Proclaim Hair Masque Review(s)!

So today was my wash day and I decided to clarify and try my new Proclaim Hair Masque. Putting the product in, it instantly detangled my tangled hair which was very nice. The smell was a little odd but I didn't hate it. The consistency is pretty thick but glides into wet hair very nicely. I let it sit in my hair for 15-20 minutes then washed it out. When it came to detangling my hair was just a tiny bit more tangly than normal but no biggie, I did just clarify my hair after all. But my hair felt dry in the shower. After I applied my leave ins my hair still felt just a bit dry. Normally I rollerset but it's too hot so I just airdried in a ponytail. When my hair was drying it felt kinda soft except for some spots. When I wake up tomorrow morning I'll finish the first time use review!

Day After: 
Well when got up in the morning my hair felt better and now that I'm 2 days post wash, I can say my hair feels pretty good! Normally when I dry in a ponytail, my hair is kinda hard the rest of the time but my hair hasn't been like that this time. I think I didn't give the masque a fair review because my hair is prone to conditioner shock (may do a post about that later) and I had clarified leaving my hair more dry than normal. I will definitely use up the rest of my sample packet and tell you guys the final results!

Conclusion:
So I used this product about twice and I don't really want to anymore. It had a very interesting smell that some may like and others may despise, for me it was just in the middle. Did my hair feel more moisturized when I used this product? Not really, if anything it felt less soft than what my hair normally feels like after I DC with my normal conditioner. That being said I did only use it twice so I can't really give a fair review but for me it isn't worth using again so I'll just toss the sample pack and keep it moving! I say try the sample though what may not work for me may be your new staple product, always remember that! 

HairVlog: Dandruff!

 

Is it snowing in here? Lord only knows back in the day before my healthy hair journey I had out of control dandruff! Now it didn't look like it was snowing or anything but it was pretty bad. I think some of the main reasons my dandruff was so bad was because I would be using grease on my scalp, more than likely using sulfate shampoos, and only getting my hair washed every 2 weeks. Not only would greasing my scalp weigh my hair down, but it wouldn't really make my scalp feel good. I really think it was one of the things that helped to attract dust and dirt to my hair. With my hair, I need to have it washed roughly ever 5 days, unfortunately my hair was getting washed only every 2 weeks back in the day. My hair would be weighed down, maybe smelling a little funky and just be gross by the end of week 1! Even today I sometimes still have a little dandruff on my edges so I obviously haven't completely fixed the problem but it's night and day comparing my hair now and then! But now since I've been oiling my scalp, washing every week, and just caring for my hair more, my dandruff problem has decreased by at least 90%!

HairVlog: How I Gained Thickness In My Hair

So looking back on childhood pictures, my hair was pretty thick as a kid! But as I grew older and started getting relaxers (around 5th grade) my hair started getting thinner and thinner each year. Along with the relaxers every 6-8 weeks, I was also using the blow dryer and flat iron every 2 weeks when my hair got washed. To make it even worse I wasn't moisturizing and sealing at all! Ever since I've started college, about 2 years ago, my hair has slowly but surely been turning around for the better. These are a few things that I've started doing to help my hair become thicker and healthier:

• Stretching my relaxers for at least 8 weeks (most of the time I shoot for 10 weeks minimum). The most I've ever stretched is 16 weeks.
• Deep condition as much as possible! Being in college my first two years I couldn't really DC because it was too much shower hopping. So I'd only DC when I came home and washed my hair which was roughly once every 2 months.
• Dusting monthly. I'm doing this mainly to get rid of my old, thin, overprocessed ends gradually instead of cutting them all off at once. This also lessens the amount my stylist has to trim when I actually get trims.
• Texlaxing. I wouldn't consider myself officially texlaxed but my hair has curls and texture when it's wet now and it never use to have that back in the day. Anyways this helps with my thickness because my hair is no longer bone straight relaxed.
• NO HEAT! Now I only use heat every few months and this direct heat is my flat iron. I make sure when I use it to use a heat protector. I no longer blow dry my hair because every time I do it makes my hair feel like straw.
• Castor oil. I swear I have to thank this oil for my newly found thickness! I oil my scalp 1-2x a week with this oil and my roots have become thick luscious healthy and just juicy!(:
• Moisturizing and sealing nightly. I'm not sure if this really helps with the thickness of my hair, but it definitely helps with the health of my hair.
• Protective styling. I do more twists and pinups with my hair and this helps to preserve my ends, resulting in less dusting and less trimming!

Bought Me a New Product!

 

I was in Sally's today because I needed an applicator bottle but I decided to look all around the store since I hadn't been in there awhile. Anyways I got to the Proclaim section and saw the hair masque and remembered seeing a few reviews of how good this product worked. Being a product junkie I picked up the small sample size of this. I'm pretty excited to try this out my next wash! 

Bantu Knots!

So I decided to try the bantu knots but this time with a twist, literally! Anyways I did two strand twists then did the bantu knots. I also added some of my Fantasia IC gel to my. When I took it down I fell in love instantly! My mommy was like "Why don't you just go natural?" She really liked it too. It lasted all day long and by time night came it had fallen but some parts were still pretty curly. I retwisted the twists last night but forgot the gel and this morning they came out OK but I wasn't really trying. I've decided that when I do this hairstyle again I have to do the two strand twists and make sure I have gel in my hair. I really loved the curly look on my hair though here's a picture of the texture:

Sorry it's not the best picture but you get the idea(: I didn't expect it to come out so good! Anyways a full complete list of all the product I used are:

-Aussie Split End Protector

-Spectrum Coconut Oil (Refined)

-Fantasia IC Styling Gel

I'll definitely be perfecting this style over the summer so I can do it at school!

Product Review - Elasta QP Silk Thermal Designing Liquid

 

One of my favorite leave in's, Elasta QP Silk Thermal Designing Liquid! I mainly do rollersets in my hair and I have 3 main leave ins and without this one, my hair would never come out as nice as it does. This product leaves my hair with a nice shine, but also an awesome hold. I find that when I don't put too much of this in my hair, my hair comes out "fluffier" and more easily prone to frizz which isn't good. I tend to put more than I should of this product in my hair just to make sure it's fully covered. This product gives my hair a solid hold from my rollersets, but leaves the hair manageable, and holds the curl a LOT longer than normal which I love. The smell is light and doesn't really linger. What I do is shake up the bottle a little and spray 5-6 squirts in my hands and spread it through my hair then take 2-4 more squirts and concentrate on my ends. I love my Design Silk and it's a staple leave in for me, my hair would be nothing without it! I find mine at my local Sally's and I don't really see it elsewhere. It's about 2-4$ I think which is a decent price because it lasts for awhile. Now this says it's a heat protector but I've never used it for that purpose, only rollersets. 

Pros: price, hold, scent, shine

Cons: availability, not sure about heat protector

Repurchase?:  Yes!