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Fractal,Type 4A-Z, Rebellious but Fragile... Natural Hair.CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-72182253849022463372018-05-14T10:38:00.000+01:002018-05-14T10:38:34.472+01:00Hello there!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Anyone still around..Wow..Its's been a while...<br />
Nice to see new followers. HIIIIIII thanks for stopping by and following. So good to see you all<br />
I am still natural. Plus my new little baby as well. :D<br />
Natural hair and it's products has really exploded into something else these past few years.<br />
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Accessibility really isn't problem. If at all the market looks oversaturated with so many products out there from the niche to mainstream established manufacturers all trying to get a slice of the natural hair care market.<br />
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I still use some of my old favourites. But some new faves have sneaked in, some others I'm not so fussy about. I'd say the only thing still consistent in my routine is still being a wash and go girl. That is still my main way of wearing my hair. Still and always will feel just right for me.<br />
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Can't wait to fill you more on what products I have been loving.. :D<br />
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Chat soon!</div>
CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-70496692162227781972012-07-11T11:52:00.000+01:002012-07-11T11:54:35.813+01:00Review: Darcy's Botanicals Natural Coils Curling Jelly<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">I got this as swap from a forum member on British Curlies. She was offering it at a discounted price so I moved in for the kill. Was it worth it? Read on…</span></div>
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<b>Regular Price</b>: £10.95 for 8oz.</div>
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<b>Availability</b>: British curlies and Etsy. Only available
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<b>Ingredients shown in picture below</b>: </div>
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<b>Packaging</b>: It comes in a simple white jar with a white screw
top. I personally think the packaging was inadequate. Which brings me to my
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<b>The Texture</b>: Very liquidy snotty texture, infact so liquidy
that I ended up pouring out the jelly into my hands everytime I need some.
Otherwise dipping my hands into the jar would have been as useful as dipping my
hands into a jar full of water. On that note I must say this. Do not let the
watery texture of this jelly fool you. With this stuff <b>a little</b> went a long way for me.</div>
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<b>Scent</b>: I didn’t feel like mine smelled of anything. I think
I must have got the unscented version. Despite this I believe I
still got a faint whiff of something that reminded me of paper glue. The
faintness I actually liked because it gave my leave-in conditioner olfactory
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<b>Darcy's Botanicals Natural Coils Curly Jelly On my hair..</b></div>
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On applying this to my hair with my leave-in i.e.
Hawaiian silky gel activator +castor oil + aloe vera gel mix, it seemed to get
absorbed into my hair almost immediately. I liked that it gave a tiny bit of
slip. It dried fairly quickly around my ends, but about 3-4hours later it was
mostly 80% dry. It did not give me a flash dry effect. There was no crunch, but
there was a light hold. I got second day hair with this. On the second day, my
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In terms of elongation, it did not offer any of that. My
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Flaking - I noticed some flakiness whiteness around my part
section where I may have possibly being a bit heavy handed.</div>
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Price - I wish this was £10.99 for 16oz rather than 8oz. If it was I
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Repurchasing probability - I liked the light hold and
effectiveness of this jelly. But I shall only re-purchase this if it is on sale at a
cheaper price. Because I have other stylers which are just as effective and cheaper.</div>
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If you are looking for a styling product with stellar natural ingredients or a
stickler for natural ingredients in your hair products .Then I would recommend
this product to you.</div>
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<br /></div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-75795561645806760692012-07-07T13:47:00.001+01:002012-07-07T13:50:03.968+01:00Style & Go! - The Start of A Damp/Dry Styling Routine??<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
So I've been feeling a bit under as I've been having some bad bouts of hayfever and not been to the gym this week. I usually go 2-3 times a week and coincide those days with wash and re-styling. Since I usually want to rinse/wash all the sweat off my scalp.<br />
Today I didn't go to the gym and did not feel like washing my 3rd day hair but my hair was frizzing up all over - I guess "medium- hold" Kiss My Face Upper Management Gel can only last so long (review coming by the way).<br />
I suppose another propeller for this action was Taliah, she had convinced me at the <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/2012-afro-hair-beauty-show-review-haul.html">Afro Hair & Beauty Show</a> that styled, defined coils were best achievable on dry Type 4 hair.<br />
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So I decided to try a quick re-style on damp hair 1st. Why damp and not dry? I simply like to moisturise my hair with water every day. I used this as an opportunity to lightly hydrate Dafro, but not saturate her .<br />
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I also wanted to spot test a couple of curl cremes - <b><i>Trevor Sorbie's original curl cream </i></b>and <b><i>Boots pink curl creme</i></b>. I used a light gel in this case the <b style="font-style: italic;">Aldi Carino p</b><b>urple gel</b>. I used a light gel because I was basically refreshing over pre-styled hair that still had some gel left over and did not want to over do the gel situation.<br />
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<u><b>Results of styling on damp nearly dry hair.</b></u><br />
To date this method of applying gel onto 2nd/3rd nearly dry hair has been great at producing longer lasting excellent definition. I'm also the type whom likes twists/twist outs on damp/ semi-dry hair because of better elongation.<br />
<span style="background-color: white;">So the same principle could be applied here.</span><br />
A winning method for even more defined coils especially in areas usually hard to define. More elongation on day 1 hair. Basically the kind of elongated and bigger hair you get on day 2 is the type you could get on day 1 with this method.<br />
As for the curl cremes.. they didn't do much for me. The <b><i>Aldi carino purple gel </i></b>gave a soft hold.<br />
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Have you damp or dry styled? What have been your results?<br />
This method is a Keeper. Currently I've taking to re-styling on 2nd day hair for better definition and elongation which lasts the rest of the week for me.<br />
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CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-70636707418477833512012-06-26T06:58:00.000+01:002012-06-26T06:59:59.690+01:00HOW TO FINGER DETANGLE: FINGER DETANGLING 101 FOR AFRO COILY KINKY HAIR<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been finger-detangling my hair almost exclusively for almost 2 years now. Matted roots? No. Time-consuming, I think not. <span style="background-color: white;">I do it regularly and love it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">1.) I part my hair into 4/6 sections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">2.) Dampen or wet my hair with water and soak it in conditioner/oil/both. (Recently I've also taken to adding a tblspn of ACV to approximately 250ml of conditioner to calm down frayed cuticles)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">3.) Then I position my head under the shower stream. The shower does a wonderful job of helping me push/flush most of the shed hair out. I don’t have a problem with matting, because I work my way upwards from ends to roots. Below is <span style="background-color: white;">a pictorial of what I simply do. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>The Clap</b>: <span style="background-color: white;">Self-explanatory. This is a great smoothing method and also a quick means of gently pulling out shed hairs freely hanging within the other strands. I gently pull on the ends between my palms and work my way up. During lazy mid-week co-rinses I simply use this method, working with the gravitational push of the shower stream</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;"><b>The Separate</b>: I believe is more popular and common. Better on dry/damp hair hair than wet hair. Here you piece apart the hair strands until you come across knots in between. When a knot is spotted you focus on the gently untangling that knot with some extra oil/detangler/slippy conditioner. Personally I don't do this too often as it really does take the longest time for me.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;">Here is another Type 4 Coily head finger-detangling with a virtually<b> identical </b>method and <i><b>very similar </b></i>hair texture to mine. -<b> Earthy Delight</b>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;"><b>The Half-Rake</b>: termed half by myself because I don't rake entirely through a section. I use my other hand to provide some tensile strength to my fragile strands and use the other to gently rake through starting from the bottom and working my way up, then switch to work on the other unraked side (Does that make sense). Obviously the other hand proves to be redundant as soon as I get closer to my scalp.</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: center;">A reduction in frayed ends, my ends looked thicker.</span></li>
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<li><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 17px;">General ease and simplicity in this method. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s tremendously much easier to handle my hair, I don’t dread washing it - infact I look forward to it. It's another major reason why I am able to rock the wng style with ease.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">So I guess finger-detangling/finger-combing works for me ; /</span></div>
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<br /></div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-61589944199003455142012-06-13T17:43:00.000+01:002012-06-13T17:44:10.309+01:00Wash & Go Trials On Afro Coily Kinky Hair 10: Garnier Fructis Survivor Gel & Castor/AVG/Curl activator mix<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I applied this to my wet hair with a LI mix of a dab of curl activator, Aloe vera gel & castor oil. My definition was on point with application. I even saw some grouped coils on my crown region which almost never coils/clumps for anything!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">But man! When it dried, I was not ready for the CRUNCH!! My hair was HARD! </span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">In the mornings I would spray a glycerin/oil/water mix to re-shape my hair and it always suprisingly moulded back into place easily. I easily got 5day hair with this and could have easily kept going. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The only thing is that my hair just didn't feel nice to touch initially. It felt hard to touch and would not scrunch out easily with just any oil. (After a few days it naturally relented it's hold). After this trial I resigned this gel for use only with very heavy leave-in conditioners or as a finisher.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">This gel did not seem to have a lot of reviews online for women's hair not to talk of afro kinky coily natural hair. I reckon that it may not be considered by most ladies, as going by the video ads alone this gel appears to be marketed and targeted to mainly men, or people wanting to create 'spiked styles'</span></div><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Garnier Fructis Survivor gel is most likely one of the hardest gels I have tried to date. It claims to resist humidity and frizz and holds that promise. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Even after I went to the gym and had a rigorous sweat-fest my hair was still defined. Most gels would render my hair a straight up fro after a session at the gym. To put this into a better perspective for some ladies- this leaves Ecostyler gel -Krystal (hold 10) behind in the dust.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">When it dries, the CRUNCH is CRAZY!! My hair gets very HARD! </span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">So hard that when I lay my head on my pillow at night I would hear my hair rustling ! In the mornings I would spray a glycerin/oil/water mix to re-shape my hair and it always suprisingly moulded back into place easily. I easily got 5day hair with this and could have easily kept going. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The only thing is that my hair just didn't feel nice to touch initially. It felt hard to touch and would not scrunch out easily with just any oil. (After a few days it gradually relented it's hold).</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: #222222;">Another surprising property of this gel was how it rinsed out extremely easily with just water from hair. My hair did not feel sapped of moisture or parched as I rinsed.</span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">If using this alone I'll be recommending that one uses a much heavier leave-in. (Do the combo test on hand for potential white residue)</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">The Survivor gel has indeed survived and gradually snuck itself into my styling routine as a <b>'top-upper'</b>/finisher. Basically after I use most gels to style a wash & go. I apply a wee bit of this on the top of my crown to address the harder to define and easy to frizz areas.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">I would really recommend this if you are <b>serious</b> about making your wng style last for ages.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">This gel would guarantee that longevity</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> If you want your coils/curls/kinks to stay </span><b style="color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;">controlled</b><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; text-align: -webkit-auto;"> with military obedience then this gel will do exactly that for you..Plus a little will go a long way. Otherwise, If you can't stand the crunch then run!...... Far away as fast as you can. </span></span><br />
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It was my 1<sup>st</sup> time going to the show, so I went
fairly neutral. We went on the 1<sup>st</sup> day fairly early as my friend and
I had other obligations later on in the day. On arrival at the front door we
were met with umbrella bags for our umbrellas. Great reception! Went past
security, after checking in with our tickets the samples galore began. It was
fairly quiet so it was easy for us to circumvent through most of the floor (which
wasn’t a lot ) quickly.<br />
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PAK reps (seemed like they were major sponsors) were 1<sup>st</sup> to go offering us a mysterious
bag supposedly worth £25 worth of products for £5. (Errr nah thanks, dunno
what’s in there mate!!). Then it was Miss Jessie’s offering us samples in this
fairly dinky orange bag, containing a great mix of their products. We saw the Fair & White Stand looking very quiet
(Good!). Walked past that them and were met with the biggest display of Miss Jessies.
Miss Jessie’s really did it BIG at the Afro Show. You could see they were
intent on making their presence known because by the end of the day. Their
orange sample bags were on every corner of the Business Design centre. Their
marketing strategy was on point! They had a massive stand complete with salon
equipment and all. Funny enough they did not have an actuall stand selling
their full sized products. I guess the intent was to demonstrate and create the
interest. The sisters themselves were styling clients and demonstrating how to
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">£10 for the JC butters?!Unbelievable! The stand attendant had the loveliest WNG fro. She claimed to get that with the curl defining creme.</td></tr>
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I noticed a lot of stands aimed at natural hair, plus my
friend and I, her with her big twistout and myself with my puff did not pass by
unnoticed as they called out to us to try their wares. I liked that there was
no demarcation between stalls and stands aimed at natural hair were represented
by the likes of Curls, Taliah Waajid (whom was so lovely and humble in person
offering great deals), Jane Carter (Amazing deals), Mixed Chicks, Gidore, Beautiful
Textures, Sof n Free with their Nothing But Line, ORS with their Curls
Unleashed line, MmmHair , Regular brother selling massive tubs of shea
butter/oils/scents and the likes.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Taliah herself, demonstrating how to shingle her curl product on dry hair. (I'll be trying that soon!)<br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">Sleek stylist working on the blue wig<br /></td></tr>
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didn’t notice a lot of makeup stands, I believe I only spotted two. Neither of
which I can remember. There was a nail bar right at the back corner. Jewellry
by Ry-va. African woman magazine stand, African candy (which unfortunately
still wasn’t open by 2pm when we were set to leave). Startup fashion designers
were also present showcasing their work on the fashion runway but I didn’t stay
too long to watch that as I wasn’t interested in the pieces.</div>
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I left with loads of samples, pamphlets, great discounted
buys, so it’s quite fair to say that this year’s show was definitely done with
natural hair ladies in mind. I hope the trend continues and grows and would be
more than happy to visit again next year.</div>
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I know there are thousands of reviews on the infamous ecostyler gel. But I thought I'd add my two cents on the variant properties of the majority I have tried. So folks curious about the other Eco-varieties will know how they compare...</div>
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Ecostyler is popular due to it's price per quantity, availability and efficiency (depending on what you need it to do..)</div>
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So here goes..</div>
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<b>BLUE (HOLD 5)</b> : Smells like men’s shower gel. You know that
smell that companies feel they need to give ‘blue’ coloured sports-themed
showergels/shampoos/conditioners. Yah. That one. It isn’t overpowering, so I
don’t mind it. It dries with some
firmness and the slightest hint of a crunch with a light leave-in. Not
sufficient enough to smooth down my edges for a pulled back style like a bun or
updo. Life-span for wash & go styles is not as long as life-span for gels
with greater holds of 7 -10. </div>
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<b>PINK (HOLD 7)</b>: smells like tea-tree oil. I guess because
it’s supposed to come with an anti-itch formula. Clearly has anti-itching
agents in ingredients. So that comes through. Gives good sheen. </div>
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<b>ARGAN (HOLD 10)</b>: my favourite scent of all. Sweet light
“flowery-ness”. I love the scent! Gives great sheen to my hair infact gives the
best sheen out of all the gels for me. Dries with a crunch for wash & go
styles if layered with a light leave in.</div>
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<b>CLEAR (HOLD 10)</b>: Doesn’t smell of anything that I can
remember. Keeps edges down. Dries with a crunch for wash & go if used with
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<b>OLIVE (HOLD 10)</b>: smells like men’s cologne. Gives good
sheen. Keeps edges down. Dries with a crunch for wash & go if used with a
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I haven’t tried the black version. Simply because I have no
interest in it. My favourite gel is the Pink for it’s minimised hold but
efficiency in dealing with my slicked back styles and Argan oil, for it’s
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The hold of the harder hold gels can easily be scrunched out with some oil/pomade or powder rubbed between the palms. These gels tend to give me fat clumps, which unfortunately frizz up in a couple of days for me.They are easy to rinse out in my opinion, infact I actually like the slimy feel left on my hair as it is rinsed out! Why? Because it aids in finger-detangling. I also think these gels are great for the CG method if you are trying that. They form a great gel-cast around the hair thereby protecting the hair from environmental elements.</div>
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</div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-37845440979005575582012-05-26T14:45:00.001+01:002012-05-26T14:45:29.069+01:00BRITISH CURLIES SALEHeads up!!<br />
British Curlies is having a sale to mark their 4th year anniversary! It starts from the 26th till 28th!/ Till stocks last!<br />
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CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-64030847766751433062012-05-23T12:19:00.002+01:002012-05-30T19:44:13.826+01:00The Drying Series 1: How To Diffuse Afro Coily Kinky Hair.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Or rather, How I diffuse my hair.<br />
One of the most common complaints of ladies trying to wash, style and go is how long the hair takes to dry. With popular products such as KCCC, Ecostyler gel drying times can take a day and a half to dry.<br />
That need not be the case, unless you prefer to stay away from heat entirely.<br />
I tend to diffuse if I need to be somewhere ASAP or sometimes if I just don't want to be stuck with a damp/wet heat for the most part of the day. In this pic tutorial I was using Queen Helen Curl Shaping Creme, a product heavily composed with humectants. For this reason, I decided to diffuse because I just didn't want to be stuck with a wet-head for most of the day, as experienced with humectant heavy stylers in the past.<br />
I use a simple blow-dryer. The particular brand is Kokou. I picked this up from the local hair shop priced around £20 or so.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's a hair-dryer, it's supposed to have grease marks!</td></tr>
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The diffuser attachment I got from a local Sally's. Priced around £10.<br />
I got a large cup, because I liked the idea of covering a larger surface area, as I felt that would take less time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Separate components</td></tr>
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There really isn't an exact science but more of a strategy in how I choose to dry.<br />
I dry on the warm setting in each section for about 20 seconds. I start with the crown area and work my way round in a spiral fashion around my head leaving my extremities last.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Warm setting control. Black = Cool, Red = Hot</td></tr>
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I start and focus mainly at the crown because that usually takes the longest to dry. I don't linger so much around the extremities/edges, because they usually air-dry the quickest.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diffuser cup further away on warm</td></tr>
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Why tip your head upside-down? To create more volume on the top and prevent the flat-head-helmet head look. (No offense if that is what you go for.)<br />
Then I use the cool setting to help close the cuticles and encourage better definition. I bring the cup much closer to my hair mimicking a scrunching method.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Diffuser much closer to 'scrunch' on cool.</td></tr>
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<br /></div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-67524502307416685982012-05-09T18:34:00.000+01:002012-05-09T18:36:06.646+01:00Wash & Go Trials On Coily Kinky Hair 9: III Sisters Of Nature Curling GeloI used the curling gelo with a light leave in i.e. TIGI Peace, Love Earth e.t.c<br />
Next time I think I may just use this underneath Ecostyler Gel to get the hold I need. The gelo on it's own delivers no hold at all.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd day, still 'very juicy', had not dried completely from the previous day.Learned this gelo is prone to whiteness when combined with my leave-in</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Just soft fuzzyness whilst drying</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">2nd day, some whiteness still around my crown! Good thing I had no where to be over the weekend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty much dry now</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Delivered shine</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hardly defined the most compliant area of my hair for clumping. My nape lower crown region.<br />
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Next time, I''ll leave out the leave-in conditioner and use just this instead with a harder gel on top.<br />
You can find my in-depth review on this product <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/iii-sisters-of-nature-curling-gelo.html" target="_blank">here</a></td></tr>
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<br />CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-64542466038277532352012-05-09T18:19:00.000+01:002012-05-28T15:09:15.605+01:00Review: III Sisters Of Nature - Curling Gelo (Comparable to Kinky Curly Curling Custard!) - Errr<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Cost</b> : £9.99</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Product Description</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3;">III Sisters of Nature Natural Curling Gelo helps to define and elongate your curls and enhance your hair's natural wave pattern.</span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3;">Formulated with all natural ingredients to give the best conditioning, strengthening, nourishing, softening styling treatment, the Curling Gelo naturally brings out the lustrous shine in your curls and waves.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Curling Gelo is very concentrated to give it that added value. The natural humectants inside the Gelo naturally extracts moisture from the air keeping curls/waves/kinks/knots/twists soft to the touch, moisturized, and healthy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Apply the Curling Gelo to wet hair. Make sure to thoroughly shampoo and rinse hair. Use your fingers to apply the Curling Gelo all over your hair. Finger style to achieve knots/knaps/kinky/tight coils.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">"Curling Gelo keeps your hair frizz free, leaves no greasy residue, keeps hair moisturized, and allows for long-lasting curls,waves, and twists."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Water (Aqua), Vegetable Glycerin, Polyquaternium 37, Polyquaternium 10 and PEG 14, Polyquaternium 7, Polysorbate 20, Sea Grape Extract (Vitis Vinifera), Argan Oil (Argan Spinosa), Avocado Extract (Persea Gratissma), Oat extract (Avena Sativa), Sage (Salvia Officinalis), Chamomille Extract (Anthemis Noblis), Bay Laurel Extract (Lauris Noblis), Phenoxyethanol (And) Caprylyl Glycol, Fragrance (Parfum).</span><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Like 'jellified' sprite/7up. It looks like Ecostyler Krystal - with the transparent jelly look.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">It's lighter in texture than the former but more filmy. Infact very filmy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>On my hair</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Since it claims to match up against KCCC, lets compare shall we?</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Like KCCC</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">Smoothes</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"> onto my hair very nicely and even delivers a little slip. (like KCCC)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Excellent coil clumper. (like KCCC)</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Gave my hair alot of shine (like KCCC)</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Sweet scent (not comparable in notes to KCCC, but sweet all the same)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goes white on application with most of my leave-in conditioners. i.e. TIGI cherry almond, Andrew Barton, EO conditioner (like KCCC)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Took a long long time to dry. (Definitely like KCCC!)</span><br />
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Unlike KCCC</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Clear transparent look (unlike KCCC)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Filmy <b>not</b> slimy/goopey (unlike KCCC)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smell is sweet, but does not smell like KCCC</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">This gives no hold whatsoever. </span><span style="color: #222222;">Only one day hair achievable with some clumped coils, after that its all frizz.(not like KCCC, </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">KCCC gives hold for a few days at least</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">)</span><br />
<span style="color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Not comprised of all natural ingredients, though some included.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">To maintain and also because it still wasn't completely dry on day 1, I put my hair in a shower cap overnight. The next morning my hair was very "juicy". So mushy that the coils quickly dispersed into fluffy poofness when I attempted re-shaping. By the end of day 2. My hair was very soft. Problem is, I didn't like the film it left on my fingers every time I played in my hair.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">This is nothing but another curl activator in my eyes. It defines like one, looks like one, feels like one and lacks hold like one.</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">It falls short of KCCC in a major way as it fails to deliver the hold /stiffness that partly renders KCCC one of the top natural styling gels. It also falls short on the ingredients. Packed full of polyquats.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I dunno what it is about the product, but every time I use it I just want to wash my hair immediately after. I think the last test would be to try it with some Eco-styler gel on top.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">If you want major hold, then this is not for you. If you want softness, shine and sweet-smelling products then this maybe the one for you.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can find pictures of my hair with this product <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/wash-go-trials-on-coily-kinky-hair-9.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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After browsing my local Sally’s beauty supply store looking
for a decent ‘<i>on the ground protein conditioner</i>’ (didn’t find any by the way), I decided to make a purchase I’ve been
putting off for a while. You see I had been eyeing a 5 litre keg of
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Like most curly/coily hair ladies, I can never have enough
conditioner. So much that I usually prefer to buy my conditioners in litre
sizes. Also with Tresseme Naturals 900ml conditioner offers at shops becoming a
rarity and gradually increasing in price. It was time to invest in a better
solution for Dafro. With 5litres at £11.99. That works out at 1000ml/1litre at
approximately £2.40 for a great quality conditioner!! Thankfully I didn’t need to have a Salon Pro card of sorts to make this purchase.</div>
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<strong><span lang="EN-US">Product Features of Sally’s Salon Services Herbal Complex Conditioner </span></strong><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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used after any colouring or bleaching treatment<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span lang="EN-US">This is probably<b> that</b></span><span lang="EN-US"> ‘treatment’ the stylist
says is natural and strengthening for your hair whilst she massages your scalp, you know the one in the
nameless bottle that you wonder about? (Off course only at the non- exclusive
salon, because the exclusive ones only use branded recognized products
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<span lang="EN-US">Nehuuu..With this manufacturer recommending
that this was to be used after a colouring or bleaching treatment - processes
that are potentially detrimental to the hair shaft due to their bond altering
effects. I knew I had to be on the right path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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They did not sell smaller samples of this conditioner, so I
couldn’t tell it’s efficacy. There were no reviews online at the time of
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The ingredients list is relatively simple, but what I love
even more is that the MAIN agents are within the top 5. This means that these
ingredients exist in a much higher concentration. How many times have you
picked up a conditioner purporting itself as argan/aloe/shea/potatoe e.t.c
based only to note disappointingly that the supposed <b>main</b> ingredient is actually at the bottom of the
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Welll that wasn’t the case with this one. What was the
seller for me? The aloe vera gel and henna. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Aqua (Water), Cetearyl Alcohol (fatty emulsifying conditioning agent ), Steartrimonium
Methosulfate (</span></span>anti-static smoothing agent (STM)<span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">),<span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Aloe Barbadensis (Aloe Vera Gel) Lawsonia Inermis (Henna Extract)<span style="font-family: Arial;">,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Parfum (Fragrance) Citric Acid (preservatives) Magnesium Chloride
Magnesium Nitrate, Methylchloroisothiazolinone<span style="font-family: Arial;">, </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Methylisothiazolinone (preservatives) CI 19140 CI 42090 (colouring)</span></div>
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Medium-light texture.<o:p></o:p></div>
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I think of lime and greens with this one. I guess they were
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It gave me great slip and allowed me to finger detangle
fairly easily. Infact it was surprisingly very slippery and sudsy! Wow! I like
very much. It smoothed down my hair quite a fair bit too. Overall it did a
good job for me far more than I expected. But the killer for me, was the
reduced amount of shedding I got. I got <b>significantly</b> less shedding that I usually do. Despite having not
washed my hair in a few days.
Whenever this finishes I will definitely be returning back to Sally’s to
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I doubt I shall be having any cold sweats as a result of
conditioner shortage any time soon. Tressemme can move over.</div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-23655612702486086362012-04-24T15:25:00.000+01:002012-04-24T16:18:36.925+01:00Wash & Go Trials On Coily Hair 8: Komaza Califia Pudding & TIGI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Freshly applied on wet hair. Really pulls down the coils, partially eliminating shrinkage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Damp, very little clumping.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">This pudding promises to define curls and eliminate shrinkage with dryness so I was intrigued, as I noticed that quite a few reviews by type 4 coily-heads only had good things to say about this product.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">I bagged this through a cross-Atlantic swap on a hair forum at a good price. Yes! :D</span><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;" /><br /><b>Price</b>: £27.95 for 16oz/ £16.50 for 8oz at British Curlies.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Ingredients</b>:<span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 15px;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Distilled Water, Shea Butter, Aloe Butter, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Oil Dipalmitoylethyldimonium Chloride (A derivitive of Palm Oil) aloe vera, hydrolyzed collagen, acrylates, alkyl acrylates, Sodium Benzoate,Vegetarian Fragrance, Potassium Sorbate, Polysorbate 20, Cinnamom Cassia, vegetarian fragrance.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><b>Smell</b>: reminds me of Toffee.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>Texture</b>: definitely like pudding that one would eat. Or a lighter "nutella" It took a lot of resolve not to take a tiny bit and taste it! </span></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Smooth and very creamy.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><b>On my hair</b></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">: I think this product delivered. I used a light leave -in conditioner (TIGI love, peace etc) initially as I wanted to see what the pudding would mostly do by itself. </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">Application was very smooth. Dafro <i>seemed</i> to gobble it right up. I smoothed it on from the roots onwards sparingly. Taking about an index fingers worth of product each time and applying to 0.5 inch thick sections.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">I say it absorbed very readily because by the time I applied the product from my roots to about half my length the product was gone. So I would scoop out more product and apply to the remaining half down to my ends.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"> </span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I wasn't too crazy about seeing brown marks on my towel. Where I had wiped my hands during application.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><br style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);" /></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><b>Pros</b>: It elongated my coils and they almost dried looking the same way they did when wet.</span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;">My "bangs" were not stiff but compliant and fluffy without being too frizzy? I had a lot of volume on day 1 hair?! Smells really nice and seems to apply sooo smoothly!</span><br /><span style="color: #222222;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b>Cons</b>: </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Towards the end of the day I still noticed, </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">lighter brown patches on my hair. Maybe I hadn't applied it sparingly enough or the product just didn't dissolve as readily as I initially thought. Delivers no manner of shine/sheen/glint/sparkle. Nothing.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I think this is one product I would reserve for days when I want my wash & go to look very controlled but not too obvious. At least I know I would get a consistent result by the end of the day with this. i.e. leave it to dry with the assurance that Dafro would stay mostly controlled through the course of the day.With that said, I would not expect it to last past day 1 on it's own.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="color: #222222;">I am in the middle</span><span style="color: #222222;"> of the road with this product and nearly gave it away,but have decided to try it with AVG/castor oil mix and my beloved curl activator at a later date. So stay tuned... </span></span><br />
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<b>Availability</b>: Mainly at ASDA! I can pick it up with some
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<b>Ingredients</b>:<span style="background: white; color: #333333; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 11.0pt;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #333333;">Aqua (Water) ,
Cetearyl Alcohol , Behentrimonium Chloride , Cetyl Esters , Glycerin ,
Boswellia Serrata (Olibanum) Extract , Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) ,
Panthenol , Parfum (Fragrance) , Glycereth-26 , Tetrasodium EDTA , Cetrimonium
Chloride , Dipropylene Glycol , Isopropyl Alcohol , Citric Acid , Magnesium
Nitrate , Magnesium Chloride , Benzyl Alcohol , Methylchloroisothiazolinone ,
Methylisothiazolinone .</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b>Packaging</b>: Simple black and red jar. With the product name
written in bold capital white letters. I actually love the simplicity of the packaging.
Plus with red being one of my favourite colours, I can’t help but feel this
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<b>Smell</b>: Is the only thing I’m a little bit unsure about. I
only like it in small doses. For short periods. Any longer and it’s sickening.
Notes of gingerbread, vanilla, cookies come to mind when I sniff this from the
jar. Though according to the site, it’s supposed to smell like Brazil nuts. (I
eat brazil nuts everyday, it’s nothing close to this! lol)</div>
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<b>Texture</b>: Creamy light texture.You see this stuff is so light that I feel
they could easily have re-packaged this in a bottle. But I suppose they wanted
to go with the ‘mask in jar’ theme so jar it was. Though don’t let the texture
deceive you. This stuff is very effective.</div>
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<b>On my hair</b>: If your hair tends to get dry, knotty and tangled easily.Then I recommend this conditioner to you My kinky hair is prone to dryness so I always go for the heavy-duty conditioners. I'm so glad I didn't pass this one up. As a
deep-conditioner, this product delivers. It leaves my hair very supple and
soft. I couldn’t resist trying this as a leave-in conditioner as
well. I knew this stuff was going to be my staple after it delivered over a
day’s moisture on my wash & go fro. Even after Dafro dried, she was still
so soft, right up till the next morning! (This is no easy feat. Many products
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slip which helps me finger-detangle with no hassle at all. When Dafro is tripping
I just layer the SOS conditioner on her and she immediately conforms. Like
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I was thinking of following up my initial post <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/current-hair-product-favourites-march.html" target="_blank">March favourites</a>, but thought that maybe redundant because most of the products in my
March favourites are also in my April Favourites and will most likely be around
for the following months. I have a few new additions, so let me know if you
would like a more in-depth review if
there isn’t one already on my blog.</div>
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It’s fun to try
new products, but it’s important to have those staples you can fall back on
when you can’t be bothered to experiment/just don’t have the time, suffered
adverse reactions from past product experiments, are just done with product
experimenting (a phase I go through from time to time) or simply broke! Lol.</div>
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For new naturals, I understand how expensive it
can be to find moderately priced products that are easy to get and effective, I've been there.
So for that reason, I would like to share my staples that have been chosen for
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on <b><u>my</u></b> hair. (You know the
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to pick up on the ground. (Yup no shipping, online transactions.
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Cleans effectively without stripping. Costs £1 and
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<b>Tresseme Naturals Silicone Free Conditioner</b>: Crazy Slip, conditions wonderfully leaves my hair
soft during and after rinsing. Between £2.50-£5.00. Lowest during BOGOF sales
at Superdrug, Boots, ASDA, Sainburys, Tescos.</div>
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<b><a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/review-andrew-barton-sos-help-me-twice.html">Andrew Barton SOS Help Me Twice a Week Conditioning Mask</a></b>: crazy slip. Effective for Dafro as a co-rinse,
leave-in (combined with castor oil) and deep-conditioner. Smells like
cookies/gingerbread. Found only at ASDA to my current knowledge and some
smaller pharmacies with a much smaller range. Buy mine priced 2 for £6/£8
during ASDA offers</div>
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<b>Vatika Egg Protein Hair Mask</b>: Does a good job of strengthening my hair, without giving me hard
hair. Ok slip. Suds easily so I use as a co-wash and rinse out. Buy from black
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<b>Ecostyler Pink Gel</b>:
Cheap effective styling gel. Clumps, defines, weighs down & holds my coils
in place keeping tangles away during WNG styling. Smells like tea-tree oil. Gives me multiple day hair. Gives firm hold, not too hard hold like
Olive/Krystal/Argan versions. Can pull back a decent bun with this unlike the Blue Ecostyler. 946ml massive tub costs £2.99 from my local black
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<b>Aloe vera Gel: </b>smooths
down my cuticles like no other, especially when they are quite bushy. Gives
very light soft hold for WNG. Great base staple leave-in when mixed with castor
oil. £4.99 from Holland & Barratt. I bag these and stock up during the
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like crazy and keeps my hair moisturised for at least 2 days. Smells like
candy. Costs between £3-4 for a 454g tub. Also available at my local black
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round staple for it's Conditioning/Detangling/Sealing properties. I can buy this stuff from the local
shop, but since the dude and myself use this from head to toe, I buy it in
litres. Can be found at my local hair product shop in 250ml bottles priced at
£2.99. Even spotted at some branches of Tescos in Asian food aisle. (I buy my
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styling gel for my WNG<b>. </b>Great
effective coil clumper. Gives me multiple day hair. Available from boots just
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*<a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/review-deal-sallys-salon-services.html" target="_blank">Sally's Salon Services Herbal Complex Conditioner</a>.<br />
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I suppose a wash & go trial with the Keracare butter cream and defining custard was inevitable. It's usually expected for products along the same line to work together.So here it is!</div>
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DRY HAIR!! THE WHITE FLECKS DID NOT DISSIPATE!</div>
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Those white specks are dried! Dried! :S<br />
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Had to head out to the shops, and didn't have time to wash this mess out, so pulled back it into an emergency bun<br />
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Looking closely. White flecks still there. This mix was such a FAIL!<br />
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I can't get over my hair in the 1st pic! My hair happy looked so good! I could not wait to see how it would dry. I used <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/review-australian-organics-moisture.html" target="_blank">Australian Organics conditioner</a> as a light leave- conditioner (I always use a leave-in conditioner. Sorry, I couldn't exclude this.) added the butter cream on top of that to my hair in 4 sections <b>sparingly </b>(even though I know that the defining custard can be <i><b>seriously drying</b></i>). Afterwards went back and applied the defining custard in much smaller sections. Probably 12 overall i.e. each quadrant was divided again into three. I left this to air-dry. I loved the way it dried as the day went by, but the white specks refused to completely disappear. I pressed a towel on the visible white patches, but no change. Diffused on moderate and then cool temperature, I looked about 60 with the white flecks in my hair. I washed it out as soon as I got back home.<br />
Verdict > Keracare defining custard + Keracare Butter Creme = Project Fail!<br />
Click for other past attempts with Keracare defining custard with a only a<a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/keracare-natural-textures-defining.html" target="_blank"> light leave-in conditioner - TIGI</a>, and then with <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/wash-go-trials-on-coily-hair-4-keracare.html" target="_blank">Hawaiian Silky curl activator</a> .<br />
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The HS curl activator was mixed with some castor oil & Aloe veral gel. This is second day hair. On my way back from Easter Sunday Service.<br />
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What? Umberto Giannini Flirty Curls Scrunching Jelly Works on Coily Type 4 Hair?! No way!<br />
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Man.. I dunno why I'm even sharing this. As I'm at risk of having entire shelves cleared out completely. Please ladies, if this works for you as it has for me, do leave some for me. Pretty please.<br />
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If those puss in boots eyes don't work. Nothing will!<br />
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What brought this to my attention was how revered this jelly was by quite a number of looser curlies. You only had to go on Boots website to see the vast number of reviews to understand that this had cult classic status. Curiosity got the best of me, as I started to notice that I shared a mutual love for certain conditioners with some of these looser curlies on a hair forum I frequent :p. So I felt, why the heck not. This just goes to show that hair type alone is really not a sole indicator of how efficient a product may be on your hair. <br />
When I used to see this jelly on the shelf I would dismiss it for several reasons:<br />
1.) I didn't think it was thick enough for my hair.<br />
2.) The puny 200ml pink tube looked like something that would only be enough for half of my head and 3.) Priced at almost £5, for just 200ml, there was no way I was even going to go there.<br />
That was until I meandered into Boots one day, while the 3 for 2 on hair care offer was on. That was it. I had quite a few quid on my advantage card so I was ready for a gamble. That blasted cute bright pink tube had me finally.<br />
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<b>Marketing speech</b><br />
"Long Lasting curl creator for defined sassy smooth curls. Still our favourite look for curls. This long-lasting curl definer will de-frizz, shine and create sexy romantic curls."<br />
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<b>Ingredients for Umberto Giannini Flirty Curls Scrunching Jelly</b><br />
Aqua, xanthan gum, glycerin, propylene glycol, phenoxyethanol, acylates/palmeth-25 acylate copolymer, polyquaternium-11, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, sodium benzoate, dipropylene glycol, aminomethyl propanol, sodium methyparaben, parfum, benzophenone-4, coumarin, butylphenyl methypropional, alpha-isomethyl ionone, linalool, CI 17200<br />
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The 1st four ingredients work on my hair. I must add that Phenoxyethanol the antimicrobial preservative is subject to controversial debates regarding it's toxcity. I thought I should include this note as it's quite high up in the ingredients list. <b>(Dastychova, 2008)</b>. It was recently followed up on as an alternative to parabens when the parabens scare was at it's peak. So if you prefer natural ingredients, this may not be the one for you. As for me, I am used to debates in scientific circles. Until evidence is conclusive, then I shall continue to use this. As for polyquaternium build up. I don't experience that with this product. It rinses out quite well & washes out easily for me.<br />
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<b>Packaging</b><br />
Bright pink tube. I find this quite annoying, I wish it came in a jar or with a pump. Since I tend to apply the product in several sections, I need to return back to the tube each and every time I need some more. This texture is quite slimy so I get it everywhere on the tube each time I reach for it. This bugs me.<br />
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<b>Texture</b><br />
Definitely jelly-like, translucent with a pink overtone. Can be quite sticky, not surprising as xanthum gum & glycerin are two major ingredients so that was expected. Goes on slippery on my hair and gives me enough slip to ensure at least one quick rake before it starts to stiffen my hair. It even foams, but watch out for that. I notice I get foamy bits if I use too much and this may leave a slight grey spot. So use sparingly. You can tell the texture is quite resilient and concentrated, because I really wanted to rinse my hands afterwards because they felt coated. (Though that's how I am with most products.)<br />
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I have a love and hate relationship. On some days, I can't get enough of the scent. On others, I wish they could have gone a bit easy on the scent. It's sweet, maybe like bubble-gum? ( I'll be quick to state that this association could simply be made because of the pink tube. Argh! The power of branding!), then it's slightly reminiscent of vaguely androgynous musky cologne. Sorry. I tried.<br />
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<b> Umberto Giannini Scrunching Jelly Review On my hair</b><br />
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I have been sleeping on this. BIG TIME. Sleep no more I shall! Why am I crazy about this jelly? Like I said on nc earlier. To me, It's a posher better marketed curl activator with <b>HOLD</b>. Yes it clumps my coils like a curl activator during application and eventually holds them in place when dried. I love my curl activators, but those babies have virtually no hold alone, So when faced with some shower steam the next morning, it's POOF like that creepy cat from Alice in Wonderland. <strike>Though curl activators go wonderfully with Ecostyler Gel on Type 4 hair especially, I'll save that for another post.</strike><br />
What is the hold like? It's not helmet head mad stiff. But it's stiff and very firm, and has the potential to be crispy if applied too heavy handedly. It definitely leaves some crunch hence the scrunching in the name! Lol! It elongates my coils a lot before drying. I have never tried anything that made my hair look like this. Ever. It's like it clumps my coils into much smaller groups, more representative of my actual texture. Get it?<br />
Ok, think of what twist out's do. They clump hair into big groups right? Think Chunky Kitkat for twists/twist outs (I dunno why that's the 1st thing that popped into my head, blame Easter Eggs), while this jelly groups my hair into much smaller groups like Twiglets (again blame Easter. And no I do not advocate having chocolate and twiglets together.)<br />
Since it clumps my coils in such smaller groups I know that I need to let this stuff really dry before trying to SOTC, otherwise it's instant coil-orgy = tangles. It gives great shine. I can easily get 3days with this jelly and by the 2nd day any hint of crunch is gone leaving the glycerin to take over resulting in extra soft still defined hair! Again when it's time to get it out of my hair, I find that it washes out very easily.<br />
Anyways apart from making you peckish or hungry. I hope you get the picture. . It just goes to show again that there are great products on the high street. Not everything has to be brought over from the States or even ordered online! This jelly is joining my Staples Group to be stocked up on during 3 for 2 offers! <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/wash-go-trials-on-coily-hair-6-umberto.html" target="_blank">More pics here </a><br />
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Reference:<br />
<i><span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Dastychova et. al. (2008) - <span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Contact hypersensitivity to selected excipients of dermatological topical preparations and cosmetics in patients with chronic eczema. </span></span><a href="http://ukpmc.ac.uk/search/?page=1&query=ISSN:%221318-4458%22" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Acta Dermatovenerologica Alpina, Panonica, et Adriatica</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"> </span><span class="abs_nonlink_metadata" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;">[17(2):61-8]</span></i><br />
<br />CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-73217628193581393182012-04-04T11:40:00.000+01:002012-04-04T11:44:26.999+01:00Wash & Go Trials On Coily Hair 5:Curl Junkie Curl Assurance Smoothing Lotion & Blue Ecostyler Gel.<br />
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I wore this wash and go for 3 days. I applied the smoothing lotion immediately after a co-wash
in the shower on soaking wet hair which was sectioned into 4 quadrants. The CJ
smoothing lotion is a great coil clumper for me and has great slip. I came out
of the shower,sectioned the 4 quadrants into a smaller sections then globbed on
the gel. I started from the roots
and then smoothed the gel down to the ends. Lightly raked/separated (not pulling down to ends) My coils were popping everywhere and any
visible whiteness left by the smoothing lotion dissipated quickly within an
hour on the tips! The crown as usual needed a little bit longer. This is a great combo.</div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">For nightly maintenance, I put some butter/oil on the ends
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On twitter, I heard that Aldi had brought out their version of the Morrocan Argan Oil. They called their version the Miracle Oil. Priced at £3.99 for 50ml.<br />
I wonder if this is just as loaded with cones as the bestselling overpiced somewhat original version. How cheeky is the packaging. I say good on Aldi for undercutting the over-priced version.Did you get yours?<br />
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<b>So I found the ingredients list for Aldi's version. Let's just say I'm glad I didn't bother. I can see why this would be a miracle on straight hair though. If I straightened my hair, I would be stocking up. At least argan oil is within the top 4 ingredients!</b></div>
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<br /></div>CoilyChihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13412274997925668450noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9055049268405274921.post-80554829200262848232012-03-27T13:04:00.000+01:002012-03-28T13:23:44.165+01:00Five Ways To Deal With The Oily Grease Stained Pillow Situation<br />
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Do you notice a grease spot on
your pillow where your head lays? Do you have to frequently wash your pillow
cases sometimes up to 2-3 times a week to get rid of grease stains? Then you
have an oily pillow ‘situation’</div>
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The oily pillow can be a common
occurrence amongst ladies just trying to keep their hair moist. For naturals
the frequent use of butters, pomades, oils, creams and similar emollients in
order to keep the hair moist is usually the culprit.</div>
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As a kinky, coily headed natural
I NEED my emollients 24/7 because my hair gets ridiculously drier than sand. As
a result the issue of stopping the use of my trusty combinations of castor oil
and curl activators can’t even be considered. Applying this mix at a certain
time, wouldn’t make a difference for me because that combination is the
business and lasts on my hair for at least two – three days before I need to
re-apply again. I also have acne-prone skin that does not share the same love
for castor oil as my hair does. So
dark coloured pillow cases would not be enough, because that would only solve
the appearances factor. Here are some useful measures to take against the O.G.S.P.S!
(<span style="font-size: 9pt;">It’s patented baby! ;)</span>)</div>
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<u>How To <b>Manage</b></u><u> The Oily Pillow Situation (Temporary basis)<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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<u>How To <b>Stop</b></u><u> The Oily Pillow Situation (Permanent basis)<o:p></o:p></u></div>
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emollients just before bed, try to apply your emollient sparingly and even
a couple of hours before bed. (This maybe helpful to those that prefer to
use lighter emollients or oils with shorter life spans)</li>
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Now if you
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handle, then consider purchasing shower caps made with a thicker more
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I love this particular brand because it not only comes with a thicker material but also comes in larger sizes for the big-haired ladies amongst us. Saving us the need to have to use more than one typical shower cap at a time.These particular shower-caps do not crinkle half as much as the typical disposable caps and last
twice as long for me. Or if you want to preserve the sexy and stylish self all the way to bed for the beau. How about this one by soap and glory I found at Boots for about £6?</div>
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You could wash the pillow cases
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><br /><u>Tools needed</u><br /><br />1. A pair of hands with filed nails. (Chipped, rough nails are as good as a pair of scissors.)<br /><br />2. Moisturising conditioner<br /><br />3. Moisturising leave - in conditioner. (Whether or not you choose to use the same conditioner in (2) is up to you.)<br /><br />4. Holding agent: Hair Gel/Custard/Pudding<br /><br />5. Sectioning clips.<br /><br />6. Spray bottle filled with water.<br /><br /><br /><u>Optional tools</u><br /><br />Shampoo and Deep conditioner if this current session includes clarifying.<br /><br />Diffuser.<br /><br />Shampoo brush.<br /><br /><br /><br /><u>Directions for Wash & Go on Type 4 Coily Hair</u><br /><br />1. Section hair into four or more sections (depending on the length of your hair).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />2. Apply moisturising conditioner generously to all sections, then allow this to sit. (It is at this point that I finger detangle using the shower spray)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />3. Rinse conditioner from each section and immediately apply leave in (and oil included) on soaking wet hair. Ensure each section is entirely saturated from root to tip.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />4. Step out of shower (or stay in if you prefer) with dripping wet hair and proceed to apply your holding agent to each section.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />5. Install your part where you would prefer for your completed style now.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />6. Starting with each section at a time. Select one section that you wish to start working on and part a smaller section about half an inch thick from the rest.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />7. Take that 0.5inch section and spray it with more water.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />8. Starting at the roots smooth on the gel and work your way up to the tips by keeping that section between your palms (for longer hair) or between two adjoining fingers (for shorter hair).<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />9. Keep doing this smoothing motion, until you start to see natural demarcations between the coils as they clump. Or as you start to notice the hair fall/relax (pun intended!) by itself.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />10. For ultra* defined curls - On seeing the demarcations, piece apart each clump of coils from the rest of the smoothed section. (as if you were pulling a string on a guitar), smoothing that smaller section between your thumb and index finger as you do so. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">For just defined coils - Just smooth a section till it relaxes, drop it and move onto the next section.<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />11. Repeat (10) until all the clumps have been separated. Then proceed to the other sections.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />12. When completed, do not touch so as not to disturb the coils and allow to air- dry or diffuse. Another optional step for more volume especially on the crown area would be to shake your head from side to side, and then back and front.<br /> <br />Examples of my wash and go's can be found <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/second-day-hair-wash-n-go-on-coily-hair.html">here</a> <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/wash-go-trials-on-coily-hair-4-keracare.html">here</a>, <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/kinky-coily-4ab-wash-n-go-trials-1.html">here </a>and <a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/second-day-hair-wash-go-trials-on-coily_14.html">here</a>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />With these directions I use the smoothing method, and not so much the raking method. With the smoothing method, I'm able to work with most heavier gels that stiffen up as I apply. (An additional tip, liquid styling gels applied on top of the heavier gel can add slip and even more definition if you have to rake.) I find that I am not able to rake once the gel starts to stiffen as attempting to rake through my hair leads to snaps & pops i.e. breakage.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> I tend to favour heavier/ stronger gels for setting my hair. As they guarantee more longevity with the style and less tangles because they hold my coils in place in a co-ordinated fashion. If the coils are held in place then there is less likely to be tangles as the coils are not able to haphazardly mix up with other coils. It's all about keeping some kind of order. Twists or twist-out styles follows a similar logic, because the coils are kept in an organised clump.<br /> <br /><br />I recommend a very good hydrating leave-in conditioner for wash & go's. Ideally it should be one that is able to coil up the ends of the hair or group the coils into clumps together immediately after applying to soaking wet hair and even better if it’s able to do this on dry hair! So test your leave-in on a small section of hair before proceeding to do the entire head. An additional layer of oil over that leave-in conditioner offers further insurance towards retaining the moisture in the hair, reducing tangles and even single strand knots.<br /><br />If doing a clarifying wash. Coils may not clump as readily afterwards. I would suggest doing a deep-condition to return the moisture back to the coils and promote clumping once again. I love wash and go's and still do them currently to date.I hope to continue to do them in the foreseeable future.</span><br />
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Last updated 28th of May 2012 - Coilybella, VeePeeJay & JustSynetta added<br />
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZKpsfJB5jE&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=5&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Africanexport</a> -Youtube Vlogger </li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiTSWlaVEK8" target="_blank">AliciaJames</a> - Youtube Vlogger</li>
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<li><span style="background-color: #ebebeb; color: #666666; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left;"> </span>Blkchynadoll7 - Youtube Vlogger</li>
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<li>Coilybella.com - Blogger </li>
<li><a href="http://coilyas123.blogspot.com/2012/03/introduction.html" target="_blank">Coilychi</a>. - Coilyas123.blogspot.com - Author of this Blog!</li>
<li>Chicbeauty - Vet Youtube Blogger</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKD-O-AC-60" target="_blank">Cynthiarf</a> - Youtube Vlogger (one of my favourites)</li>
<li>Davierap</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20width=%22420%22%20height=%22315%22%20src=%22http://www.youtube.com/embed/hOa3YRcyYmI%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20allowfullscreen%3E%3C/iframe%3E" target="_blank">Enjoyingthejourneys</a></li>
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<li>JustSynetta - Youtube Vlogger</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szp1DdV0Rm8&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=2&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Naptural85</a> - Youtube Vlogger</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ws2G0jWKZxA&list=LL1wMYSPe2cYdh_yV3cFAjHQ&index=3&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">NaturallyGlamTV</a> - Youtube Vlogger.</li>
<li><a href="http://naturalselectionblog.com/my-afrotation/signature-washngo-styling-guide/" target="_blank">Naturalselectionblog</a> - Youtube Vlogger & Blogger.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXRqxrFCpck&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=13&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">oooop95</a> - Youtube Vlogger</li>
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<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33e7BTaWkrs&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=3&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Prettydimples01</a> - Youtube Vlogger</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZaiqrKJbww&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=1&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">Shidanatural</a> - Youtube Vlogger & Blogger</li>
<li><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7U9M6s1TI&list=PLA4BA7F8619A77532&index=7&feature=plpp_video" target="_blank">SimpYounique</a> - Youtube Vlogger</li>
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15.) Rubyebonycurls - Youtube Vlogger using my fave combo! Curl activator & Gel !<br />
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16.)Tonidaley - Vet Youtube Blogger</div>
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17.) VeePeeJay- Blogger & Vlogger (thehodgepodgefiles.blogspot.com)<br />
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If you have anymore please do share them.. :)<br />
Check back often. I shall be updating this as I come across more bloggers/vloggers.</div>
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Cheers!<br />
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