Aloe Vera without Glycerin and Humectants in Natural Hair products

I have a theory that Aloe might actually work on my hair which would be hilarious if I'm right since I've thought since 2018 that my hair doesn't like aloe. I even wrote an article about it. It started when I wanted to buy the Chocolate Kinks & Kurls Aloha Rose clay wash. It contains …

Review of Deep Conditioners with Aloe Vera: Shescent it, EcoSlay, Mielle, Honey’s Handmade

This is going to be a review on some deep conditioners with Aloe I recently tried. I'm doing an experiment with products with aloe without humectants or with very low amounts. The full results will be in a separate post but here's a snippet. I've also started applying my deep conditioners on towel dried, damp …

Applying Conditioners on damp hair, Deep Conditioning without heat on High Porosity type 4 hair

I feel like every year, my hair goes through a different struggle. This year, it's that my products haven't been working as well as they did last year. So I decided to change up my routine. I noticed that when I apply my products on wash day, my hair would be dry but when I …

Chocolate Kinks & Kurls Aloha Rose & Red Clay vs Soultanicals Master cleanse & Pumpkin clay vs Shescent it detox| Natural type 4 hair

Chocolate Kinks & Kurls Aloha Rose & Red Clay washes I got the chocolate kinks & kurls aloha clay because it has no butters or humectants. My high porosity hair does not like humectants. I was curious about it but also nervous because it has aloe powder. It also claims to help with scalp itchiness …

Kriya Botanicals High & Low porosity product lines | Deep conditioners & leave in conditioners

These products have been on my list forever and I was lucky that the last time I checked their site, they had it in stock. All of the products cost $15 for 8oz. The high porosity contains aloe vera & honey and the low porosity has no humectants or glycerin. They are both protein free. …

Rhassoul Clay on Natural hair | Medium to High porosity type 4 hair

So y'all. I started using clay to wash my hair exclusively because shampoos started drying my hair out really bad even my then favorite which was the camille rose lavender shampoo. Normally I used the Aztec clay mask once a month but in August I used it 3ce in a month and my hair didn't …

Battle of the Hair Masks 16: Curl Origin versus Camille Rose Coconut Water

Its another battle! Ay. It's been a while since I wrote a battle of the deep conditioners article. I started off with the Aztec Clay Mask. I've been using Clay Masks to wash my hair weekly now as opposed to cowashes and shampoos. They clean off all the butters and oils I have been using …

2 Other reasons your natural hair is always and still dry

Hi All, I saw my sister after a long while due to the pandemic and she told me she shaved her hair off because it was always hard and dry. That inspired me to write this post. You don't wash it often I was that girl in college who's hair didn't get washed until my …

Flora & Curl Clay Mask versus Chocolate Kinks & Kurls Red Clay Mask

Hi All, here's part 2 like I promised. If you want to read on the details, checkout part 1 I forgot to mention in the 1st part that mixing the Flora & Curl isn't fun. I couldn't get it to be smooth so it kept falling off while I tried to apply. The mask itself …

Battle of the Clay masks: Flora & Curl vs Chocolate Kinks & Kurls

Ay! It's another battle. I love battles. I tried the Flora & Curl Coconut Mint Refresh Clay wash 9oz ($24) and the Chocolate Kinks & Kurls Red Clay & Hibiscus Clay wash 8oz ($28) Flora & Curl doesn't contain any carrier oils and that's why I got it. The Chocolate Kinks contains cocoa butter, avocado …