SILKY SOFT HAIR - PRODUCT #4

I have a confession to make... I am an addict! yes, I am addicted to youtube. I must say that every time I want a new product I research for reviews on my beloved youtube. It is a great tool but if you are thinking about doing this, I have a warning.....be prepared to be bitten by the "must buy that" bug. There are so many products exposed in those videos and people show you how good they work for them that it's impossible not to want them.

That's how I decided I needed to try my next product. I saw a billion and one videos of people loving Joico K-PAK deep penetrating reconstructing conditioner but I was skeptical and didn't want to spend that much money on conditioner...you see..at that time I was really thinking that I had tried everything and that there was not one good conditioner out there. In other words I had lost faith in conditioners. I have to say, the idea kept running around in my head and one day I was at Sally Beauty Supplies and almost went into shock when I saw this product.

If you are not familiar with this brand, Generic Value Products is a company of chemists who knew they could recreate any product using the same ingredients and since they didn't have to pay any of the marketing and advertising then they could sell the products at a lower price but with the same quality. I decided I wanted to give this one a try since is was a little over $6. I have been using this product for about 4 months and I love it. I use it about 2 times a week and switch to the other conditioner for the other 2 times I wash my hair during the week, if you haven't read my post on the other conditioner, then click here. I pour a nickel size amount on the palm of my hand and rub both hands together, then distribute it through my hair making sure I don't take it as high as the roots, this product is not as slippery as other conditioners so it's harder to notice when you have evenly coated your hair so I  kind of comb my hair with my fingers in a very gentle way..just to make sure I covered every single strand. I let it do its magic for about 3 minutes and rinse well.

By now, you already know the products I use when I wash my hair but there are more products that come into the equation of softness, so make sure you read my next post to discover what products I use once I'm out of the shower.

Betty says......I like it!

SOFT SILKY HAIR - PRODUCT #3 - NEUTROGENA TRIPLE MOISTURE

By now, you already know the products I use to wash my hair, right? if not then click here

So, after I rinse the shampoo out of my hair, I squeeze the excess water out and apply conditioner. Sounds easy right? well it is but the tough part is finding a good conditioner that works for you. As I mentioned in my first post about this topic soft silky hair I had to buy a ton of products that didn't work for me before I was able to find the ones that I love now. I tried low and high end products and realized that the price is not always indicative of quality but when it came to conditioners, I had never been able to find a good 'drugstore' conditioner. I have to thank Erin or at least I think that's her name, better known as iheartTDWP which is her YouTube channel. 3 months ago she posted this video and because I really think she is amazing and honest, I decided to try one of the products she recommended in her video and guess what.....she was absolutely right,  I LOVE this product. So without further ado let's get into it.

In case the picture is not clear enough, the name is Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask (wow that was long) When you open the screw on lid, you see a cream, that's what it is, a thick creamy texture that glides easily.

I take more or less the amount of a teaspoon and rub my hands together to distribute it and make it easier to evenly cover my hair from mid-length down. I consider this next part to be very important, I comb my hair with my fingers making sure I'm being gently. If I find any knots, I carefully try to break it apart without breaking my hair strands...hope this makes sense ;) and then leave it on for a few minutes. To be quite honest, I have never counted the time but since the first thing I do in the shower is my hair, I do everything else I have to do while I let the conditioner do its job. but I think it's somewhere between 3 to 5 minutes and then completely rinse it out.

I wash my hair every other day, that means around 4 times a week. I use this conditioner 2 of those times and on my next post I will reveal the conditioner I use the other 2 times a week.

Betty says......works well, smells good, inexpensive....can it get better than that??