30 Jun 2014

Dryness + New Products! Staple?

So me and Lisa went product shopping. The way we scan the ingredient list so intelligently, the shop keepers were getting a bit annoyed with us. Oh well, I managed to get the Vitale conditioner that Lisa has been recommending to me for ages! Oh, and cantu!!

Okay, okay, hold up, you are using products?? Yes I am. My hair has been feeling super dry lately, especially with its length.

Here are my new product stash:

MOISTURISER
Water/Aloe Vera Juice + Shea Butter

CONDITIONER + AVOCADO OIL
This conditioner is amazing. When I soaked my cleansed strands in this, the moisture comes back in even greater amounts. I LOVE IT. Thank you, Lisa! :D It h

SHAMPOO



THIS SHAMPOO DOES WONDERS. Also comes in Rosemary. Leaves my hair and scalp feeling super cleansed and lathers so well so you can really dig in deep. When I then read the description about the luxurious foam, I was liken yes indeed. There was a lavender version but the scent was stronger. 

Currently busy editing shea butter whip recipe...

My new shea butter whip recipe will be up soon.


This has to be my best recipe ever.



Changing Products

Old Product Regimen

ALL NATURAL REGIMEN!!
Daily moisturiser
Water in a spray bottle 
My Shea butter mix/castor oil
Hair ends oil: castor oil
Twisting cream: Shea Moisture Curling Gel Souffle
Shampoo
Elasta QP Creme Conditioning Shampoo (LOVEE! No sulphates, parabens or silicones and super-moisturising, yummy, gentle smell and a cheapie £1.80!)
Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter for Moisture Retention 
Clarify
ACV!
Protein Conditioner
ORS Mayonnaise (stopped the egg treatment because it left lumps in my hair, yuck! lol)
Shea Moisture Anti-Breakage Masque
Conditioner + honey and olive oil
Hello Hydration by Herbal Essences (loveee it!)
Leave-in conditioner: Elasta QP Olive Oil & Mango Butter Leave-in
Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Restorative
Leave-in: Kinky Curly Knot Today

Update
Now that I have changed my regimen, Shea Moisture wasn't doing anything for my hair.

24 Jun 2014

COCONUT OIL - miracle oil :D

You know how they say, ''to each their own''?

I think I might have just found the perfect oil for my hair. I usually infuse my coconut oil with my whipped shea butter but I never really thought to use it on its own. It's even more perfect because of the weather so its warm and very oily.

I used it to retwist my hair and wow, it made it so much manageable. The shed hair and tangles were literally coming off with ease! I couldn't believe it. I got inspired to use it again after watching My Natural Sistas latest video on their whipped coconut oil ( which I am going to try) but for my next shea butter whip I will definitely increase the amount of coconut I have in it.

Pre-pooing with coconut oil the night before is the best thing ever. Standard staple.