DEL2C

This is an amazing thread it answers any question about ingredients! I was concerned about the polyquats in Mousse but a Low-Poo is fine to take care of that!!!! Happy reading everyone

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Discovered CG 2007

2C Fia BSL/Thick/Med-Coarse/Low(crown)-Normal Porosity Protein and Oil Sensitive

Link-Spritz & Condish Washing

I'm aCurlJunkieJunky

My hair LOVES Coconut DESPISES Soap Bars


CJRehab or H&B Fix, Deva NO POO, EO Rose & Cham POO & Condish, CJ CurlFix, CJ Pattern Pusha, CJ CIAB, SS FHG, KCCC, BRHG, AG Mousse Gel, ACV Rinses,Shikakai Conditioning Hair Rinse.

rbb

if you read the curlchemist's article on amodimethicone you will see that while it bonds to the hair, it does not continue to build up.
i've been using one condition almost daily for 4 years and have not had a problem. i do use low poo maybe once every 10 days.
like everyone else here, i read things then look at my products and start to get concerned, then i realize, i've been using this product for a long time with GREAT results, so however these ingredients are interacting with each other, the water, and my hair, the bottom line is it's working.

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3a, some 2c & 3b, medium texture, porosity normal, low elasticity
washing/cowashing, conditioning, leave in, protein tx: curl junkie products. styling:curl junkie conditioners only at times, cj pattern pusha, cj honey butta leave in, cj ciab, cccc, lalsg. cj aloe fix gel is my high dews/summer HG!! sealants - spiral solutions emollience butter, jane carter nourish & shine

KateB

I've just found this extremely useful to read, so up it goes

Curlyminx

Bump bumpity bump! Hehe....

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Mix of 3s, thick, coarse, medium porosity

Current hair styling technique: rake with a scrunch at the end. (works with my coarse hair)

http://public.fotki.com/curlymix/
pw: curls

Known HGs: KCCC, homemade fsg, honey

Curlyminx

Also, apologizes to anyone I may have told poly quats were scary. I read the whole thread again, they can be low-poo'd.

Sorry everyone I steered wrong!!!

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Mix of 3s, thick, coarse, medium porosity

Current hair styling technique: rake with a scrunch at the end. (works with my coarse hair)

http://public.fotki.com/curlymix/
pw: curls

Known HGs: KCCC, homemade fsg, honey

loewin

Extremely useful thread. While doing more research I came across this site: http://www.gesilicones.com/gesilicon...tionAreaId=125

Don't know if it will be useful to anyone, but I found it interesting.

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Very basic hair wiki
http://curlyhairwiki.wetpaint.com/
In depth wikis
http://curlyhair.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page

http://curltalk.net:8080/web/guest/w...9DF7BC9CB6D285

2b/3a medium/coarse semi-porous/iii
White Rain Ocean Mist GVP conditioning balm. Bioterra/LA Looks. Air dry. SOTC w/LOOB..I think its my first HG.
Experimenting with homemade recipes.

85MR2

Bumpity Bump.

I noticed some buildup on my hair recently and was trying to figure out what it was and whether or not a coco betanine low-poo would remove it. I found this thread to be quite helpful. The good stuff is on the first couple pages. Hope this helps someone else.

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CG since 2/23/10!

2B 3A mix, fine texture and high porosity at crown/bangs, normal elsewhere. I like protein!

Trying to grow out a short haircut.

WASH: Jessicurl Cleansing Cream (once every week or so)
CONDITION: Jessicurl Too Shea! or Aloeba Conditioner
STYLE: Jessicurl Gelebration Spray/Awe Inspiraling Spray

http://public.fotki.com/85MR2/ (PICS OF CG TRANSITION SO FAR) Need to update. No pics with the Jessicurl products yet, but I LOVE them!

peachfuzzz

thank you for this awesome thread!!

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Texture: Coarse?; Density: Med (?); Porosity(?? Med-high); Wave pattern: 4B coils

Poo: Elucence MB Deep Condish: GVP Conditioning Balm Moisturizer: Qhemets Amla Olive HC
Sealer: QB Aethiopika Hydrate & Twist (I use this as a styler too) Stylers: ORS Twist and Lock (rarely use)

peachfuzzz

BTW, why is this NOT a sticky!! This is 'must know' info!!

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Texture: Coarse?; Density: Med (?); Porosity(?? Med-high); Wave pattern: 4B coils

Poo: Elucence MB Deep Condish: GVP Conditioning Balm Moisturizer: Qhemets Amla Olive HC
Sealer: QB Aethiopika Hydrate & Twist (I use this as a styler too) Stylers: ORS Twist and Lock (rarely use)

Claresmom

Hello, all,

This is my first post, but I’ve been reading the forums here for months, as I’ve taken one tentative step after another toward natural curliness after blow-drying my hair daily for decades. I’d judge my hair to have been 2A until I developed hypothyroidism – my hair fell out in great handfuls before I was correctly diagnosed and properly medicated, since which it first regrew wavier and more recently, downright curly. At the moment I’d tentatively classify it as combination 2c/3a, but as I’ve adopted more CG practices and followed them for a few weeks, my hair’s “evolution” seems to be accelerating, so who knows? Not me, as yet!

Anyway, I’ve been trying to avoid silicones as per Massey’s book and much advice on this board, so reading this thread has been very, very useful and helpful for me, but it didn’t address (as far as I could understand) Bis-Hydroxy/Methoxy Amodimethicone, which is an ingredient in the “Color Conditioning Treat” that Clairol includes with its Natural Instincts Hair Color (which I’ve been using quite successfully fro some time). I can’t tell whether the “Bis-Hydroxy/Methoxy” prefix signifies water solubility akin to the “PEG” prefix

I sympathize with the veterans of the board who quite understandably tire of answering the same newbie questions repeatedly (been there, done that myself, elsewhere, concerning other topics), so, before posting this question, I searched the forums and articles here as well as on the internet generally, but unfortunately to no avail.

So, if I want to go fully CG, do I need to toss the Color Conditioning Treat? I really *am* much, much happier with my hair since I’ve begun avoiding sulfates and silicones, so any informed advice would be most welcome, and thanks in advance for reading this.

pamm3la

One condition with a cone? Huh :/ i have a bottle here and i dont see no cone. :s confused

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3B/3C Recovering from heat damaged :/... almost like transitioning because most of my hair is straight it won't curl, thsi is due to sooo many years of using heat without stoping.

Braid out and twist out are my staple styles right now! Not using heat since December 2011. Still experimenting with products!

Claresmom

Hi, and thanks for the reply, but you're apparently looking at something else if you're looking at a bottle, because Clairol doesn't sell this separately from the Natural Instincts Hair Color boxes -- I've checked.

What I'm referring to comes in a small tube (50 ml included in the newer boxes of Natural Instincts, 100 ml in the older ones still on some drugstore shelves). The ingredients are given on the coloring instructions insert as well as here: http://www.pgproductsafety.com/productsafety/msds/beauty_care/Hair_Color/Natural_Instincts_(4-10).pdf

pamm3la

Lol what? Im talking about Devacurl One condition. That this ppl are saying that it has amodimethicone but i dont see it in the bottle.
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3B/3C Recovering from heat damaged :/... almost like transitioning because most of my hair is straight it won't curl, thsi is due to sooo many years of using heat without stoping.

Braid out and twist out are my staple styles right now! Not using heat since December 2011. Still experimenting with products!

Corrina777

One C used to have the a-cone but was reformulated a couple years ago (I think is a resurrected old thread).
As far as the clairol conditioner, I used one of my deep conditioners after I did at home color and my hair was fine. If you want to use the clairol conditioner, you don't need a sulfate shampoo to remove it from your hair- just a low poo that contains coco betaine.

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3a/f/iii Before the chop- Donated to Locks of Love, January 2013
Modified CG since 11/5/11
CO-WASH: VO5 Vanilla Mint Tea Clarifying, DevaCare No-Poo
CLARIFY: CHS Treatment Shampoo (used prior to PT/DT)
RO: DevaCare One Condition, Regis Olive Oil
LI: Cure Care, As I Am Leave-In
STYLE: Re:Coil, Curl Keeper, Biotera Gel, Deva Ultra Defining Gel, GVP Liquid Sculpting Gel, Curls Rock Amplifier and Strong Hold Mousse
PT/DT: IAGirl's PT, One n' Only Argan Hydrating Mask