Not that I'm NOT all for trying new things. I LOVE to try new things. I'm actually pretty adventurous... It's just that sometimes you gotta stick to what works... Like for instance, since I AM a Mom person, I will use diapers for example. I used diapers from Wal-Mart... Parent's Choice to be exact. They weren't around when Thing 1 was born so we used Huggies because they didn't give her a rash and for some reason everyone bought ALL the Pampers...LUVS=RASH... White Cloud=RASH... What used to be the Target brand=RASH. Now Target has UP and UP, but same problem, size always seems swiped.
That being said, when I had exhausted the plethora of diapers I received from friends and relatives (not for about 6months...eeeeeeee!!!) I was bound and determined to just stick to what worked, but I wanted to atleast TRY the Paren'ts Choice and TRY the UP and UP...so I bought their little mini trial packs (I know right? Trial size diaper packs=genius) and found NO rash... YAY!!! So now, we get the cheapies cause they work and why change? Even when we have a few extra bucks or if one of our mom's buys diapers for their houses... Wal-mart or Target brand... boom.done.
So THAT being said... I DO like to stick to what works, but when someone raves about something that sounds like something I would like try, especially where products are concerned, who ISN'T looking for something that works GREAT???? WHO!!!!
Right now I use Suave on my hair. I know, I know... cheap shit... but I must say; I have used them ALL. I have USED THEM ALL!!! My hair is fantastic, but you feed it something it doesn't like and it goes on a hungerstrike and says "FUCK YOU!!!" and it does.. I know you don't think that hair can't swear...come over to MY house some time...
I guess I was feeling a little silly that I seemed to be spending so much time and attention on my hair that I thought, "Oh come one, you need to use something better..." so I changed from Loreal to Pantene to Garnier and I found I had problem with each one. And even all those shampoos, I STILL have to use Head and Shoulders between Shampoos because I flakes. Deal with it... Garnier was too dry, I tried them all...I ended up with either really crispy hair or really greasy hair... Moving on, I found the problem with Pantene that everyone else I know that used it found... it COATS your hair with this FILM... GROSS!!! No bueno... the Loreal... well I know this sounds like crap but my hair requires a little more shampoo and conditioner than the average bear... it SUCKS up moisturizers... **SLURP** gone... when something says dime size, I go half dollar.
The last time I messed with my "formula" I paid with it for two days between hair washings and I WON"T DO THAT AGAIN! Returning back to what works I am now just sticking with :
I use the color care keratin Suave... It smells awesome and my hair LOVES this shit... When I'm done in the shower, I use a leave in conditioner... I HAVE to... and I have used everything in the aisles of the Target and WalMart. I even went to Walgreens to get something a woman at work uses (she has completely different hair than me and what was I thinking cause that never works out well in my direction)...I paid for that...I really did...That's when I decided to go BACK to this here:
Suave Keratin leave-in... I swear by it. I put that on my hair at the ends...it LOVES me for it... and now that my hair is short again, I am able to blow dry it in just under 30 minutes! Yay! It's short, it's not suddenly UNTHICK... work with me here... After I blow dry it, it gets a little dried out feeling and I usually take baby oil, dimesize, (ba-dum-ch) and spread it in my palms, then I work it into the ends...
Usually all of this happens before I go to bed and when I wake up, I have fabulous hair... or Fabu-hair if you will.
I was at the Target on my lunch looking around and I was looking for a finishing oil spray that smelled good, didn't cost a small GD fortune and something I could really get into... I ALMOST got the Suave moraccan oil, but they were out... Instead, I turned around and staring me RIGHT in the face was THIS:
There are SO MANY things I LOVE about this product! It smells like summer, and according my other half, it smells like a delicious cake my Mom makes and it makes him hungry... haha... But it's great! It's a spray so I don't have to get my hands oily and the application is more precise. I can target my "trouble" areas which are the ends of course.
Funny thing, to look at me you probably wouldn't believe I take this kind of care of myself. And I really don't care what other people think I look like, or my hands look like or my hair look like... But I want my hair soft cause I'm not the only one that has to touch it... and I'm not the only one that feels my skin... and I like that Thing 1 looks at my face and notices that there aren't any fine lines or wrinkles... of course when Thing 2 hits the same age, that will more than likely be inevitable!!! I will take a healthy dose of pride in the fact that I have been called the "youngest" in a group of people I know...but I'm not...hehehe...
There you have it...the hair products I use and will continue to use until they end up on the clearance shelf... and why?? Because... I stick with what works...until the bastards discontinue whatever "it" is...then the cycle starts all over again. Hey, I have THAT to look forward to...
