I have been reading many reviews and debating on trying these products for quite some time now. I finally gave in to my product junkie self and bought a few of their products to try. I got 3 products, Shea Butter Curl Moisturizing Cream, Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream, and Avocado & Honey Twisting Cream.
My Review:
My first attempt with these products I used Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream and the Avocado & Honey Twisting Cream. Baby girl previously had braids and a poof, so I just decided to freshen it up and turn her poof into twists/twist out....First off, the Madagascar cream looks nothing as shown online, it is MUCH thicker than the picture on their site. I took a few pictures to show a more realistic view of the product.
**Top left picture is product in jar, bottom left picture is a bit scooped out of jar, and right picture is the product once rubbed together.**
This Product seemed pretty thick and wasn't spreading well on its own so I decided to mix it with the Twisting cream, which has a smoother lotiony feel. (I was using on mostly dry hair, but later found it works much better on damp hair.)
Both products were $12 for an 8oz jar. Which to me isn't bad at all, considering I've spent waayyy more on other products that were just "meh" to me.
**Left picture are her twists taken out after 3 days (they were so soft and moisturized still!! Right picture is just showing the products in their containers.**HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Our Madagascar Vanilla Styling Creme is a luscious blend of all natural oils that will provide healthy conditioning, softness & moisture to your naturally curly hair.
WHAT'S IN IT?
Organic Palm Oil, Organic Aloe Vera, Organic Madagascar Vanilla, Vegetable Emulsifying Wax, Candelilla Wax, Organic Castor Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Organic Jojoba Oil and Potassium Sorbate.
HOW DO I USE IT?
*Use it as a hair moisturizer to naturally condition dry curls, locs & waves.
*Use as a styling butter for twists, braids, afros, and locs.
*Use to promote healthy hair growth
*Many of our customers also use it as a body butter!!! Works great as a multi-purpose hair & body butter:)
*Apply a small amount throughout damp or dry hair as needed to help seal in moisture. Excellent for twists, braids, locs, curls and waves.
8 oz. PET jar
*100% Natural
*100 Vegan"
Avocado & Honey Twisting Cream:
" HOW DOES THIS WORK?
Use to moisturize and soften dry, coarse coils. Best used on type 3-4 hair types due to heavy concentration.
KEY INGREDIENTS?
Organic Aloe Vera Juice, Distilled Water, Avocado Oil, Organic Sustainable Palm Oil, Vegetable Emulsifying Wax, Vegetable Glycerin, Panthenol, Botanical Oil Complex, Wildflower Honey, phenoxyethanol and caprylyl glycol, Ylang Ylang, and Lemon Essential Oils.
HOW DO I USE IT?
*Use it as a hair moisturizer to naturally condition dry curls, locs & waves.
*Use as a styling butter for twists, braids, afros, and locs.
*Use to promote healthy hair growth
8 oz. PET jar"
These 2 products work great together! The only thing I really don't like about these products are the smell. I like yummy, make you wanna eat em smells, and these just aren't doing that for me lol.
Moving right along....My next attempt with these products I just did simple poofs using the Shea Butter Curl Moisturizing Cream. Ok, LOVE! This product is soooo smooth and light weight, with a lotiony consistency, it kept her curls soft and poppin all day! This product also helped alot with detangling, it provided some nice slip to work thru her tight, thirsty curls! (I did use kinky curly knot today before applying this product but that never does a whole lot for baby girl's hair alone.) Again, this product did not have a smell that was working for me at all, but thats something I'll have to look past on this one lol. It does leave a white residue while still wet, but it dries pretty quick and goes away.
**I totally forgot to get a picture of the bottle alone, but it will be shown in the next section. I did get a picture of the product consistency tho...The picture on the right is her hair all done. Her hair stayed looking this nice all day (minus her carseat hair in the back from the few errands we had to run that day.)**Shea Butter Curl Moisturizing Cream:
"Our Shea Butter Curl Moisturizing Cream is for all of our lovely customers who wanted a creamier moisturizer than the Daily Leave In Conditioner:)
It can be used as a leave-in moisturizer and for styling as well. This one is scented with our Sweet Cream fragrance.
The Curl Moisturizing Cream contains moisturizing shea butter, pumpkin seed oil, and silk protein to help keep your coils & curls soft, healthy, moisturized and frizz-free.
8 oz. PET bottle
98% Natural and/or Naturally Derived
Ingredients: Distilled Water, Unrefined Shea Butter, Pumpkin Seed Oil, Conditioning Emulsifier, Cetyl Esters, Silk Protein, Copaiba Balsam, Gotu Kola Extract, Licorice Root Extract, Botanical Extracts, Vitamin E, Paraben Free Preservative, Fragrance"
Although I am madly in love with this product, I am debating on keeping it as one of our staples due to it being so light weight. I prefer a bit heavier product in her hair.
My last use (so far) with these products I did yarn braids in baby girl's hair using Madagascar Vanilla Styling Cream and Shea Butter Curl Moisturizing Cream. This combination was perfect! Again, the Shea Butter cream helped with detangling, making it extremely easy for that thick Madagascar cream to glide right thru her hair!
**Here is the picture of the Shea Butter cream as mentioned previously...The picture on the right is of both products applied to her hair before adding yarn...(excuse my shiny hand, the Madagascar cream gets oily when rubbed together.)**
All in all I do love these products, they are fighting hard with my main love, "bee mine" products lol...The only thing I wish is that they could all be wrapped into one one product, since I don't much like any of their consistencies alone. They are definitely worth the money tho, these products will not be going to waste!
