Hiya,How's it going? Hope well ladies! So the harmattan season is finally over, it's still hot here in Lagos but we are having a few showers here and there and are expecting more...now is the time to use glycerine especially if your hair is super dry and you need that extra moisture boost!My trusty hair spritz of just glycerine and water which I use as a detangler for myself and at the salon has been a life saver since I started my hair journey so when I checked and saw that my big bottle of NOW vegetable glycerine had just very little left I panicked for a second then I remembered the little bottles of glycerine I've seen at Ebeanor supermarket in the skin care aisle....problem is those bottles are very small and I'm not sure where the glycerin is sourced from as glycerine can be plant based or animal based, read my post on glycerin HERE
Fast forward a few weeks later and I was at Naturals in the City and there on the African Naturalistas stall table sat decent sized bottles of VEGETABLE GLYCERINE boldly written! I've tried AN's products in the past and I can attest to their quality so it was a no brainer! Now I know where I'll be stocking up on vegetable glycerine.
The NOW vegetable glycerine which I buy is about 12 dollars that's about N3600 with our current exchange rate. The African Naturalistas glycerine costs N1700!! You guys thats like half the price!Where to purchase- from their website- www.africannaturalistas.com/ourstoreOr call- 07061141501. I think they deliver nationwide.DISCLAIMER- I was not in any way compensated for this post. This is purely an objective comparison. Stay tuned for more proudly made in Nigeria products that can easily substitute imported ones!Thanks for stopping by! XxxDabs
Hiya,How's everyone doing? This post was supposed to go up on Wednesday but you know what? Life happened and I apologize to anyone who came by looking for it!
Anyways, our topic is about an ingredient found in most hair products that acts as a humectant (attracts moisture). It is a compound that usually comes from soap making where plant oils are used that is why most times it is referred to as vegetable glycerin or the water free form, glycerol and It is generally great with helping maintaining moisture levels and manageable hair BUT there is a BUT!!You see we are in November and though the weather has been weird lately and we've had rains this month, the Nigerian weather calendar classifies this month, December through to about February the Harmattan season which means less rain/humidity and more dryness and stiffness in the air, now how does that affect the use of glycerin?This compound is highly affected by weather conditions so that when the air is humid and airy/rainy season and it's applied to the hair, it will pull all that moisture from the air to the hair and cause the hair to stay moist and manageable however when the weather is stiff and dry/harmattan season the reverse occurs when it's applied to the hair, the moisture leaves your hair back to the atmosphere and in that case, glycerin will aid even more dryness to your hair which can cause brittleness(lack of elasticity) and breakage.In essence what am I saying? For us in Naija when our weather decides to choose one and the rains stop and harmattan fully sets in, avoid glycerin and products with large volumes of glycerin(mostly leave in conditioners) as much as you can because you will be doing more harm than good!! For those outside Naija with 4 seasons, I think the season to avoid glycerin will be winter, yes it's cold but the coldness usually comes with dry/stiff air not humidity or moisture like in fall/autumn, summer or spring...That will be all ladies, I know this knowledge is already known by the veterans but the newbies to the hair journey game need to know this too!! :)As usual thanks for stopping by, have a great weekend!!XxxDabs
