Product Review | Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner

Price: $21.00 (On Sale)

Place of Purchase: Ulta

Ingredients: Water (Purified), Hexadecanol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol (Emollient), Ceteareth 20, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Panthenol, Isopropylparaben, Benzophenone 4, Isobutylparaben, Butylparaben, Fragrance, FD&C Yellow 5 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Yellow 6 Aluminum Lake, FD&C Red 40 (CI 16035), FD&C Blue 1 (CI 42090).

Promises: Deep Penetrating Formula For Maximum Hydration.Hydrate excessively dry, brittle, and coarse hair with this humectant - rich conditioner.  Its deep penetrating formula replenishes moisture for greater elasticity, manageability and shine.

My Thoughts: I really love this conditioner. It has a light
coconut smell that isn't overpowering. It sinks easily into my hair and I've gotten great results no matter if I use heat or not. The only thing that I dislike about this conditioner is it's thin watery consistency. I'm not sure why, but I like for my deep conditioners to be thick. It makes me think they're working better! Regardless this conditioner has passed every test I've put it through including helping to detangle and soften my new growth after removing my senegalese twists. This conditioner is a bit pricey, but if you can catch it on sale during Ulta's 'Liter sale' it is definitely worth every penny. I've had my bottle since November and I still have a little less than half of the bottle left. Overall this product is wonderful and I will definitely keep it my stash!




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The Wash Day Experience | Roller Setting Challenges

So thanks to the fabulous ladies (KLP & Keyda) of SavingOurStrands I was invited to co-host this week's 'Wash Day Experience!' I was super excited for the opportunity because quite frankly I've been in a bit of a hair funk lately (Winter is sucking the life outta me!) and really needed to give myself a swift kick in the butt to get out of it. Co-hosting this week's 'Wash Day Experience' was the perfect way to do it!

Here's what I did:

• Braided my hair into four sections (thanks to Abbi N of BelowTheWaist for this fabulous idea!) 
• Shampooed with my Shea Moisture Moisture Retention Shampoo
• Rinsed and applied my Nexxus Emergencee to the length of my hair for about 2 minutes.
• Rinsed with lukewarm water, applied my Kenra Moisturizing Conditioner, and sat under my Gold N Hot conditioning cap for about 20 minutes. 
• Rinsed and applied a bit of my Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Daily Treatment while I showered. 
• Did a final rinse and t-shirt dried my hair for about 30 minutes. 
• Applied my normal leave ins (Chi Keratin Mist, Kimmaytube Leave In, & Macademia Natural Healing Oil). 

 

Style: Since my relaxer day is fastly approaching (next Saturday to be exact) I decided to roller set my hair. Not to mention I was totally inspired by an Instagram picture FancyFlairLady posted of her recent roller set. I mixed a bit of aloevera juice, mane n tail detangler, and lotta body. After sectioning my hair I spritzed each section and proceeded to roller set. Due to my impatience with sitting under the dryer and my bright idea to attempt my first at home saran wrap my results left something to be desired. However, I refused to let all of my hard work be in vein so I whipped out my caruso steam rollers to give my hair the 'vavoom' I was craving and boy did it ever! Here are my results! And because I was feeling extra good this weekend I even recorded a video tutorial to go along with my wash day post! 

How was your wash day? 

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Wash Day...Indecisive Saturday

Here on the East coast we got about 10 inches of snow, which meant a few days off from work and a serious case of cabin fever! Lazing around the house for so many days left me feeling incredibly lazy by Saturday so I was not feeling this wash day at all! Luckily I still was able to pull of awesome results despite my laziness. Here's what I did:

• Detangled using my Up and Up Detangler
• Massaged Tropical Isle Red Pimento Oil into my scalp and applied my Kenra Moisturizing conditioner to the length of my hair and my One N Only Argan Oil . 
• Deep conditioned using my heating cap for about 20 minutes. 
• Rinsed thoroughly and applied my As I Am Coconut Cowash to my scalp. Left in for about 2-3 minutes. 
• Rinsed and applied PMSDT for about 5 minutes. 
• Did a final rinse and removed excess water using the t-shirt method. 
• Applied leave ins using the LCO method (Chi Keratin Mist, Kimmaytube Leave in, GVP Smoothing Serum). 
• Sat under hooded dryer on cool setting for about 30 minutes. 
• Moisturized and sealed using my Giovanni Direct Leave In

Style: Here's where the indecisiveness came into play. Originally I wanted to rock milk maid twists, but didn't like the way they turned out so I tried to create some sort of low twisted bun. That didn't work out either so finally I took down my hair and decided to do a dry flexi rod set. Hey a girl's allowed to change her mind! To give my curls a bit of a hold I used the Dark N Lovely Au Natural Curl Moisturizing Souflee *newbie alert!*  My flexi rod set came out beautifully and was able to withstand the windy overcast weather we've been having lately. Monday my flexi rod set morphed into a roll & pin bun of sorts! 

How was your wash day?

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