Marc Anthony Perfect Curl Cream

Happy Sunday!

Today I decided to try out another new product. I bought in the travel size so that I am not wasting my money if I end up not liking it. Either way though, the full size product is quite inexpensive as well. Marc Anthony Perfect Curl Cream runs for $7.99 at Ulta. So lets get to it shall we?

So of course I used this as I do all of the time. The first thing I noticed about this product is that it smells like lemon flavored candies (like lemon heads). YUM! Then as I was working it through my hair I realized that this product felt like nothing I have ever tried before. This curl cream really felt silky smooth as I applied it. This product definitely started off on my good side.

As far as my point of view on the product, I don't love it, but I definitely don't hate it. It made my hair soft and silky feeling, and it smells SOOOO good! It also is a much softer hold then I personally prefer. Overall I would definitely recommend this to my curl haired (internet) family.

Price:  $
Frizz Control: ***
Hold: **
Curl Definition: ****
Overall:***
(So I am trying something new here...for the price I will use $'s to indicate how pricey the product is, up to 4 $'s as most expensive. For frizz control, hold, curl definition, and overall it will be a rating out of five stars-5 being the best.)

Also, I wanted to let you all know that I will put all of the products that I review on my luvocracy page.

So I just wanted to do a little follow up. I washed my hair about 2-3 days after I used this product and I am very impressed! When I washed my hair, the curl cream gave my hair the same conditioned feeling as catwalk does. So I would definitely recommend this product to ladies who want a softer curl, but don't want a product that is drying. Love it!

 

Paul Mitchell Round Trip

Well its another beautiful Sunday!

As you can tell from the title, I have tried out another Paul Mitchell product. If you read my post about the Paul Mitchell Ultimate Wave you will know that I pretty much hated it, so I exchanged it at Ulta for Paul Mitchell's Round Trip.

The Paul Mitchell website states:

Basics: Adds weightless bounce and detail to curls and waves.

Benefits:

Conditions and protects textured tresses.

Bonus:

Reduces drying time to get you on your
way faster.

Details:

• Styling agents derived from corn starch add weightless detail.
• Panthenol and magnesium sulfate condition
  and protect.

I was pleasantly surprised when I used this product. When I first pumped it into my hand I was very surprised to see a liquid rather then a cream or gel.

I used this product as I do with all of my other products. I just scrunched it through my clean, damp hair. I could tell right away that this product definitely was not like the Ultimate Wave, which is definitely a good thing. I did not get that dried out feeling whatsoever. I immediately knew that this was much more light weight then any of the other products I have tried. My hair was curly, without frizz, voluptuous, and had a little bit of that "crunch" that I like. Round Trip didn't give that conditioned feel like Curl Amplifier does, but it definitely gets the job done nicely! So all-in-all I do recommend this product to me fellow curly haired people. Below are some pictures of how my haired turned out:

 



If you have any other product or treatment suggestions that you think I should try please leave a comment below!

Virgin, Unrefined Coconut Oil Hair Treatment

Another beautiful week has begun, and that means it's time to do some hair repair.

I am sure that you all have, at the very least, heard of using coconut oil as a hair treatment. Well I am here to attest to that. This hair treatment is inexpensive, easy, and works so well!! You can get coconut oil in almost any grocery store...just make sure its "Virgin & Unrefined." I do this treatment about 1-2 times per week, and I don't think that I will ever stop doing it because it is THAT good!

Here is how I use coconut oil for a hair treatment:

 

The coconut oil starts out pretty solid, so I just scoop it out with a spoon and into my hand. Then rub-a-dub-dub, and it turns to a liquid.

I just work this all throughout my hair, before washing, until my whole head is pretty much saturated. Thennnnn I put my hair up in a bun.

From here, I just let it do its thing for about an hour or two while I clean, do homework, watch TV, browse the internet, and whatever else I need to do.

Then just shower and wash it all out. Easy cake.

Oh and if you have a doggie friend, don't forget to share the love. My dog LOVES coconut oil!

Paul Mitchell Ultimate Wave

I went to Ulta this past week to pick up some new hair products to try out. They were having a buy two get one free sale on Paul Mitchell products...how could I resist?

The first product I decided to try out was the Paul Mitchell Ultimate Wave, which is in the Curl Collection.

So before I discuss my personal opinion on the product, I will show you how it worked out for me.
After washing my hair, I scrunched the cream-gel into my hair as I do with any other product.

  

I changed my mind about the product a few times throughout the process. At first, I didn't like it. Unlike other hair products, this cream-gel was kind of hard to work through my hair. I can't really explain how it felt, but it was kind of like trying to put gel into dry hair...but my hair wasn't dry. Nevertheless, I kept working it into my hair as best as I can.

After about 20 minutes to half hour, my hair was pretty dry. I did like that my hair was curly, minus most of the frizz. My hair was a bit bigger then I usually like, but the cream-gel did give my hair that crunchy feel that I really like. So from here I kind of liked it.

Fast forward to the next day. I was very curious to see how my hair would be the day after. This is where I finally decided that I really dislike this product! My hair felt so dried out and gross!! I definitely plan on exchanging this product for something else.

This product would probably be best for girls with light wavy hair, that want that fresh off the beach look like this..

Personally, I think that this product being listed under Paul Mitchell's "Curl" category is quite deceiving. I did some deeper research and found other products that are created for actual curly hair, but they are not in the "curl" category. It's really confusing. Either way, I will be exchanging this product tomorrow for one of the other products that I really hope will work better then this.

Please let me know if there are any other products that you think I should try out. Have a great week!