I was a straight up hardcore hair product junkie after I was fully natural. I wanted to steer clear of old fashioned Black hair care products because it became a big issue with people claiming mineral oil and other popular ingredients is terrible for your hair and apparently they don’t smell good (lies). Avoid any hair care product with it AT ALL COSTS, they’d say. So I did but all costs took on a new meaning.
Suddenly a massive wave of expensive and overpriced hair care products came out of the woodwork. You guys know the $36 creams, $50 oils. I started buying them because my hairs health is a great thing to invest in. But it became burdensome on my pockets and my hair. The products would do nothing for my hair. It was like my hair was constantly angry and dry and there was nothing, no $36 oil could do to fix it. All while I’m avoiding sulfates, anything ending in -cone and -ates etc. By the end of the day, I barely had ANY options. And broke.
So one day I said screw it. I’m going back to the tried and true. It’s worked for MANY YEARS in our hair and suddenly everyone’s trying to make a buck off the the Au Natrualle trend and they don’t work anymore? I don’t think so. I went out and bought some old fashioned Vitamin E oil, suitable for hair and skin. Small, cheap $3 bottle. A tub of $4 Cholesterol conditioner that I use with the Vit E for deep conditioner. A $3 jar of Eco Styler gel with argan oil for my twists outs and $3 jar of Castor oil hair and scalp daily treatment. They all smell GREAT and weren’t heavy on my hair at all. After using these products, my hair instantly looked, felt and smelled damn near perfect. My hair holds a shine, it stays soft and just feels overall healthy. All for $13!! They won’t ever go out of style and they will always be the bomb no matter what money hungry Ms Jessie or Jacky Curly creamy custard Jones or whoever will tell you!
Ooooh. I won’t argue for a product that doesn’t work AND it’s overpriced. Products that don’t work should fade away, whoever owns the company. I do think there are effective products that: cost just a little more than your pantene collection; that work well; are made more ethically; are from black-owned companies and won’t bust your wallet. Check the target natural hair care aisle! Since we’re talking about the tried and true though, I will give a shout out to Luster’s Pink Oil Moisturizer. They still got it!
Hello ladies!
I was a straight up hardcore hair product junkie after I was fully natural. I wanted to steer clear of old fashioned Black hair care products because it became a big issue with people claiming mineral oil and other popular ingredients is terrible for your hair and apparently they don’t smell good (lies). Avoid any hair care product with it AT ALL COSTS, they’d say. So I did but all costs took on a new meaning.
Suddenly a massive wave of expensive and overpriced hair care products came out of the woodwork. You guys know the $36 creams, $50 oils. I started buying them because my hairs health is a great thing to invest in. But it became burdensome on my pockets and my hair. The products would do nothing for my hair. It was like my hair was constantly angry and dry and there was nothing, no $36 oil could do to fix it. All while I’m avoiding sulfates, anything ending in -cone and -ates etc. By the end of the day, I barely had ANY options. And broke.
So one day I said screw it. I’m going back to the tried and true. It’s worked for MANY YEARS in our hair and suddenly everyone’s trying to make a buck off the the Au Natrualle trend and they don’t work anymore? I don’t think so. I went out and bought some old fashioned Vitamin E oil, suitable for hair and skin. Small, cheap $3 bottle. A tub of $4 Cholesterol conditioner that I use with the Vit E for deep conditioner. A $3 jar of Eco Styler gel with argan oil for my twists outs and $3 jar of Castor oil hair and scalp daily treatment. They all smell GREAT and weren’t heavy on my hair at all. After using these products, my hair instantly looked, felt and smelled damn near perfect. My hair holds a shine, it stays soft and just feels overall healthy. All for $13!! They won’t ever go out of style and they will always be the bomb no matter what money hungry Ms Jessie or Jacky Curly creamy custard Jones or whoever will tell you!
Ooooh. I won’t argue for a product that doesn’t work AND it’s overpriced. Products that don’t work should fade away, whoever owns the company. I do think there are effective products that: cost just a little more than your pantene collection; that work well; are made more ethically; are from black-owned companies and won’t bust your wallet. Check the target natural hair care aisle! Since we’re talking about the tried and true though, I will give a shout out to Luster’s Pink Oil Moisturizer. They still got it!