For me, glycerin dries my hair out immensely no matter the climate. I avoid glycerin in my deep conditioners, leave ins and stylers ... I love water and aloe based products.
@@donnachi4773 Hey love, most of Camille Rose original pink line does not have glycerin. Her Curl Love Moisture Milk, And her Aloe Whipped Butter Gel (both I absolutely love). The Almond Jai butter has honey which is another kind of humectant(honey isn't the best for me either) but no glycerin. Curl Junkie has a few deep condish with no glycerin and they're pricey but worth it. Hope this helps 💖
@@daniela5748 my curl love milk has glycerin😳 I bought it off of look fantastic and on the website it said it doesn’t have it, but on the bottle it does
This is the best video on UA-cam regarding how glycerin performs in products and in your hair. I also feel like hat porosity plays a big part in how it performs in your hair. Being high porosity, I feel like glycerin tends to perform negatively for me, most of the time. Thank you! ❤️
Glycerin pulls in moisture into your hair. Like coconut oil which I hate. Works for some people not so much for others. Curly girls are individuals, so find what works best for you.
Living in South Florida where the humidity is ridiculous year round I try to stay away from glycerin unless I want my twist out to turn into an Afro. It's unfortunate that most products have glycerin in the first 5 ingredients. Just pray 🙏 for me.
I’m quite the product junkie..so I put a “G” on all my products that contain glycerin so I don’t have to read the labels before using them...and I only use them in the warmer months..😉
Glycerine is excellent for me. It keeps it so moisturized and pulls in water. My curls are so much better… Glycerine is used in your herbal medicine tinctures called glycerites so we consume it all the time. It’s a natural preservative if used in the correct amounts when there’s water in the formula. Glycerine is from vegetables just like syrup is from sap… So wonderful… however I have high porosity hair so idk if that’s why I love it or not? I’ve used it over 10 years both when I had locks and loose natural hair. I make my own formulas.
I live in VERY humid-hot south Louisiana. I do not like to use products with glycerin high on the ingredients list. I find that it makes my hair frizzy because it draws too much moisture into my hair. My preferred humectant is aloe. The gels I love are aloe based.
sheneesie I live in Mississippi. When I graduate I want to move to Louisiana . I want to work in new orleans but im unsure about living there. what is it like living in your location?
I live in south Louisiana and girl yes it’s stupid humid! I rock straight wash and gos for the summer with my best gels. I’m gonna try using some humectants with my favorite gels and see if it holds up. So I can get moisture and hold!
I’m from Louisiana too and i’m just now finding out the few products that I use have glycerin and might be the reason my hair goes dry within a couple of days. Do you have any recommendations for brands without it that you like to use?
Glycerin should be used with water, when my mom was growing up she made a 1:1 ratio of glyercin and water for body lotion. It's cheap and available and drug stores, I use about 1 (glycerin):10 (water) in a spray bottle and use it in my hair. Many high end skin products use glycerin, you can use it for your face too, just mix it with water first.
If your products are glycerin dominant, water is essential. Water down your products so that it’s runny and not thick or spray water on top of your hair after you apply the products.
I use glycerin free products cause my hair is sensitive to it and other humectants. I have normal porosity hair so it has slightly raised cuticles and gains and loses moisture from the environment. When I add glycerin and lots of humectants to the list, it basically goes into overdrive, gaining too much moisture and losing too much moisture constantly which pushes my hair into hygral fatigue. I only use glycerin in rinse out products except in the winter when they make my hair very dry. I can use other humectants in the summer but not in the winter. It's a struggle lol
Now I understand glycerin, I never knew when to use products with glycerin. Thank you for this video. Your makeup is beautiful can you do a video on that look. Thank you for sharing.
In the winter when your hair is dry, glycerin keeps moisture in your hair. Tip: For those who cannot use coconut oil because it makes your hair look and feel like crap. Not needing protein to rebuild your hair strands. Try aloe based products. Trial and error people, trial and error.
this is weird because when i am in the winter and i put glycerin products, i have dry hair. In a very dry climate, the glycerin will attract hydration from the inside of the hair to the outside, aggravating the dryness.
Thank you for this cause I think I may have been using Glycerin in some of my Products and now I understand when I go visit Miami why my hair gets so Dry out there. 🙈
Myrna J Miami is humid... all the time. The glycerin might make your hair frizzy there because there is so much moisture in the atmosphere so the glycerin is pulling too much moisture into your hair.
Yeah glycerin and Miami don’t mix any time of year 😂 I live here and I always wondered why my hair looked frizzy and it was because I was using products with glycerine! Problem solved after eliminating the G
I live in south Louisiana and girl yes it’s stupid humid! I rock straight wash and gos for the summer with my best gels. I’m gonna try using some humectants with my favorite gels and see if it holds up. So I can get moisture and hold!
I think for high porosity hair almost all humectant can be 'bad' for our hair. Agave nectar and pectin also are humectants. Sorbitol, propylene glycol. Flaxseed and sometimes aloe can react as humectants. And the list goes on. I think to really find a humectant free product or really low in humectants will be super hard to find. If anyone knows any products please let me know...!
Check out Afope Atoyebi here on UA-cam! She's a trichologist and has high porosity hair. She loves humectants. Her videos are fun to watch but also very informative
My hair loves glycerin but it makes my hair shrink and messes up my styles so I stay away from it in leave-in products or stylers. I’m fine with it in products you rinse out.
Curls Dynasty entire line is glecerin free. Thank you for informing me why my semi-permenent hair color was being washed out so quickly. Never heard this from anyone else. I will be using my Curl Dynasty products year round, instead of only in the moisture free winter months in Maryland. Hopefully I can find other entire line of glecerin free products. Thank you so much for this valuable information!!!!! 😉💕
I actually use 100% glycerin as an oil and I live in the Mojave desert wow, it’s changed my life and my hair is so soft and moisturized even if I leave my hair in a low bun for a week 💀 I feel like with glycerin you have to go all the way or you won’t see the benefits but I understand that everyone’s hair is different
Hey 🖐🏾 I use glycerin mixed in with products. I never used pure glycerin in my hair. Your hair puff looks cute. I had my notepad and pen ready 📒🖋 for this lesson. Winter months glycerin is good. Warmer months turn to glycerin free products. I love Kinky Curly leave in and the custard, Camille Rose coconut line and Camille Rose natural line. Curl maker is the bomb so it that Coconut leave in. I have my eyes on Curls Blueberry line and I just recently purchased the Mielle Mousse. Loved this informative video. I'm a natural hair channel showing you love and I'm a new subbie. I'll see you around 💕 Stay Safe & Blessed in these crazy times 🙌🏾
Thank you for sharing!! I didn’t know that glycerin isn’t the best ingredient for color treated hair. Good looking out, sis! I live in the BVI, very similar climate to the Cayman Islands and I do notice my hair gets SUPER puffy when using products with high amounts of glycerin during certain times (most times 😂) of the year.
I live in the Caribbean which is hot and humid so glycerin doesn't work for me. It pulls moisture from the air to my hair and makes it frizzy! I also have high porosity hair which is also a factor.
Hi Alyssa Marie thank you for doing this video, it was very informative. I like the fact that you showed products that does not have any glycerin in them. 🤗
When I use my glycerin all natural products, I use it during moist, rainy days and find my curls be Poppin and feel real soft. Or I'll use my product 1-2 X's wk for wet and go with honey and aloe vera for regular days
Girl I’m here in 2024 and this makeup look is fkn mesmerizing and stunning. Anyway you can recreate a modern product list of this look or tell me what you used here?! How did you achieve this dewy finish on your cheeks?
Very informative, thank you so much! I am from Brazil, just moved to Pittsburgh - PA a few months ago and only now I am learning about “the glycerin problem”.
Excellent video Alyssa Marie! Thanks for taking the time to research and share this information with us. I was familiar with glycerin and don't find it to be a problem with my hair. I am mindful of when (season) to use products containing glycerin. Like one of your commenters stated its trial and error.
Glycerin in humid climates sucks too much moisture into my hair and makes it shrink and expands the curl. I avoid it being higher than the 5th ingredient for all seasons. NY is humid always, but drier climates I can get away with using it. Porosity plays a big factor in the use of glycerin imo.
Thank God I watched this video because I just got my hair colored a month ago and it makes sense why it was still bleeding heavily. It sucks though cause the curl enhancing smoothie by Shea moisture and wetline have glycerine and they’re my favorites 😢
@@1cakesz Ok. Thank you so much. I get so scared because of everyone’s opinion that I never use glycerin in the winter. It can’t be that bad it’s mixed with other ingredients in my product.
Would you recommend using the Camille Rose Coconut Water Leave in detangler to detangle prior to cleansing? I am using the scalp trio by Curlsmith currently, and I am struggling to figure out what to do my initial detangle with! I just cant with the step 1 of the Curlsmith scalp treatment!
Alyssa, the lovely ladies of MAD Curls published three videos about glycerin free products. These videos gave all the glycerin free products in their stash. NJ Eberhart (Nisha) also has a video about glycerin free products she had in her stash. I read an article in Naturally Curly about the twelve toxic chemicals still found in some black haircare products. I see more educational videos in your future. 😅
For me, glycerin dries my hair out immensely no matter the climate. I avoid glycerin in my deep conditioners, leave ins and stylers ... I love water and aloe based products.
Can you tell me a few products that you use? Cause I have the same thing but it's so hard to find products without it 😭
@@donnachi4773 Hey love, most of Camille Rose original pink line does not have glycerin. Her Curl Love Moisture Milk, And her Aloe Whipped Butter Gel (both I absolutely love). The Almond Jai butter has honey which is another kind of humectant(honey isn't the best for me either) but no glycerin. Curl Junkie has a few deep condish with no glycerin and they're pricey but worth it. Hope this helps 💖
What products to use in Caribbean? Coconut free
@@daniela5748 my curl love milk has glycerin😳 I bought it off of look fantastic and on the website it said it doesn’t have it, but on the bottle it does
@@nicolepanchenko837 they may have reformulated the product 😕
This is the best video on UA-cam regarding how glycerin performs in products and in your hair. I also feel like hat porosity plays a big part in how it performs in your hair. Being high porosity, I feel like glycerin tends to perform negatively for me, most of the time. Thank you! ❤️
Glycerin pulls in moisture into your hair. Like coconut oil which I hate. Works for some people not so much for others.
Curly girls are individuals, so find what works best for you.
Living in South Florida where the humidity is ridiculous year round I try to stay away from glycerin unless I want my twist out to turn into an Afro. It's unfortunate that most products have glycerin in the first 5 ingredients. Just pray 🙏 for me.
I’m quite the product junkie..so I put a “G” on all my products that contain glycerin so I don’t have to read the labels before using them...and I only use them in the warmer months..😉
Glycerine is excellent for me. It keeps it so moisturized and pulls in water. My curls are so much better…
Glycerine is used in your herbal medicine tinctures called glycerites so we consume it all the time.
It’s a natural preservative if used in the correct amounts when there’s water in the formula.
Glycerine is from vegetables just like syrup is from sap…
So wonderful… however I have high porosity hair so idk if that’s why I love it or not?
I’ve used it over 10 years both when I had locks and loose natural hair. I make my own formulas.
I live in VERY humid-hot south Louisiana. I do not like to use products with glycerin high on the ingredients list. I find that it makes my hair frizzy because it draws too much moisture into my hair. My preferred humectant is aloe. The gels I love are aloe based.
sheneesie I live in Mississippi. When I graduate I want to move to Louisiana . I want to work in new orleans but im unsure about living there. what is it like living in your location?
sheneesie Texas🙌
I live in south Louisiana and girl yes it’s stupid humid! I rock straight wash and gos for the summer with my best gels. I’m gonna try using some humectants with my favorite gels and see if it holds up. So I can get moisture and hold!
I’m from Louisiana too and i’m just now finding out the few products that I use have glycerin and might be the reason my hair goes dry within a couple of days. Do you have any recommendations for brands without it that you like to use?
Glycerin should be used with water, when my mom was growing up she made a 1:1 ratio of glyercin and water for body lotion. It's cheap and available and drug stores, I use about 1 (glycerin):10 (water) in a spray bottle and use it in my hair. Many high end skin products use glycerin, you can use it for your face too, just mix it with water first.
Hey do you still use it and is there any side affects of using it on face or hair ?
If your products are glycerin dominant, water is essential. Water down your products so that it’s runny and not thick or spray water on top of your hair after you apply the products.
I use glycerin free products cause my hair is sensitive to it and other humectants. I have normal porosity hair so it has slightly raised cuticles and gains and loses moisture from the environment. When I add glycerin and lots of humectants to the list, it basically goes into overdrive, gaining too much moisture and losing too much moisture constantly which pushes my hair into hygral fatigue.
I only use glycerin in rinse out products except in the winter when they make my hair very dry. I can use other humectants in the summer but not in the winter. It's a struggle lol
Daisy Flower this is such a great perspective! I don’t normally meet many people with normal porosity. So that makes a lot of sense for your hair.
Now I understand glycerin, I never knew when to use products with glycerin. Thank you for this video. Your makeup is beautiful can you do a video on that look. Thank you for sharing.
That huge puff ❤️
In the winter when your hair is dry, glycerin keeps moisture in your hair.
Tip: For those who cannot use coconut oil because it makes your hair look and feel like crap. Not needing protein to rebuild your hair strands. Try aloe based products. Trial and error people, trial and error.
this is weird because when i am in the winter and i put glycerin products, i have dry hair. In a very dry climate, the glycerin will attract hydration from the inside of the hair to the outside, aggravating the dryness.
Thank you for this cause I think I may have been using Glycerin in some of my Products and now I understand when I go visit Miami why my hair gets so Dry out there. 🙈
Myrna J Miami is humid... all the time. The glycerin might make your hair frizzy there because there is so much moisture in the atmosphere so the glycerin is pulling too much moisture into your hair.
Yeah glycerin and Miami don’t mix any time of year 😂 I live here and I always wondered why my hair looked frizzy and it was because I was using products with glycerine! Problem solved after eliminating the G
I live in south Louisiana and girl yes it’s stupid humid! I rock straight wash and gos for the summer with my best gels. I’m gonna try using some humectants with my favorite gels and see if it holds up. So I can get moisture and hold!
I think for high porosity hair almost all humectant can be 'bad' for our hair. Agave nectar and pectin also are humectants. Sorbitol, propylene glycol. Flaxseed and sometimes aloe can react as humectants. And the list goes on.
I think to really find a humectant free product or really low in humectants will be super hard to find.
If anyone knows any products please let me know...!
Camille Rose products do not have glycerin in them.
Camille Waters she’s talking about all humectants, not just glycerine
Check out Afope Atoyebi here on UA-cam! She's a trichologist and has high porosity hair. She loves humectants. Her videos are fun to watch but also very informative
interesting enough all the products you mentioned work very well with my 4C hair!
My hair loves glycerin but it makes my hair shrink and messes up my styles so I stay away from it in leave-in products or stylers. I’m fine with it in products you rinse out.
Curls Dynasty entire line is glecerin free. Thank you for informing me why my semi-permenent hair color was being washed out so quickly. Never heard this from anyone else. I will be using my Curl Dynasty products year round, instead of only in the moisture free winter months in Maryland. Hopefully I can find other entire line of glecerin free products. Thank you so much for this valuable information!!!!! 😉💕
I actually use 100% glycerin as an oil and I live in the Mojave desert wow, it’s changed my life and my hair is so soft and moisturized even if I leave my hair in a low bun for a week 💀 I feel like with glycerin you have to go all the way or you won’t see the benefits but I understand that everyone’s hair is different
Same!
THANK YOU. This is exactly what I needed.
Hey 🖐🏾
I use glycerin mixed in with products. I never used pure glycerin in my hair. Your hair puff looks cute. I had my notepad and pen ready 📒🖋 for this lesson. Winter months glycerin is good. Warmer months turn to glycerin free products. I love Kinky Curly leave in and the custard, Camille Rose coconut line and Camille Rose natural line. Curl maker is the bomb so it that Coconut leave in. I have my eyes on Curls Blueberry line and I just recently purchased the Mielle Mousse. Loved this informative video. I'm a natural hair channel showing you love and I'm a new subbie. I'll see you around 💕 Stay Safe & Blessed in these crazy times 🙌🏾
Thank you for sharing!! I didn’t know that glycerin isn’t the best ingredient for color treated hair. Good looking out, sis! I live in the BVI, very similar climate to the Cayman Islands and I do notice my hair gets SUPER puffy when using products with high amounts of glycerin during certain times (most times 😂) of the year.
I live in the Caribbean and these tips have helped me alot so thanks for this!
I live in the Caribbean which is hot and humid so glycerin doesn't work for me. It pulls moisture from the air to my hair and makes it frizzy! I also have high porosity hair which is also a factor.
Hi Alyssa Marie thank you for doing this video, it was very informative. I like the fact that you showed products that does not have any glycerin in them. 🤗
Can you do a video on what color brands are good for your hair? The process of highlighting. Full process along the line of color
When I use my glycerin all natural products, I use it during moist, rainy days and find my curls be Poppin and feel real soft.
Or I'll use my product 1-2 X's wk for wet and go with honey and aloe vera for regular days
Girl I’m here in 2024 and this makeup look is fkn mesmerizing and stunning. Anyway you can recreate a modern product list of this look or tell me what you used here?! How did you achieve this dewy finish on your cheeks?
Very informative, thank you so much! I am from Brazil, just moved to Pittsburgh - PA a few months ago and only now I am learning about “the glycerin problem”.
This video was well put together and informative. I appreciated your straight forward delivery and enthusiasm 😊
Excellent video Alyssa Marie! Thanks for taking the time to research and share this information with us. I was familiar with glycerin and don't find it to be a problem with my hair. I am mindful of when (season) to use products containing glycerin. Like one of your commenters stated its trial and error.
Glycerin in humid climates sucks too much moisture into my hair and makes it shrink and expands the curl. I avoid it being higher than the 5th ingredient for all seasons. NY is humid always, but drier climates I can get away with using it. Porosity plays a big factor in the use of glycerin imo.
Thanks so much for this information. I am really trying so hard with the curly girl approved products....it can be very confusing.
Thank you, for sharing your knowledge. I appreciate it very much.❤❤
Thank God I watched this video because I just got my hair colored a month ago and it makes sense why it was still bleeding heavily. It sucks though cause the curl enhancing smoothie by Shea moisture and wetline have glycerine and they’re my favorites 😢
Great video girl. Thanks a lot for explaining how glycerin works. 💯🥰
How do you wash glycerin out of hair?
I use glycerin all year long! I love it. But this is a good video nonetheless.
Does it still work good for you in winter? Also, how cold are your winters?
@@thewrestlingpalace9989 Yes it does. Our winters are cold here -10-30 C
@@1cakesz Ok. Thank you so much. I get so scared because of everyone’s opinion that I never use glycerin in the winter. It can’t be that bad it’s mixed with other ingredients in my product.
Would you recommend using the Camille Rose Coconut Water Leave in detangler to detangle prior to cleansing? I am using the scalp trio by Curlsmith currently, and I am struggling to figure out what to do my initial detangle with! I just cant with the step 1 of the Curlsmith scalp treatment!
Can we see cleanser and deep conditioner gyclerin free
Alyssa, the lovely ladies of MAD Curls published three videos about glycerin free products. These videos gave all the glycerin free products in their stash. NJ Eberhart (Nisha) also has a video about glycerin free products she had in her stash.
I read an article in Naturally Curly about the twelve toxic chemicals still found in some black haircare products. I see more educational videos in your future. 😅
I avoid glycerin in my leave in hair products. Makes my hair super frizzy 😳
What if you live in a hot and humid climate?
So what do you do if you have low porosity hair ? lol i don't even know if i am asking it right because i am low-key confused
Ravina henry very good question! Her hair is dyed so it is probably closer to normal porosity now.
MiVidaBellisima Hey , I wasn’t asking about her hair I was asking a general question
Now I’m confused- you weren’t asking about her hair, but your original question was about low porosity hair?
Wow! Thanks so much for this great info! I saved this video!
is ethylhexylglycerin the same as glycerin???
Seems to much work to know when to use, I rather just stay clear of it if possible. Great information. Thanks.
Hmmmm...
Glycerin = swine juices
Great video!
Oh glycerin, you devil you 🙄