Hair Talk | Jan 19

Week of 1/13
Sunday: braided my wash n go into 3 flat twists

Monday: kept my hair in the braids, oiled scalp with vitamin E oil

Tuesday: moisturized ends with Shea Radiance Nourishing Hair Repair Cream, pre-pooed with JBCO + Vitamin E mixture overnight

Wednesday: washed with dermatologist shampoo, deep conditioned with Organic Root Stimulator's Olive Oil Hair Masque + used Shea Moisture Restorative Leave-In Conditioner afterwards; I then parted my hair down the middle and did horizontal flat twists to the sides and twisted these ends back into 2 large twists, pinned then together and went about my daily biz-nazz


Thursday: PS from yesterday

Friday: ~4pm I took out the PS and had an AWESOMELY curly and shiny twistout but not sure if that was due to the pre-poo or the deep conditioner, hmmm...

Saturday: absolutely nothing but pin in an updo
This week's rating: 4/5 stars


My hair had shine after Wednesday and I accessorized with flowers throughout the week but Friday's takedown resulted in some breakage on the ends. No bueno.

Cost of Conditioner: Super Sweetback

How much is too much to pay for hair products?

Miss Jessie's Super Sweetback Treatment costs $48 for a decent size portion. While Miss Jessie's is having their annual BOGO deal, you can get 2 for $48, but is that still a steal? I don't think so.

Now there have been some who claim that other products have similar effects, but of course not exactly the same. So is $24 too much for conditioner? What's the most others have paid for hair products and is it worth it when you can get a cheaper not-the-same-effect version?

OUT!

I finally took my twists out this morning. Funny how something that can take 7 hours to do only takes 30 minutes to undo. But anywho, I plan to wear my hair like this for about a day and wash it/deep condition it tomorrow.

Pictures then!

YouTube is Expensive!

I'm sure some of you out there can attest to this - watching YouTube videos is expensive!

You watch 1 video and the natural chica is using a new product. You watch a product review and see what a great job it does on hair. Then at the end of the video, the chica says how cheap it is and where she found it...which of course makes you want to purchase it.

So..needless to say, I've decided to try out some new products. Just ordered them from Amazon/eBay..still have to pick some up from target/CVS but here's the list so far:

shampoo: creme of nature sunflower and coconut detangling shampoo

conditioner: garnier fructis triple nutrition conditioner

leave-in conditioner: mixed chicks leave-in

deep conditioner: miss jessie's super sweetback treatment

henna: jamila (w/vatika oil)

somethin special: aphogee 2 minute reconstructor

ladies - if you've used any of the above, do they get a thumbs up or thumbs down from you?