Shea Butter Miracle Bouncy Curls Pudding

***New Product Love Alert***

The Shea Butter Miracle Bouncy Curls Pudding was included in my October Curl Box. Out of all of the products that I received in that box, I fell head over heels for this product!

It makes my hair feel incredibly soft. I use it with my wash n gos (after Tresemme Naturals, before Eco Styler Gel) and I have used it with twist outs. I really love how it makes my wash n gos feel. It's like a moisture IV is placed into my hair strands and is being pumped into it with this stuff. It's that serious!



Product Claims (from African-Pride.com): Keep Textures softer, silkier, with greater flexibility and bounce with African Pride Shea Butter Miracle Bouncy Curls Pudding.

Benefits:

• Nourish & Soften Curls, Coils and Waves

• Stretch & Elongate Curls and Kinky-Coils

• Smooth and Tame Frizz

Specifications:

Available in 12oz bottle

Ingredients:

AQUA, GLYCINE SOJA OIL/SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGEANTED VEGETABLE OIL, BUTYROSPERMUM PARKII FRUIT/SHEA BUTTER, MANGIFERA INDICA SEED BUTTER/MANGO BUTTER, ARGANIA SPINOSA KERNEL OIL/ARGAIN OIL, COCOS NUCIFERA OIL/COCONUT OIL, OLEA EUROPAEA FRUIT OIL/OLIVE OIL, ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS LEAF EXTRACT/ALOE VERA EXTRACT, PHENYL TRIMETHICONE, PANAX GINSENG ROOT EXTRACT/GINSENG EXTRACT, ALOE BARBADENSIS LEAF EXTRACT/ALOE VERA EXTRACT, GLYCERIN, POLYQUATERNIUM 11, STEARETH 2, STEARETH 20, DMDM HYDANTOIN, IMIDAZOLIDINYL UREA, SODIUM CARBOMER, PEG 150 DISTEARATE, PEG 12 DIMETHICONE, YELLOW 6, PARFUM/FRAGRANCE, BENZYL BENZOATE, BENZYL SALICYLATE, COUMARIN, D-LIMONENE, HEXYL CINNAMAL, LYRAL, METHYL IONONE GAMMA.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Turkey Day!!

Hope your day is full of spending time with family, friends, and wholesome meals! Out of the many things that I am thankful for, I am surely thankful for all of you wonderful visitors that find your way to my blog!

Black Friday/Cyber Monday Deals

If you're looking for some great Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, hop along over to the website of one of my favorite natural hair bloggers: Confessions of A Blog Vixen: 2012 Natural Hair Black Friday & Cyber Monday Sales. She's put together quite an impressive and comprehensive list! Happy Savings!!

Cleansing Conditioners

First there was shampoo.

Then came sulfate free shampoo. The co-wash method was also introduced.

Now there are cleansing conditioners.

Talk about alternatives!

If you haven't heard of cleansing conditioners yet, the product "Wen" might ring a bell. Wen is the big named (and big priced) Grandmother of cleansing conditioners. This product and other cleansing conditioner products are used to gently cleanse the hair without stripping or drying it out.

After seeing a few Wen infomercials, I went onto QVC's website to purchase a bottle to try for myself.

Then I saw the price.

O_o

I personally cannot justify spending that much on a product that is going to be washed out of my hair seconds later. It's like sending money right down the drain.

I discovered (thankfully!) that there are some alternatives to Wen, such as:

As I Am - Coconut Cowash Cleansing Conditioner

Darcy's Botanicals Daily Cleansing Conditioner Cream

L'Oreal Evercream Cleansing Conditioner

Hair One Cleansing Conditioner

Speaking of Hair One, I recently tried this product as my first experience with cleansing conditioners. I picked up a bottle of the Olive Oil Cleansing Conditioner from my local BSS (it's also sold at Sally's). I was very impressed. It left my hair soft and almost tangle-free. Two bonuses for me! I have been using it to gently cleanse my hair twice a week.

Of course I still have my eye on Grandmother Wen, maybe QVC will have a Black Friday sale lol...a girl can dream!

Randomness

My favorite boots this Fall. 

Paul Mitchell's "The Conditioner" Review

Two Saturdays ago I purchased a travel sized bottle of Paul Mitchell's Leave-In Conditioner "The Conditioner" from Ulta. I was impressed with Mahogany Curls (can you tell I'm obsessed with her hair?) results and thought I would be able to achieve great results with this product as well.

Boy was I wrong.

Have you ever been so convinced that something would work for you, and you tried and tried, but it just didn't work. That's how this conditioner was for me. I tried using this conditioner three times with three different wash n' gos. and I was turned all the way off by the third and final time.

It made my hair very stiff. Even after *scrunching* my hair once it dried, it was still unbelievably stiff. Nothing like the results I have gotten from using Tresemme Naturals.

I guess if it's not broke, why fix it?

Product Grade: D-

When Things Just Don't Go Your Way

...Rock out with a bun. An easy go-to hair style!

Still Holding Strong

My wash n' go that is. It's all trial and error baby!