota SaQva
(Carrot) Seed Oil, Caprylyl glycol, Sorbitol Esters,
EssenQal Oil Blend, Lonicera Caprifolium
(Honeysuckle) Flower (and) Lonicera Japonica
(Japanese Honeysuckle) Flower Extract, Tocopherol
(Vitamin E). *Denotes CerQfied Organic Ingredient.

Price:
$9.99 at Target

How I use it
I use an index finger full (awesome measurement hunh?) and rub it in my hands, distribute it through my hair and then seal with a mix I made of coconut oil, olive oil, conditioner, and water...

Still twisting...

Still twisting. I thought it would be hard for me to stay in twist all winter but actually I love it! It takes me about 3.5 hours to twist it all up and it last for about a month (well kind of, I usually retwist small sections throughout the month and retwist my 2strand flats at the front every two weeks) and takes me about 5 mins to do my hair daily after.

I also did some major trimming of my heat damage and I am so excited about that. I'm one step closer to all of my hair being nappy again! The funny part is that you can hardly tell that the front of my hair is drastically shorter than the back since I keep it flat twisted while it grows back. Here's some pictures:



Side note* The hair clipped in these pictures is wet! and NOT curly AT ALL! This should be proof that heat is just as damaging as a chemical relaxer! Use at your own risk but me personally... DONE! I'm just so happy that I'm about 90% curly again.

And FYI I'm am officially 6 MONTHS HEAT FREE!