~~*June 2008 Hits and Misses*~~

[Eisani]

Tresemme Smooth & Silky Conditioner. Love it! Vitamin H (Biotin) and Silk Protein or something. Great for CWs. Added B12 and EVOO. My hair is in love!

 

[cocopuff]

HITS

Karen's Body Beautiful Hair Milk
Qhemet Biologics Olive Cream Conditioner and Detangler
V05 Moisture Milks Honeydew Smoothie Conditioner
V05 Moisture Milks Strawberries and Cream Conditioner
Ojon Replenishing Mist Leave In Conditioner
Ojon Ultra Hydrating Shampoo
Fantasia IC Olive Serum

MISSES

Aveda Be Curly Curl Enhancer

 

[Tee]

HIT:

Baking Soda Rinse to cleanse my hair. I have seen this over and over and over and never tried it. My thoughts, "Baking Soda, yeah right!" I used it and my hair felt like butter. So soft and amazing slip. I would have never thought Baking Soda and water could do this. Neva!

 

[Tee]

Girl Tee this is nothing, you should checkout my fotki's products section. I did hits and misses on most or all of them in past months.

Off to take a look.

 

[nodisrespect]

Herbal Essences LTR... I liked it more than I thought I would. I thought the posts on here might be overhype so I was prepared to be a little disappointed, but it really was very good.

 

[Namilani]

Hit:
Using my Mizani HRM Humidity Resistant spray BEFORE styling. I had soft, shiny curls that stayed through a dance recital and baby shower! Previously this stuff reminded me of a souped-up, aerosol version of spritz (I sprayed on after styling). And for $17.95, you see I never threw it away!

 

[drika]

Hits
Organix Coconut Anti-Breakage Serum...this stuff is awesome....thanks allandra!

Organix Coconut Split Ends Mender....really keeps my ends "in check"

Redken Smooth Glide....a little goes a long way...gives a nice shine as well

Redken Extreme (Anti-Snap, shampoo, condish, rescue treatment)...stopped my breakge

Redken Real Control Masque/Shampoo....love it, the masque is the truth, shampoo is one of the best moisturizing shampoos I'veever used

Redken Smooth Down Butter Treat...love it

Continued Hit
NTM Silk Leave In and Penetrating Conditioner

 

[chebaby]

major hit: aveda damage remedy shampoo and conditioner

 

[25Nona]

Major hit

Distilled water rinse
Distilled water and Lacio Lacio with a cap full of SAA in my spray bottle
Moisturizing with Aloe Vera Gel and JoJoba oil
Pre Pooing with oils
Nacidit olive oil products -poo, condish, & rinse

no misses

 

[cocopuff]

Tresemme Smooth & Silky Conditioner. Love it! Vitamin H (Biotin) and Silk Protein or something. Great for CWs. Added B12 and EVOO. My hair is in love!

I use this all the time; I love it too! Sometimes I add warm coconut milk to it.

 

[Healthb4Length]

Revisited Hits

Shescentit's fortifying mask
Keracare shampoo for color treated hair

On the fence

Organix Vanilla Conditioner--it smells great and left my hair conditioned and easy to detangle, but I wasn't wowed by it. I felt that it left my hair coated and If I used it too often it would lead to major buildup.

 

[achangedlife]

Hits: Silk Elements luxurious shampoo and conditoner, leave in, pommade, heat protector, and hair grease (extra dry formula)

Misses: ORS hair lotion and wrap foam

Still to try: Silk Elements repair mask

 

[RubyWoo]

Joico Kpak Deep Penetrating reconstructor & Joico Kpak Moisture Intense Hydrator- I'm reviewing these together since I used them together. Seriously, these products truly live up to the hype and beyond. I wish I purchased them sooner! I touched up a little over two weeks ago and was due to for my post relaxer protein treatment. I used the Kpak reconstructor for 10 mins w/o heat and then followed up with the Kpak Moisture intense hydrator for 20min w/heat. I did this on Sunday and today my hair still feels and looks great. When I do the elasticity test on one of my shed hairs, the hair is sooo strong and the elasticity is excellent; the best that my hair has ever been. The performance is superior to any product I've ever used especially only after only one use.

Thanks to all you wonderful ladies for the great reviews on this line (especially Artemis!)! I definitely plan to repurchase!

AG Fast Food Leave on conditioner-this is a leave-in conditioner and so far I really, really, really like it. I've used this on wet and dry hair and my hair has done well with both. It's a creme, it smells good, it's light, the ph is good (4.5-5.5) and the ingredients are excellent. I needed a new daily moisturizer and so far I'm more than satisfied. I definitely plan to repurchase.

 

[BKVincy]

Hits
VO5 condish mixed with colorshowers
blue ic fantasia gel

 

[Arcadian]

Definite hit

Lacio Lacio
French Perm stabilizer.

I'm seeing that through this next stretch I do need to go back to at least some sort of daily protien which Lacio provides. FPS is fantastic. My hair was getting that afro on the bottom and this helped to get it back under control.

Its not sudsy on my hair, and the rinseout was fantastic. no tangles, and barely a hair in the comb/brush.

These will be washday stables until I relax again.

On the fence:
Nexxus Enphuse. I like Keraphix better though its an ok product. I didn't get the large bottle so once I'm done its back to Keraphix.


-A

 

[shtow]

Revisited hit: BB castor oil in the jar. My mom used this to grow my hair out after a setback when I was a kiddie. I trusted her word and I got some (its only 3 dollars). All I can say is wow! I like the jar waaaay better than the bottle! It is really moisturizing in my hair. Its not sticky and when I seal it ith coconut oil, I only have to re-moisturize every day or so (instead of twice a day). This is some good stuff!

 

[Brownie518]

A HIT so far

Joico Body Luxe conditioner: saw this in one of MonaLisa's posts and decided to try it. Well, I put some on dry hair. Don't know why 'cause I never do that with conditioners. Anyway, my hair was so soft and shiny and nice. Not to mention moisturized. I loved it! Since then I have used it as a DC and as a quick 2-min conditioner. Great results each time. My hair was very moisturized, detangled, and soft. It felt great. This last time I left a little in when I rinsed and my hair was detangled, moisturized, smooth, and dried nice and straight. Definite repurchase.

 

[LovelyLionessa]

Hits:
Organix Shea Butter conditioner: nice & creamy, I've been using it as a leave-in

Elasta QP Stop Action Neutralizing Shampoo: nice, gentle and sulfate free. It contains olein sulfonate which is said to be drying, but it wasn't drying or harsh on my hair.

VIA Semi-Permanent rinse (Black Satin): this was easy to apply and has great ingriedients, especially for use post relaxing, it wasn't drying either

 

[MizzBrown]

MISS:

Redken All Soft Conditioner...It just stinks! And I bought 5 bottles of this stuff at a salon in the mall cause they had it for 60% off. It doesn't give as much slip as i like either. I'm gonna put some EO's in it next time to kill the smell and just use it up!

Sebastian Potion #9...Left my hair crunchy and dry. Mad cause I paid $7 for this little bottle. I'm gonna give it one more shot cause maybe i used too much at a time then i'm givin' it to my sis.

 

[BrownBetty]

MISS:

Redken All Soft Conditioner...It just stinks! And I bought 5 bottles of this stuff at a salon in the mall cause they had it for 60% off. It doesn't give as much slip as i like either. I'm gonna put some EO's in it next time to kill the smell and just use it up!

Sebastian Potion #9...Left my hair crunchy and dry. Mad cause I paid $7 for this little bottle. I'm gonna give it one more shot cause maybe i used too much at a time then i'm givin' it to my sis.

You might want to sell the all soft... a lot of folks like it.

Mix the potion 9 with your mositurizing leave in con. I had the same thing happen to me but once I mixed it my hair was fire!

 

[LiqueXX]

I'm back to update:

Mega Hit:
Mega Tek Cell rebuilder, Eqyss Premier Botanical Shampoo, Eqyss Creme Rinse, Eqyss Survivor Detangler, and Eqyss Rehydrant Spray.

The Miss here is :
Eqyss Avocado Mist - made my hair very dull looking and dry - YUCK!!!

More Hits:

These conditioners are sooooo yummy especially in my ayurveda co-washes, YUM YUM!!!

There are some Hits and Misses in this next photo:

I like all the Roux products here - the Porosity Control poo and con and the 5 in 1 poo, these make my hair detangle like a breeze. I also like the Elucence moisture benefits poo and clarifying poo.

Now the Misses here are:
Elucence moisture balancing conditioner and treatment.

Additional Hits:

Everything ayurveda for me especially my fenugreek seed powder (provided loads and loads of slip as a tea rinse), but except the aritha powder - I know it's clarifying but I found it a little too drying for my fine hair. I will continue to use it but sparingly.

You might want to try the Eluence MB conditioner as a leave-in, this is how I use it (I really don't like it as a DC).

 

[MonaLisa]

A HIT so far

Joico Body Luxe conditioner: saw this in one of MonaLisa's posts and decided to try it. Well, I put some on dry hair. Don't know why 'cause I never do that with conditioners. Anyway, my hair was so soft and shiny and nice. Not to mention moisturized. I loved it! Since then I have used it as a DC and as a quick 2-min conditioner. Great results each time. My hair was very moisturized, detangled, and soft. It felt great. This last time I left a little in when I rinsed and my hair was detangled, moisturized, smooth, and dried nice and straight. Definite repurchase.

Awwwwwwwww hair cuz. I'm not alone anymore...


I actually ordered more of this so I'm stocked for the year. The only thing I've used consistently along with the moisture recovery for the past three months (lawd knows I've done nothing else with my hair and it shows - will get back on the grind this summer, I've fallen off )


And I swear if I don't pick up this organix serum before I get my hair done for my trip I'm going to cuss myself out viciously...

 

[gymfreak336]

Awwwwwwwww hair cuz. I'm not alone anymore...


I actually ordered more of this so I'm stocked for the year. The only thing I've used consistently along with the moisture recovery for the past three months (lawd knows I've done nothing else with my hair and it shows - will get back on the grind this summer, I've fallen off )


And I swear if I don't pick up this organix serum before I get my hair done for my trip I'm going to cuss myself out viciously...

Hold up!!!!! Joico Body Luxe....since when have yall used this........My own hair cousins don't even give me the heads up on the good ish

 

[Nita81]

HITS
Phytorelaxer Index 2--beautiful silky results

MISSES
Phytodefrisant Botanical Balm--this was trash