OMG! ECOSTYLER GEL IS THE!

I have a tub under my sink no lie the old large tub of black Ecostyler gel from 2003, and I still use it, matter fact I found some missing combs in it, THIS IS all I used to put my hair back post 8 months no relaxer and it made my hair silk and shine like new money. I still have about 1/3 left and I am going to go back and revisit it for a few weeks.

I have never experienced any breakage from this gel, but It does get cakey to me. But then again I don't comb it at all, I cake alot in for a slick pony.
 
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I'm trying to get my hand on the "blue" formula Eco Styler for color treated hair. I haven't seen it in stores, but will head to my favorite bss city and bss hop and look. It cost way too much to much in shipping charges to order a $5 product online :(
 
I have natural 4a/b thick hair. Can someone recommend what color I should purchase. I do not want a strong hold I would like it to define my wash n goes and leave it soft.
 
I found all formulas!

I got "yellow" and "blue" to try out. The "yellow" has a hold of "8" and is forumulated of thermal styling, twist and braids. The "blue" hold of "5" and formulated for color treated hair with sunscreen, so I figured it would be a little gentler than the regular "krystal" clear and Olive Oil one's with both have a max hold of "10". I haven't tried them out yet, but so far I can tell the blue one is thinner and lighter in texture and consistency to the clear and olive oil formulas.
 
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I use the black one sometimes to slick down my edges when wearing my hair pulled back in a ponytail. Love it.
 
Has anyone found any real difference between the clear and the OLIVE OIL? I have been using the clear but since Sallys has a great sale on the large container I may try the green.
 
I have the pink one. I bought the mini size at my local BSS, I like it. I still have not tried the Fantasia Gel to compare
 
Thanks for this great post, ladies! I can't wait to get some of this after work today. My edges are embarrassing and need help yesterday.
 
Ok...I tried it- I actually bought a big tube from Sally's. I'm 3c/mostly 4a coils and curls...It wasn't the bees knees to me...:nono:It was just aiight.:ohwell:
 
As I've explored more, it's not the the bee's knees for me anymore. It flakes on me. I do not like it for wng's, but it's cool for a pony.
 
Its the beez neez for me! I found that it is great for a flexi rod set. If you use it on freshly washed and conditioned hair.. use the denman brush to smooth the gel out and curl, the set comes out fabulous.


If the hair feels slightly hard in an area ( ie you used too much ) after its dry, simply separate the curl. Rub a little coconut oil over your set when its dry for a little bling, and for me, its great! Not hard and crunchy like other gels.

unbelievable!
 
BrooklynSouth said:
Has anyone found any real difference between the clear and the OLIVE OIL? I have been using the clear but since Sallys has a great sale on the large container I may try the green.
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olive seems to have a bit softer hold for me which is weird cause it's a 10 hold and i think the clear is 8???
 
BrooklynSouth said:
Has anyone found any real difference between the clear and the OLIVE OIL? I have been using the clear but since Sallys has a great sale on the large container I may try the green.
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The clear gel works great on slicking my 4a/b hair back into a ponytail. The olive oil one doesn't do jack sh!t for me. Maybe I'm just not putting enough of it on but I haven't gotten the hold that the clear gives me.
 
I've had the clear(#10) under my sink for a bout 3 months(ha ha) so I decided to pull it out today and create some gorgeous curls after watching Bambiix2 on UTube. I was very surprised b/c people kept complimenting me & asking if I had a texturizer and I'm 4B natural (go figure).
 
I bought the olive oil version a few days ago and did a wash and go with it. It seems okay but I'm not too impressed yet. I'll give it a few days before I decide on whether I totally like it or not. Good thing is if I decide not to continue to use it I know a family of curlies I can donate it to.
 
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I hate that this is one of few gels that work "effectively" when it comes to styling my hair...I'd love to find a more natural and more moisturizing/conditioning alternative, but so far no luck.
 
so1913 said:
I hate that this is one of few gels that work "effectively" when it comes to styling my hair...I'd love to find a more natural and more moisturizing/conditioning alternative, but so far no luck.
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curl junkie aloe fix?? you and i like a lot of the same things, have you tried that?
 
Sometimes I use too much and I get hard areas or crunchy curls I just spritz it with my rosewater, glycerine, aloe mix to break up the crunchy areas and it dries soft, and defined.

I get 3-4 days out of wash n goes easy. :yep:
 
I used Ecostyler to lay down my edges while transitioning. NO OTHER gel would make my edges shut up and lay down! Now that I am natural I use it for WNGs. I use a generous amount of Giovanni Direct and olive oil prior to applying the Ecostyler Olive Oil gel. I do a cold water rinse, shake my head, and let my hair air dry. It dries very soft and very defined, my WNG lasts an entire week without reapplying gel, except to my edges if I'm wearing my hair back in a puff. I LOVE THIS STUFF!!!!:grin:
 
This gel works good, but even though I put some conditioner as a leave-in and olive oil on it, I still got the hardness. I tried to do a pony w it and it was super hard and super crunchy, I really didn't like that. I do go a little heavy with the products but I think I'm going back to La bella gel the yellow one-it has sugar, and aminos or something in it it held my hair with less crunch and hardness and I think my hair liked it better esp. my curls.
 
I did a braidout with it and my hair was hard and crunchy. Perhaps I used too much, with my Long Aid I can get heavy handed with not problems; but with this I guess a little goes a long way.

I'll retry this gel, seeing as though I recently bought 3 large tubs :lol:
 
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