Product Review: Tresemme Naturals Moisturizing Conditioner

My girls and I all have 4a/4b and a little bit of 3c hair. Can you imagine detangling 3 heads with this hair type.....Yes an all day marathon!!!!! I usually detangle on Friday and style on Saturday, by the time I'm done it is time to go to church on Sunday. Back in March, I saw this conditioner on the shelf in Walmart and it was only $4.97 for 25oz bottle, so I decided to give it a try.


What it claims to do:
This lightweight and silicone-free conditioner protects your hair from damage and leaves hair looking shinier. This new natural aloe conditioner uses natural ingredients to hydrate hair.


Ingredients:
Water, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Capric/Caprylic Triglyceride, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Fragrance, Lauryl Lysine, Caprylyl Glycol, Brassica Campestris (Rapeseed)/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, Aspartic Acid, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Persea Gratissima (Avacado) Oil (Organic), Citric Acid, Alcohol, Isopropyl Alcohol, Aloe Vera (Aloe Barbadensis) Leaf Juice (Organic)

Product Description:
Tresemme Naturals Moisture Conditioner with USDA certified organic aloe vera and avocado extracts, moisturizes your hair for protection against damage and breakage. Our unique silicone free formula for lightweight conditioning infuses hair with moisture for hair that's noticeably more manageable and smooth. Discover 10x stronger hair after just one use! Silicone free. No dyes. Hypoallergenic. Safe for color treated hair.

My Thoughts

I give this product 5 out of 5 stars. Yall, this stuff, this stuff, this stuff........is like sea weed in a bottle. It has turned a 1hour detangling session into 15-20mins on a bad day. It is so moisturizing for our hair that I want to buy 30 bottles just to make sure I don't run out. Although it is not an all natural product, it acts like one in a sense that a little goes a long way. I have been using this since March (3 months now) on me and my girls hair and the bottle is a little more than half full. You do not need to use a lot of it at all.

But it is suspicious:

I am not an ingredient person by all means, but this is something about this product. It almost seems to good to be true. I noticed it does not have any silicones in it, which also makes me wonder. I have tried this as a co-wash after clarifying with Giovanni 50/50shampoo. Now we all know that Giovanni 50/50 shampoo makes your hair feel like straw. Well I applied the Tresemme condish and rinsed it all out. After rinsing, it felt like I still had a moisturizing product in my hair. Like, I had already applied my leave-in and sealed. So of course this has me scratching my head because I am itching to find out which one of the ingredients is making my hair feel like this. And this doesn't just go for my hair, it's the same with my girls too. Now, don't get me wrong, I am not complaining, just wondering. Unless I hear something crazy about the ingredient list on this product......it will remain a stable for me. 

Henna for the 2nd time....Different results

It's been a little over a week since the last time I did a Henna which was my second time. This time I did it a little different:
1. Instead of using a clarifiying shampoo, I used bentonite clay mixed with black tea
2. I mixed 100grams of Henna with black tea (enough to get a smooth consistency) and let it sit overnight
3. To rinse the henna out, I used my Inecto 100% Pure Coconut Oil condish (last little bit in the bottle) until the water ran clear.
4. Followed up the rinse with SheaMoisture Moisture Retention Shampoo
5. DC'ed with my new DC.....about 1oz of honey, 1oz of olive oil, and about 1tbsp of Tresemme Naturals Moisturizing Conditioner (warm up the mixture and apply to damp hair, then rinse with cool water)
6. Applied Garnier Fructis Sleek and Shine Leave-in
7.Sealed with my new sheabutter mixture (sheabutter, olive oil, jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, and vegetable glycerin)
8. Styled only adding additional leave-in and sealant, No styling product.

Results this go round:

Please excuse the covered face, I am currently having sinus drainage which makes a yella' girl pale.

Very smooth, moisturized, frizz-free, soft, bouncy, easy to detangle, easy to style hair. So what was the big difference this time around. 6 months ago, every step of the henna process for me included protein (Giovanni 50/50 shampoo, Coconut milk in the henna, coconut milk and oil DC, Giovanni Direct Leave-in, Coconut Oil to seal, and eco styler gel to style). Now, this combo worked sell, for me before using henna. But after using henna for the first time, this combo proved to be too much. It actually explains why the SheaMoisture products seemed to make my hair feel dry. They have a nice amount of protein. I experienced lots of breaking and an extreme amount of single strand knots that I am still recovering from.

The breakage and SSK's have decreased greatly since it first began. I assume if I want to keep up the treatments my regimen wil lhave to continue to use limited amount of protein if I want it to remain healthy.

Hair Diary May 18 2011

Just a peek into the future for this blog. I plan to do weekly hair diaries to help track what combos give the best/worst results, what style last the longest/shortest, techniques and so forth.

Back in November 2010 I did my first Henna and mixed it with coconut milk.

Then I DC'ed with coconut milk, coconut oil and Inecto 100 % Pure Coconut Oil Conditioner

My results and first impression: Quoted from November 2010 "I didn't notice any extra clumping or loosening of the curls at all. My hair is pretty stong due to DCing with a light protein bi-monthly, So...I didn't notice my hair feel any stronger. After rinsing, my hair did feel very soft but a little stringy, probably due to clarifying before applying henna. After DCing my hair no longer felt string but was still very soft if not softer. As for the color, not really. I guess I can see a few brownish red highlights in the right lighting but that's about it. I didn't notice any extra shine or luster. Actually, someone told me about 3 days later that my hair looked dry. I didn't think it looked dry...Oh well. Will I try henna again....YES. Why???? It didn't take anything away from my hair. There was a slight difference in the look and feel of my hair overall. Plus...the effects are suppose to show overtime with multiple uses. I plan to henna every 3 months but for only about 4hrs. I will do this for a year then reassess the condition of my hair and see if it is worth it for me."

Shortly after doing this I decided to straighten my hair and to decrease damage I did an Aphogee 2 Step Protein Treatment after a week of being straightend. Can you say TOO MUCH PROTEIN!!!!!  My hair began to break off almost immediately. I believe it was a combination of the treatments and my light protein reggie.

Well, it's been 6months since then and after doing research I tried it again. This time I mixed it with black tea. After my "new" DC my hair was so soft, moisturize, fluffy and anything else desirable it was. I then applied Garnier Fructis Leave-in and sealed with my "new sheabutter mixture". So far I am on day 3 of a braid out and moisture has not been an issue. I will have to come back and add pics later.

Stay tuned for info on my "new" DC and my "new sheabutter mixture"
Until then,

Stay blessed!!!!