Use 1 Buy 1 Challenge pt.4

beautyaddict1913 said:
@hannan it looks like they don't sell the rinse out conditioners at walgreens, right? I went to more than one and didn't see any. I would have loved to try one of those. I didn't want the mist either :nono:
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beautyaddict1913 Yup. I figured it was just my Walgreens or ones where they don't have a large black population? I dunno but I talked to someone from Shea Moisture and she said every Walgreens should have their hair products. Not all the products, just products. :ohwell:
 
So Im doing a STRICT no buy the entire month of April...unless Qhemet has a sale, that will be the only thing I buy...I literally spent a mortgage on hair stuff this month - I bought weave so that really didnt help lol. I am getting more weave in May for my July install bcuz I want to leave some hair out so I can wear buns and ponytails so I will be trying kinky curly hair...so who else is doing an April no-buy? Im in it with yall lol!
 
hannan said:
Yup. I figured it was just my Walgreens or ones where they don't have a large black population? I dunno but I talked to someone from Shea Moisture and she said every Walgreens should have their hair products. Not all the products, just products. :ohwell:
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I was very surprised walgreens had it in my area, we never get anything here. I saw the shampoo, conditioner, deep conditioner, hair smoothie, 2 different spritzes and a hair serum. And i think a body gift box for $19.99. There were only 4 of each product and it was off in the cut. You would not see it if you didn't know what to look for. I also saw twisted sista and there where only a few products in a small box like how they have the holiday nail polish. No where near the hair stuff.
 
Did nada yesterday which was my first day of staycation. Headed out in a few to get some stuff done. Did something a little different with my hair today. I got the idea from that show your hair sticky. I have a bang in the front and a bun in the back. I haven't worn bangs in years.
 
Popped into one of the BSS near where I live just to browse as I have never been inside that store before. I was surprised to see they stocked Taliah Waajid products and they were very reasonably priced. I checked the ingredients and saw that every single item had either mineral oil or propylene glycol in it - I read recent posts that she had changed the ingredients. I wonder if the original formulations contained these ingredients as many companies change their formulas to contain lower quality ingredients when they start to mass market them.

I just looked at the Shea moisture line and downloaded the ingredients listing and I see that everything contains Japanese Honeysuckle Extract, there are articles stating this is chemically identical to synthetic parabens whilst other articles deny this. I do not have the answers so if you are trying to avoid parabens, it may be worth doing so more research. Here is an interesting article

Extract from the article "Plantservative is the trade name for what is essentially parabens created from highly concentrated extracts of the Japanese Honeysuckle"
 
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Yesterday, I did my usual. Doused my hair with coconut erl, shampooed, deep conditioned using Curl Junkie Curl Rehab (Thanks, T!), detangled w/ seamless combs - no denman this time, rinsed out conditioner, then braided w/ KCKT and a lil bit of KCCC for hold.
 
Good Afternoon, at work lurking. Do you all know anyone allergic to coconut oil? I think I am, been fighting this allergic reaction with oil mix with coconut oil but it's itchy still.
 
Hi ladies. I was just realized that the no buy challenge will be over in two days . I thought I had another month to go :ohwell:. So I'm back to U1B1 in a few days.
 
Ltown said:
Yay, congratulations! Now the sofa and then the house warming party.
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Tee hee and I'm inviting you. But no gifts please.

And I think I am only gonna get my hair dyed once a year. It still looks pretty good for almost 9 months post.
 
prisspot how long did it take you to do your hair?

Eisani have u tried methi before? I really wanted this product once upon a time but when tastiredbone made a vid saying that her hair hated it & it made her hair extra hard (you know how when she doesn't like something she shakes her head and says uhhhn-uhhhhn, nope,mmm-mmm lol I love that!) I thought it was HORRIBLE & I hadn't seen many reviews on it and since her hair isn't really picky I just decided to save myself some trouble lol!

Afternoon all, just spent more than I bargained for at MAC. Need to go over to make-up no buy too lol. I got more from the WonderWoman collection, 3 shades from the Jeanius collection, the new Lady Gaga part 2 shade release, and a tinted lip conditioner for my mom! I have more lip colors than anything and I wear the same shade daily - Cultured and Backlit...when they run out I will replenish Culture and start using the others! When I used to go out a lot I wore the other colors but I have settled down A LOT lol!

I have another made-up bun today but I am really loving it. Used BSP on my edges. I will definitely buy the larger size whenever they have a sale. I don't like the texture for sealing but its the best thing my edges have ever seen! I saw a tuck and roll on a blog recently and I want to try one of those for tomoro. Going to the gym after work and will co-wash with KBB deep conditioner (the original one in squeeze bottle, not the masque). Talk to yall later!
 
Hey ladies, will cowash tomorrow with v05 conditioner, and try this shea moisture conditioner as a leave in/moisturizer. I did go back to walgreens and got 1 more of each of the shampoo and conditioner. It looked like no one bought anything but me, this is my last purchase of this month until may.
 
mkd, how did your donna marie dream curling cream look? im asking because i just purchased one today from my local store and it does not look like the first jar i had. the first once was transparent and i dont remember the smell. this one is not see through at all, it looks and smells exactly like AV whipped gelly. its very creamy and my first jar was not at all.
also my first jar made my hair crunchy and i put a little bit of this one on a coil in the back and its soft so we will see what happens.

ladies, my hair did not hold up so i just left it in the pineapple i slept in. i may or may not do it tonight.

besides the dream curling cream i also got another jar of the mhc olive you. i started to get the darcys deep conditioner but decided to re up on my mhc instead.
 
beautyaddict1913

Let's see, I shampooed when I was in the shower. I was in there for about 20 minutes, the shampooing maybe took about 5min or so.

Got out, smoothed on the conditioner, really working it in, probably another 5min. Applied the plastic cap, sat under the heating cap for about 15 min. Detangled for about 10-15 min. Hopped back in the shower to rinse out the conditioner, then plaited my hair which took about 15 mins.

Let me add this up right quickly.....ok, the whole process took a little under an hour, if I do it non-stop without any distractions (like getting caught up reading something on here, talking on the phone, etc).
 
Priss Pot said:
@beautyaddict1913

Let's see, I shampooed when I was in the shower. I was in there for about 20 minutes, the shampooing maybe took about 5min or so.

Got out, smoothed on the conditioner, really working it in, probably another 5min. Applied the plastic cap, sat under the heating cap for about 15 min. Detangled for about 10-15 min. Hopped back in the shower to rinse out the conditioner, then plaited my hair which took about 15 mins.

Let me add this up right quickly.....ok, the whole process took a little under an hour, if I do it non-stop without any distractions (like getting caught up reading something on here, talking on the phone, etc).
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Thats impressive lol...I wonder why it takes me all day! Ughh Im going to put myself on a timer on Friday and see what happens lol! But I steam an hour so that could have something to do with it! If I rush I can get it done in less than 3 hours I suppose since I don't have to style my hair!
 
yea tonight im going to do my hair. im going to shampoo with aphogee, then do the aphogee hard protein, then detangle with oyin HH conditioner. then after i rinse im going to use the dew as a leave in and braid with donna marie dream curling cream and the super butter cream on my ends.
 
OMG I went on YT to try to find some tutorials so I typed in " natural hair" and TONS of sheamoisture haul videos pop up. It seems everyone is hauling. I even saw some folks got new products like masks from the blacksoap and yucca lines. My sis is gonna have a field day.
 
It was really hard to find bodywashes in Target in their "natural" section that didn't have SLS in it. See that's exactly why we turn to these handmade vendors and order online. I got a bodywash from Giovanni and one from Boots. I've been liking the Boots line for skin care products.
 
Evening Hair Lovelies!:lol: Hope You're having a Great Evening.

Under the Dryer w/Redken Deep Fuel. I'll rinse in a few and apply HTN Protein DC'er. I Co-Cleansed with BFH Yarrow.

1 more use of the Yarrow (I thought I'd be done). I'll move on to the Cotton Marshmallow. I'll rotate these 2 Cleansing Conditioners for a while.:yep:

I'm going to apply Olive Oil and then Komaza Olive DC on top of that & Steam. I want to use up this bottle of Olive Oil and maybe the Komaza Olive (have back ups of errthang).:look:

So, far....today I've only used up 1 Tube of Deep Fuel and 1 Gallon of Distilled Wata'. :ohwell:

My 1 Zillioneth HTN Haul came today.:blush:
 
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