Ovation Cell Therapy/Mega-Tek Challenge

[january noir]

Are you relaxed or natural? That could determine what product and how you use it.

 

[Reinventing21]

Yep Queeny20, I am going through the EXACT thing using OCT! my hair was put in braids 1.5 weeks ago on a friday, and I had to have some replaced yesterday and had several added to spots that were too short to braid when I first had it braided, but now the areas are thicker, with more hair and strong enough to hold the braid!! I am so excited. I may be crazy, but I swear that my hair has grown between 1/4- 1/2 inch all around within the last 1.5 weeks since I had the braids put in! When my daughter came over to do my braids she was in SHOCK! Grow on girl!!

You took the words right out of my mouth! I thought I was crazy and didn't want to post so soon into my Ovation use! But really... This stuff is NO JOKE! The first time I used the whole system (shamp, condish, CT) and my hair strands felt extremely smooth, strong & soft, very difficult to describe really. I also applied the CT to the length of my hair for 5 min. and rinsed. Then I applied the Ovation condish. followed by my Abba condish.

The second time I washed my hair with the Ovation shamp. Then I applied Ovation Condish followed by the Abba condish mixed with honeyquat. I did NOT use CT on the length of my hair. I was worried about too much protein. My hair is the type to always need lots of moisture.

The third time I washed only with Abba and used my Ovation condish mixed with a little Suave Tropical Coconut. I left it on with a cap while I went swimming. When I got back home, I rinsed it. I finished the moisturizing part by adding honeyquat to my Pantene leave-in, and saa to my Chi Silk. I thought the Ovation effect might be reduced, but nope! My hair was yummmmmmmy.....!

BTW I dab and massage a little of the CT only on my scalp everyday.

In a nutshell, the cuticles of my strands are so much smoother that the strands appear straighter. Also, in the past I always wanted to straighten my hair to see the change in hair length. My hair has been so much silkier (still having problems trying to find the right word) that I have not wanted to straighten it. And most exciting of all, I can see a change in length while it is curly. I mean really. I can't wait till I can post pics this summer, but just like Sareca's curly ponytail suddenly got noticeably bigger so did mine. I am so happy.

So basically this is a very positive review for Ovation, saa and honeyquat! I will update in June. Thanks ladies!

 

[iasade]

You took the words right out of my mouth! I thought I was crazy and didn't want to post so soon into my Ovation use! But really... This stuff is NO JOKE! The first time I used the whole system (shamp, condish, CT) and my hair strands felt extremely smooth, strong & soft, very difficult to describe really. I also applied the CT to the length of my hair for 5 min. and rinsed. Then I applied the Ovation condish. followed by my Abba condish.

The second time I washed my hair with the Ovation shamp. Then I applied Ovation Condish followed by the Abba condish mixed with honeyquat. I did NOT use CT on the length of my hair. I was worried about too much protein. My hair is the type to always need lots of moisture.

The third time I washed only with Abba and used my Ovation condish mixed with a little Suave Tropical Coconut. I left it on with a cap while I went swimming. When I got back home, I rinsed it. I finished the moisturizing part by adding honeyquat to my Pantene leave-in, and saa to my Chi Silk. I thought the Ovation effect might be reduced, but nope! My hair was yummmmmmmy.....!

BTW I dab and massage a little of the CT only on my scalp everyday.

In a nutshell, the cuticles of my strands are so much smoother that the strands appear straighter. Also, in the past I always wanted to straighten my hair to see the change in hair length. My hair has been so much silkier (still having problems trying to find the right word) that I have not wanted to straighten it. And most exciting of all, I can see a change in length while it is curly. I mean really. I can't wait till I can post pics this summer, but just like Sareca's curly ponytail suddenly got noticeably bigger so did mine. I am so happy.

So basically this is a very positive review for Ovation, saa and honeyquat! I will update in June. Thanks ladies!

This is my routine to dab it every night with my moisturizing spray and sleep with it in my hair. We are growing girl!!!

 

[yodie]

I had to step up my moisture routine quite a bit.

Did a serious dc last night and then I spritzed my hair with Scurl and applied Mango Butter. (Used Pantene Pro-v Nourishing Nourrir in the white jar - LOVED IT!!)

My hair feels ALOT softer today. Thanks JustKiya, tt8 and all the other women that reiterated increasing my moisture!

Think I neglected this. Not anymore.

Took my twists down again today (wearing a half wig) and again added mango butter to my hair. My hair is sooo happy.

Guess I'm back on track with my OVT mixture.

I am going to do this every night as a treat to myself.
I'll consider it my "she time" and that's all... that's all.

 

[Jetblackhair]

Yay for us with our sprouts all over the place, a year from now that's going to be hair that is bra strap bound!!

Woohoo! I'm so looking forward to this!!

 

[belleama]

:update: okay this is day 18. I did my weekly ovation system wash. The thing that is confusing me right now is the fact that I am one week from my relaxer date and I feel NO new growth, the comb is still gliding through my hair my hair is very soft and easy to manage. Dilemma is that don't know if I should skip this relaxer and see what happens. My hair is not breaking due to the garlic. should I skip this relaxer. and wait till the one schedule just before my vacation in 12 weeks ?

Hey what did you end up doing? I'm facing the same dilemna right now. My next relaxer is due next week. Also DH will finally be back from Iraq for two weeks so I wanted him to see my hair looking really nice. But aside from several severly under processed patches here and there my NG is really straight, smooth, soft, easy to manage and still very peculier. I am so confused. To make matters worseI have been using aloe vera gel as my moisturiser which has been making my hair SUPER nice, soft, shiney, manageable (I never thought I'd live to see the day when good results were a bad thing ).

Anyway I'm stuck. Stuck. REALLY stuck! I think I might get a blow out tomorrow to see what it looks like sans the relaxer maybe? Or just go a head and get the relaxer next week to correct all of the under processed mess then see how my NG behaves going forward?

Why is this so HARD?

Side note: I have little to no breakage and minimal shedding. New spouts look to be about an inch and a half to two inches.

ETA: Mother of Mary WTF!! Okay remember that minimal shedding I mentioned? Well I decided to go and do a preemptive alter ego treatment along with my regular protien DC. I also left a little OCT on my scalp as well. 15 mins under my soft bonnet. Off to the shower to wash it all out. Hair feels even weirder than normal. Put in my detangling instant conditioner. Start combing through. All is well and then its NOT!

Big long clump of hair made me catch my breath and almost pass out!! I guess that might've been a panic attack or something. Then I look at the clump. Its only 4 hairs. WTF??? 4 hairs scared the living crap out of me. Just 4? Not normal I tell you! Then I start to feel better and comb through the rest of the hair loosing so many hairs it was like a mass exodus. Not paniced though. I calmly count the hairs once I am done and its only like 20. Umm... Yeah. Finish up the rest of what I'm doing and notice the under processed section is acting peculiar as well. Will this never end? *sigh*

Next side note: The under processed hair is very untangled, very smooth, very peculiar. The NG is only apparent on wet hair now. The New NG is starting to be more apparent and definately rebelling against "the norm." The whole lot is very very peculiar and good in some weird and twisted way. I just hope something bad doesn't happen.

 

[Aggie]

Hey what did you end up doing? I'm facing the same dilemna right now. My next relaxer is due next week. Also DH will finally be back from Iraq for two weeks so I wanted him to see my hair looking really nice. But aside from several severly under processed patches here and there my NG is really straight, smooth, soft, easy to manage and still very peculier. I am so confused. To make matters worseI have been using aloe vera gel as my moisturiser which has been making my hair SUPER nice, soft, shiney, manageable (I never thought I'd live to see the day when good results were a bad thing ).

Anyway I'm stuck. Stuck. REALLY stuck! I think I might get a blow out tomorrow to see what it looks like sans the relaxer maybe? Or just go a head and get the relaxer next week to correct all of the under processed mess then see how my NG behaves going forward?

Why is this so HARD?

Side note: I have little to no breakage and minimal shedding. New spouts look to be about an inch and a half to two inches.

ETA: Mother of Mary WTF!! Okay remember that minimal shedding I mentioned? Well I decided to go and do a preemptive alter ego treatment along with my regular protien DC. I also left a little OCT on my scalp as well. 15 mins under my soft bonnet. Off to the shower to wash it all out. Hair feels even weirder than normal. Put in my detangling instant conditioner. Start combing through. All is well and then its NOT!

Big long clump of hair made me catch my breath and almost pass out!! I guess that might've been a panic attack or something. Then I look at the clump. Its only 4 hairs. WTF??? 4 hairs scared the living crap out of me. Just 4? Not normal I tell you! Then I start to feel better and comb through the rest of the hair loosing so many hairs it was like a mass exodus. Not paniced though. I calmly count the hairs once I am done and its only like 20. Umm... Yeah. Finish up the rest of what I'm doing and notice the under processed section is acting peculiar as well. Will this never end? *sigh*

Next side note: The under processed hair is very untangled, very smooth, very peculiar. The NG is only apparent on wet hair now. The New NG is starting to be more apparent and definately rebelling against "the norm." The whole lot is very very peculiar and good in some weird and twisted way. I just hope something bad doesn't happen.

Belleama, I would not recommend that you stretch an additional 12 weeks, especially if you are now due for a relaxer and also because the OCT grows hair pretty fast and you already have under-processed hair to begin with. Don't do it honey. Go ahead and relax to avoid demarcation complications.

 

[MissRissa]

I have only been using for 1 week, so I have no NG yet, however so far so good with the shedding. I too have fine hair and use the OCT every other day on my dry scalp, I mixed some of my OCT in a small tub w/ emu oil and mahabringraj oil.......I have way less shedding than normal. Maybe, just maybe I have found a way to decrease my shedding.

Thanks. I'm gonna keep in contact to see how it does in the long run. I had been using Oct on my dry scalp mixed with emu oil and saa. I think I'm gonna had the bringaraj oil I have to it and see if that helps. I think i saw a difference because twice I used it on hair that I misted with water/glycerin/aloe. I'm just gonna try on dry hair only with OCT/emu/bringaraj.

 

[january noir]

:update: OMG!
I finally see what the Ovation Color Therapy Shampoo is doing.

Today while doing my hair, I noticed a long strand of gray hair poking out from my temple (nothing unusual), but it was half gray and half brown.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp...

Where has this product been all my life? Where? OMG!
DC Labs could really charge $200 for the Ovation System and I would buy it.

I hope they didn't join to view this thread and read this particular post.

This is the most amazing product (this and WEN) I've had the pleasure of using in a long time! YIPPEE!!!! I will drive the Ovation/WEN train until the wheels fall off!

LondonDiva, I'm curious, did you ever get a response from the Kempers?

 

[JustKiya]

:update: OMG!
I finally see what the Ovation Color Therapy Shampoo is doing.

Today while doing my hair, I noticed a long strand of gray hair poking out from my temple (nothing unusual), but it was half gray and half brown.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp...

Where has this product been all my life? Where? OMG!
DC Labs could really charge $200 for the Ovation System and I would buy it.

I hope they didn't join to view this thread and read this particular post.

This is the most amazing product (this and WEN) I've had the pleasure of using in a long time! YIPPEE!!!! I will drive the Ovation/WEN train until the wheels fall off!

LondonDiva, I'm curious, did you ever get a response from the Kempers?

That's AMAZING!! Wow. Just - wow. Almost kinda creepy, too.

 

[january noir]

That's AMAZING!! Wow. Just - wow. Almost kinda creepy, too.

When Sareca posted about it, I said Nah, no way.
When I read about it on the OvationHair website, I said Nah, no way.

Now, I can honestly say, I 've seen it for myself.

It is extremely creepy, but heck, creep me out OVATION!!!!! I can take it!

 

[Aggie]

:update: OMG!
I finally see what the Ovation Color Therapy Shampoo is doing.

Today while doing my hair, I noticed a long strand of gray hair poking out from my temple (nothing unusual), but it was half gray and half brown.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp...

Where has this product been all my life? Where? OMG!
DC Labs could really charge $200 for the Ovation System and I would buy it.

I hope they didn't join to view this thread and read this particular post.

This is the most amazing product (this and WEN) I've had the pleasure of using in a long time! YIPPEE!!!! I will drive the Ovation/WEN train until the wheels fall off!

LondonDiva, I'm curious, did you ever get a response from the Kempers?

Hey JN, I love ya baby, but I draw the line at $56.00 a bottle. If ever I have to pay $200 for this then I'd rather go back to semi-permanent rinsing for color and MN for growth, Lord knows I'm a PJ but I still have my limits. I was watching Sareca's post on OCT for a long time before I decided to try this. This had better wow me a lot for me to continue to buy it. For now I am using my MT for at least 90 days and then I will move into my OCT also for 90 days and see what my progress will be with each of them. I am secretly praying that the MT wins.

 

[Tootuff]

When Sareca posted about it, I said Nah, no way.
When I read about it on the OvationHair website, I said Nah, no way.

Now, I can honestly say, I 've seen it for myself.

It is extremely creepy, but heck, creep me out OVATION!!!!! I can take it!

I wanna be creeped out too.

******off to go examine my grays*****

 

[nycutiepie]

:update: OMG!
IToday while doing my hair, I noticed a long strand of gray hair poking out from my temple (nothing unusual), but it was half gray and half brown.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp...

I have this issue with half gray and half dark strands but mine is the reverse. The gray is the new hair and the dark color is the older end of the strand. I haven't been using it as long as you (about 5 weeks so far) so maybe my true color is going to come out after erplexed. I can tell how much I've grown based on the gray sprouts.

 

[january noir]

Hey JN, I love ya baby, but I draw the line at $56.00 a bottle. If ever I have to pay $200 for this then I'd rather go back to semi-permanent rinsing for color and MN for growth, Lord knows I'm a PJ but I still have my limits. I was watching Sareca's post on OCT for a long time before I decided to try this. This had better wow me a lot for me to continue to buy it. For now I am using my MT for at least 90 days and then I will move into my OCT also for 90 days and see what my progress will be with each of them. I am secretly praying that the MT wins.

I hear ya Aggie. But if your hair was as problematic as mine has been the last several years, you would understand .

It's not the color thing, but it's how my hair looks and feels; my hair is transforming right before my eyes.

I have a 93 year-old aunt (who I adore) that is very critical and observent to the point of being a pain in the arse. Today, I picked her up to run errands. After she told me I had picked up weight in my mid-section , she then proceeded to ask me what was I doing to my hair. She said, "Boy, your hair looks thick and healthy, what's going on?" "What are you using?"

Ovation Auntie, Ovation....or as tt8 says, Ovacion!

 

[Jetblackhair]

I had to step up my moisture routine quite a bit.

Did a serious dc last night and then I spritzed my hair with Scurl and applied Mango Butter. (Used Pantene Pro-v Nourishing Nourrir in the white jar - LOVED IT!!)

My hair feels ALOT softer today. Thanks JustKiya, tt8 and all the other women that reiterated increasing my moisture!

Think I neglected this. Not anymore.

Took my twists down again today (wearing a half wig) and again added mango butter to my hair. My hair is sooo happy.

Guess I'm back on track with my OVT mixture.

I am going to do this every night as a treat to myself.
I'll consider it my "she time" and that's all... that's all.

Glad to see your moisture level is back on track.

 

[GeorginaSparks]

Still using this. I dont want to get my hopes raised up till i retouch in 2 months and see the results with my own eyes. I trimmed on monday but not a whole lot.

 

[belleama]

Belleama, I would not recommend that you stretch an additional 12 weeks, especially if you are now due for a relaxer and also because the OCT grows hair pretty fast and you already have under-processed hair to begin with. Don't do it honey. Go ahead and relax to avoid demarcation complications.

Thanks. I decided that I'll just go ahead with this relaxer to fix everything so it'll be 'right' going forward. I want to see if I can stretch until November when DH's depolyment officially ends.

But really don't mind me. I know I shouldn't be complaining everything is actually VERY good. No breakage. No excessive shedding, even this morning's panic was over less than 30 hairs total. I'm just perplexed. LOL! Its like I finally figured out my hair and what works and what doesn't and all the whys then I start using this stuff and everything changed. I just hope it stays changed.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp

I had that happen to me once like ten years ago. Out of nowhere I had four grey hairs. Then one shed and the end was grey and the root/NG was dark brown. It was the coolest thing ever. Now the greys I have just mock me and threaten to multiply.

Question though. What is this stuff called WEN? Is there a thread you can point me to? Thanks in advance.

 

[carcajada]

Thanks I finally ordered!

I got mine today. Even though I ordered instead of going to the store. (I couldn't find the store) If you live in Houston, you can drive to Tomball and another location to buy the product.

I can't wait to wash my hair and put it on my scalp tonight. (I purchased Mega Tek)

This pulled me from OT back to the hair board.

 

[january noir]

I can't wait to wash my hair and put it on my scalp tonight. (I purchased Mega Tek)
This pulled me from OT back to the hair board.

Lookee who's stopped in to visit! ClassyND!

 

[january noir]

I had that happen to me once like ten years ago. Out of nowhere I had four grey hairs. Then one shed and the end was grey and the root/NG was dark brown. It was the coolest thing ever. Now the greys I have just mock me and threaten to multiply.

Question though. What is this stuff called WEN? Is there a thread you can point me to? Thanks in advance.

Well Belleama, get ready because the older you get the more greys show up to mock you! Thank God for indigo...

WEN is a hair conditioning cleanser, created by a stylist called Chaz Dean.
They sell it on QVC or you can get it from his site www.chazdean.com or on Amazon.com. There are plenty of threads about it.

Our resident Queen of WEN is Charmtreese. Do a search against her name name or WEN and you will get enough responses to do your research. Some people love it and some people are not impressed; but that's with any product. I happen to it

I recommend going directly to Chaz Dean's website to read all about it.
It's a very moisturizing all-purpose product.

 

[Aggie]

I hear ya Aggie. But if your hair was as problematic as mine has been the last several years, you would understand .

KTC Coconut Oils & Jamila Henna

I have a 93 year-old aunt (who I adore) that is very critical and observent to the point of being a pain in the arse. Today, I picked her up to run errands. After she told me I had picked up weight in my mid-section , she then proceeded to ask me what was I doing to my hair. She said, "Boy, your hair looks thick and healthy, what's going on?" "What are you using?"

Ovation Auntie, Ovation....or as tt8 says, Ovacion!

I understand honey.

 

[january noir]

I understand honey.

I use henna (I buy mine from Henna Sooq and Mehandi /Tap Dancing Lizard). I also have enough coconut oil to bath a cow. Nothing has done what Ovation has done.

 

[carcajada]

Lookee who's stopped in to visit! ClassyND!

If I start posting hair pics, you know I've been uncoverted...or converted.. or recoverted...whatever! You know what I mean!

 

[Jetblackhair]

:update: OMG!
I finally see what the Ovation Color Therapy Shampoo is doing.

Today while doing my hair, I noticed a long strand of gray hair poking out from my temple (nothing unusual), but it was half gray and half brown.

The gray was on the tip and the brown end was coming from the scalp...

Where has this product been all my life? Where? OMG!
DC Labs could really charge $200 for the Ovation System and I would buy it.

I hope they didn't join to view this thread and read this particular post.

This is the most amazing product (this and WEN) I've had the pleasure of using in a long time! YIPPEE!!!! I will drive the Ovation/WEN train until the wheels fall off!

LondonDiva, I'm curious, did you ever get a response from the Kempers?

Whoa, now that's amazing. Thus far my hair is still black, no grays, but now I know what will keep it black.

Um, about what's written in red, yeah let's keep that on the down low.

 

[LondonDiva]

OK ladies I'm sorry to be a tease. But I relaxed yesterday and just this minute finished flat ironing my hair. And in 2 months I can see a huge difference since my hair cut in my siggy.

I would post pics but I'm literally heading to the airport in a couple hours and, but I will def post some when I get back. This stuff is AMAZING I really hope I am not dreaming. I can't even take my MT with me as I'm a bridesmaid in Dallas next week and I can't afford to have 2 textures in the wedding pics , plus battling with potential humidity with 4b new growth and texlaxed hair so no MT for 10 days for me. I'm losing a quarter inch on that alone...

BUT....as soon as I land I'm Megasaaging.

And I will post pics upon my return.

Just a reminder I'm using Mega Tek and have been for exactly 2 months straight. Oh and I used MT 2 days prior to relaxing, no adverse effects. I'm still shedding but it's obviously not affected the growth, but I don't know if that's because I only comb/brush once a week causing a shedding buildup or it's genuine MT related shedding.

 

[Aggie]

OK ladies I'm sorry to be a tease. But I relaxed yesterday and just this minute finished flat ironing my hair. And in 2 months I can see a huge difference since my hair cut in my siggy.

I would post pics but I'm literally heading to the airport in a couple hours and, but I will def post some when I get back. This stuff is AMAZING I really hope I am not dreaming. I can't even take my MT with me as I'm a bridesmaid in Dallas next week and I can't afford to have 2 textures in the wedding pics , plus battling with potential humidity with 4b new growth and texlaxed hair so no MT for 10 days for me. I'm losing a quarter inch on that alone...

BUT....as soon as I land I'm Megasaaging.

And I will post pics upon my return.

Just a reminder I'm using Mega Tek and have been for exactly 2 months straight. Oh and I used MT 2 days prior to relaxing, no adverse effects. I'm still shedding but it's obviously not affected the growth, but I don't know if that's because I only comb/brush once a week causing a shedding buildup or it's genuine MT related shedding.

Thanks for posting this LD. I'm using my MT first as well. Then I will move onto my OCT after at least 90 days which will take me to Auugust 15th. Okay I will reduce my use of the comb to only twice a week for my 2 dc-ing sessions.

 

[gymfreak336]

This thread is way to hard to navigate. I has BLOWN UP!

 

[Jazala]

DC Labs could really charge $200 for the Ovation System and I would buy it.

I kinda felt this way the first time I used this system and had did a rollerset free of breakage for the first time. Then again, I keep thinking of all the people using MT and getting the same results. It makes me feel like a sucker for paying for the overpriced OCT LOL

I hope they didn't join to view this thread and read this particular post.

They can lurk this thread without joining. Ya'll stop giving them re-pricing ideas!!!

 

[EbonyEyes]

I received my Mega-Tek in the mail today and I have taken before pictures.

I'm currently wearing my hair in twists. Every other night, I rinse my hair. Every weekend, I wash my hair, deep condition, and re-do my twists.

I plan to use the Mega-Tek on my scalp every night. I used the recipe posted and just multiplied the ingredients by 2 (4 oz of Mega-Tek, 1/4 tsp of SAA from Lotioncrafters, 1/4 tsp of vitamin e oil from Lotioncrafters, and 1/4 tsp of castor oil).

Since I'm natural, it typically takes longer to see length changes. However, I hope to have good enough results to post progress pics in a month's time!