Product Review:Trader Joe's Nourish Spa Shampoo and Conditioner

While strolling though Trader Joe's one day I stumbled upon Nourish Spa Shampoo and Conditioner. I had read about it on the net and was looking for a comparable replacement for my beloved DDTA(Daily Defense Tender Apple Conditioner) which had been discontinued. Believe it or not, I still have a bottle left and have no idea why I'm holding on to it.

Anyway, I picked up a bottle of both and took them home to try them out. The first thing that I noticed was that the condish was extremely thick and creamy, just the way I like. I showered and applied the conditioner and immediately I felt my hair becoming moisturized. I pulled out my trusty shower comb and combed the conditioner through..... root to end. Now I did have a few snarls and tangles due to the fact that I had not done anything to my hair for about 2 to 3 weeks prior but the Nourish Spa handled that quite lovely! Other than the initial snarls, my hair was like butta baby, I mean BUTTA!! I threw on a plastic shower cap and left it on while I finished showering. After I finished, I then rinsed out the conditioner and I couldn't believe how soft my hair was. My kinks and coilies, and naps were springy and vibrant. I grabbed a little more condish and applied it to my hair as a leave-in and I was Ret ta go!

This has been a staple of mine for quite a while. I may switch it up a bit with the conditioners but I always, always come back to my tried and true. It's a miracle worker for the kid's hair as well and that is saying a lot! I used to have to drive about 25 minutes to get it but now that they have opened a Trader Joe's 5 minutes from me, I'm in absolute Bliss! The shampoo is cool too. It's thick and gelatious (Ya'll like that huh, GELATIOUS) Although I'm not big on shampoos it does what it does so If you have a Trader Joe's in your area, Pick up the Nourish Spa Conditioner pronto!

The Facts, and nothing but:

PRODUCT:

* Trader Joe's Shampoo Balanced Moisturizing NOURISH SPA enriched with Organic Botanicals

* Trader Joe's Conditioner Balanced Moisturizing NOURISH SPA enriched with Organic Botanicals

Size: 16 fl oz (500 ml) per bottle

Price: $2.49/bottle

Where to buy: Trader Joe's

INGREDIENTS:

Shampoo - Purified water, organic rosemary oil, organic valencia orange citrus, organic mango, organic lemongrass, organic ginko biloba, organic echinacea, organic willow bark, organic sea kelp, organic chamomile flower, organic textured soy protein, organic lavender, organic grapefruit, C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Tocopherol (Vit E), Citric Acid, Methylparaben, propylparaben, sea salt, botanical fragrance

Conditioner - Purified water, organic rosemary oil, organic valencia orange citrus, organic mango, organic lemongrass, organic ginko biloba, organic echinacea, organic willow bark, organic sea kelp, organic chamomile flower, organic textured soy protein, organic lavender, organic grapefruit citrus, Tocopherol (Vit E), Acetamide MEA, Cetyl Alcohol, Citric Acid, Methylparaben, propylparaben, botanical fragrance


TraderJoe's Nourish Spa conditioner gets

Product Review: Miss Jessie's Buttercreme

I first heard about Miss Jessie's on the internet. I visited the site and was floored by all of the beautiful heads of hair on the site. After looking through the before and afters I was seriously considering a silkener( IE. fancy name for a texturizer) but after hearing that I'd probably walk out without an arm and leg after paying those exorbitant prices I decided to settle for the products instead.

It took me quite a while before I talked myself into spending that type of money on hair products. I mean ...$60 for 16 0z of product? I must've been crazy but I eventually ended up ordering the curly buttercreme and the baby buttercreme. Lucky for me they sent the wrong item (curly pudding instead of the curly buttercreme)You know i was on the phone in a flash and they promised that they would put my buttercreme in the mail pronto! In addition to sending me the product that I ordered, they also allowed me to keep the curly pudding which was full sized.

I couldn't wait to try it out! Went to the site and tried the pudding as directed on the site and to my surprise not a damn curl, or ringlet in site What the hell? I'm supposed to have cute litle ringlets, or spiral curls...after all "Turns Kinks Into curls" is spouted all up and through the website! Instead all I was left with was a big crunchy mess. Needless to say I was glad that it was free. The smell, while pleasantly reminiscent of grape bubblegum, began to get on my nerves after a while. I washed it right out and decided to twist my hair using the curly buttercreme. Can we say Instant Love! I found that the curly buttercreme gave my hair the moisture that it craved. I mean my twists were shiny and well moisturized and my twistouts was swanging..you hear me...SWANGIN'! Nappy hair like mine blowing in the wind haha. I also loved the tingly sensation of the curly buttercreme on my scalp, especially in the summer. ( I didn't grease my scalp or anything with it, I just put it on my hair directly after a wash ) and it was on and poppin'. The one draw back is that it was rather greasy but that was something I was willing to deal with to have shiny, moist hair.

I'm rather heavy handed with the product so I was shocked when my buttercreme was gone after using it for a month, maybe less. (I know what you're thinking, damn! How much is she using but so you can get a bit of an idea on my heavy handedness, I once used a 32 oz. bottle of conditioner in two days) I had read where people said theirs had lasted for 1 and 2 years and here mine was gone in a month. People were using dime size, quarter size, half dollar, size amounts. lol shoot I grab a few handfuls and run it through my hair and then on each individual section as I begin to twist. If I tried to use a quarter size amount of anything on this head my hair would look at me and laugh like "Bish are you crazy?" You get the same effect with both the baby and curly buttercreme. The only difference is supposedly the scent and the tingle factor but I swear there is more to it than that. I like them both but I love, Love, Love the curly buttercreme. Miss Jessies, ButterCreme gets: