Shampoo
ORS Olive Oil Creamy Aloe
- This is my clarifying shampoo. This gives me so much lather that the first time I used it, I called my mom and said, "Mom! There's too much lather! Help me!" and she just said, "WTH?" and laughed.
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Cream Lather
- This is the shampoo I use every week, except for when I clarify. It has a nice, simple smell to it and it's not over-powering. (I try to make sure my hair products don't have too strong of a smell to them. The only ones that do are my V05 conditioners.) It cleans my hair, adds moisture, and makes it soft and silky.
Conditioner
V05 Moisturizing Conditioners
- I've been using v05 shampoos and conditioners since I was a child. I'd always make sure my mom got matching scents so they wouldn't clash and because I was so opinionated and specific back then. (I still am now. Nope..... I'm even worse now. XD) My mom would always condition my hair with these. The smell stayed in my hair for a long time, but I never minded because they always smelled good. It would always soften my hair and I had some VERY curly and tough hair as a child. I'm back to using these in the middle of the week or every other week as a co-wash. Here are the scents I have:
-Free Me Freesia
-Strawberries & Cream
-Passion Fruit Smoothie
Deep Conditioner
Organics by Africa's Best Olive Oil Deep Conditioner
- This product right here..... saved my hair. It makes my new growth so manageable and soft. It's helped my hair get healthy and has helped to strengthen it. I love love love this. A close friend (Thanks Wynter!!!) had it and let me borrow it, and it worked miracles on my hair. It's at a good price too.
Protein Treatment
Organics by Africa's Best Hair Mayonnaise
- After using this, I fell in love with all the products by Africa's Best. I'm going to start trying them one by one because they work much better on my hair than the ones by ORS. They're a lot cheaper as well. The protein treatment makes my hair hard only if I don't deep condition afterwards. I didn't use my deep conditioner the first time I used this and the second time I used it I used my deep conditioner before it instead of afterwards. I learned my lesson: ALWAYS deep condition AFTER a protein treatment. This hair mayonnaise further stopped the breakage problem I was having and that's my main reason for continuing to use it.
Moisturizer/Leave-In Conditioner
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Silk Touch Leave-In Cream
- This is one of my daily moisturizers. It does make my hair a little wet, but it moisturizes it without weighing it down, which I am so happy about.
Doo Gro Mega Thick Leave-In Gro Strengthener
- I recently purchased this because a close friend (Thanks Marie!!!) said that she used it on her hair ONCE and her hair got so much thicker afterwards. She's part Hispanic so she already had some thickness, but this made it even thicker. I'm hoping my hair is like hers someday. XD
ORS Moisturizing Hair Lotion
- I don't use this every day because it weighs my hair down after a couple of days and there's some petroleum in it. The petroleum makes it only coat my hair after a while instead of allowing the product to penetrate it. I will use this once in a while to add moisture to my hair when it's really dry. I won't use it after that because my hair ends up drying out by the next week or two. I don't understand it, but that's just how it works for my hair. Some other people get good results from it, but it works differently for me.
Neutrogena Triple Moisture Split End Mender
- I haven't trimmed my hair in a while because I usually let my hair dresser do it for me on my relax day. It's been three months since I last went to her, so I've tried to trim my own ends, but I'm afraid that I may have missed some or many areas since there are a couple of layers to my hair. I haven't seen many split ends in my hair after using this. There are a couple here and there every.... um, three weeks or so, but split ends have never been a problem for me.
Oils
Goya Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- This..... I've had sooo much new growth than what I used to see thanks to this. I use it for the greenhouse effect from RealQueens and the new growth just keeps coming in! It really locks in the moisture in my hair and makes it soft and smooth. My hair wasn't so soft after not washing or conditioning for a while with the move and all and this really saved it!
ORS Coconut Oil
- I use this oil when I'm not using the EVOO. It has a lovely smell and makes my hair very soft. My mother has taken a liking to it as well.
Sheen Spray
ORS Olive Oil Nourishing Sheen Spray
- I don't use this a lot. I mainly use it for when I do roller sets or for when I want to add a bit of shine to my hair.
For Hold
Motions Foaming Wrap Lotion
- My hair stylist uses this for roller setting my hair and I picked it up because my roller sets weren't coming out too well. The body and curl would disappear. I'm going to see how this works in holding my Bantu Knot-outs today. I'm hoping it works well since I haven't gotten the chance to get some Bee Mine Curly Butter. Traycee from K.I.S.S. has made me want to try these products for a while, but I can't order anything online yet since I'll currently have problems receiving the package unless it's sent to a friend's house.
ORS Olive Oil Smooth-N-Hold Pudding
- I only use this to prevent fly-aways when my hair is pulled back or up. It smells nice and it doesn't make my hair hard like many other products would.
I think that's it for my hair products. If not, I'll edit this post and add it. I hope this helps anyone that read it!
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