The tragedy is that there are currently only 2 hair products which are silicone free. These are the Shea Butter Conditioning Cream Rinse/Leave-In Conditioner and the Babassu Butter Cream Organic Conditioner. They both come in 4oz, 8oz, and 16oz sizes. Each product also comes with enough scent options to boggle your mind. I urge you all, if you order, to write in your order comments that you want more silicone-free hair stuff! These products are just too good. I dream of a Jasmine's jelly, gel, curl enhancer, more rinse outs, more leave ins, deep treatments, etc that are silicone free!
The Shea Butter Conditioning Cream is a nice, versatile little conditioner. I've tried it as a rinse out and as a component of a homemade deep treatment. The deep treatment recipe included:
1 tbsp Olive Oil
1 tbsp. Curl Junkie Curl Rehab
1 tbsp. Shea Butter Conditioning Cream
1 tsp. Coconut Oil
10 drops of jojoba oil
Combine all ingredients in a bowl, mix well, apply to wet hair. Leave on as long as you want (I did it overnight in a plop).
That deep treatment made my hair feel so soft! I used one part Curl Rehab to one part Shea Butter Conditioner because I wanted the thick substance of the Rehab to give the mix some density, while I wanted to see what the Shea Butter Conditioner had to offer in terms of moisture. I think it was a very successful combo. Soft, moisturized curls the next day.
I read on curltalk that many curlies were getting wow results from using this as a rinse out. Phrases like "it melts my tangles" were used frequently! I can't say that I had this experience. It didn't have as much slip as I like (I like a lot of slip, though, so take that with a grain of salt), and I had to work it through. BUT, don't count it out yet! I rinsed it all out because I'm not a big fan of the scent I got (Summer Melon--it's just too strong for my nose to handle), so I didn't want to have that scent linger on me all day. So after not liking the scent and having less than perfect slip, you'd think I wouldn't be contemplating my next order of the stuff. WRONG! Once I rinsed it out, my hair felt fantastic. Probably the best I've ever felt it in the shower. My hair is straight in the shower, but it curled right up for this stuff. It rinsed cleanly, but left me feeling like my hair was moisturized and really truly ready for styling. I will definitely continue to use this, and will re-order (in a different scent). I can live without the perfect amount of slip for this stuff.
The Babassu Butter Cream conditioner is a very cool little product. The texture of it is what really intrigues me. Most leave-ins (I should clarify. This is meant, according to the website, as a pre-poo treatment or as a
post-poo conditioning masque. I call it a leave in because that's how many are using it with success) feel like watered down conditioners to me (because often times, that's exactly what they are). This stuff feels very very different from anything I've used. The texture reminds me more of an expensive facial cream than a conditioner. It's almost comparable to Curl Rehab, but Curl Rehab still has that watery translucence to it to me that this stuff does not. This stuff is thick, rich, and opaque.I got the Mango Papaya scent. Much better than the Summer Melon. It's light and fruity. Still not my favorite product scent I've ever experienced, but there are so many other scent options that I don't mind exploring all the options with future orders.
This stuff is fantastic as a leave in. Really great curl formation, minimal frizz, and it holds up great all day. I've used it with Aura Naturelle Hypoallergenic Gel (from Sally's) and with Herbal Essence's Body Envy Gel. I like the results better with Body Envy. Don't have any theories as to why at this point, I just get much softer curls from that combination.
I used about 3-4 two finger scoop fulls of this stuff, raked through like a leave in and scrunched a bit like a curl cream. Very simple to use. Distributes very well. I use a comparable amount of this stuff as I would with any other leave in/curl creme. Topped it off with a gel (scrunched in about 3 dimes worth, then scrunched with Curls Like Us cloth, then applied a last little bit of gel) and then diffused
I'll let the pictures speak for themselves. Click to enlarge
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