The Afro Chronicles: Product Review

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Product Review : Curls With Care

Hey Curlies! I promised to post this review about a New Natural hair line ''Curls with Care" and so here it is!

First of all let me give you a little background of the products in general.

"Curls With Care is a all natural hair and body care company. based in Toronto, Ontario.

All of our products are:

Made in Canada
Made with natural and certified organic ingredients
Vegan and Gluten-free where possible
Biodegradable
Cruelty-free
Petroleum, Silicone, Sulphate, Alcohol, Paraben, & SLS Free
Safe and non-toxic
Packaged in recyclable material

What more could you ask for in a all Natural product! I was so excited to be able to meet with the creator of this Company as well as the privilege to work with her and to try out her products.

The products I got were Holy Grail Premium Conditioner, Fresh Start which is a Invigorating hair Mud wash (My Fav) , Coco Bliss , and Sealed which are both hair and body serums.
I wet my hair and used the Fresh Start Mud wash on my scalp only to desolve any build up I had. I then wrapped my hair for about 20 mins then rinsed with my regualr shampoo, and my hair and scalp came out pretty clean without feeling stripped.

I Used the Holy Grail Conditioner to detangle. Now! one thing with my hair is that it loves thick conditioners and lots of slip (silicone) to really detangle my Kinks, But this conditioner has no Silicone yet I was able to comb through my hair easily and I love the thick consistency of it ,plus it has all these natural ingredients that my hair needs like : coconut oil, olive oil, castor oil, tea tree oil and the list goes on.. so I must say it is a HOLY GrAiL Conditioner!

I then decided to flat twist my hair damp using my shea butter mixture and the CoCo Bliss serum which has coconut oil and Jojoba oil in it to seal in the moisture . and of course I love anything with Coconut oil so I loved this serum. (used some on my legs too).

flat twist with CoCo Bliss

It came out a little too fluffy for my liking but I still love the waves and definition.

so in conclusion I'll definitely use these products again and will easily become staples in my wash routine!

*some information came from www.curlswithcare.com

COSMOTOPIA 2013

Hey peoples! I FINALLY got internet so I can stop mooching off the neighbours!!! so I went to COSMOTOPIA about two weeks ago sans Ari, but still got some great stuff!

COSMOTOPIA is an annual beauty expo here in Jamaica. Ari and I went to our first expo in 2011 and got some great stuff.

The first booth I stopped at was of course Kumea's Hair Perspective To check out her AWESOME products! I got her Hair Smoothie and went straight home to do my hair. The first time I used the Hair Smoothie I borrowed some from my sister to finish my twists and I ended up using the whole jar!

Hair Smoothie

Kumea and I. Leave it to me to wear the same shirt!!

Twist out using Cantu Shea Butter Leave-In and Eco Styler Custard ( reviews coming soon).

Ok so I started off with the twist out. I noticed that I had some flaking in my hair after the second day. I'm not so sure if it was the combination of the two products or what.

Can you see them?

I washed, detangled, sprayed some aloe vera juice and separated my hair into big twists.

I use Naptural85's twist out method to achieve my styles.

I am very heavy handed when it comes to product but I was surprised when I barely scratched the surface of the jar! What you see there is how little it took to do half of my hair.

Can you say thoroughly impressed?

The finished twists

The twist-out. Hair was soft and not "heavy" with product. Usually my hair is a magnet for dust and debris after a few hours but never had that with the smoothie.

I gathered the hair into a ponytail and tied it down with my silk scarf and bonnet and went to bed.

Next day hair

It shrunk a little but I am not complaining!

Overall, I LOVE this product and will continue to use it for my twits outs. I will have to give the heavy butters a break because I do like my hair to be debris free most of the time. I will definitely have to stock up on this product! Kumea keep on doing your thing girl!

So until the next review,

Peace.

Twist Out Gone Wrong

As you guys know I have been trying to perfect Naptural85's Twist Out. So I have been experimenting with different products and sizes of the twists. I saw on a hair forum ( can't remember where) a recipe for a leave-in conditioner. I read that you can use a washing out conditioner and mix some oils and a little water and use. Now being who I am I had to try this out!

So I got out my Anwaar conditioner and coconut oil and mixed them together.

Yea.............

So I added the mixture and started to twist! of course my hair felt great as it always does whenever I use the Anwaar condish, but lawd the smell....... they needs to go back to the drawing board with this one honey! I know its all natural but man.......

Anyways! I could not wait to pull out the twists and see how it came out!

..............now...........ammm...............................yea.....

Now. These pics do not show the disaster that was my hair......I looked and smelled terrible. I could not.........plus I had to go out so I had to think fast.

I quickly pulled my hair into a ponytail. I was surprised because I could put 97% percent of my hair into a ponytail considering the cut I gave it a month ago. When I got home I quickly washed it and proceeded to use my shea butter mix and start over.

Much Better.

Peace.

...............OMG...............

...............KIMMAYTUBE FINALLY CAME OUT WITH HER PRODUCT LINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The line includes a:

Detangler - Don't Be So Clingy ,as step one. ($13)
Step two is -Wash Me Gently Hair and Scalp Cleanser ($13)
step three is -Conditional Love Conditioner ($13)
and step four -Love Me and Leave-in, Leave-In Conditioner ($14)

Now naturally they are all pH balanced so they help the hair follicles lay flat and are very conditioning. They also prevent breakage helps with shine and does not strip the hair of natural oils. No More Mixing ourselves! WE LOVE YOU FOR THIS KIM LOVE! WOOOOOT! here are the vids we found so far:

When we saw this we were like:

And:

We need, we want....NOW.

But, alas, we are all braided up right now so THE DAY we pull out these braids....you know what we gonna do meng!

Will any of you try her line?

So, until then, we shall do our happy dance. Peace.

Deep Treatment #4

hey y'all, due to issues with our internet I was unable to post the deep treatments I've been doing so I'll put both in this one post.

So I started off with my trusty VO5 Free Me Freesia mixed with Tresemme and left it on for a few hours, I detangled (HATE this part) and then I washed and did an ACV rinse which works well for my hair, no complaints yet! and condition then styled.

DT #5

For this one I did not do the ACV (i forgot) but pre-pooed this time with coconut oil, and did an oil rinse. I have to say I will add the oil rinse to my deep treatments now my hair instantly felt softer and was much more manageable.

Next DT :Tuesday ( I'll tell you why soon)