I am in the process of transitioning from relaxed to natural hair. At the moment, I am feeling a bit over whelmed with all of the product choices! However, given how beautiful and healthy Tracee’s hair is, I will most certainly give it a try!
Her hair is healthy b/c it is well cared for, but not b/c she uses this product. She has a good hair cut and clearly keeps her ends clipped. Her hair was healthy on Girlfriends and she was definitely not using argan oil back then.
Hmm…wish I could find the ingredients for this stuff. I have a feeling it has more than the “six essential oils (argan, coconut, jojoba, apricot, sunflower and avocado)” listed.
“Isopropyl myristate is a synthetic oil used as a thickening agent or lubricant in beauty products. A plant derived oil (coconut oil).It is used as skin conditioner, emollient and solvent. Dicaprylyl ether is known for its fast spreading capabilities, and is thus used to help facilitate the spreadability of many slow spreading ingredients.” Found all this info via Google…
My guess is that this is a blend of natural oils blended with other ingredients, some synthetic, others naturally derived. The order in which the ingredients appear is also important, you’ll notice argan oil is way down the line. Probably not too much of it and with good reason, 100% pure argan oil is pricey.
Tracee is just endorsing the product, her hair looked great even before this so while it is probably a decent product, it’s not the sole reason her hair looks the way it does.
+5
i’m guessing a lot of naturals have many of these oils in their cabinets already.
i have three of them. just get your own oils, mix them and call it a damn miracle.
+8
Thanks. I figured it was a bunch of synthetic mess with a few drops of natural oils mixed in for good measure. This stuff won’t do anything for your hair but add temporary shine and dry it the hell out.
+3
She has beautiful hair…but most bi-racial hair is different than black hair and responds to products differently. I hope people don’t buy it thinking that their 4a hair will turn into 3a.3b hair.
You don’t have to be first generation mixed to have 2 or 3 type hair, there are mixed folks that have hair that could be easily categorized in the 4′s.
For anyone who is looking to stay natural and stretch their curls without the use of a texturizer or some such, Capilo Grape Seed Extract treatment will do the job. http://www.beautyofnewyork.com/shopping/PPZ1270309KL0906.htm
That’s not what I was saying….but I’ve tried various products…Mixed Chicks and et cetera on my hair and it did not work as well as other products with more slip to them for my own 3b 4a 4b mix.
+1
Um, my mom and a lot of my aunts are NOT biracial and have straighter hair than Tracee Ellis Ross’s. Her hair is pretty but not so exceptional. A lot of people are realizing that as they grown out their relaxers. I’m seeing that a lot of people whose relaxers always looked thin and stringy to me turned out to have wavy or curly hair that just didn’t have enough density to hold up to the relaxer.
Black people are genetically so diverse that this idea that biracial hair is so different is really a lot of bunk. The hair texture and skin color you get is a crapshoot b/c those features are polygenic, and as a result what is expressed can come from lots of parts of your diverse genetic history. Esp. when there are so many biracial people who have kinky textured hair or darker skin too. People don’t mix like paint, so black plus white doesn’t equal beige and kinky plus straight does not equal curly. Even when it does, that’s not how it works.
What this product will do though is play into the hair hierarchy that a lot of black women buy into. I am so tired of people saying how much they love Tracee Ellis Ross’s or Corinne Bailey Rae’s hair. They will not buy hair products b/c Whoopi Goldberg uses them, even though she seems to have some very healthy locs. They will buy the “Tracee” oil b/c of her hair texture, but if a kinkier haired woman was the spokesperson, they probably would not. We have this gross obsession with certain hair textures and lengths(so if you have kinkier hair, it had better be long for black women to like it, and I feel like men are even worse). I do not care for it. The goal of any hair should be to make it healthy. All kinds of hair can be beautiful when cared for. I wish more black people understood and believed that.
I mean, pamper yourself with whatever beauty products you want, but don’t use stuff b/c you wish you had curly hair too…you can buy stuff in Trader Joes, Whole Foods, co-ops, your grocery store, or from any other store that carries basic oils, and they are really cheap.
Ms. Information should probably be Misinformation. That comment you made is just plain misinformed. Every head of hair is different black, white, or other.
My hair isn’t that dry – but I didn’t want to guess which product had the right amount of moisturizing for my hair. I bought the Shielo Restoration Oil to just go all out and moisturize the heck out of my hair and scalp. I was concerned about it weighing my hair down. After ysinh the SHielo Hair Oil, my hair is now very soft and shiney! This oil really does work for any hair if it works on mine.
I am in the process of transitioning from relaxed to natural hair. At the moment, I am feeling a bit over whelmed with all of the product choices! However, given how beautiful and healthy Tracee’s hair is, I will most certainly give it a try!
Her hair is healthy b/c it is well cared for, but not b/c she uses this product. She has a good hair cut and clearly keeps her ends clipped. Her hair was healthy on Girlfriends and she was definitely not using argan oil back then.
Hmm…wish I could find the ingredients for this stuff. I have a feeling it has more than the “six essential oils (argan, coconut, jojoba, apricot, sunflower and avocado)” listed.
Isopropyl myristate, dicaprylyl ether, Helianthus annuus seed oil/sunflower seed oil, caprulic/capric tryglyceride, prunus armeniaca kernel oil, apricot kernel oil, isopropyl isostearate, simmondsia chinensis oil/jojoba seed oil, persea gratissima oil/avocado oil, argania spinosa oil/argania spinosa kernel oil, cocos nucifera oil/coconut oil, parfum/fragrance, benzyl salicylate, hexyl cinnamal, linalool, benzyl alcohol, limonene, coumarin, hdroxyisohexyl3-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde, geraniol, citronellol, isoeugenol…
Now, who’s going to translate for the group?
“Isopropyl myristate is a synthetic oil used as a thickening agent or lubricant in beauty products. A plant derived oil (coconut oil).It is used as skin conditioner, emollient and solvent. Dicaprylyl ether is known for its fast spreading capabilities, and is thus used to help facilitate the spreadability of many slow spreading ingredients.” Found all this info via Google…
My guess is that this is a blend of natural oils blended with other ingredients, some synthetic, others naturally derived. The order in which the ingredients appear is also important, you’ll notice argan oil is way down the line. Probably not too much of it and with good reason, 100% pure argan oil is pricey.
Tracee is just endorsing the product, her hair looked great even before this so while it is probably a decent product, it’s not the sole reason her hair looks the way it does.
i’m guessing a lot of naturals have many of these oils in their cabinets already.
i have three of them. just get your own oils, mix them and call it a damn miracle.
Thanks. I figured it was a bunch of synthetic mess with a few drops of natural oils mixed in for good measure. This stuff won’t do anything for your hair but add temporary shine and dry it the hell out.
She has beautiful hair…but most bi-racial hair is different than black hair and responds to products differently. I hope people don’t buy it thinking that their 4a hair will turn into 3a.3b hair.
You don’t have to be first generation mixed to have 2 or 3 type hair, there are mixed folks that have hair that could be easily categorized in the 4′s.
For anyone who is looking to stay natural and stretch their curls without the use of a texturizer or some such, Capilo Grape Seed Extract treatment will do the job.
http://www.beautyofnewyork.com/shopping/PPZ1270309KL0906.htm
That’s not what I was saying….but I’ve tried various products…Mixed Chicks and et cetera on my hair and it did not work as well as other products with more slip to them for my own 3b 4a 4b mix.
Um, my mom and a lot of my aunts are NOT biracial and have straighter hair than Tracee Ellis Ross’s. Her hair is pretty but not so exceptional. A lot of people are realizing that as they grown out their relaxers. I’m seeing that a lot of people whose relaxers always looked thin and stringy to me turned out to have wavy or curly hair that just didn’t have enough density to hold up to the relaxer.
Black people are genetically so diverse that this idea that biracial hair is so different is really a lot of bunk. The hair texture and skin color you get is a crapshoot b/c those features are polygenic, and as a result what is expressed can come from lots of parts of your diverse genetic history. Esp. when there are so many biracial people who have kinky textured hair or darker skin too. People don’t mix like paint, so black plus white doesn’t equal beige and kinky plus straight does not equal curly. Even when it does, that’s not how it works.
What this product will do though is play into the hair hierarchy that a lot of black women buy into. I am so tired of people saying how much they love Tracee Ellis Ross’s or Corinne Bailey Rae’s hair. They will not buy hair products b/c Whoopi Goldberg uses them, even though she seems to have some very healthy locs. They will buy the “Tracee” oil b/c of her hair texture, but if a kinkier haired woman was the spokesperson, they probably would not. We have this gross obsession with certain hair textures and lengths(so if you have kinkier hair, it had better be long for black women to like it, and I feel like men are even worse). I do not care for it. The goal of any hair should be to make it healthy. All kinds of hair can be beautiful when cared for. I wish more black people understood and believed that.
I mean, pamper yourself with whatever beauty products you want, but don’t use stuff b/c you wish you had curly hair too…you can buy stuff in Trader Joes, Whole Foods, co-ops, your grocery store, or from any other store that carries basic oils, and they are really cheap.
pretty much nailed it
@ Nic..you said what I was trying to articulate but did not..thank you.
oh ok, apologies.
Ms. Information should probably be Misinformation. That comment you made is just plain misinformed. Every head of hair is different black, white, or other.
It is NOT that serious..get your life..lol
My hair isn’t that dry – but I didn’t want to guess which product had the right amount of moisturizing for my hair. I bought the Shielo Restoration Oil to just go all out and moisturize the heck out of my hair and scalp. I was concerned about it weighing my hair down. After ysinh the SHielo Hair Oil, my hair is now very soft and shiney! This oil really does work for any hair if it works on mine.