Product Review - It's A 10 Miracle Moisture Sulfate-Free Shampoo

Product:
It's A 10 Miracle Moisture Shampoo

Price: 

$20.49 for 10 fl. oz. at Regis Salon
$13.50 for 10 oz. @ amazon.com

Ingredients:
Water, Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Sodium C14-16 Olefin Sulfonate, Cocamidropropyl Betaine, Sodium Cocoamphoacetate, Sodium Lauroyl Sarcosinate, Glycol Distearate, PEG-10 Sunflower Glycerides, Aspalathus Linearis Leaf Extract, Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract, Morinda Citrifolia Fruit Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Moringa Pterygospema Seed Extract, Punica Granatum Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Extract, Symphytum Officinate Rhizome/Root Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Glycerin Ascorbic Acid, PEG-150 Pentaerythriyl Tetrastearate, Amodimethicone, PEG-6 Caprylic/Capric Glycerides, Citric Acid, PPG-12-Buteth-16, Polyquatemium-10, Trideceth-12, Laureth-9, Acrylates/Aminoacrylates/C10-30 Alkyl PEG-20 Itaconate Copolymer, C11-15 Pareth-7, Disodium EDTA, Propylene Glycol, Iodopropynyl Butylcarbamate, DMDM Hydantoin, Linalool Fragrance, BCC12-Base

Directions:
Apply to wet hair. Massage into a rich lather and rinse thoroughly. For best results,

SOS Giveaway Winner

I am so psyched about winning the Saving Our Strands Jessicurl Giveaway.  My prize has finally arrived and I cannot wait to get start using these products.

I received the Jessicurl Confidence Collection which includes the Too Shea! Extra Moisturizing Conditioner(which I have been wanting to try forever and also winner of SOS Battle of the Leave-Ins), the Hair Cleansing Cream, Deep Conditioning Treatment, and the Confident Coils Styling Solution.

Once again I want to give a BIG THANKS to KLP and Keyda, the lovely ladies of Saving Our Strands, for the opportunity to try these products.  If you are not already following them, you need to head over now and check out their amazing blog, where you'll find awesome healthy hair care tips, product reviews, and awesome protective style how-to's.

I'm planning to start using the collection at my next wash day and hope to have reviews up soon. I'm so excited. I love trying new products! True product junkie at heart! :)

Happy Hair Growing

and Thanks for reading!

   Andrea

Groupon Deal - Carol's Daughter Hair Care Set

Just thought I'd share. This looks like a pretty good deal, because Carol's Daughter products are pretty pricey.  The set includes the Sulfate Free shampoo, Smoothing Conditioner, and Blow Dry Cream.  Click on the image below and it'll take you right to the Groupon website to take advantage of this awesome deal.




Groupon.com

I'm not too familiar with Carol's Daughter products so I can't really provide an opinion, but I thought I'd share for all you Carol's Daughter lovers out there!

Go and check it out!


P.S. I seriously need to stay off the groupon website! LOL!

HHG!

   Andrea

Recent Wash and Length Check (Am I at APL?)

So I finished up my two part wash day last night. I started it Friday by prepooing with Wen Sweet Almond Mint overnight. I shampooed Saturday using It's A 10 Miracle Moisture Sulfate Free shampoo (just finished off the bottle and will be reviewing it soon). I then DC'd with Silk Dreams Chocolate Bliss Conditioner which I also emptied and plan to review soon.  Yay for emptied products! LOL!

I DC'd under my heating cap for a couple of hours before finally rinsing. After applying my leave-ins (Darcy's Daily Leave-In and Matrix Biolage Thermal-Active Repair Cream) I decided to blow dry my hair on cool. I then did a couple of length check shots just to see where my hair is.  To me, I almost want to claim APL but I probably have another inch or so to go maybe.







Back half after blow drying on cool

Fully blow dried hair



The gap in the middle in the first pic bugs me to no end. That is why I keep wanting to do a major cut which would put me back at shoulder length.  Overtime this weak area of mine has become even more visible to me especially as I'm transitioning to texlaxed. I guess it's not too awful. I just keep PS-ing to hide this area and protect my ends.  I want to keep with slowly trimming until it's all even, but man oh man do I want to just cut it right now. Ah the woes of HHJs.

 

I just realized that I'm about one year into my hair journey. Well I officially started blogging in October, but I kind of started trying to practice healthier hair techniques after my last professional relaxer in Sept. I can't quite pin point the date, so I will plan it for the anniversary of the date of my first blog post which was Oct. 25. Wow! Time sure does fly when you are having fun.

 

So what do you all think? Can I officially claim APL?

 

 

Thanks for reading!

   Andrea

Hair Growth Gadget

Of all things that promise to increase hair growth, I come across this here gadget while browsing the Groupon website.

iGrow Hair Therapy Helmet (via Groupon.com)

It looks like some sort of space helmet or something. LOL! It is geared toward men and women who suffer from hair loss, thinning, or damaged hair.  It has 30 LED lights and 21 lasers that stimulate hair growth, thicken your strands, and repair damage caused by chemical products. The headphones are there so that you can listen to music via your iPod or other mp3 player during your 25 minute treatment.

You know I'm wondering if it really works....but I'm not willing to shell out $500 to find out.  I will just stick to other, cheaper methods.  I personally have never seen anything like this.

Well I jut found this pretty interesting and thought I'd share.

Thanks for reading!

   Andrea

Pre-pooing with Wen Sweet Almond Mint

Ingredients:  Water, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Cetearyl Alcohol,
Chamomilla Recutia Flower Extract, Wild Cherry Bark Exract,
Rosemary Leaf ExtractSweet Almond Oil, Aloe Vera Juice,
Hydrolyzed Wheat ProteinPanthenol, Butylene Glycol, BTMS,
Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Polysorbate 60, PEG-60
Almond Glycerides, Amodimethicone, Citric Acid, Menthol,
Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinene,
Fragrance, Limonene, Hexyl Cinnamal.

Some time ago I ordered the Wen Sweet Almond Mint cleansing conditioner for my mom.  She had been anxious to try it out.  I had an opportunity to purchase the kit for $9.95 so I ordered it for her. Well, let's just say she did not like it.  She did not like how it made her hair feel, she thought that her hair was not being cleaned, so I took it off her hands. Why not give it a try? Maybe it would work for me.

It turns out