Oranic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Replenishing Pak

Today was a shampoo-wash day so, as always, I did a pre poo. I plan on getting a relaxer sometime this week so I used Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Replenishing Pak because it's a light protein. I really liked it. The night before I soaked my hair in Africa's Best Herbal Oil, and this morning I woke up and mixed this pak with eucalyptus oil and rosemary oil. While I was rinsing it out in the shower about an hour later, I noticed how soft my hair felt. I was afraid to use it at first because I thought it would be too much protein in my hair, but it felt just fine. I actually think it's too good to be used as a pre-poo, I might use it as a DC from now on when ever I think my hair needs extra protein.
Besides that, it smells amazing. It has a citrus-y smell to it that I love. I'm going to have to get some more paks.
 I know they sell it in a bottle, but it's easier for me to get the pak because they sell it at my job.

Shhhh...It's a Secret!

Ever since the Secret Rewards at Victoria's Secret has been in stores, I've been wanting to get my hands on one a few of those cards! So far I've collected two and I plan on getting plenty more. Since I work in the mall, I decided that every time I go to work I'll spend at least $10 at VS to get one of their secret rewards card. So far I've collected 1 perfume, 4 hand sanitizers and 1 lotion. I'm pretty sure I'm done collecting fragrant things for a while. Now I'm going to have to keep looking for something around $10. Last time they had this promotion, I won $50. Now they're saying that there are THOUSANDS worth over $100. If last time I won $50, then I know this time I'll get something worth more. I'm hoping at least.

What's a Secret Reward?

From now until the end of March 2011, VS is giving away gift cards to their store that are worth at least $10 each time you spend $10 at their store. Nobody knows how much each card is worth until you check it at the register form April 1-30 and they'll tell you how much your card is worth. After April 30th, the card expires.

ME=EXCITED

lotion I bought- Originally $12,
I got it half off for $6

I have four of these lil sanitizers! yay!



Wasn't Expecting This...

I DC'd again today with the Kenra moisturizing Conditioner. I noticed such a big difference from the first time I used it compared to now. My hair feels so soft and is manageable. My New growth is softer than it was before and I'm loving it! I hope it keeps improving this way! This time I mixed it with Castor oil, eucalyptus oil and rosemary oil. Next time (Sunday) I'll use it by it self and see how it does with out any added oil.

Is Herbal Essences really that bad?

I don't think Herbal Essences is that bad. Some of the people with the longest hair use it for co-washes. Also, some of the people with the longest hair used to use Herbal Essences until they found something better for their hair. Most people will use it only for co-washes and don't use the shampoo, but I love both of them. I'm going to keep using my Herbal Essences because I think it's good for my hair.


RANDOM:
OMG I'm still excited about the VS cards! I hope I get at least a few $50 or maybe a couple $100 ones! But I really want the $500 card, man, I'm gonna get SO much stuff. Until April, I'm going to be getting things that are around $10 then in April I'm going to get EVERYTHING else! Can you say, excited? And on April 1st I'm going to be in Tennessee for spring break. So I'm going to hit the mall and get some PINK hoodies, sweats, and yoga pants from the collegiate. click here to read for more details.

Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner First Impression

On Sunday for the first time I used the Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner as a DC. It was fine. Made my hair soft. What I wanted. Not AMAZING. I'm not jumping out of my seat or anything. But it was fine. Its a lot better than the other random mixtures that I concocted before. I guess because it's more expensive than the products I was using before, I expected it to work extremely different compared to a cheaper brand. It's now Tuesday and my hair still feels soft, but it always feels super soft after I wash it with herbal essences. I do have a huge liter bottle of it so I'll keep using it and have an official review of it later.

I mixed it with sweet almond oil, eucalyptus oil and rosemary oil.

Color: the packaging is grey and the conditioner is yellow

Smell: Smells like ordinary conditioner. It doesn't smell like coconuts like a few other people said, not in my opinion at least.

Cost: 10.1 ounce- $9-$14, Liter- $30

Consistency: Not really thick, not runny. Average

Where to buy: Only available in salons. Not sold in drug stores or online (according to the website. However I did see it on folica.com)

Bottom Line: It's pretty good. Defiantly not the 'Holy Grail' Product I was looking for, but with time I think I'll progress to like it. Not sure if I'll be repurchasing again.

New DC and pre-poo mixture

Thus far in my HJ, I've been mixing a bunch of random things into my deep conditioners. Sometimes it's a hit. Other times it's a miss. To prevent this problem I'm going to come up with a special recipe in order for it to work consistently.
DC Recipe:
6 cap fuls of Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner (or what ever one I use at the time)
about 10 drops of two different essential oils (right now I have eucalyptus and rosemary)
about 5-7 drops of a carrier oil (whatever I choose to use)


It's not exact, but it's better than mixing a lot of random things into a bowl and not knowing what works best or needs to be avoided next time. Also, I used to use a lot of oil in my DC's and they would always be runny. With much less oil used, it won't be so runny.


Pre-poo:
about 6 scoops of a pre poo (lustra silk or sauve)
10 drops of essential oils
few drops of a carrier oil
a few scoops of what ever conditioner/moisturizer I'm trying to get rid of

New *Crackle* Nail Polish

Example of Black Shatter

Since the beginning of this year, my sister and I have been interested in doing our own nails. We normally went to the salon, then our pay checks started to decline so we got the idea of doing them ourselves. Around the same time, OPI came out with a nail polish called 'black shatter'. Basically, you apply a base coat of your choice, no matter what color you want it to be. Then you put shatter on top of it. It gives a, well, shatter effect on top. We have been looking for this polish for a long time and never found it because every where we go it's sold out. :(

Recently, China Glaze came out with a line of polishes with a similar concept, except it's called 'Crackle'. Today my sister told me she wanted to do her nails when we got home from school, I told her about this line and that it's similar to shatter except it has different colors available. Long story short, we went to Sally's after school and bought two colors: cracked concrete and fault line.I'm SO upset that we didn't get the black one (black mesh), but I do like the ones we did got. I would order them online, but their only available in stores.

Purple: Fault Line
Gray: Cracked Concrete

Random: OMG I really hope I get a $500 VS gift card! I at least hope I get a few $50 or $100 ones! I'm so excited and anxious to know how much money I'll get. With whatever money I get, I'm getting so many sweat pants, yoga pants, shirts, perfumes, lotions, make up, AHHH! I'm so excited! (read last blog for more details!)