I cannot believe how slow I am sometimes. Usually, I find new treatments and products that few others have heard of but this time around, it took me a few years to even try Shea Moisture souffle' and even my daughters had jumped on that bandwagon. I liked it for a few months and then, not so much because it felt waxy (shea butter) and built-up. L-rdie knows that I've tried various shea mixtures from store-bought to homemade and my favorite was by Wonder-something and sold at Wal-mart. Smelled like baby powder and they sacked it. Womp, womp, womp, woooooomp!
Soooooo, now I discovered SM's JBCO leave-in conditioner and OMGERSH!
That stuff calmed an irritated scalp where I have 3 eczema patches...or something. I've been debating off and on whether to just cave and get on the JBCO bandwagon (an old one, by now). Welp, as my SM JBCO Leave-in has like 3 tsps. left, I went to Sally's and got the Mango & Lime and jumped into the pool . Now, I've used Indian castor oil before - the one that is red and smells like roses - but it was SOOOO sticky and greasy and plain WEIRD, leaving my hair both oily and dry-damaged feeling. I kept that bottle for about 5 years and still had a lot left. But even with M&Lime's JBCO not being purely JBCO but a natural mix of oils, it's got enough in it to make a HUGE difference like SM's. My hair is loving it! It's surprisingly non-greasy like petrolatums or other Indian castor oils. My scalp is healing and I'm in LURVE.
Anyhooo, this long arse post about JBCO....I ordered a Sunny Isle Extra Dark. Can't wait to get it. Then, I'm going to stock up at Piping Rock because they have an 8 oz. for 9.99 and I can get two at 17.99, which is a steal! No-salt JBCO. Only question, I wonder if it's imported. Anybody know? Either way, I'll try it because I like their vitamins and it's supposedly made in the same way. I'm going to be making my own SM JBCO leave-ins with Fructis or similar. I might transition with this stuff and braid up all year long.