My hair loves EVCO as a pre-poo, for me the smell is tolerable because of the excellent results. However, DS doesn't like the smell and he's not shy about it. He can't believe that I'm have been using it, because I have serious smell sensitivities.
So Ladies, the hunt for an effective pre-poo with penetrating oil(s) that smells great has been on and crakalakin'.
First up, Silk Dreams Pre. I Love it and it smells awesome like caramel. However, it's $7.00 for 2 oz. I can't justify paying that much! Remember I'm heavy handed. I went through two jars in four washes. So, for right now it's a treat that I allow myself, if adding it to the order is the difference between getting free shipping or not. I rather pay $7.00 for SD Pre vs. $7.95 for shipping.
I ordered two bottles of Vatika Oil from Amazon. So far, I've only used it once. The smell is better than plain EVCO. It has several other herbs i.e. amla, brahmi, hibiscus, henna, etc. In addition, it has TBHQ (t-butyl hydroquinone), which is a masking agent. It's rated low risk on cosmeticdatabase.com. However the two bottles I received have BHT as a masking agent and it's rated 6/moderate in the database. I'm
erplexed about this discrepancy.
The Hairveda Vatika Frosting smells like white cake frosting
. Remember, my hair loves some EVCO. This is a home run due to the inclusion of hair fall reducing herbs amla and henna
. In addition, it has lemon and fragrance. So, my search should be over right. Wrong! I lucked out and only paid $6.10 each for the two jars I bought, during a recent sale. The problem is Hairveda doesn't have Amazon Prime, so I paid a total of $19.15 with the S&H charges. Not too shabby, but would I pay $10.99 + S&H of $6.95 when I run out and there's no sale going on
Remember, I can get a 14-16 oz jar of EVCO on the ground or on Amazon for way less than $17.94. Plus it's only 9 oz.
I went on a field trip today to four of the Indian/Halal grocery stores. The goal was to see what their prices would be on certain items vs the interwebs.
Mz.MoMo5235 states, in India the ladies only use Parachute EVCO. I found some dirt cheap, I'm talkin' $9.99 for a liter and $5.99 for 16.90 oz
I decided let me look at this Parachute Jasmine Oil. That stuff is 80% mineral oil and 20% EVCO with jasmine extract.
I'll stick to the plain one like the Indian ladies or Vatika Oil.
I'll be lovin' the Hairveda Vatika Frosting till I run out.
Ladies, I'm sorry this post is so long.
P.S. I think sometime next year I'll experiment with the Parachute EVCO and trying to find a fragrance that compliments it etc., or telling DS to kick rocks,