My hair loves aloe vera juice. If a product has aloe vera juice amongst the first three ingredients, the product will work perfectly for my hair. The opposite happens with aloe vera gel. Products with aloe vera gel only work for me if I am rinsing them out. Anytime I leave a product with aloe vera gel in my hair, it gets really dry and hard. I know this is due to a combination of the protein-like attributes of aloe vera gel and my low-porosity and coarse hair, but it seems this protein-like attribute only seems to affect me when I use the gel form not the juice form.
I had always assumed the gel and juice were the exact same extract in different forms, but I read somewhere the juice is extracted from a different part of the plant than the gel. I was wondering if anyone had more information on the difference in the two and/or how this difference impacts how it reacts to protein-sensitive hair.
I had always assumed the gel and juice were the exact same extract in different forms, but I read somewhere the juice is extracted from a different part of the plant than the gel. I was wondering if anyone had more information on the difference in the two and/or how this difference impacts how it reacts to protein-sensitive hair.