Hiya,
I was looking at my stash the other day and I said to myself 'Dabs sha so after all that mouth you used to make, you became a certified product junkie'! LOL...when I first started reading blogs and watching you tube especially I used to roll my eyes at those Hairlistas that would come on and be like 'So I have this oil, Almond for the ends of my hair, I use castor oil just for my edges, then I seal from root to tip with Grape-seed oil, in the morning I spritz on my Aphogee keratin, then apply my Shea moisture leave in, for lunch my hair eats this yummy coconut moisturizer by Eden bodyworks and as I wind down at the end of the day, it's a scalp massage with this scalp oil by BLAH BLAH!!!'. It was like do you really need to use allllll those products? Are you telling me you bought all of that for your hair?! Sigh!!
Well look at me now!! Truth is while you don't need every product out there in the market to have a successful hair journey, there's just something irresistible about testing products to see if they are the next best thing and I honestly applaud ladies with enough restraint to say nope, I'll pass on this one (I'm getting there now though, the Dollar/ Naira exchange rate will do that to you!LOL)
But here's a fun quiz I've made up below to test yourself, there just might be a product junkie hiding inside of you waiting to be unleashed, so find out...
1. Do you get genuinely excited to see an unexpected huge tub of coconut oil when shopping?
2.How many bottles of oils do you have?
3.Do you know what product every color from Shea moisture stands for even without reading the label? i.e pink is their hibiscus and coconut line?
4.What aisle do you spend the longest time at the supermarket? Is it the hair/beauty aisle?
5. When was the last time you bought a new product? Less than two months ago?
6. Have you ever read a product review, written down its name and gone hunting for it?
7. How many leave in or regular conditioner brands have you used since you consciously started a hair journey? More than 5?
8. Do you catch yourself staring at another hairlista's hair wondering what she uses to make it look the way it does?
9. Have you found yourself going a step further mesmerizingly asking her, 'Excuse me please what products do you use and where can I buy them TODAY?!!
10. Do you find that after you told yourself you are not a product junkie repeatedly just before you went for Naturals in the city (NITC) or the Salon Day Out, you came back home with five products from five different vendors you just discovered and you are asking yourself how did this happen?!!
If you answered yes to most of these questions, well you my friend ARE A PRODUCT JUNKIE!! Own it!LOL
Till my next post, thanks for stopping by and stay blessed!!
Xxx
Dabs
Hiya,
As promised, I'm back with my Sunday post even though where I am at it's barely ten minutes to go before Monday, at least I kept my promise :)
Anyways, I went to the hair shop I talked about...yay!! Whipped out google maps and found my way there-
To my dismay, the one product that took me there i.e The caramel hair treatment by Etae (thank Instagram for feeding my product junkie appetite) was out of stock!! So I just looked through the shelves....
I fell in love with the salon space!! Clean. White. Crisp!!
Salon goals right there if my staff will let me be great...speaking of staff...the receptionist at Tendrils was so well put together, look at her hairstyle...
One look at her and you will know she works in the hair industry or at least cares for her hair!
We got talking and I asked her about her colored hair, wanted to know how she maintains it and then she pointed to Olaplex...she said it's a three step treatment used to protect from breakage after chemical processes, she said she colors her hair and has been doing so for ages but thanks to the Olaplex treatment it stays healthy....the step three which was right there was the home care treatment to be used once a week, you know I was not about to walk out of that store without Olaplex after hearing such a review from someone with full gorgeous hair who has been natural for nine years and works at a natural hair care company?!! Dropped the Camille rose coconut water moisturizer I was settling for and swapped with Olaplex, got home, went online to read reviews and was pleased to see people giving this stuff five stars, saying all these wonderful things...
I'll give it till my next touch up and the verdict will be in about whether a or not this stuff works because...1. I have never spent $31 on just one product ever-she called the price after selling me the dream Kai!! 2. My hair is SHEDDING- POST PARTUM shedding!!!(yes I am screaming!!) so I need all the help I can get!
If you have been pregnant you can relate to how uneasy it is to see long strands of your hair falling off and leaving with your comb after baby came...since it's my third time around I'm trying to stay calm and just stick to my regimen- help me Lord....but hey the hair you will be loosing is LONG and from the roots not short broken hair....that my friend is not pregnancy or post partum's fault!!
Finally, let's Get Skintimate, courtesy my Sister Mina's new blog....loving her first post Titled Give your skin some TLC this Valentine's Day....read, enjoy and if you need help in the skin care dept....my Sister Doc is dedicating time from her busy schedule to share skin care tips so follow the blog....here's an excerpt.....
Good ol’ valentine season is here guys! I’m uber excited about the amount of love that’s in the air right now! Some of us are thinking of what to get ‘le beaux’ come tomorrow, or what great surprise might be an upgrade from last year’s day of luurv…ah the memories! Anyways, notice the word some…to the single and searching peeps out there, wondering and waiting for when they too will have that special someone, fret not. Thank God for Instagram DMs, Facebook PMs and Twitter feeds! No dulling oo! This is the time to connect with other singletons, get to know someone you fancy,bond over a netflix and chill or two; who knows, come next year and you just might be in the ‘le beaux’ league too!
Anyways, before I go all the way off, my point was, there is no better someone to give some TLC this season than YOURSELF! And by that I mean Your skin… guess what? when You show your skin some love, it will love you right back, somebody say G-L-O-W-I-N-G!
Here are some of my TLC tips for skin this season;
T is for…TOTAL body care
Have you ever heard of the phrase “fanta face, coke body“? or have you ever seen a babe with a really cute face but ashy joints? i know i have! Lets keep it real guys, it is never a good look to concentrate skincare on one part of the body especially because…it shows!!
Continue Here...GETTINGSKINTIMATE.COM
Till next time thanks as always for stopping by!
Xxx
Dabs
Hiya,
Hows's everyone doing! Hope well...I'm starting a new segment on the blog that will be an outlet for me to share topics of interest, life, family etc. calling it Dab's File and it will consist of a post every Sunday in either text form, video form or pictorial....let's face it, after about six years of blogging about one topic(Hair care) a girl is bound to run out of core topics but I'm not done with this blog just yet so I'll keep blogging in general in the mean time...
So let's get right to it, been here in the US for months now and in that time I've been doing what I love best, shopping!! As regards hair products, I have done minimal actual shopping but quite a bit of window shopping so let's begins shall we...
First thing I noticed was the multiple additions Shea Moisture has made to their line of products, those people are unstoppable!! It's like they have a team that sits down and discusses ALL the possible issues concerning the hair and skin(they have a body line and kids line too) and these people just keep churning out products to cater to these issues....Anyways I spotted their new Porosity line;
Blue for high porosity hair;
Orange for low porosity hair;
Then there's the Age defying and color protect line-
The weightless. Shampoo and rinse line-
The manuka honey and mafura oil intensive hydration shampoo/ conditioner-
They have an entire professionals line with hair masques, shampoos,conditioners, oils.
Essential oils- (love the packaging)
Finally Hair Color/Dye-
Their attention to detail is really impressive and I wish I could buy everything but I can't keep up, so I picked up the Low porosity detangler-
It actually does a great job, full review coming up.
The next products I had my sights on though I ended up not purchasing this time around is the TGIN line, TGIN stands for Thank God I'm Natural and their honey. miracle Mask is the Truth, well that's what reviews say....it's definitely on my wish list-
Camille Rose is another highly loved brand on Instagram,naturals love the definition their almond twisting butter gives, personally I don't think I'll try it but for those wanting to take their twist outs to the next level, this line is one to consider...
Aside from the regular islanders that have been making Jamaican Castor oil, other companies have joined the game, Proclaim now has black Jamaican oil;
And Shea moisture too...the reason why I like Americans, they don't slack when it comes to giving consumers options, love the capitalism!!
Another product line I discovered which was also all the rage is the Alikay Naturals line, one word for their Lemongrass leave in I bought? DIVINE!! If you can get your hands on it, please do!! Stay tuned for full review...
A trend I noticed was Celebrity hairstylists coming out with their own natural hair products like Kim Kimble and Andre Walker, Oprah's acclaimed stylist (who actually formulated Hair typing)....
Maybe one day we will see our Naija stylists like Ugo of Make Me salon come out with a line simply called Ugo or Kemi Lewis or good old Daboju (me) LOL...
Another trend you guys that has taken over the Afro world is these mambo twist crotchet, EVERYONE and their Mama is rocking. It was my Christmas hairstyle, then my two sisters got in on the action and just before she left, my mum installed the 12 inches thinner twists, they come in all sizes, lengths and colors and I just wish I could bring them but for a full head you need like 5 to 6 packs so even if I did bring them I'd be only able to supply for like 3 to 4 people after the bulky stress of transporting them....but it's so hot right now....love it!
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Finally what's a hair shopping trip without WIGS!! I bought a whooping 10 wigs on this trip however I'm keeping just 1,this one-
It's called Liberty (doesn't the model look like singer Seyi Shay?) I will have a full review for you guys, love it so far!!
The other wigs will make their debut later on...Used this chance to get them out of the way, so no they are not for sale just yet so I won't be sharing their details till their big reveal :)
The other day when I went snooping at the beauty store, I saw this product...
It's colored edge control...will be perfect for people graying or with receding hair line...
I had one natural products shop I wanted to go to but found out it's not quite as close as I thought it was and driving such a distance is just not possible right now...oh well next time hopefully!!
That's all for now, I think I did well for staying here all these months, I'm just not as easily sold as I used to be when I picked any and every hair product in sight...as for actually shopping for these products, you know I'd have loved to open an import window but our currency is weak and it just doesn't make sense for me right now...will keep you all updated when things hopefully change!!
Expect another entry into my Dab's File next week Sunday, it might be about changing diapers! Lol just kidding, till then I wish you a great week!!
P.S Regular hair care update posts are still going to feature as per usual so have no fear.
Xxx
Dabs