Porsche19
New Member
Hi!
I recently noticed that I use a bunch of products that either:
No one else or a very small percentage of you have tried or in some cases, even heard of.
OR
That people use and basically agree that it’s a good product, but not enough people are using it!
I call these things, my secret weapons. lol
I’m willing to share them! My hair has never looked better. I think so and so do others, and I think all of these things help me. So the next time you’re in the bss and you see something mentioned, or if you happen to have something mentioned and have never tried it... give the stuff a try, you may like it!
I have 3c/4a/4b? hair. I’m officially confused about that, but just think extremely curly mixed with a lot o’ kink. I am also the queen of cheapie products! You won’t find me using too many salon products, but keep in mind that low price doesn’t equal low quality.
Also, if YOU have any secret weapons it would be nice to share them.
Now for my lengthy reviews:
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!PCJ Lye Relaxer!
This is a great relaxer! I was shocked that people thought that PCJ makes only no-lye relaxers when I posted about me using it. It is a LYE (sodium hydroxide based!) relaxer packed in a box with neutralizing shampoo and a conditioner called “nutrient sheen” to be used before neutralizing plus a deep conditioner for after neutralizing.
It comes in a box with a picture of a woman and a young girl and says original formula. It looks a lot like the no-lye formula (which says new no-lye formula and has only a woman on the front)
I’m sorry that I don’t have any ingredients to list for this one, they are on the box. It leaves my hair VERY shiny and silky. It’s also very gentle. I had no burning with it. I can’t get over how well it works and that my girls just aren’t accepting it It costs only 5.99 too. Those are the pros.
The cons are:
1. If you have very thick hair or you are all natural, you’d have to buy more than one box. The amount of relaxer is enough for a touchup for me (I have above average thickness, but not the thickest I‘ve seen), but for people who may have more hair, it’s not going to cover it. Still, paying $12 isn’t going to break your back.
2. While the conditioner for after neutralizing is good, imo it’s not moisturizing enough or enough of it included in the kit. Not that it’s horrible, I just prefer to do something a bit more hardcore moisturizing directly after a relaxer.
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!Aphogee Shampoo for Damaged Hair!
I use this once a month before I do a mild protein treatment. It gets rid of build-up, but is gentle at the same time. It has a good amount of proteins, lecithin, pathenol and other goodies in it. It never fails to leave my hair soft and clean, but not stripped. It also has a low pH. It costs $4.
Ingredients: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocomidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Sodium Lauryl Sarcosinate, Oleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride, Glycol Disterate, Pathenol, fragrance, Lecithin, Polyquaternium-10, Hydrolyzed Whole Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Collagen, Butyl Stearate, Oleoyl Sarcosinate, Sesame oil, Lanolin Alcohol, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylparaben, FD&C Red No.40.
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!KeraCare Super Reconstructor!
I don’t consider this to be a hard core reconstructor. It has no keratin at all. Still, it’s not mild. It will stop your breakage anyway. It also helps with problems with elasticity and porosity really well. After using it my hair is in noticeably better condition. I used it on my mother’s damaged hair and it reduced her breakage and shine. It has a pH of 3. It costs $38 dollars for 8 ounces... at least that’s what it costs me. You may be able to find it for a lower price.
Cons:
The only bad thing about it is that it’s very thick, and should not... I repeat should not be mixed with other conditioners. It can be a little hard to rinse out alone, but when mixed with another conditioner makes curdles that are EXTREMELY hard to rinse out. Yes, I learned that the hard way. Even with the curdles it did a good job though!
Ingredients: Aqua, Collagen Amino Acids, Polyacrylamidomethylpropane Sulfonic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Sodium PCA, Methylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea.
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!Elasta QP Breakage Control Serum!
I would compare this to Aubrey’s GPB conditioner. It’s a very light protein conditioner that you can use often that won’t cause breakage or dry hair. It will help you hair stop breaking or help to keep it from breaking. It’s good for in between reconstructor times or if you are having lots of breakage, but don’t want to use too much keratin. However, it’s not a moisturizing conditioner. You should follow up with a moisturizing conditioner or you can mix it with your moisturizing conditioner. It costs under $5.
Ingredients: Purified Water, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch, Disodium Cocamphodiacetate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polysorbate 20, Acetamide mea, Phenoxyyethanol, Dmdm Hydantoin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Magnesium Sulfate, Citric Acid, Fragrance, Fd&c yellow #5, Fd&c yellow #6, Fd&c red #40, Fd&c blue #1
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!Parneavu Organic Hair Mayonnaise!
This is a GREAT deep conditioner. For those of you whose hair likes Olive oil and Glycerin, take a look at the ingredients. It makes my hair feel buttery soft. It also gives great curl definition. I have no tangles after using it. It costs around $4.50.
Cons:
It has those little herbal things in it like motions CPR, which is a little annoying to me.
Ingredients: Water, Olive Oil, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Poluquternium-37, Dimethicone, Laneth-15, Cetyl Alcohol, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, Isostearamidopropyl lauryllacetodimonium Chloride, Albumen (egg protein), Cholesterol, Tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), Retinyl Palimate (vitamin A), Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), dl-Pathenol (vitamin B5), PEG-8 Dimethiconol Olivate, Carrot oil, Stinging Nettle (urtica dioica), Sage (salvia officinalis), Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis), Watercress (naturtium officinale), Irish Moss (chondrus crispus), Coltfoot (tussilago farfara), Burdock (arctium lappa), Elder Flower (sambucus nigra), DMDM Hydantoin, BHA, BHT, Benzophenone-4, Fragrance, FD&C Yellow#6 (CI15985), D&C Orange #4 (CI15510)
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!Hollywood Beauty Olive Cholesterol!
The best cholesterol product that I have tried to this day. First of all, it smells wonderful. It moisturizes/gives shine and detangles very well. For some reason, I get 4 uses out of one jar of this conditioner when I usually get 3 uses out of jars of other conditioners that are the same size. It costs less than $3.
Ingredients: Deoinized Water (Aqua), Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Steralkonium Chloride, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Olive Oil, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Mineral Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Jojoba oil, Avocado oil, Coconut Oil, Egg Protein, Cholesterol, Aloe Vera Extract, Calendula Extract, Lemon Extract, Rosemary Extract, Great Burdock Extract, Ivy Extract, Pine Extract, Sage Extract, Watercress Extract, Chamomile Extract, White Nettle Extract, Capucine Extract, Fragrance, Methyl Paraben, Propyl Paraben, Diazolinyl Urea, DMDM Hydantoin, Disodium EDTA, D&C Yellow #10, FD&C Yellow#5, FD&C Blue#1, FD&C Red#33
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I have more to add...
I recently noticed that I use a bunch of products that either:
No one else or a very small percentage of you have tried or in some cases, even heard of.
OR
That people use and basically agree that it’s a good product, but not enough people are using it!
I call these things, my secret weapons. lol
I’m willing to share them! My hair has never looked better. I think so and so do others, and I think all of these things help me. So the next time you’re in the bss and you see something mentioned, or if you happen to have something mentioned and have never tried it... give the stuff a try, you may like it!
I have 3c/4a/4b? hair. I’m officially confused about that, but just think extremely curly mixed with a lot o’ kink. I am also the queen of cheapie products! You won’t find me using too many salon products, but keep in mind that low price doesn’t equal low quality.
Also, if YOU have any secret weapons it would be nice to share them.
Now for my lengthy reviews:
********************************************************************************************************************
!PCJ Lye Relaxer!
This is a great relaxer! I was shocked that people thought that PCJ makes only no-lye relaxers when I posted about me using it. It is a LYE (sodium hydroxide based!) relaxer packed in a box with neutralizing shampoo and a conditioner called “nutrient sheen” to be used before neutralizing plus a deep conditioner for after neutralizing.
It comes in a box with a picture of a woman and a young girl and says original formula. It looks a lot like the no-lye formula (which says new no-lye formula and has only a woman on the front)
I’m sorry that I don’t have any ingredients to list for this one, they are on the box. It leaves my hair VERY shiny and silky. It’s also very gentle. I had no burning with it. I can’t get over how well it works and that my girls just aren’t accepting it
It costs only 5.99 too. Those are the pros. The cons are:
1. If you have very thick hair or you are all natural, you’d have to buy more than one box. The amount of relaxer is enough for a touchup for me (I have above average thickness, but not the thickest I‘ve seen), but for people who may have more hair, it’s not going to cover it. Still, paying $12 isn’t going to break your back.
2. While the conditioner for after neutralizing is good, imo it’s not moisturizing enough or enough of it included in the kit. Not that it’s horrible, I just prefer to do something a bit more hardcore moisturizing directly after a relaxer.
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!Aphogee Shampoo for Damaged Hair!
I use this once a month before I do a mild protein treatment. It gets rid of build-up, but is gentle at the same time. It has a good amount of proteins, lecithin, pathenol and other goodies in it. It never fails to leave my hair soft and clean, but not stripped. It also has a low pH. It costs $4.
Ingredients: Water, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Cocomidopropyl Betaine, Cocamide DEA, Sodium Lauryl Sarcosinate, Oleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride, Glycol Disterate, Pathenol, fragrance, Lecithin, Polyquaternium-10, Hydrolyzed Whole Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Cocoyl Hydrolyzed Collagen, Butyl Stearate, Oleoyl Sarcosinate, Sesame oil, Lanolin Alcohol, Citric Acid, Sodium Chloride, Tetrasodium EDTA, DMDM Hydantoin, Methylparaben, FD&C Red No.40.
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!KeraCare Super Reconstructor!
I don’t consider this to be a hard core reconstructor. It has no keratin at all. Still, it’s not mild. It will stop your breakage anyway. It also helps with problems with elasticity and porosity really well. After using it my hair is in noticeably better condition. I used it on my mother’s damaged hair and it reduced her breakage and shine. It has a pH of 3. It costs $38 dollars for 8 ounces... at least that’s what it costs me. You may be able to find it for a lower price.
Cons:
The only bad thing about it is that it’s very thick, and should not... I repeat should not be mixed with other conditioners. It can be a little hard to rinse out alone, but when mixed with another conditioner makes curdles that are EXTREMELY hard to rinse out. Yes, I learned that the hard way. Even with the curdles it did a good job though!
Ingredients: Aqua, Collagen Amino Acids, Polyacrylamidomethylpropane Sulfonic Acid, Propylene Glycol, Hydrolyzed Elastin, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Sodium PCA, Methylparaben, Imidazolidinyl Urea.
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!Elasta QP Breakage Control Serum!
I would compare this to Aubrey’s GPB conditioner. It’s a very light protein conditioner that you can use often that won’t cause breakage or dry hair. It will help you hair stop breaking or help to keep it from breaking. It’s good for in between reconstructor times or if you are having lots of breakage, but don’t want to use too much keratin. However, it’s not a moisturizing conditioner. You should follow up with a moisturizing conditioner or you can mix it with your moisturizing conditioner. It costs under $5.
Ingredients: Purified Water, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Starch, Disodium Cocamphodiacetate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Polysorbate 20, Acetamide mea, Phenoxyyethanol, Dmdm Hydantoin, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Magnesium Sulfate, Citric Acid, Fragrance, Fd&c yellow #5, Fd&c yellow #6, Fd&c red #40, Fd&c blue #1
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!Parneavu Organic Hair Mayonnaise!
This is a GREAT deep conditioner. For those of you whose hair likes Olive oil and Glycerin, take a look at the ingredients. It makes my hair feel buttery soft. It also gives great curl definition. I have no tangles after using it. It costs around $4.50.
Cons:
It has those little herbal things in it like motions CPR, which is a little annoying to me.
Ingredients: Water, Olive Oil, Glycerin, Cetearyl Alcohol, Ceteareth-20, Poluquternium-37, Dimethicone, Laneth-15, Cetyl Alcohol, PPG-5-Ceteth-20, Isostearamidopropyl lauryllacetodimonium Chloride, Albumen (egg protein), Cholesterol, Tocopherol acetate (vitamin E), Retinyl Palimate (vitamin A), Cholecalciferol (vitamin D3), dl-Pathenol (vitamin B5), PEG-8 Dimethiconol Olivate, Carrot oil, Stinging Nettle (urtica dioica), Sage (salvia officinalis), Rosemary (rosmarinus officinalis), Watercress (naturtium officinale), Irish Moss (chondrus crispus), Coltfoot (tussilago farfara), Burdock (arctium lappa), Elder Flower (sambucus nigra), DMDM Hydantoin, BHA, BHT, Benzophenone-4, Fragrance, FD&C Yellow#6 (CI15985), D&C Orange #4 (CI15510)
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!Hollywood Beauty Olive Cholesterol!
The best cholesterol product that I have tried to this day. First of all, it smells wonderful. It moisturizes/gives shine and detangles very well. For some reason, I get 4 uses out of one jar of this conditioner when I usually get 3 uses out of jars of other conditioners that are the same size. It costs less than $3.
Ingredients: Deoinized Water (Aqua), Cetearyl Alcohol, PEG-40 Hydrogenated Castor Oil, Steralkonium Chloride, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Olive Oil, Propylene Glycol, Glycerin, Mineral Oil, Tea Tree Oil, Jojoba oil, Avocado oil, Coconut Oil, Egg Protein, Cholesterol, Aloe Vera Extract, Calendula Extract, Lemon Extract, Rosemary Extract, Great Burdock Extract, Ivy Extract, Pine Extract, Sage Extract, Watercress Extract, Chamomile Extract, White Nettle Extract, Capucine Extract, Fragrance, Methyl Paraben, Propyl Paraben, Diazolinyl Urea, DMDM Hydantoin, Disodium EDTA, D&C Yellow #10, FD&C Yellow#5, FD&C Blue#1, FD&C Red#33
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I have more to add...
i really think that this will be the answer to my breakage issues....
I've been using that for about 3 years now, and I still love it!
