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Aug12

I am really excited to share these next two products because I have been eyeing this brand for awhile hehe. I first discovered WonderCurl at the grand opening of N Natural Hair Studio and I knew I wanted to try it out eventually. I am a sucker for cute logos and nice packaging! Lol So I went out on a whim and contacted WonderCurl to see if I could do a review and they graciously agreed and sent me their newest product, the Polishing Pomade.

It’s crazy how things are timed perfectly… WonderCurl hosted a meet-up the other week (held at N Natural Hair Salon!) and It happened to be the week after I received the product to review. So I figured I’d wait and her to learn more about the products at the meetup before I tried them out. I ended up buying the Butter Than Love Whipped at the meetup hehe So I will devote this post to both products :o)

Oh and here’s a couple shots from the meetup. The owner of WonderCurl, Scarlett, gave a live tutorial using a few of her products. I also even got to meet a few of my readers/followers!

I must say it was so nice meeting Scarlett! She is such a sweet person which a great spirit. Can I also tell you how gorgeous she is in person?! Ugh lol and her hair….BEAUTIFUL! She had the ends dyed green which looked dope.

So my product experiences…. I’ll start with the Pomade. It retails for $5 for 2 oz. This pomade is not like your typical solid pomade like Dax or Murry’s. It contains no wax or any of that hard stuff. It is really smooth, creamy, pudding-ey texture. When you rub it in it feels like a thick oil. As far as the consistency, the first thing that came to mind was the Koils by Nature Peppermint Gel but not as liquidy.

It smells soooo yummy! WonderCurl teamed up with a company called YumYum Candle to make the yummy mango coconutty scent and WonderCurl is also selling a solid perfume in the same scent! Cute :o)

Product Description

Put the Polishing Pomade in your hair for super shine and hair that smells wonderful and paired with the Solid Perfume in the matching scent, you are now ready for summer.

Ingredients

Caprylic Glyceride, Soybean oil, Avocado butter, Organic Coconut Oil, Elaesis guineesis (Palm) Kernel Oil, Azadirachta indica (Neem) Oil, Fragrance. NO PETROLEUM, MINERAL OIL, BEESWAX, LANOLIN, PARABENS, GLYCERIN, SULFATES OR SILICONES

So the way I used the pomade was to polish my edges when I did my normal twists. This was the best method of use for my hair. It gave a semi-good hold, it didn’t hold like a gel or anything but my edges are really thick and this did a good job of blending them with the rest of my hair. It also made them really soft and shiny. I was gifted only a small sample size (I think it’s about 1 oz.) but I only needed to use a little bit so it should last me a few uses. I think this would be great if you have finer hair/thinner edges as it would really tame any flyaways. I also used a little bit over the length of my hair when fluffing to add shine and to make my hair smell good :o)

Up next is the Butter Than Love Whipped. It’s a thick, fluffy, cake frosting-like, shea hair butter. It retails for $12 for 4 oz. or $20 for 8 oz. I bought mine from N Natural Hair Studio and they only sold the 8 oz. size but you can check out the WonderCurl website to see other retailers or to buy online. Oh and check this out, I just got this in my email! I guess it is in the new CurlKit if you subscribe to it :o)

Hehe just thought I would share the love :o)

So back to the matter at hand, the Butter Than Love…..

Product Description

Butter than Love Hair Whipped is a dream for parched curls. This thick and rich cream is loaded with oils and butters resulting in hair that is full of life and bounce.

Ingredients

Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Castor Oil, Shea Butter, Caprylic/Capric/Stearic Glycerides, Cetyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Acrylates/C-10 Alkyl Acrylates, Phenoxyethanol, Ethylhexylglycerin, Fragrance. NO PETROLEUM, MINERAL OIL, BEESWAX, LANOLIN, PARABENS, GLYCERIN, SULFATES OR SILICONES FRAGRANCE IS PTHALATE FREE

I really love the Butter Than Love and I am learning that my hair really responds best to thick, WHIPPED shea-based products. They are pretty much the only products that really seal in moisture and keep it super soft and supple. I also noticed my hair loves products that contain castor oil, which is also in the ingrediants. One thing though, the BTL is unscented which kinda made me sad because I LOVE hair products that smell good. Scarlett mentioned that it used to have a honeysuckle scent but her customers said it was too overbearing so she catered to her customers needs and made them unscented! Can’t be mad at that! It’s still a great product. My hair stayed moisturized all week and I didn’t reapply any product, just spritzed my hair when I re-twisted. It REALLY sealed the water in my hair each time I re-twisted.

This product also comes in a Pudding and the difference between the two is that the pudding is lighter and of course more pudding like. It applies more “wet” if that makes sense. Think Shea Moisture Curl Smoothie. It doesn’t seal as well as the whipped because it is not as thick. I’d love to try the pudding one day to see what the difference is in my hair.

Now I am going to give you a disclaimer about the pics of my hair on the first day, I really don’t know what the heck I did but my twists came out a bit crazy lol and I say this to say that it was ME and NOT the product lol

And here are pics of my hair after I spritzed and re-twisted. I think it was on the 3rd day

You can really see how the moisture is sealed in and how shiny my hair is. I am so glad I discovered this! I will put this on my top favs list for sure. I really want to try another WonderCurl product, the Get Set Hair Jelly. This was the product Scarlett demonstrated at the meetup. I also heard some ladies like it better than Kinky Curly Curling Custard….and you know how I feel about KCCC lol but I am more than open to giving it a shot because I love the other WonderCurl products thus far!

Apr15

Product :: Crie Natural Jaja’s Loc & Body Pomade

Posted on April 15, 2012 by Lauren

Product :: Crie Natural Jaja’s Loc & Body Pomade

…another Baltimore Natural Hair Care Expo product post lol yea I’m pressed lol

I also picked up some Loc and Body Pomade by Crie Natural (formerly known as Created by Nature) for $14 8 oz. (I think that’s how much it was). Let me tell you how good this stuff smells! The pomade comes in seven different scents (Almond, Lavender/Vanilla, Spicy Vanilla, Honeysuckle, Lemongrass, Sweet Orange & unscented). I picked up the almond and omg I could sniff it all day lol ok I know that sounds weird #dontjudgeme. It’s a sweet, almond-y scent. Makes me think of buttery cookies or something mmmmm lol

Now, the product says it’s a whipped pomade but to me it seems more like a dense oily butter. The consistency isn’t fluffy like I normally consider something whipped, it’s more solid. The product itself is extremely light weight (good for the low porosity hair crew) and it contains shea butter as the first product in its ingredients. It’s full of my fav oils and melts in your hands easily. It’s only 8 oz of product but I swear it feels at least like 12 oz. I’ll be using this for like at least a year lol (even though it says use within 3-6 months…o_O ). It’s definitely a “little goes a long way” product.

Check out what’s in this bad boy:

Shea butter, olive oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, coconut oil, infused sage, rosemary, nettle and burdock root. Scented with alcohol free fragrance oil.

So I used the pomade on freshly washed twists (as per usual lol) and was ok with the results the next day for the most part (1st day hair). Nothing super spectacular, my hair was light and fluffy, somewhat defined but I think I will attribute the definition to my hair being wet and then drying into the pattern of the twists. Then day 2 came….my hair was just eh…I don’t think it’s heavy enough to hold my hair for longer than a day without having to use water and re-twist. Even after I re-twisted on day 3, my curl pattern wasn’t as coily, it was more wavy and sort of all over the place. I can’t really tell you what was really going on with it but it just seemed a bit drab. I’ll have to try this product out again and see if I can yield better results using it with another product, but as far as using it by itself, probably not.

*Side bar* I really need to figure out this lighting situation. I’m not feeling this flash…I’ll figure somethin out…

I think this product would be much better as a light “re-moisturizer” after I’ve applied some type of “styling” product i.e. as a mid-week moisturizer when my low porosity hair finally absorbs moisture and needs a re-up. I also tried this as a sealant on my ends but again, it was too light and didn’t clump my curls much. This could work over a 2nd/3rd/etc. day wash-n-go to help re-moisturize.

Overall, I like the product because of the ingredients, the AMAZING scent and it’s light-weightiness but I think I’ll stick to using it as a moisturizer when my hair feels dry and as a lubricant for when I dry detangle on wash days.

— Anyone else ever used this brand or any of their other products?!

Apr3

Product :: Oyin Handmade Sugar Berries Humectant Hair Pomade

Posted on April 3, 2012 by Lauren

Product :: Oyin Handmade Sugar Berries Humectant Hair Pomade

So my last post was about sealing your hair, so I feel like this would be a good opportunity to introduce one of my new fav products…Oyin Handmade Sugar Berries Humectant Hair Pomade! It’s an all-vegetable oil pomade that is great for sealing. I bought mine off of CurlMart for $12 for 4 oz. of product.

This stuff smells sooo yummy! It’s super sweet, juicy and fruity. I also recently got the sample size of Oyin’s Burnt Sugar Pomade, which is the exact same thing but their original scent . That one smells really yummy too and is more of a caramel, sugary scent (which I think I actually like better). Either way, your hair will be smellin good!

Here’s what’s inside:

castor oil, soy wax, organic virgin coconut oil, mango seed oil, olive oil, unrefined hempseed oil, cocoa butter, broccoli seed oil, and fragrance.

I was kind of surprised at the consistency when I first got it. When I thought of pomade, what came to mind is something really thick, waxy, hard and would smooth down edges (like Murray’s Hair Dresssing lol) but this definitely dispelled that thought. I guess that was my naivety. But it turns out I love it so it worked out!

This pomade is definitely rich in oil and is a humectant (great for my low porosity hair). It is solid in the jar but as soon as you rub it with your fingers it melts into a thick (but not heavy) oil. It will definitely keep your hair coated and lock in the moisture. You don’t have to reapply this often. Keep this in a cool place or you may have a greasy, liquidy mess!

I’ve been using this on my ends for twist outs and it keeps my ends nice and sealed for days at a time. I do go a little heavy on this since it is pretty light. It ads lots of shine yet it doesn’t feel super greasy or weighted down.

I paired this with Oyin’s Whipped Pudding (on the length of my hair for a twist-out) and I really, really liked the results! Now I have NOT used the pomade with other products yet so I we will have to see how it turns out.

Check out some pics of my week old hair (I re-twisted my hair 2x since I had washed it):