This is my day to day journey in the world beauty something I have always had a passion for, even before I really knew anything about it.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Getting my makeup on
I keep reading and seeing signs that say invest in yourself, so with some of the extra money I have earned at the salon I decided to go ahead and start investing in a starter makeup kit. This is what I ordered today and I am super excited for it to arrive. I really hope to begin giving lessons to beginners and hopefully everything will take off from there. With all the inquiries I get I figured this is another thing I can do that I love which won't make it feel like work, and it will make other women feel good about themselves.
New product alert
I finally am about out of my Kinky Curly Curling custard that I don't care much for and since it will be August before I start my latch hooks locs I am still in need of my product so on Sunday I ventured over to my local Target to see what I could find. I thought I might splurge and try the Miss Jessie's only to find they no longer carry it. What I found in place of the Miss Jessie's was a product called Curls Unleashed.
I found out after I bought it and got it home later that night that it is a new product under the Organic Root Stimulator line, and I have to be honest in saying had I have realized this at the store I may not have purchased it. Not that I have anything against their products, it's just that EVERYONE is jumping on the natural bandwagon which means you have to be weary of the products you are choosing now.
Anywho the product line includes Curl Creme, Curl Refresher, Curl Boosting Jelly, Leave-in Conditioner, Sulfate-free Shampoo, Shine & Define Mousse, and Moisturizing Conditioner. The product line is color coded and labeled according to hair type(s) that they are best used on.
The only product I purchased was the Set it Off Curl Boosting Jelly which is labeled pinkish-purple for curly and kinky textures which would be 3s & 4s, this is also stated on the label so there is no guess work on your part.
Now on to the product review. According to the label the Set it Off curl Boosting Jelly is great for twistouts, coiling, shingling, freestyles, and updos. It also says it is lightweight and easy-to-apply for delightful (their words, not mine) curl definition without the "crunch". And as all products do it also claims no flaking.
I deciding to wait and use it Monday morning before work at the salon as I got home too late the previous night for my hair to dry before going to bed, I am pretty adamant about air drying and no heat. I no pooed my hair, use the last of my Kinky Curly Knot Today and proceeded with adding the jelly. As for the texture I wouldn't quite call it jelly, it is a little gooey but not jelly, the texture is kind of hard for me to put in words. Maybe more like pudding. As for the smell, I think it smells HORRIBLE, it has a weird plastic smell, although I noted some YouTubers find it to smell of coconut. Don't know if it's my batch or just me. *shrugs* On to the application, I found it a little hard to spread due to the texture even with my hair being soaking wet. I kind of felt like I had to add a ton which means for a fairly large jar it may only last me until my locing appointment. After adding the product I found my hair to still be very frizzy and separated. There was not much curl definition going on here especially around my edges. In the meanwhile I figured I would move on to my face and give it a little time to settle and see what happened.
After finishing my makeup and checking out my hair again my edged were still SUPER frizzy as was everything thing else so I found that I had to pull out the old faithful aloe vera EcoStyler gel for my edges. At least my edges should look decent.
I was super busy at the salon so I did not have much time to stop and check out my hair, but upon arriving home I was no very pleased with what I saw. I am very pleased however to say that it lived up to it's promise of no crunch, my hair was very soft. I just wished it looked better.
Now to the promise of no flaking, it flaked Monday and it flaked today. I added a little more product this morning in hopes the definition would improve, it did but only meagerly. However again after drying completely, still no crunch, but to my dismay there were white flakes EVERYWHERE. I wear a black blazer at my full time job and needless to say I looked to be having a very bad dandruff issue, no bueno.
All in all I think once again I found a product that I am not very pleased with. Although I think as in the case with the DevaCurl I previously reviewed it may be better suited for longer hair. All the women in the demo videos have longer hair. I am very disappointed that companies seem to be overlooking the TWA (teeny weeny afro) when it comes to formulating products, not all of us are transitioners. It seems the only product that makes my TWA look decent is the one that makes my hair feel the worst. I can't say I'd recommend this product, but I am curious to know what others think of it and if it indeed does work better on longer hair. And I do love the packing, I think it is super cute and it eliminates you having to guess if you are a 1,2,3, or 4, etc.
As usual I included product pictures and pictures of my hair.
I found out after I bought it and got it home later that night that it is a new product under the Organic Root Stimulator line, and I have to be honest in saying had I have realized this at the store I may not have purchased it. Not that I have anything against their products, it's just that EVERYONE is jumping on the natural bandwagon which means you have to be weary of the products you are choosing now.
Anywho the product line includes Curl Creme, Curl Refresher, Curl Boosting Jelly, Leave-in Conditioner, Sulfate-free Shampoo, Shine & Define Mousse, and Moisturizing Conditioner. The product line is color coded and labeled according to hair type(s) that they are best used on.
The only product I purchased was the Set it Off Curl Boosting Jelly which is labeled pinkish-purple for curly and kinky textures which would be 3s & 4s, this is also stated on the label so there is no guess work on your part.
Now on to the product review. According to the label the Set it Off curl Boosting Jelly is great for twistouts, coiling, shingling, freestyles, and updos. It also says it is lightweight and easy-to-apply for delightful (their words, not mine) curl definition without the "crunch". And as all products do it also claims no flaking.
I deciding to wait and use it Monday morning before work at the salon as I got home too late the previous night for my hair to dry before going to bed, I am pretty adamant about air drying and no heat. I no pooed my hair, use the last of my Kinky Curly Knot Today and proceeded with adding the jelly. As for the texture I wouldn't quite call it jelly, it is a little gooey but not jelly, the texture is kind of hard for me to put in words. Maybe more like pudding. As for the smell, I think it smells HORRIBLE, it has a weird plastic smell, although I noted some YouTubers find it to smell of coconut. Don't know if it's my batch or just me. *shrugs* On to the application, I found it a little hard to spread due to the texture even with my hair being soaking wet. I kind of felt like I had to add a ton which means for a fairly large jar it may only last me until my locing appointment. After adding the product I found my hair to still be very frizzy and separated. There was not much curl definition going on here especially around my edges. In the meanwhile I figured I would move on to my face and give it a little time to settle and see what happened.
After finishing my makeup and checking out my hair again my edged were still SUPER frizzy as was everything thing else so I found that I had to pull out the old faithful aloe vera EcoStyler gel for my edges. At least my edges should look decent.
I was super busy at the salon so I did not have much time to stop and check out my hair, but upon arriving home I was no very pleased with what I saw. I am very pleased however to say that it lived up to it's promise of no crunch, my hair was very soft. I just wished it looked better.
Now to the promise of no flaking, it flaked Monday and it flaked today. I added a little more product this morning in hopes the definition would improve, it did but only meagerly. However again after drying completely, still no crunch, but to my dismay there were white flakes EVERYWHERE. I wear a black blazer at my full time job and needless to say I looked to be having a very bad dandruff issue, no bueno.
All in all I think once again I found a product that I am not very pleased with. Although I think as in the case with the DevaCurl I previously reviewed it may be better suited for longer hair. All the women in the demo videos have longer hair. I am very disappointed that companies seem to be overlooking the TWA (teeny weeny afro) when it comes to formulating products, not all of us are transitioners. It seems the only product that makes my TWA look decent is the one that makes my hair feel the worst. I can't say I'd recommend this product, but I am curious to know what others think of it and if it indeed does work better on longer hair. And I do love the packing, I think it is super cute and it eliminates you having to guess if you are a 1,2,3, or 4, etc.
As usual I included product pictures and pictures of my hair.
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