Tentative product review: Aveda pre-\'poo treatment
Hey, all
IslandGirl's posts prompted me to try this last night after I got in from work. I had my hair touched up recently and had been experiencing some breakage. An aside: Another reason I love this board is for the information I've gotten. I had no idea that sensitive scalp relaxers were typically no-lye relaxers! My scalp and hair have been dry as a bone for a week and now I think I know why!
Anyway, the product, which I got at an Aveda concept salon, is $17 plus tax for 4.2 ounces. It contains, along with the sap moss, avocado oil, wheat protein and honey. It smells a lot like the sap moss shampoo and conditioner . . . very woodsy, I'd call it, and it has the consistency of honey almost, but is less sticky.
I used it in the shower after wetting my hair and wringing out (gently) excess water. Directions say to use "liberally," and I did cover my hair with it, concentrating mainly on the ends. It went on smoothly, almost like a glaze. If anyone uses Sebastian's colorshines, especially the clear one, this had almost the same consistency and color. Directions say leave on 1-2 minutes and then shampoo. I left it on for close to 10 minutes, again because of the post-touchup dryness I had.
When I rinsed it out, my hair did feel smoother
and - and this is the weird part - it seemed to take on a wave pattern. Not an underprocessed hair wave, but a 3c-ish curl. I followed up with my tried and true Giovanni's magnetic shampoo, then hopped out of the shower and noticed that even through the shampoo, the waves remained.
Now, the reason that this is a tentative product review is because I did use a protein treatment (Uans Crema Plus, which is a lot like Terax Crema. In fact, they smell exactly the same. I don't know what the dif is, except maybe Uans is a little cheaper) and a moisturizing conditioner (Suave knockoff of Humectress mixed with Giovanni's 50-50 Hair Remoisturizer), so I don't know if I can attribute the thickness, less feeling of dryness and less breakage I have today to the Aveda per se. BUT, now my hair is dry, and I still have those waves! They are the kind I tried and failed to get with the John Frieda Ripple Effect and the Frederic Fekkai wave spray. I LOVE this, and again, maybe my hair is "weird," but upon rinsing out the Aveda, the first thing I noticed was the wave pattern. My previously-relaxed hair hung straight before this last touchup, not the hint of a curl, so I can only attribute it to the Aveda, unless my shower water suddenly is able to change my wave pattern
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I am going to try the treatment again with a "regular" wash (no protein treatment, etc.) to get a better gauge of how it works, but for the wave factor alone (for me, anyway), I say it's a keeper. Plus, the ingredients - the honey, the avocado, the sap moss, the wheat protein - oh, and there's aloe, too - are beneficial to dry hair normally, so I think we have a winner! I'll check in, though, after my second wash with an update.
OE
P.S.
Thanks to all who responded to my lowlights q. No ****** way I'm getting permanent color in my hair if I've got dryness from the no lye. Uh-uh. And thanks again, Tracy, for the PM!
Hey, all
IslandGirl's posts prompted me to try this last night after I got in from work. I had my hair touched up recently and had been experiencing some breakage. An aside: Another reason I love this board is for the information I've gotten. I had no idea that sensitive scalp relaxers were typically no-lye relaxers! My scalp and hair have been dry as a bone for a week and now I think I know why!
Anyway, the product, which I got at an Aveda concept salon, is $17 plus tax for 4.2 ounces. It contains, along with the sap moss, avocado oil, wheat protein and honey. It smells a lot like the sap moss shampoo and conditioner . . . very woodsy, I'd call it, and it has the consistency of honey almost, but is less sticky.
I used it in the shower after wetting my hair and wringing out (gently) excess water. Directions say to use "liberally," and I did cover my hair with it, concentrating mainly on the ends. It went on smoothly, almost like a glaze. If anyone uses Sebastian's colorshines, especially the clear one, this had almost the same consistency and color. Directions say leave on 1-2 minutes and then shampoo. I left it on for close to 10 minutes, again because of the post-touchup dryness I had.
When I rinsed it out, my hair did feel smoother
Now, the reason that this is a tentative product review is because I did use a protein treatment (Uans Crema Plus, which is a lot like Terax Crema. In fact, they smell exactly the same. I don't know what the dif is, except maybe Uans is a little cheaper) and a moisturizing conditioner (Suave knockoff of Humectress mixed with Giovanni's 50-50 Hair Remoisturizer), so I don't know if I can attribute the thickness, less feeling of dryness and less breakage I have today to the Aveda per se. BUT, now my hair is dry, and I still have those waves! They are the kind I tried and failed to get with the John Frieda Ripple Effect and the Frederic Fekkai wave spray. I LOVE this, and again, maybe my hair is "weird," but upon rinsing out the Aveda, the first thing I noticed was the wave pattern. My previously-relaxed hair hung straight before this last touchup, not the hint of a curl, so I can only attribute it to the Aveda, unless my shower water suddenly is able to change my wave pattern
I am going to try the treatment again with a "regular" wash (no protein treatment, etc.) to get a better gauge of how it works, but for the wave factor alone (for me, anyway), I say it's a keeper. Plus, the ingredients - the honey, the avocado, the sap moss, the wheat protein - oh, and there's aloe, too - are beneficial to dry hair normally, so I think we have a winner! I'll check in, though, after my second wash with an update.
OE
P.S.
Thanks to all who responded to my lowlights q. No ****** way I'm getting permanent color in my hair if I've got dryness from the no lye. Uh-uh. And thanks again, Tracy, for the PM!
