Hair Recipes

I thought I would start logging what I used in my hair on a given day and posting a picture of what it looks like. This will serve as a log for me of how my hair responds to different products, and different product combinations. Here is today's recipe.

Appetizer- Suave Coconut Conditioner co-wash.

First Course- CJ Smoothing Lotion

Main course- DM Dream Curling Cream

Dessert- CJ Curls In A Bottle

My hair has shine, bounce, and a soft hold.

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In Review: Donna Marie Dream Curling Cream

Hola People!

I finally got a chance to upload my pics and do an official review.

Price - $18 for 16oz

Ingredients-

Water, Aloe vera juice infused with Rosemary, hibiscus, and horsetail, vegetable glycerin, Sweet Almond oil, Shea Butter, Macadamia Butter, Cupuacu Butter, silk amino acids, sorbitol, polysorbate 60, sodium carbomer, xanthan gum, phenoxyethanol, caprlyl glycol, fragrance.

***Notice the vegetable glycerin, I checked the dewpoint before using this. It was 58 so I was good.

Description-

Our new medium hold curl enhancing and styling creme. Removes frizz. Stretches and elongates your curls. Give your Twists and Twist-outs SUPREME definition, shine and hold. ABSOLUTELY no crunch, flakes, or hard hair! Enriched with organic, fair trade certified Cupuacu Butter, Macadamia Butter and Aloe Vera offering maximum moisture and softness to curls, twists, twists-outs, braid-outs, puffs and other natural hair styles. For a curl definer with more hold, try our Miracurl Curling Gelly

Smell- freaking good! I know coconut is not listed as an ingredient, but to me it smells like coconut and honey.

Texture- somewhere between pudding/gelly/cream.

Application- Very smooth, this cream has pretty good slip. It didn't absorb into my hair right away, but my strands are low porosity so that's not unusual.

I found that when my hair was wet it hung down a lot and looked kind of stringy. I was a little worried that it would dry like that.

However, as my hair dried it seemed to be clumping nicely and I experienced the shrinkage that I usually do. The shine factor was also very high, and my hair didn't feel sticky or weighted down at all.

Once my hair was dry it was very light, fluffy, moisturized, and shiny. The cream gives just enough hold so that my coils stayed intact, but weren't crunchy. I did use a leave in underneath but I don't feel like I need to. One thing I will say, If you're looking for 4 day hair you'll probably need something with more hold. I was successful with 2nd and 3rd day hair.

Overall I am really loving this stuff, and I already plan to purchase at least one more jar. At less than 2 dollars per ounce it's a good deal for a natural haircare product. I'm excited to see what it will do for a twistout!

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Donna Marie Dream Curling Cream...Initial Thoughts

Wow, what a week! I've been meaning to put this up since Sunday....

I ordered Donna Marie DCC in my aveyou haul and applied it last Saturday. The consistency is somewhere between cream/pudding/gelly. I mean it looks like a cream/pudding but kind of wiggles like a gelly?


Smell- delicious...like coconut (to me anyway), and something else sweet. Ooh, you know what? It smells like when I mixed suave coconut conditioner, honey, and safflower oil. Like I said, delicious.


Application-smooth. I used Curl Junkie beauticurls (argan) leave in though, and I don't know if that affected application. I plan on skipping a leave in next time (waiting for the dew to drop a bit), because my hair felt very moisturized.

I have some more to add about this but I'll leave that for when I upload the pics.




My Hair Today- Komaza Care Califia styling pudding.

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AVEYOU.COM HAUL and REVIEW

I have a review and haul from aveyou.com. First of all let me say these people are wonderful! They teamed up with groupon, kgbdeals, and savemore to offer 50-54% off of their gift certificates. I couldn't pass up a deal like that, so let's just say I have a few more certificates to use on aveyou.com. I'm waiting for Black Friday to see if I can stretch my dollar even further. #winning

The site is not as user friendly as I have would liked because they have so much inventory that it's easier to just search for what you want than look through the pages and pages of stuff. I knew what I wanted though so my experience was smooth. I placed my order orders on the 14th and received my stuff on the 19th. I was also able to track my packages the entire way right on their website under my order history which is a plus. Everything came very well packaged and nothing was damaged, or leaked. Overall I give them an "A" for service, and I would order from them again, discount or not. I ordered mostly curl junkie stuff because I've been wanting to try it and it's hella expensive. I will be posting reviews soon!

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