With my "back to what works best" for natural hair care, I have realized that I have three, only three, hair care lines that I use consistently. Meaning I have bought and rebought these products for the past six months to a year or more. These product lines are [drumroll please]...
- Shea Moisture
- Giovanni
- Yes to Carrots
Shea Moisture has great products for naturally curly hair; furthermore, their ingredients are very nice, all natural, no animal testing, no animal products, and they are the only line that I am currently using that I use their shampoo and conditioner, as well as the moisture mists. I have even tried some deep treatments from their lines. The smells of each product line is different, and currently I am using the Yucca and Baobab line. This product line is available at Target and Walgreen's.
Giovanni is also great. I have used their shampoos in the past, with good results, but have since switched over to Shea Moisture shampoos. Currently, I am using their conditioners consistently. I have used them to deep condition, co-wash, and leave-in. They are also vegan with mainly organic ingredients. Their shampoos are sulfate-free, but can still dry my hair, which is why I use Shea Moisture shampoo now.
Finally, Yes to Carrots. FYI, the name of the brand is Yes to Carrots, but their products (both skin and hair care) are made with carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes, blueberries, etc. It depends on what you are using and what for. I use their conditioners. The price is right. The ingredients are even better. I have never tried their shampoos, because I am afraid they would dry out my hair, but I might in the future. Their conditioners, YTCarrots and YTCucumbers, have amazing slip, even as a cone free conditioner. Their also very moisturizing.
Warning: I just read on the Queen of the 4's Blog that Giovanni has recently changed the ingredients in the Smooth as Silk Conditioner. I don't know if the same is true for the other products in that line, but the blog poster was not happy about the change. I hate when products that work great have formula make overs, with less than stellar results. If it aint broke,...you know the rest. Anyway, I have been thinking for some time of phasing out of using so many product lines, and do you now which product line I am most likely to use exclusively. I am sure you can guess by the above review...
Shea Moisture!
Also, I may start ordering Oyin Handmade again. I am loving their Hair Dew, which is my cream based moisturizer of choice. Morning when I don't wash and go, I spray my hair with a water based moisturizer, apply a light oil, then finish it off with the OH Hair Dew. I also miss using their juices, which were the best water-based moisturizers I used, even though others have worked well too. My favorite OH products are the juices, the Hair Dew, and I may try the whipped shea butter to use as a sealant and cream based moisturizer.
Warning: I just read on the Queen of the 4's Blog that Giovanni has recently changed the ingredients in the Smooth as Silk Conditioner. I don't know if the same is true for the other products in that line, but the blog poster was not happy about the change. I hate when products that work great have formula make overs, with less than stellar results. If it aint broke,...you know the rest. Anyway, I have been thinking for some time of phasing out of using so many product lines, and do you now which product line I am most likely to use exclusively. I am sure you can guess by the above review...
Shea Moisture!
Also, I may start ordering Oyin Handmade again. I am loving their Hair Dew, which is my cream based moisturizer of choice. Morning when I don't wash and go, I spray my hair with a water based moisturizer, apply a light oil, then finish it off with the OH Hair Dew. I also miss using their juices, which were the best water-based moisturizers I used, even though others have worked well too. My favorite OH products are the juices, the Hair Dew, and I may try the whipped shea butter to use as a sealant and cream based moisturizer.
How awesome! These are my top fave products as well! I love Shea Moistures Hibiscus Shampoo and the hair smoothie, giovanni leave in conditioner (when i'm low on kinky curly knot today), and yes to cucumbers is my ultimate fave conditioner (it's great with honey and olive oil as a deep treatment). For Shea Moisture, have you tried their deep conditioners? I tried one and it was a complete fail so I'm afraid to try the other 2 deep treatments they have available.
ReplyDeleteI tried the Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Deep Treatment Masque. It worked great. Left my hair very soft and moisturized. I want to try the Yucca and Baobab Anti-Breakage Masque. It sounds like it would work great for my fine strands.
ReplyDeleteYou know I've loved Giovanni after I gave it a second try last fall (I think my initial NEGATIVE review may be on here somewhere). I've been reading a lot of regimens w/ Shea Moisture products, I probably will give it a try. I have yet to try the Yes to Carrots. What have you found out in terms of price for these lines? I was thinking about switching things up every 4-6 months. Why? I figure, like with exercise, the body adapts to the same routines and configures a more efficient way of using its resources. Since hair is part of the body, it will adapt as well; and, since I don't have have an established well-balanced routine right now, I think the next two years will be a great time to experiment with quarterly rotation. Maybe a shampoo, deep conditioner, and leave-in from a different line. What do you think?
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