hair products

In the duplicating products post, Gabrielle suggested the Giovanni 50:50 Balanced Hydrating-Calming Conditioner as a product we should consider! Let’s take a look at it! (And if you have any ideas, go to that post and make those suggestions!) Purified Water (Aqua): Our solvent. Cetyl Alcohol: A fatty alcohol that thickens and boosts the substantivity...

Ellbie suggested we take a look at Aveda’s Be Curly Shampoo. (If you have a suggestion for a product we could duplicate, mention it in this post!) Here’s the list of ingredients: Aqueous (water/aqua/eau) Extract/Extrait Aqueux, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf, Sodium Coco/Babassu Sulfate, Disodium Laureth Sulfosuccinate, Babassuamidopropyl Betaine, Glycol Distearate, Galactoarabinan, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed...

Will asked about this product, VO5 conditioning hair dressing, which claims to “soothe split ends, smooths flyaways, and adds shine like no regular conditioner can!” I used this product for years before I discovered the joys of silicones, and we still have a container in the cupboard. It is a very thick, emollient product that...

Bajan Lilly suggested another interesting product for African-American hair – Luster’s Pink light oil moisturizer for hair. Ingredient list: Deionized Water, Mineral Oil, Lanolin, Beeswax, Petrolatum Sodium Benzoate, Sorbitan Oleate, Ethylhexyl Dimethyl PABA, Methylparaben, Propylparabean, Imidazolidine Urea, Fragrance, Red 33 Water: Our solvent. Mineral oil: An emollient. Lanolin: An emollient from sheep that offers serious moisturizing...

Bajan Lilly suggested this product, so let’s take a look at it! (As a note, I’m not sure which one of the hair milks this might be as there is a shampoo – it’s not that one – and a conditioner – not that one either – and a bunch of different ones that contain...