Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie

So every weekend is hair day for friends, family and some how it has become a little business for me. With that said we get to try different products between us. If one of us buy a new product to use they will bring it that weekend that they are getting their hair done to show it to everyone else. If it is something that I have not used I get to try it also and if I love it most times I get to keep it lol. Well only because they get to choose from my cabinet as well and if you have not seen my collection this is a must see.

So anyway what happen with the Shea Moisture you say??
I have to say that I was surprisingly delighted with this product and the only reason why I never purchased this product was because of the silk protein that is added into it. She brought over 3 curly Shea Moisture styling products and out of the 3 the enhancing smoothie had the least amount silk protein or should I say it was further down on the list.

I was already deep conditioning my hair when they arrived. I applied the smoothie to my hair and waited for it to dry and the best I can say is that it reminded me of Let's Jam Custard but I loved it. It is very thick and creamy and I don't have to use a lot on my hair because my hair is so thin so that jar would last me a very long time. Oh and another great thing about this product is that glycerin is not the second ingredient after water is shea butter, yaaa.

So to recap, I don't have any frizz which I hate and I have shine but not really greasy and I don't have a lot of shrinkage.
Hey just wanted to let you all know that it gives me great 2nd day curls. This is great news for those who are on the go and can not co wash every single day, right??

I know there are a  lot of reviews on this product but not mines lol. Ladies as I always say love your hair and it will love you back.
As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!!

Cassia Treatment

Since some of my family do not want color in their hair I have added Cassia to their regiment. First off I don't have to wait on the color release because there is none and I don't have to leave it on so long. I really love the conditioning property from this herb and the strengths also. All though the properties of this herb will not last as long as the Henna but by doing it on a schedule you will still constantly be getting the good of the herb.





You mix it with water just like the henna and let it sit for like 15 mins, not over night like I do with the henna for color release. It also only have to sit on the hair for 30-40 mins that is another great thing. Washing it out is very easy with just warm water, but I add the Tresemme Naturals so that the hair will feel even softer.

 My next mixture will be the Cassia and Amla powder. Both are conditioners but now I will have the scalp covered as well because the one thing that the Henna mixture I use was helping with is any scalp problems my family members may have had. I am just really happy that there are so many options from the Ayurveda line. We are trying to switch over to all natural with products that we use for now on. 

Ladies love your hair and it will love you back. 

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!!

Organic By Any Other Name Smells

written by: Charles Marqulis

Organic By Any Other Name Smells

The organic industry is growing stronger every day, with ever greater consumer demand for organic food and other products. Unfortunately, some companies take advantage of the demand for organics by falsely marketing their products, making huge profits by hoodwinking consumers.

For example, you may be familiar with “Organix” brand personal care products. This line of more than 60 shampoos, conditioners, and other hair and body care products are sold widely at Walgreens, CVS, Rite Aid, Walmart and other major drug store chains and retailers. Yet despite the organic branding, most “Organix” products contain virtually no organic ingredients.  Consumers who buy the products because they support organic personal care products that are better for their families and the environment are being scammed by a company that couldn’t care less about the integrity of the organic movement.

Don’t let Organix get away with it! If you have purchased Organix products and are concerned that these products are not actually made with organic ingredients, you can contact CEH (Charles@ceh.org) to learn more about a class action lawsuit that our attorneys are looking into.

Even more galling, Vogue International, the company that makes Organix products, acknowledges on its website that it is using organic marketing only to capitalize on the demand for products made with organic ingredients. Vogue says, “Seizing the opportunity of the public’s higher consciousness of organic ingredients, Vogue developed Organix® … a mass appeal brand designed for the consumer who is more aware of the integrity of ingredients.” Playing on the appeal of organics without taking any of the hard steps other companies take to produce actual organic products has worked out well for Vogue – since introducing Organix in 2006 they’ve made tens of millions of dollars from unsuspecting consumers.

Vogue says that its Organix products contain “organic active ingredients,” but none of their products display the name of a third-party organic certifier, and none of their products’ ingredient lists show even a single organic component. Without identifying any organic ingredients, consumers have no way to know if there is anything organic about the products. The ingredient lists on some Organix products do show potentially harmful chemical additives that should have no place in truly organic products, like methylchloroisothiazolinone, limonene, and DMDM hydantoin, substances that recent studies have linked to potential developmental harm, skin toxicity, and allergenicity.

With its fake organic products, the Organix brand undermines the entire organic movement, by confusing consumers and eroding confidence in the organic marketplace. Organix is also cheating responsible personal care companies who invest a great deal of time and money to produce products that meet the strict organic standards that consumers expect, and that the law demands.

Don’t let Organix get away with it! If you have purchased Organix products and are concerned that these products are not actually made with organic ingredients, you can contact CEH (Charles@ceh.org) to learn more about a class action lawsuit that our attorneys are looking into.

Ladies love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!

Re Post When to use Glycerin

I thought this was something that you all would like to know so I re-posted this off hair forum I belong to.

A.E. wrote: Good afternoon Joe! I was wondering if you could answer my question about dew points and glycerin? It seems like every product that I use contains glycerin or vegetable glycerin and I’m not sure if I should be using them or not. The dew points here are currently around 80. Is that too high for glycerin? And if it is, is there a way to modify the products that I already have so I can keep using them? Thanks so much for your help! Great question! Let’s tackle this in three parts-I’ll discuss the definition of dew point, the definition of glycerin, and the effect of glycerine on the hair when it’s formulated in hair care products. Lastly, we will discuss what to do. Dew Point The Dew point is the temperature at which the water vapor in air begins to condense to a liquid. It is an absolute measure for how much water vapor is present in outside air. The greater the dew point temperature, the more water vapor available to condense into liquid water. Conversely, the lower dew point temperature corresponds to lower amounts of water vapor available to condense into liquid water. A good rule of thumb for dew point is as follows: Humid Conditions 60F to +80F Optimal Conditions 40 F to 60F Dry/ Arid Conditions Less than 40F Glycerin Now, moving on to Glycerin-I’ll discuss the technical definition of glycerin, how it’s made and its function in hair care products. Vegetable glycerin is a colorless, clear, viscous liquid (it has the consistency of molasses) that is extremely water-soluble. It is produced from the hydrolysis of coconut and palm based glycerol fats with water under high temperature and pressure. The product is then distilled to remove the excess water to produce glycerin at +99.3% purity. It is primarily used as a humectant in cosmetics and personal care products.  Now you’re probably asking, what is a humectant? Humectants have two primary functions in hair products: It absorbs water from the air and slows down the rate at which water evaporates from your hair. In other words, in hair products, glycerin brings the hair shaft in contact with water and limits the water’s ability to evaporate. Thus, your hair has a greater chance of absorbing water and staying hydrated, which is the key to having healthy hair and minimizing breakage. Therefore, having a humectant in your hair products is advantageous but, as I hinted above, there are trade offs, especially for curly hair because it tends to be more porous and will need the extra moisture to stay hydrated. The key to getting optimum performance from glycerin based products is using them at the correct dew point temperature. Now that you know the definition of dew points and glycerin, let’s discuss the effect they have on your hair- or more specifically, what is the correlation between and dew points and glycerin? Glycerin Based Products in Low Dew Point Climates Under dry, arid conditions, glycerin struggles to find enough water in the air to properly hydrate itself (remember glycerin needs water and will therefore, bind to it). Thus in arid conditions, the only benefit that glycerin will give your hair is that it will slow down the evaporation rate of water from your hair back into the environment. Simultaneously, glycerin will struggle to remove the small available amount of water from the arid air. However, once all the available free water is consumed from the air, the glycerin in your hair product, will then remove the available water from the product itself. Once that is gone, it will remove the water from the cortex of your hair because glycerin is a humectant and needs to stay hydrated. Needless to say, using products formulated with glycerin is counterproductive to achieving healthy hair when applied in arid conditions. It leads to overall dryness, coarseness, frizz, fly-aways and an increased probability for greater damage by causing split ends. Glycerin Products in High Dew Point Climates Under humid conditions, glycerin causes the hair to become over saturated with water and therefore, disrupts some of your hair’s structure/hydrogen bonding. I don’t want to get into the chemical structure of hair in this discussion, but I must digress so that you’ll get the complete picture. Again, when hydrogen bonding is disrupted, your hair losses some structure. Don’t be alarmed because every time you shower, shampoo or go into a high humidity climate, you are disrupting hydrogen bonding in your hair. When you wet your hair, you are breaking hydrogen bonding. Your hair looses structure and becomes elongated. During the drying process, water evaporates and the hydrogen bonds reform. Your hair’s natural structure is reformed and the hair elongation is reduced so it goes back to its natural state. This is called shrinkage. Also, during the elongation process, the hair becomes swollen and the cuticle raises, which causes tangling. Hint, this is why your hair gets tangled when you wash it. Now, having explained the process of water/humidity with respects to the elongation and shrinkage of your hair, let’s take closer look at glycerin. The problem with using glycerin based products in high humidity is that it slows down the drying process and increases the chances of damaging your hair while it is elongated. When your hair is wet or elongated, it is weaker and more prone to breakage. Obviously, using glycerin based products in humid climates consistently keeps your hair in an elongated state. Therefore, it increases the probability of damaging it. It can also lose its curl pattern and become frizzy due to having swollen cuticles and tangling, as I mentioned above. Lastly depending on the concentration of glycerin in the product, your hair might begin to feel stickier. So, what’s the optimal time to use glycerin products? Only use products with high glycerin concentrations during optimal dew point temperatures (40F to 60F). Use Glycerin free products for humid conditions. In particular, look for the polyquats to detangle and address frizzy hair (typically in the summer and dew point is above 60F) Use leave-in or deep conditioners (standard oil/water emulsions) for low humidity conditions, which is typically in the winter and dew point is below 40F) Please note that products formulated with low levels of glycerine, will not have these dramatic effects on the hair and to best “guestimate” glycerine levels, look for products that list glycerine on the back end of the ingredients list.

Do not over whelm yourself, take what you need to use and leave off that which would stress you out.

Ladies I don't think I can say this enough but love your hair and it will love you back.
As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!

Our Protein Treatment

Well I thought it was time to put a little protein into our routing. With me being protein sensitive it makes me want to run away from anything that has protein in it. But not all of my family is protein sensitive so I decided to mix them up a egg and honey with a little yogurt.

So their hair came out just great. You could tell that the protein gave their hair a lot of strength. I think is was a good move to treat their hair even though they are getting some type of protein from the henna it may not be enough for their hair. But I always make sure I follow it up with a deep moisturizing conditioner. 

So a little protein is not bad at all.....

Ladies love your hair and it will love you back.

As always thanks for reading, peace and love!!!!