when it comes to hair products i tend to be a bit of a PJ. before i knew about CG i had bought so many different kinds of shampoos and conditioners. i've used herbal eccenses (sp?),aussie, tresseme and probably others too. The reason i was trying out so many different products was because all of them were leaving my hair dry. Then i found out about the Curly Girl routine (CG) and little did i know all of those shampoos contained harmful chemicals called sulfates. i was really suprised at how many different sulfates there were were in some of my shampoos.
These two sulfates were in all of the shampoos mentioned above (tresseme although only had the first one):
ammonium laureth sulfate
ammonium lauryl sulfate
another thing i didn't know about before was that silicones are also bad for your hair. They don't exactly destroy it but they build up and will make your hair greasy.
The matching conditioners for the shampoos above all have a silicone chemical called:cytopentasilioxane
I also found this silicone in one of my herbal essences styling products : none of your frizzness smoothing leave in creme.
So basically when you are using the CG routine you don't use shampoo (if you really have to then try to find one without sulfates). instead you wash your hair with a NON SILICONE conditioner. Sometimes you may not always realize there are silicones in your condish. a good rule to follow is that any ingredient ending in "cone" or "xane" is a type of silicone.
My question is does anybody know a good leave in conditioner that is available at walmart or a drugstore that isn't too expensive? I have really thick 3a hair btw
I would happily appreciate your help!!
xoxox - amanda
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