***Novembeer 2008 Hits and Misses***

[Butterfly08]

HITS:

• Cowashing at night, 3x a week
• Redken Butter Treat, slicked on after my cowash, and then sit under the dryer for 25 minutes so it soaks in. I leave it in and count as a DC.
• Working out with a plastic cap on my head while prepooing. I do this at home or tie a scarf on if I'm going out for a run.
• All things Redken - Pure Pearl con, All Soft con, Heavy Cream. Whew, where have you been all my life, and you're much cheaper than Aveda!!!
• EVOO: I literally use this for everything. From eating and cooking to hair, body and cuticles. This stuff is worth it's weight in gold.
• Stretching 14+ weeks - my double processed hair is thick and healthy.
• Mixing Body Shop oil with water and spritzing my roots to revive my leave in conditioner. Smells great and keeps me from overloading on conditioner.
• Bunning - it's quck and easy and looks professional.
• Chi Silk Infusion

MISSES:

• Joico Moisture Recovery poo and con. Smells like Raid. HATE IT! The product is ok but I hate that smell!
• Redken Real Control - the only Redken products I didn't like. These are just ok for me.

 

[tiffers]

HUGE Hits:
Sally's GVP Extra Gentle Shampoo
Sally's GVP Conditioning Balm
Sally's GVP Conditioner
Sally's GVP Smoothing Serum

Continued Hits:
Kenra MC
Hawaiian Silky 14 in 1 Miracle Worker

Revisited Misses:
Silk Elements Olive Oil Moisturizing Treatment
Nature's Therapy Mega Moisture

 

[BeautifulRoots]

Hit: Shea butter!! Love it for skin and hair, both feel so soft and supple. Why did I not try this before now, I love it!!

 

[Toy]

Hit: Hair One Olive oil cleansing Conditioner

Continued Hit : Dove Conditoner,Pantene Relaxed & Natural .

 

[Urban]

Hits: Avocado oil, amla oil and powder, shikakai powder, bentonite clay

Continued Hit: AC 1 minute wonder, HE Hello Hydration conditioner.

On the fence: Steiner Prolene Intense Protein Preatment For Damaged Hair, HE HH shampoo

 

[Prose Princess]

Miss: EVOO. The last two times I have used this in my conditioners it left my hair hard and tangled. I don't know why my hair doesn't like this oil, but I will not be using it again.

Hit: Amla & Olive Heavy Cream. Even after my rollerset dried hard because of the EVOO, I put this on the length of my hair, and it made my curls bouncy and soft! I couldn't stop touching them! I'm anxious to see what my hair feels like in the morning though.

 

[MichL]

Hits- Everything I've tried from Hairveda:

SitriNillah Mask (I finally have a staple DC)

Almond Glaze (I can finally do braidouts, excellent shine, no more dry, crunchy airdrying results)

Green Tea Moisturizer (My new favorite butter)

Whipped Baggy Cream (Keeps my ends soooo moisturized)

Cocasta Oil and Vatika Frosting

Moist 24/7 (great for cowashing AND I can use it as a DC too)

I literally threw away a ton of my hair products today that aren't HairVeda (except my beloved Salerm leave in and a couple others) because they just can't compete- and I had to make room for my Black Friday HairVeda purchases.

On the Fence-

Redken Butter Treat (I'm going to give this another try, but it didn't wow me the first couple of times)

NTM Deep Recovery Mask (Again, not a "wower")

CHI Silk Infusion (I really want to like it, but my hair got really dry when i used it. Trying to figure out if the CHI SI was the culprit, or if it just wasn't mixing well with something else I used at the time)

Miss-

Redken Real Control Mask (I noticed no difference in my hair at all)

Yea! For once more hits than misses.

 

[anon123]

I've been experimenting with castor oil again and I like it so much better this time. I just have to make sure not to get it on my scalp and I'm good. Right now it's the only leave-in I have in my hair

 

[MonaLisa]

VO5 Kiwi and Lime clarifying conditioner - I didn't expect much from this, but it detangles, softens and clarifies extremely well without leaving hair feeling dry and stripped.

...

Hit: Hair One Olive oil cleansing Conditioner

Awww shu..cks.sss..

*jots on notepad*

 

[myronnie]

Hits:
GVP Extra-Gentle Shampoo
GVP Conditioning Balm
GVP Concentrated Leave-In Treatment

 

[empressri]

hit: ors loc and twist gel!

miss: ors replenishing pak

 

[Kimiche]

Miss: Cantu shea butter. Did nothing for my hair

co-signing! The leave-in made my hair a hard crunchy mess.

 

[crumbling_images]

Hits:
Chagrin Valley Babassu Marsh Mallow Shampoo Bar
Chagrin Valley Carrot Milk & Honey Shampoo Bar
HairVeda CoCasta Shikaki Herbal Hair Oil
HairVeda AvoSoya Oil
HairVeda Vatika Frosting

Miss:
HairVeda Almond Glaze
HairVeda Gelly

Don't Know Yet:
HairVeda HydraSoft
HairVeda Hair Masque
HairVeda 24/7 Conditioner

 

[Determined22]

Hits:
Hair One Olive Oil Cleansing Cream
Aphogee 2 Min Reconstructor
Hawaiian Silky 14 in 1 Miracle Worker
Shescentit Seyani Hair Butter

 

[-Love Love*]

Hit: CON shampoo and conditioner....left my hair moisturized out this WORLD.
Miss: Africa's best castor oil.....that dang Petrolatum! , The garlic treatment with the powder. I'm willing to try it again with different castor oil....but I still shed.

 

[jamaicanadian]

Absolute hits turned staples:

Pibbs 514!!!

Rene Furterer Complexe 5 + scalp massages before wash

Elucence MB shampoo

deep-conditioning weekly

rollersetting exclusively



jury still out on: Tigi Dumb Blonde Reconstructor

 

[LovinLea]

Hits:
Keracare Humecto mixed with ORS replenishing for a DC
Optimum Breakthru DC
Elasta QP H-Two leave-in
airdrying rollersets (no need for heat anymore!!)

Miss:
BioIonic Clarifying Shampoo (completely stripped my hair, sent me running back to ORS Aloe Rid if I really need to clarify)

 

[letitgrow0702]

Hit: Pantene Nourishing Noumir Moisture replenshing mask
Miss: NONE

I love this stuff!

 

[letitgrow0702]

co-signing! The leave-in made my hair a hard crunchy mess.

Dito to this. It does nothing for me or DD's hair.

 

[HoneyDew]

I was coming to call the Cantu Shea Butter Leave in a HIT! Sorry it didnt work for you.

I have yet to try the Silk Touch. I will give it a try.

Revisted Hit...My Caruso curlers.

These are such a staple for me. I have 2 units, I love them so much.

 

[bigdeelight]

Hits:

Elasta QP H Two silk moisture sealant
Cantu Shea Butter Conditioner & Leave In Conditioner (the kind in the jar)

 

[missykeyana]

Hits:
Silk Elements MegaSilk Moisturizing Treatment - left my hair soooo soft

Misses:
SE Luxury Shampoo - left my hair a little stripped
SE Luxury Conditioner - my hair felt coated after using this

 

[AbundantlyBlessed]

Hits:
Moroccan Hail Oil
AG Fast Food Leave In
Affirm 5 in 1
Herstyler Hair Serum (w/Vit. E & Aloe Vera) - this far exceeds the dry/sticky results of Chi. Works great as a daily leave in.
Herstyler Forever Black 1.5" ceramic Flat Iron - the cheapest, most efficient flat iron I have with minimal/no damage to my hair
UBH Conditioner - It appears more watery than previous conditioner I purchased a few years ago, but it's still effective


On the Fence
Chi Silk Infusion - I'll continue to use in very small doses but IMHO, it maybe overhyped

 

[Kimiche]

Dito to this. It does nothing for me or DD's hair.

I had to wash my hair when I got home because I was afraid that it was going to start snapping off, it was that bad. Never again. I haven't tossed it out yet, but if no one else wants it, I'll just call it a $5 and change loss. Which is nothing compared to losing my hair.

I keep on talking about this miss, so I'll mention some of the hits.

Hits:

Hawaiian Silky 14 in 1 - This really makes my 4 a/b hair feel nice and soft. Tiffers, you're the best for telling us about this one.

Hairveda Vatika Frosting - Love it! Can't wait until my shipment of other Hairveda products get here.

Abba Pure Moisture Shampoo - I love this too, it moisturizes my hair good and I love the feeling of mint on my scalp.

more to add later.

 

[spelmanlocks]

Hits: Shikaki powder mixed with Hairveda Strinillah Conditioner. This completely stopped my shedding!

Miss:
Hairveda Strinillah Conditioner (only worthy when I mixed it with Shikaki powder and coconut oil)

 

[DaPPeR]

Hits that stil remain:
1)ORS Replenishing Conditioner for DC's
2)Herbal Essences Dangerously Straight for cowashes
3)*new* Kids Organics Shea Butter Hair Lotion
4) Castor Oil

Miss:
Silk Elements Moisturizing Treatment. Made my hair so hard.

 

[envybeauty]

Misses

Pantene relaxed and natural mask
Kirkland conditioner

Boo to both.

 

[Tee]

Hits: Shikaki powder mixed with Hairveda Strinillah Conditioner. This completely stopped my shedding!

Miss:
Hairveda Strinillah Conditioner (only worthy when I mixed it with Shikaki powder and coconut oil)

I must give this mixture a try. My hair didn't like this conditioner alone either. All the other products from the line were hits.

Miss..........
Oil Rinses. I tried it again today for the second time. Just a no go for me.

Hit......
LongHairDontCare's tip on mixing Shikaki/conditioner/and Oil for cowashing. I did it this morning and all was good. (But that shikaki is hell to rinse to out!)

 

[Dayjoy]

Hits:

ORS Replenishing: Slip city, smells great, strong hair!

Pincurling: Why did I just start this? Gentle on the hair and on the head--hair comes out really pretty too! Plus, if I am traveling, bobby pins take up almost no space.

Sebastian Colourshines in Brilliant Brown: Didn't want to post this one because I know how y'all do. But since I already stocked up on this discontinued gem, have at it!! My fine hair has deep color, volume, shine, smoothness and weight. It feels soooo good.

 

[Tee]

Hits:

ORS Replenishing: Slip city, smells great, strong hair!

Pincurling: Why did I just start this? Gentle on the hair and on the head--hair comes out really pretty too! Plus, if I am traveling, bobby pins take up almost no space.

Sebastian Colourshines in Brilliant Brown: Didn't want to post this one because I know how y'all do. But since I already stocked up on this discontinued gem, have at it!! My fine hair has deep color, volume, shine, smoothness and weight. It feels soooo good.

lol....Yes you are right. Where did you find it discoed?