Follow Up Product Review - Original Conditioning Masque- Butters-N-Bars

Right after deep conditioning no products

Today I deep conditioned again with my Hair conditioning masque from Butters-N-Bars.  I am definitely going to reorder this product.  After applying to my hair, I left it in for about 2 hours while I worked.  To see what my hair looks like after application, please go to my Product Review and Hair Revelation post.  The only thing I do differently at this point is I don't sit under a hooded dryer.  I now let my body heat activate the conditioner.  When, I rinsed this product out, oh my goodness, butter soft hair.  I couldn't keep my hands out of it.  It's so soft that I decided not to put any styling products on my hair.  I just put on my leave in conditioner and am rocking an uber soft puff.  I've been using this product since February and I (and my hair) still love it so it will become a staple in my regimen.  (SN:  This product rinses out very easily, however because it does have clay in it, it will leave your tub a reddish mess.  Just be prepared to clean your tub.)

Below you can see pictures of my natural hair texture directly following the conditioner.  My hair has no products in it & still has water in it.  You can see the differences in my hair texture especially in the front, temples and nape of my hair.  I also posted two pictures from when I first applied this masque in February.  You can really tell my hair is growing!  Yay!! (insert happy dance)

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Product Review & Hair Revelation

First, the product review.  I've been in search of two things in my hair regimen: a deep conditioner and a styler that defined my curls for braidouts and two strand twist outs but didn't leave it crunchy.  This week I found my deep conditioner.  I got it from Butters-N-Bars.  I bought the Hair Masque.  The product description states that it will condition and moisturize, leaving hair soft and manageable.  It contains Australian Pink Clay, Moroccan mud, raw honey, organic aloe vera juice, virgin hemp seed oil, organic virgin olive oil, and silk protein.   I applied the masque to freshly cleansed hair with a color applicator brush from root to tip & sat under a hooded dryer for 30 mins.




Clean hair with no product

 

Hair after masque applied.  Here you can really see the texture differences in my hair.  Look at the front middle (4a/b) in comparison to the temples (4c).

The conditioner did leave my hair soft and moisturized.  I will continue to use this conditioner every two weeks and let you know how my hair responds to it over time.

The second product new product that I used was Mizani's Butter Rich Deep Nourishing Hairdress.  I used this to set my braids for my  braid-out.  I first heard about this product on a fellow natural hair blogger's site, Robyn's Nest.  She, like myself, likes definition without stiffness, and moisturization. After using this product, I must say that it delivered these things.  My hair is soft, defined, and doesn't feel heavy.

THE HAIR REVELATION

As is evidenced in the picture of my hair above, I have several textures of hair.  Here are pictures of my braidout from last week and this week.



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The first row of pictures show my very first braid out with the Curls Creme Brule mixed with aloe vera gel for a soft hold.  The 2nd row of pictures was the 2nd day with Design Essentials Defining Creme gel.  The last row of pictures is with the Mizani Butter Rich Deep Moisurizing Hairdress.  After looking at all of the results, there wasn't much difference in definition in the 3 braidouts.  I also noticed that there are certain areas of my hair, that just simply lack definition no matter what product I use.  So instead of investing time in creating newstyling my TWA right now (each time I braid my hair it takes about an hour), I will instead focus on moisturization and curl enhancement until it gets longer. I will return to the braidout or a twist out later.