MizaniMami
New Member
Hey ladies,
As some of you may remember I posted a thread saying I bought the Elucence MB set, the poo and con.
Well I tried it last night and I wanted to give a review to help some people out. My hair type is 4a with mostly strong 4bs. I am relaxed and I am armpit length, as of now. I am about 7 weeks post relaxer but I look about 10 or eleveb lol.
Well anyways. I pre-pooed as normal with a mixture of Keraphix+Humectress+coconut oil. Then I shampooed twice with the Elucence Moisture Balance Shampoo, adding a few drops of keracare's 1st lather shampoo to the first lather. I wanted to get the full effect of the poo/con so that's why I added a drop of clarify poo (keracare 1st lather) to my first lather.
After my second lather, I rinsed very well. The shampoo had a wonderful creamy lather and it smelled like peaches. The scent was a little overwhelming for me, because I don't like fruity scents in a shampoo. I like my shampoo to smell like, well, shampoo. But it was nice and the smell didn't linger much. It took a while to rinse out completely, but after I rinsed I noticed my hair felt a little stripped and not really moisturized. Well, not really stripped but very clean. I am going to try this again, and I am contributing that "too clean" may be due to the Keracare 1st lather drops, though I never have problems with it before.
Now, I deep conditioned my hair for 45 minutes under a plastic cap and under a hooded dryer. I slathered the conditioner on very generously and to my surprise it was nice and thick and it also smelled like peaches. But it wasn't overwhelming like the shampoo. After sitting under the dryer for 15 minutes, I took off the cap, to detangle, and to see how long I should remain under the dryer (I usually check to see if my hair has absorbed most of the conditioner). The con. didn't really help with detangling but it did help slightly. I put my cap back on, and conditioned for another 30 minutes. Once I removed the cap my hair was sssssoooooo soft. Like buttah!! I rinsed/detangled under the shower, and did a cold water rinse and my hair was still very soft.
Once I removed the towel, my hair was soo soft. I added more MB conditioner+Keracare Humecto for my leave-in and sealed it with Keracare Essential oils. My hair is sooo soft.
So all in all, I am going to try the shampoo again to get a fair trial about it. The conditioner, took a awhile for my hair to absorb (I contribute that to the thickness) but it was well worth it. Didn't help much with detangling, but because of the softness it was a lot easier.
This is an EXCELLENT no-cone conditioner for those who are going the no-cone route!
I don't know if I would purchase the conditioner again, because I have stuff the works just as good, but this may replace my humectress as a pre-poo/moisturizing concoction.
I give the shampoo (so far, I will bump this when I try it again on Thursday) a C- and the conditioner a flat B. I will be using the conditioner as a propoo mixed witht he keraphix. I am verrry hard to please by the way. I hope someone finds this helpful!
As some of you may remember I posted a thread saying I bought the Elucence MB set, the poo and con.
Well I tried it last night and I wanted to give a review to help some people out. My hair type is 4a with mostly strong 4bs. I am relaxed and I am armpit length, as of now. I am about 7 weeks post relaxer but I look about 10 or eleveb lol.
Well anyways. I pre-pooed as normal with a mixture of Keraphix+Humectress+coconut oil. Then I shampooed twice with the Elucence Moisture Balance Shampoo, adding a few drops of keracare's 1st lather shampoo to the first lather. I wanted to get the full effect of the poo/con so that's why I added a drop of clarify poo (keracare 1st lather) to my first lather.
After my second lather, I rinsed very well. The shampoo had a wonderful creamy lather and it smelled like peaches. The scent was a little overwhelming for me, because I don't like fruity scents in a shampoo. I like my shampoo to smell like, well, shampoo. But it was nice and the smell didn't linger much. It took a while to rinse out completely, but after I rinsed I noticed my hair felt a little stripped and not really moisturized. Well, not really stripped but very clean. I am going to try this again, and I am contributing that "too clean" may be due to the Keracare 1st lather drops, though I never have problems with it before.
Now, I deep conditioned my hair for 45 minutes under a plastic cap and under a hooded dryer. I slathered the conditioner on very generously and to my surprise it was nice and thick and it also smelled like peaches. But it wasn't overwhelming like the shampoo. After sitting under the dryer for 15 minutes, I took off the cap, to detangle, and to see how long I should remain under the dryer (I usually check to see if my hair has absorbed most of the conditioner). The con. didn't really help with detangling but it did help slightly. I put my cap back on, and conditioned for another 30 minutes. Once I removed the cap my hair was sssssoooooo soft. Like buttah!! I rinsed/detangled under the shower, and did a cold water rinse and my hair was still very soft.
Once I removed the towel, my hair was soo soft. I added more MB conditioner+Keracare Humecto for my leave-in and sealed it with Keracare Essential oils. My hair is sooo soft.
So all in all, I am going to try the shampoo again to get a fair trial about it. The conditioner, took a awhile for my hair to absorb (I contribute that to the thickness) but it was well worth it. Didn't help much with detangling, but because of the softness it was a lot easier.
This is an EXCELLENT no-cone conditioner for those who are going the no-cone route!
I don't know if I would purchase the conditioner again, because I have stuff the works just as good, but this may replace my humectress as a pre-poo/moisturizing concoction.
I give the shampoo (so far, I will bump this when I try it again on Thursday) a C- and the conditioner a flat B. I will be using the conditioner as a propoo mixed witht he keraphix. I am verrry hard to please by the way. I hope someone finds this helpful!
. aside from NTM, it's the only shampoo that never leaves my hair feeling stripped.
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