So far, I’ve determined that while my hair likes Komaza’s coconut hair pudding, it decidedly does not like the califia care conditioners and leave in. The conditioner didn’t provide enough slip and the leave in didn’t seem to provide much moisture.
Luckily, beauty by donna marie’s detangler was something my hair enjoyed when used as a leave in; I have as yet to try it as a rinse out.
LA Looks gels that are/were most popular on nc.com (sport and durahold) just aren’t cutting it for my waves. They don’t provide enough hold and, oddly enough, weigh my hair down.
The much-lauded AG Recoil ended up a failure for my hair. It wasn’t application friendly, made my hair stringy, and it didn’t boost my hair at all. After trying to stick it out for 4 days, I was reminded why my hair only tolerates so much magnesium sulfate.
The MUCH cooler temperatures allowed sheamoisture to make a comeback and what a comeback it was! My hair clumped, smelled delicious, and was moisturized to boot! I was afraid that my quasi super soaker method of raking in leave in and adding more water wouldn’t work with a leave in as thick as sheam but I was (happily!) proven wrong.
With the cooler temps requiring more moisture, I don’t think my bottle of HSH pumpkin conditioner is cutting it. I pulled out my bottle of david babaii for wildaid hydrating conditioner and so far things seem to be going tolerably well. I will note that I’m amazed at how the conditioner seems to multiply in my hair; a little nickel’s worth of condish seems to multiply into a quarter’s worth. It provides a good amount of slip but I’m waiting to see if my hair will react to the protein content.
There are so many new product lines/items discussed on the boards that I’m dying to try but my wallet and the size of my current product stash weigh heavily on my mind. Hopefully once these friggin’ furloughs are over, I can partake of the donna marie, amourai organique, darcy’s botanicals, shescentit, njoi creations, and whispering windz love.
I admit that I haven’t been as picture happy as I was earlier this year. The combo of work-related stress and foiled experiments have led me to be less update and picture upload friendly. Thankfully, I haven’t experienced a hair day where I wanted to shake my fist to the skies and grumble. If anything, I’ve found that what I consider to be horrible hair days still garner some compliments…oh the irony.
March 20, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Hi Ivy:
This is an interesting post. I am an African American who is learning about natural hair or organic hair products instead of the commercial brands. I noted that you like David Babaii Hydrating Conditioner. I personally really love the combination of the shampoo and conditioner. It is one of my staple items.
Have you ever tried cowashing your hair? Cowash is where you only use conditioner only. I have not tried this method fully. I like to read and learn from other ethnicities who are using natural hair care products for wavy or curly hair. I feel I have multiple curl patterns on my head.
Hair can be quite unusual at times especially how it reacts to certain products. I love testing and using new products. Again I am not wear I can afford to just buy what I see online. I have been dying to try Darcy’s Botanicals, Scentit, Komaza Hair products, Bejia’s Flor products…and the likes. I have always been a PJ since I transitioned my hair from relaxed to natural.
Don’t give up on your hair. Sometimes it takes a while to find the right hair concoction.
March 20, 2010 at 9:16 pm
Btw I think you should add photos just to show us. This way anyone who is viewing may give you some suggestions or just good feedback.