Joico Claims: This intense hydrating treatment restores moisture to overly dry, damaged hair, seals the cuticle, imparts shine, and improves manageability and elasticity. pH 3.5. Contains Quadramine complex, an exclusive blend of low molecular weight and size proteins. This balance of 19 essential amino acids (the building blocks of hair) adheres quickly and effectively to ensure maximum protection and reconstruction from the cuticle to the cortex. Replenishes moisture and lipids to overly dry, damaged hair, rendering it manageable, soft, shiny and hydrated. Seals the cuticle and improves...

Strawllers Claims: A new definition in curls. Ingredients:n/a Price point: $10.95 – $11.95/pack My 6¢:Anyone who follows this blog knows that I have been lusting after since I first saw them in August. Last weekend I had the privilege of test driving some Strawllers for myself….special thanks to Marc for making this all possible.Strawllers are basically elongated rollers. Instead of a regular 2-3″ roller, they come in 5″ and 8″ lengths. The advantage of these lengths is that you can use these rollers to more easily achieve spiral curls. They come in a variety of sizes to...

I did a homemade concoction a few months ago and I finally had the chance to try it out before I had slathered some other product onto my hair.  I wanted to try it on it’s own to test its moisturizing properties as a standalone product.  Some products work well alone while others need something added to give you the same results. You know how it goes right? The shealoe butter mousse is a light fluffy mixture of whipped shea butter, aloe vera gel and some of my favourite oils.   I wanted to see how much ummppphhh the aloe would have over my regular non-aloe concoctions. I used the shealoe...

DHO ‘A Spoonful of Hair Nutrients’ blog series presents Silica. Normally I do my own research for my blog series, but this article by Darrell Miller was so complete that I will just post it here. Beautiful Hair Comes From Within With Silica by Darrel Miller Many people are unaware that beautiful hair is due largely to their intake of silica. Silica is a form of silicon, one of the most common elements in the earth, and that is literally where it is most found: in the earth. Most forms of stones and rock contain silicon in one form or another. Silica is silicon in the form of Silicon...

This is an interesting read. My interest was piqued by the caviar article I posted a couple days ago, and then I came across this article. They examine the legitimacy of caviar, beer, placenta and hemp in some popular hair products such as Hask Placenta and Aphogee 2-step among others. What do you think? Do they work or are they there just for the hype? Check out the below article from the Chicago Tribune. Weird ingredients in hair products — chicagotribune.com Posted using...