keykee
New Member
Hi,
Soo.. I am just about on the home stretch of my transition and I am looking to BC around my birthday in April.
Before that, I would like to make sure that I am stocked up on some products.
Here, the products like Kinky Curly, Oyin, Afroveda are twice the price as they are in the US. That's annoying considering the Canadian and US dollar are so close in value. Yeah i know shipping costs are high but I don't care. The markup is insane.
The other thing is that you just can't find a lot of products. I know of one store in Toronto that sells brands like the ones mentioned above.
For example... Pantene relaxed and natural.. Here they don't sell that line in regular stores like Wal Mart or the drug mart. You can find it in beauty supply stores and they treat it like its a specialty item and it costs $8.99+ in the past when I've been to Target the relaxed and natural line is on the shelves as a regular item and the price is like 3.99$ like the rest of the pantene products.
From this site, and looking online and products that I have tried or want to try are:
The Kinky Curly Line
Miss Jessie's Line
Cantu (is this sold at Wal Mart or Target?)
Oyin Handmade
Afroveda
Of course now I can't remember the rest.. If you can suggest anything that would be great.
I am hoping to save up about 300USD, go across the border to stock up.
I am in Southern Ontario and it would probably be me travelling alone.
I could travel by car to: Buffalo, other parts of northern NY, Michigan, Pennsylvania
Take a train or a cheap flight to NYC, .. or Chicago?
Which state would you recommend and what areas in that state have stores that sell the brands mentioned above or just a wide selection of hair products.
Your help is appreciated.
Soo.. I am just about on the home stretch of my transition and I am looking to BC around my birthday in April.
Before that, I would like to make sure that I am stocked up on some products.
Here, the products like Kinky Curly, Oyin, Afroveda are twice the price as they are in the US. That's annoying considering the Canadian and US dollar are so close in value. Yeah i know shipping costs are high but I don't care. The markup is insane.
The other thing is that you just can't find a lot of products. I know of one store in Toronto that sells brands like the ones mentioned above.
For example... Pantene relaxed and natural.. Here they don't sell that line in regular stores like Wal Mart or the drug mart. You can find it in beauty supply stores and they treat it like its a specialty item and it costs $8.99+ in the past when I've been to Target the relaxed and natural line is on the shelves as a regular item and the price is like 3.99$ like the rest of the pantene products.
From this site, and looking online and products that I have tried or want to try are:
The Kinky Curly Line
Miss Jessie's Line
Cantu (is this sold at Wal Mart or Target?)
Oyin Handmade
Afroveda
Of course now I can't remember the rest.. If you can suggest anything that would be great.
I am hoping to save up about 300USD, go across the border to stock up.
I am in Southern Ontario and it would probably be me travelling alone.
I could travel by car to: Buffalo, other parts of northern NY, Michigan, Pennsylvania
Take a train or a cheap flight to NYC, .. or Chicago?
Which state would you recommend and what areas in that state have stores that sell the brands mentioned above or just a wide selection of hair products.
Your help is appreciated.