Naturals in developed countries, are just falling for all the exotic fruit labeling like avocado, papaya, mango, and ethnic sounding extracts/tinctures etc...I'm African and never saw my mother, grandmother and great aunts use anything but Shea butter, coconut oil solids or palm kernel fat, after washing their kinks with locally made black soap, and they all had healthy hair. I mean what do you think our ancestors used all over Africa, and continue to use presently, before the so called natural hair movement came into being, in the West? Even in America, African Americans wore their afros in the 50s and into the 90s, without using all these expensive products we waste so much money on these days. They just wash their hair squeaky clean with sulphate shampoo, and slap on Dax or Blue magic hair pomade and it grew. We need to eat our avocados, mangoes, berries, leafy greens and healthy oils, so we can grow our hair from the inside because, these companies are still raiding our pocket books, the same way they did when we were relaxed. If I come up with a natural hair product labeled "HEALTHY COILS BLOWDRYING SERUM FOR NATURAL HAIR, WITH COLLARD GREEN and OKRA EXTRACT, everybody will flock to it lol, because that's how crazy we've become in the natural hair community... I will not cite certain brands in my comment but, my question is, why market deep conditioning creams, shampoos, conditioners and so called masks (that's what they are called these days lol), in tiny jars, to the ethnic group with the bushiest hair/ thickest coils and massive curls in the world, for so much money? Natural hair means freedom from fiscal chains, and liberation from being dictated to by the powers that be, about how to maintain our afro textured hair. We must emancipate ourselves from this exploitation, through natural hair products, geared towards our hair types because, each coming day reveals a new line and a new product; aimed at draining our pockets, just because we naturals have cultivated the habit of over emphasizing and complicating our hair care; which is actually giving rise to a surge in the production of unnecessary products that do us no good.
+MSE. Dzirasa yesss! they forget what our mom's use to use on our hair when we were little. our hair was damn near down our backs. now we're struggling trying to grow our hair because of all these products. find something & stick w. it!
It's not inflation if the cost of products go up but the cost of ingredients remains cheap af. Coconut, castor, soybean, olive mineral (baby oil)- all these ingredients that comprise most of these products remain extremely affordable and cheap but you accept these tiny ass bottles of oil due to "inflation" of product costs and increased financial standards of living. Small product retail businesses are naturally more expensive because of the increased cost of not purchasing in large bulk like larger companies and often times they use more higher quality, organically-preferred ingredients which naturally cost more. Just to make it clear, I am not referring to these businesses in the video. I am completely aware of their standpoint in the pricing of their products and support their businesses. Lastly, yes it is great that natural hair consumers have more options when it comes to their hair, but don't confuse pretty labels with different colors, different fragrances, and promises of even stronger, longer hair. Products are temporary. You put them on, they wash out and they wear off. They are a supplement to your hair journey but not a necessity. Knowing that, understanding that, and being an informed consumer is the point of this video. If you got the money to spend on top brand products, then go for it. Just be educated about where your money is going.
+AfrikanHairGod wow i never really thought about that because i have cantu shea butter products and i recently notice all their products smells the same like they deep conditioner and curling cream..but i will slow down on buying hair products and when i had relaxed hair i rarely bought hair products
I'm 3yrs natural. When I first started my UA-cam education (lol) I quickly became a product junkie. After a time I found my staple products by listening to my hairs needs. I'm not a fan of trying new lines at all! For my hair I use about 6 products in rotation. That includes 2 oils, a leave in, a cream and another styler and the conditioner that I prefer to do my co wash with. Everybody plays the fool at least once but let's wise up! Awesome vid.
+Nicole Allen same!! when i first went natural i had everybodys FULL LINE of products. shea moisture, herbal essence, tresemme, beautiful textures PLUS every oil anybody mentioned lol. now i have 2 oil, 1 leave in, 1 cream, 1 deep conditioner and the only time ill buy a different one of those is if i run out
Natural hair vloggers have inadvertently created a haircare marketing bonanza. Plenty of people have gotten rich from this movement, at the expense of curious consumers and product junkies. In addition, the prices are way above the market value of comparable products. Yes, we are being fleeced.
I believe these companies be using UA-cam for their market research. A little while ago everyone and their mamma were doing videos about high and low porosity hair. All of a sudden Shea Moisture have a high and low porosity range!
It's about time somebody on UA-cam stepped up and said something . Black folk getting their own people with wack ass hair products . Smh, I find that a lot of the caucasian products work better for my hair and are up my alley in prices. Most of the expensive products are full of oil anyways, I got tired of walking around with my forehead shinning all the damn time.
I don't see how product junkies do it....Whenever I find a product that works I stick with it! I rather make most of my own products it saves me money . You PREACHED that sh*t😂😂😂
yes AMEN! i am TOTALLY satisfied with Alikay Naturals products. i don't see why i should change it. i am a firm firm firm believer in the old saying "if it ain't broke; why fix it?" i take notice to other products and curiosity rolls through my mind. i am willing to buy maybe trial sizes. but i am not getting a complete set of a new product line. NO! you said it best. stick with what works
My sister be knocking me cause I use suave conditioner, it's my staple conditioner and is been having my hair growing! If I'm feeling fancy I add coconut oil lol the bottles keep getting bigger and cheaper lol I'm good
kay jay Shea moisture is definitely on the cheaper side... Just don't become a product junkie. Buy it and use it without purchasing the latest and greatest and you won't be spending a lot. Not to mention don't be so heavy handed with your products. I stretch out my products for waaayyy longer than what these girls on UA-cam are saying. You don't need to use so much in one sitting.
I bought that stuff too when I went natural again. Cost me $16CDN. My hair was still dry AF. What a waste. I just stick to my Cantu Conditioning Repair Leave-In for $4.99.
My corkscrew curls looooove knot today! It makes them so very soft! But I'm extremely low porosity. I think porosity makes a massive difference in what works. I buy it because it's cruelty free and oils (coconut, castor oil) don't sink in to my hair shaft. I can get regular aloe vera for cheap though, and that works. Sucks that it's $12... :/
I just brought it and was embarrassed to admit I had to use almost a half of bottle just to get some results! Hell me hair should have been moisturized after all of that! The bottle will be gone in 2 to 3 uses and my hair is not long for natural hair! Look who has money like that!
oh no. lol. I love KCKT!! I have kinky hair (if that helps anyone) and it works wonders. It does not contain water tho, so I've found that it's best used on wet/damp hair. I used to like Cantu, but the ones in stores nearest me all have a weird foamy texture for some reason :-/
Cassandra when I went natural again this time, Cantu used to be cheap, like under £3. Now a product is not under £5.00, they're nothing spectacular so because they increased the price with the boom, I do not buy that brand. They're not that good I want to spend the extra.
This video is the absolute truth! I've been saying the same thing about natural products for a while now. They use our terminology to market to us products we do not need, or multiple versions of the same product with ridiculous names like "twisting gel", "smoothing butter", "curling cream", etc. They do that so we end up confused and buying the whole damn line. It's overwhelming for new naturals with all these options.
I make my own body and hair products by reading some of the ingredients on the companies brand products. most of the ingredients you can buy at your local store and make your own. It will last you for a very long time.
Lmao this video was funny yet truthful! I had to side-eye Shea Moisture for selling coconut oil for $15 (could be the retailer jacking up the price but still), when I could get organic coconut oil for $5.99 at Trader Joe's. I've been natural for almost 7 years and still can't bring myself to purchase Miss Jessie's products because I think they're overpriced! The most expensive products I buy are from Camille Rose's Coconut Water line (and a butter from her regular line) because they are the bomb.com on my hair... I'm a product junkie too lol
is the style setter a styler or a leave in? The guy that sells it in his shop said it was basically a leave in, but I'm looking for a good styler. I see other people use it as a leave in as well
Ava S. Idunno why that guy told you it's a leave-in when it clearly says "STYLE setter" and when there's already a leave-in in that line lol. It's my holy grail styler! I get the best of both worlds with that styler, great definition and moisture. Well worth the money so try it!
Thanks. I don't like spending money on hair products 😥 (and luckily I rarely do) but I've noticed there aren't that many (great) stylers compared to the amount of leave ins and moisturizers, at least not where I live I forgot to ask: does it have a decent amount of hold? I need something to keep my hair in place
lmfao you crack me tf up. this so true tho. I see a bunch of UA-camrs with product hail video and I'm like whyyy tf you need 5 different deep condtioners! I'm done
This is why i keep it simple. Water, Coconut Oil, cheap conditioner. When I was a product junkie my hair wouldn't grow past 8 inches. Now it is 15 inches and healthier than ever.
Companies know that we as a black community will spend a grip$$$$ on our hair. I keep it simple. I grew up in an era where we didn't have these products. My mother washed and "greased" my hair. Yassss......Blue Magic and Dax, baby! We had long, thick hair. Think about it, people. Remember the 60's and 70's? Beautiful fros, press and curls. Come on, my people, keep it simple, please!!!It works!
My biggest gripe is expensive styling products that leave residue. I'm embarrassed at the amount of products I've purchased over the years. But there's nothing more maddening than after going through an extensive wash/style routine, when your style finally dries, there's residue. I tell new naturals all the time, don't believe the hype and keep it simple.
I switched to Mane & Tail for shampoo and conditioner. I got a huge bottle of both for 8 dollars and it has been lasting me for months compared to those tiny $15 dollar bottles of natural hair shampoo and conditioner. I'm so done with natural hair products lol
I'm just waiting on Shea Moister to start selling rice water infused products for $15 🤣🤣 These UA-cam University students are going to buy the ENTIRE product line
Everybody sleeping on daily hair dress/moisturizer, and we all grew up on that, and had banging hair. I swear by it. And it didn't cost but a buck and change.
I literally wait till my products run out before buying another & ive been natural 3 yrs. These hair company's are trying it coming out with all these "natural products". Don't believe the hype ladies stick to the basics ladies. All I need is water, Jamaican black castor oil/tea tree oil, cream of natural/cantu products and THATS it. It's not that serious that has been my regimen for years and this is the longest & healthiest my hair has been. Oh and other thing if you have no curl definition there is no cream, gel, or soufflé that can magically make curls pop. You have to have definition to begin with....once I came to grips with that & started to embrace my 4c kinky hair my journey became much more easier. You don't need 99 products to make your hair flourish ladies!
I agree with you. I chased the curl for a minute 😂😂 gels, creams etc trying to get these curls i see everyone with. My ends will curl but the rest of my hair shaft looks at me like "not today, not ever" 😂😂
You'll go broke buying all these expensive products just bc UA-cam natural Hair gurus swear by then. They get them for free anyways. I just use a reasonably priced leave in, grease (yes grease. My hair be SHINY and moisturized) and oils I get off amazon and dassit
Preach honey!! People fail to realise that hair is dead! The only thang you need to do is keep the shit moisturized and sealed, and the best thing to do that i s water and some type of cheap ass oil/butter....hell even some blue magic gone do the trick. I f the shit is weak do a protein treatment a damn pack of palmers protein pack aint but $2. I got me a shampoo, conditioner,coconut oil, my spray bottle with water/aloes and a bottle of gel. I've been natural for six years I got hair down to my waist and I aint never spent more than $10 for a hair product....I prefer to spend the money investing in my health cuz hunty I eats well and I use that gym membership. I think a lot of what these women spend money on is trying to get the hair of other women they see on yt/instagram, they will buy 50-11 hair puddings to get the curl next door but eating mcdonalds for dinner 5 nights for the week...bye!
+Elise Wilson It works great for me, I use the blue magic coconut on damp hair not on ny scalp. It spreads good and only has two ingredients unlike the quote natural store products that have a laundry list of items. I had lots of products that did nothing for my hair, kept it dry. For me, Blue Magic is a keeper.
I recently went back to using all the products from my childhood: Blue Magic grease, VO5 Shampoo & Conditioner, brown gel. an Afro comb, & a hard bristle brush. My natural hair is finally retaining length, looks full of life, & thriving. I get a TON of compliments on my natural hair after a fresh wash and style these days after using the old school products.
You are right. Carol's Daughter got my ass and my ass is STILL sore. I LOVE that stuff though. I just need to ignore some of their emails when they have sales.
Carol's Daughter got my ass too and it did the same thing that someone shea moisture's stuff did... left my hair drrrrryyyyyuuuuh lol. no some stuff in shea moisture's line works wonders but... Yeah.
the vanilla and black bean???? line, the shampoo and conditioner made my hair feel squeaky and dry and the leave-in spray dried my hair out too. I bought two and I gave one to my auntie (who is natural too whoop whoop) and she thought something was wrong with her hair. I asked her if it was dry after using the Carol's Daughter leave-in and after some investigation, it was the cause of both of our dryness. however, I did the love oil spray even though it's something you can make at home. 😊😊😊
Mona Smiilee Oh I didn't use the Black Vanilla Shampoo even though I have it. I use their hair milk. I love how it makes my hair feel. They have about 7 different lines of products...maybe more. It depends on your hair type and porosity levels.
I stepped away from using the products geared specifically to natural hair for the most part, because my pockets just aren't set up like that. My total hair product stash costs $12 and lasts me at least 2 months. My hair is growing just as it always has and I don't have to go broke. TFS!
Well said!! As an "old schooler" w/natural hair I agree 110%. I've never fell for any of the natural hair care products UNTIL a few weeks ago. I was simply browsing the hair care products and If I didn't stand there at least 20mins plus trying to make an informative decision...weighing MANUFACTURE, INGREDIENTS, BENEFITS & most of all PRICE. It is totally RIDICULOUS how OVERWHELMING the choices & pricey most items are.
OMG, YAAASSS, PREACH and let the church say "AAAMEN" !!! I feel the exact same way, I cannot with these natural hair product prices. I want to try Camille Rose so bad but the price is absolutely ridiculous. It's funny how when I was little, my mom was used cheap regular ole' hair products (containing sulfates, cones, petroleum and all) on my natural hair, that was when it was at it's best...thick, long and healthy. She didn't use moisturizers and she greased my hair and scalp regularly. She did everything "you're not supposed to" do but my hair was in excellent condition.
every time I go to the store and pick up those products I put them back down due to price. I go to the Africans and get a $10 tub of raw Shea butter and make my own concoction at home.
The Camille Rose Naturals are really great products. A little goes a long way! It takes a long time to use it all. So its kind of worth spending more on it. Still this stuff is way too high.
+EbonyEnigma13 so true! Me too! I feel like my hair has gone down hill since I started paying too much attention to all these trends...*sigh. Good ol basic products.
+EbonyEnigma13 The Curl Milk, The Almond Jai Twist Butter are really, really good products. Oh and that Curling Jelly, i forgot the name of it, for Wash and Gos. Those products are exceptional and that last a long time.
They are trying to replace the money they are losing from the weaves and relaxers. But Andre Walker has a no sulfate shampoo but on one of the YT reviews she said it has sodium hydroxide in it. That is the permanent relaxer. We just have to read the labels and go with what works for our hair. The marketing is getting out of hand. But if you notice the white hair products are cheap quality products.
Yeah, that is why I still use shampoos with sulfates, saw that quite a few of the sulfate free ones have sodium hydroxide in them.They say its for binding purposes but I dont trust that, not willing to damage my lovely African hair!
Glad somebody else mention this. As a person with both a background in Marketing and chemistry I've been mentioning this for years. Sort of bittersweet. Positive you finally got companies recognizing naturals as majority instead of minority. What use be products on small separate aisle is now being merge right next to other hair care products. Supply and Demand has cause companies like Shea Moisture go from four lines of products to over 35 lines of products within a mere five years! Bad news is you have companies who slap a natural tag on their products but is only filled with ingredients that are worth no more than the same ingredients you can find in a five dollar product. Exp. Carol's Daughter that initially started out as authentic natural brand with reasonable prices for the ingredients quickly became drastically overprice with added filler ingredients that was not nowhere near worth the inflated cause. This cause former owner Lisa Price go into bankruptcy, eventually selling the company to L'Oreal. In my years of going through dozens of brands the top two I can honestly say is worth their price for the quality is Shea Moisture/Nubian Heritage and Jane Carter.
YOU. BETTA. SAY. THAT!!! You said what we all think and know. They basically said: oh, so y'all ain't buyin no more relaxers??? Ok, but I'm gon get that money some way some how! It's ridiculous. And they don't even realize that if they just lowered the price a few bucks I would buy double!!! And now I see why more and more people are making their own products now by buying the basics. Thanks for this vid.
I so agree with you!!!! I use three things in my hair. Sometimes two only!!! Shampoo, conditioner, and soft and free act/mois 2in1. That's it! I've been doing this for years!!! And I have awesome hair! Then I found UA-cam and the natural hair community and a whole lot of products and I thought WOW!!! I should try some of that stuff!! None of it worked for my hair. I just knew I would not be able to keep up financially either. So I quickly ran back to my old ways. I now only use UA-cam for styling advise and inspiration for my beautiful hair! NOT PRODUCT ADVISE!!! I'm so glad you put this topic out there!!!! I love your freeness!!!
I JUST got finished watching yet another video in which a woman complained about how "hard" and "expensive" natural hair care is. Once the natural hair "movement" really got going, the black hair care industry took a major hit...but on some level they knew that a lot of black women STILL have these beliefs around so-called "black" hair -- specifically, that it's hard and requires a lot of expensive upkeep -- and as a result here they are with their 50-11 products in 60-11 different product lines. The truth is that natural hair care is as hard or expensive as you make it.
I totally and completely agree with you. List of items i use: - Completely raw shea butter that you can't get in these beauty supply stores - completely raw castor oil that you can't get in these beauty supply stores - Aphrogee leave in conditioner - Tresemme Conditioner - Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother I always tell people you don't need a whole cabinet full of products. It's unnecessary. And trust me my hair has been flourishing so much without all the curl puddings and the custards and the whatever else thats out there. Even more so than the persons that are buying all these products for their hair. -
k'ie kie I tell You! I stopped buy Shea Butter from the beauty store when I realized I could just ask my mum to bring it back from the ivory coast since she goes every year
You are 100% correct, I too fell in rabbit hole, but I climbed out and am free. I took it all the way back to regular shampoo conditioner and scalp oil.
Couldn't agree more. I used to an extreme product junkie. For the first 4 years I was constantly trying new products, but never achieved the results I wanted. This past year I decided to scale it down. Shampoo, conditioner, diy butter cream mix, my has never been happier or healthier and looks fantastic!!!
I think it's because it's the trendy product line right now. That's why huge companies like L'Oreal are jumping into the game. They are capitalizing on it. Just like organic food products. But that just my two pennies.
You are a true hair care professional. You really opened my eyes. I almost jumped on the product wagon. I have always had long, thick, and healthy hair. I stopped relaxing 4 years ago. I don't experience a lot of shedding or breakage. You have me thinking why in the heck do I need to add all of these products. I wish that I had seen this before I went on Amazon last week and ordered the entire line of the mane choice as well as Mixed Chicks.
Its the same with nails and barbering. Like you said these companies are capitalizing off our promotions through our videos and blogs. Beauty is a big business and truthfully most products are unecessary. Growing we got our hair washed every Saturday, then pressed with that straigtening comb big jar of blue grease. Lol. Like you said it dont take all that.
Yes this is soooo true UA-cam is the reason for all this products being sold. When I was loose natural I used Shea butter gel n water great cheap twist out. I made Shea butter mixtures, a lot of the store bought stuff dried out my hair.
+Earthtwo Ra Yass sis! Everybody wants long hair tommorow, that shit takes time and no amount of unicorn piss and star dust in a jar is gonna give you wl hair if you big chopped last week.
It is very easy to get caught up in buying new products (or styling tools) because we live in a society that says we can use money to fix anything. It is very frustrating because, as you said, we don't need much and almost all the products do the same basic function. What worked for me was unfollowing a lot of people on social media who sponsor products. I didn't feel as tempted to compare their results to mine or to compare their products to the ones I was using. Thank you for the great video! I always look forward to when someone "on the inside" can recognize when they are still "in the Matrix."
So glad you said this!!!! They even over charge for organic products in the grocery store that they know will most likely be used for natural hair. I wait for sales and don't jump on trends.
Totally agree with every word you said! I started my natural hair journey in 2012. I was watching UA-camrs to learn what products to use. I quickly learned that all the money I was spending based on their "glowing" reviews was not what they were necessarily purchasing!!! The product companies were sending them free stuff to review. I know that some would give "honest" reviews, but they still were not purchasing all those products behind them on their shelves!! It was then I decided to do EXACTLY what you mentioned...I figured out what shampoo, conditioner and oil my hair liked and stuck to them. The results were amazing!!! (And none of them are EXPENSIVE either!). My hair is finally growing like I wanted it to! Great vlog!!!
I agree with you! I want to add that some of the products can cause scalp problems especially if someone is allergic to an ingredient. I was recently treated by a dermatologist for a cyst on my scalp due my hair follicles being clogged from product build up. So people need to be careful when buying natural hair products and do like you suggest just use plain old shampoo, conditioner and a light oil
Not that long ago our complaint was that we were ignored by theses companies, now we mad cause they giving us too many choices. I like having the choices and I'm glad they keep coming out with new stuff because different products works for different people. A product that works great for you, may not work at all for me. That happens all the time. Yeah the companies are capitalizing on the natural hair community, but that's the nature of this country. You always have a choice to play the game or not. I decided when I first went natural that I had a price limit and I stick to it pretty much. But I don't feel like I waste my money, because if I don't like it, I TAKE IT BACK. It took me forever to find my holy grail products and some of them haven't been on the market that long, so I'm glad the companies keep giving me choices.
The problem is that many people are lost in this large sea of good/bad info, overwhelming immense number of products, and promises of longer, stronger, faster growing hair and many find themselves stranded in the middle of the ocean surrounded by products but no closer to figuring out their hair. This video is not about complaining about the being so many products but being a well informed consumer. You seem to have that part figured out but there are many others that are confused when it comes to products.
I agree with you and would like to add that many of these new products are coming from us. My staple products are made by a black woman where as before my products were made by a large parent company owned by non-blacks. This video is a really good one that raises a lot of great points, so did you, but I just wanted add that one.
Coconut oil is cheaper if you get it from the cooking oil section. (I stopped using coconut oil because it made my scalp itch, it also made my hair dry and brittle.) -- Mise en Scène Perfect Repair serum is a better product for me.
I don't care if it clogs my hair or not when I was little my momma braided my hair and put grease in my hair my hair grew sooooo longgggg and thickened but than I got it relaxed and straightened it too much and than I read that it clogged follicles but I don care it keeps my hair moisturized
Thank you for posting this video. I came to the realization last year that I needed to analyze my hair routine and go back to basics. My hair routine was so darn simple 10 years ago before the "natural hair product boom" and then I got caught up in the product junkie phenomenon 5 years ago. I ditched the few products that actually worked on my hair in favor of other products that didn't live up to my expectations. I've learned my lesson and went back to only using 4 products in my routine like I did 10 years ago. My hair has never looked better.
lol this made me laugh, the sarcasm 😂. i have been using the same few products for the past 5-8years....they havent failed me so unless they get discontinued....i will stick to them. 😊
You are the second person in two days that I have heard say the same thing. I agree with both of y'all 1000%. I started thinking about how simple my regime was when I first returned back to natural 6 years ago. Now i have two shelves full of products. Shame on me, but my eyes are wide open now. Thank you for confirmation!
I splurge seldomly... Plus, everyone is making nearly the same thing! It has gotten to the point where my protein treatments are either eggs and avocado or Greek yogurt! And I like to buy from small black businesses for whipped shea butters... smh! -__-
Amen!!! I've been natural 4 years now & using UA-cam as a training ground for how to maintain my hair I got caught up in the tutorials and wanting my hair 2 look like this or that vlogger. Of course I became a product junkie just 2 realize all I needed was a $5 leave in from Walgreens & corresponding gel from the same distributor. It's on the ground so no shipping and they come in reasonable sized packages. All the money I spent on the latest & greatest just 2 return 2 what I used when I was relaxed. U r so on point. We really need 2 do due diligence & read the labels. Stop trying 2 b like sum1 who is getting the product 4 free 2 sell 2 us. We won't end up lookin like any1 we follow. Keep it simple is my motto.
You are absolutely right that's what I was I was just thinking. I just looked at your video on steam dryers and commented on that one too, thank you again.
+KeiKey J i know right! that's what caught my attention to watch the video. i was like "oh! hold up! that title is hitting the nail on the head. lemme see what he is talking about."
Thank you Thank you. It is about time someone lk you came out and told truth. I noticed some blogger on you tube are switching to expensive products instead of them keeping with natural products. I agreed with you about how we can make our own product. Every time I go to store. There are new products on the shelves. These companies are not owed by black people but other races. I now made you my number one blogger because you are speaking the true. Thanks again for being you.
I'm sorry you are so adorable! Lol anyways yea I'm not a rich girl but I don't mind spending for my makeup and hair products from time to time... This video has me thinking 🤔🤔🤔 maybe I am getting raped lol
+AfrikanHairGod I actually go to food stores to get my products because it is raw and cheap. My castor oil is about $1 and some change. I do not buy new product lines. I just use the things that have been working for my hair for about 2 years now. Use /Make what makes it work for you. :)
+Arikat B. Sorry I am blowing up your comments but I actually was reading a article where products are starting to put natural on it when really it is not. I recently was about to buy something that was deemed as Natural and it had chemicals that are included in perms/relaxers.
I adore your videos. You are right. Product companies have been bending us over since the natural hair movement. I have been going back into old youtube videos and finding more natural ways to do my own products since my hair doesn't react well to shelf products. I find that spending the 3-4 dollars and making my own gel, works better for me than buying that big container of EcoStyler. I also find that using too much product causes waste. So this time around going natural again, I am taking a lighter approach. I don't buy things on the shelves so much because I still have product from the last time I went natural.
I went through my product Junkie phase for like 6 months and realized it was a waste. I found a few good natural product that I buy on sale. As far as the coconut oil it is worth it to buy a big $30.00 jar if your use of it is multipurpose. I use coconut oil on my entire body twice a day as well as my hair. I go through a 28 oz jar of coconut oil in about 1 month. So for me buying a big jar is an investment. I also learned to not stock up too much on natural hair products because eventually all that product will go bad. I keep 2 shampoos, 2 deep conditioners, 2 conditionser, 2 leave ins, and 2 stylers on hand and don't buy anymore until they all run out.
I'm so glad you said this!!! I have been natural for almost 4 years and have never bought anything form any of these popular hair lines and my hair is still healthy and its bsl!!
This is exactly what is said when the natural hair movement started. A lot of the products are made by the same relaxer companies that people bash. Cantu makes Dr. Miracle's relaxers. Dark and lovely. Creme of Nature. The list goes on. People love As I Am but the bottles are sooo tiny to me. My most expensive product is $10. No special cowashes. No special curl creams, No gels. Just shampoo, conditioner, leave in, and deep conditioner to treat my hair since i want it to grow faster. I do have oils but even those are under $10.
Honestly they just put natural and people go crazy. There is no need for "natural" products except for styling products. My hair was natural before it became a movement in some countries and I was using shampoos conditioner from those companies, Shea Butter for styling and my hair was fine and the products cheap.
Love your channel because you are 100 when it comes to the truth. I was a product junkie the first time and I backslid. I had so much product the first time, I was able to keep my family supplied for about a couple years and still had product to start the second round of natural. This time I am creating my own products because these companies will make sure you go broke. plus most of these products don't work for me. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! We need more videos like this. I've been thinking about this more lately. Like, why did people stop cowashing with cheap V05, and start cowashing with $20 products? Lol Too many people on UA-cam hyping products more than the techniques for healthier and hair.
This video is so true and I love that you said this because there are people spending bill money and grocery money on hair products just because someone with ankle length hair used it and they think they'll wake up and their hair will be the same length and texture. Using extracted banana peel oil and little palm size jars for heads full of hair saying "It's small and expensive but it's worth it!" But when you use it your dries up and breaks off and you're back to square one..... smh.
I only have a few products I use to keep my hair right Sauve cocunut shampoo/conditioner Glover's main/DAX/Blue Magic that's it same thing my mama used when I was growing up hair down my back.
***** people in the NHC rarely opt for cantus products, African pride , beautifully textures. They just buy Shea moisture, kinky curly.. And everything fancy lol
+Elizabeth Lizzy African Pride Shea Butter Miracle is one of my staples. You get a lot for cheap and most of the ingredients are oils and butters right at the beginning of the ingredient lists too. I'd be broke if I tried to buy all those expensive products.
Kinky Kurly Knot today dries the heck out of my hair.The folks on UA-cam almost never use it straight.They always add other products with it.Thats why I side-eye reviewers(except for a few like Melshary) Don't even get me started on hair vitamins.Tried a few now I have a dermatologist bill due to cystic acne. Fact is less is more and a healthy diet is all you need...and PATIENCE.
+Izumi Brooks yea but most of their products have parabens, silicones and artificial oils(mineral oil)😖which causes build up on your scalp. That stunts hair growth and these ingredients can only be removes by harsh cleansers like sulfates which dries your hair out, it's a bad cycle that can cause hair damage and keep your hair from growing past a certain length. That's why people are buying more organic ingredients which are harder to grow meaning they cost more money to maintain. If your product is expensive and DOESN'T have non-gmo and/or organic in them then DON'T buy it(boycott them by writing bad reviews, ask the company to change the formula and pricing).
PREACH! I work in the advertising industry and you hit the nail on the head. Shea Moisture is the biggest culprit! I lose breath thinking of the money spent trying to keep up with their product releases
Ikr I don't have no money Im in high school like grease is bomb ill get a big shampoo bottle and a big conditioner and a Deep conditioner and that's all Im gonna stick to
you have never lied in this video. that is why I subscribed to you because you educate us and always tell the truth. i had to clip coupons and then buy shea moisture on bogo sale. i let go of ecostyler and started buying my gel from the dollar tree, which is the best gel. i love you so much. melshary and you are the best. i walk in sallys and there is a whole damn wall filled with natural hair products.
I stopped watching a lot of naturals, not only because they started to become commercials...It was due to darn near each and every product they put on their head was "amazing". I've noticed how over the past few years products that use to be under $4, are now 2-3x's more. The pricing for Mixed Chicks, Miss Jessi's, etc😱 it is not that serious! Miss Jessi's and Camille Rose's gels are close to or over $20 where I am! But, it basically is EcoStyler gel🤔 Creme of Nature, and a lot of these other companies that didn't give 2 craps about anything but relaxers have now "converted" to natural lines. I have read the back vs what's in bold on the front of the bottle...the argan oil will be ingredient 10 or further down the list and that's how they get you. Just like you said, the companies pay attention to what the buzz words and phrases are...yet, put just enough for them to be able to get away with their bs advertising.
I love this video as it is some real truth. Why in the world would the natural hair community continue to give free advertisement to these companies. You said, shampoo, conditioner water and oil that is all we need to get natural hair to grow. It was all our parents used to get our natural hair to grow when we were young. I understand like you say the need for some gel or cream for smoothing and styling. Furthermore, I notice this problem of buying more for less is not just limited to natural hair products. It is the same for household products, dish washing liquid, washing powder, cosmetics, and wow men razors!!! Heck when you buy a bag of Lays or Ruffles potato chips or any chips you are buying air with crumbs. The truth of the matter is that many natural hair viewers believe products are responsible for hair growth and health and are being suckered. Also many of the reviewers say in their videos the products was sent to them and not personally purchased and is allowing themselves to be raped of advertising and commission fees for free products. I can assure you those same companies aren't going to ask the rich to sponsor their products for free, nope they pay them thousands of dollars. Also, there are many you-tubers who sponsors pay them to advertise, sadly it is not the you-tubers who create video content geared towards African Americans. It is my hope that those who create video content for natural hair and make up tutorials for the darker roses wake up and become business minded and demand to be paid if not create video content without showing their product. If they want you to sponsor it make them pay. They are a billion dollar industry. Love the truth.
I can't stand when a product says Argon oil or Shea Butter and then when you turn over the package it's like the last ingredient in the product.
+Mizz BB and it's probs less than 1% of the product too.
Mizz BB exactly
Naturals in developed countries, are just falling for all the exotic fruit labeling like avocado, papaya, mango, and ethnic sounding extracts/tinctures etc...I'm African and never saw my mother, grandmother and great aunts use anything but Shea butter, coconut oil solids or palm kernel fat, after washing their kinks with locally made black soap, and they all had healthy hair. I mean what do you think our ancestors used all over Africa, and continue to use presently, before the so called natural hair movement came into being, in the West? Even in America, African Americans wore their afros in the 50s and into the 90s, without using all these expensive products we waste so much money on these days. They just wash their hair squeaky clean with sulphate shampoo, and slap on Dax or Blue magic hair pomade and it grew.
We need to eat our avocados, mangoes, berries, leafy greens and healthy oils, so we can grow our hair from the inside because, these companies are still raiding our pocket books, the same way they did when we were relaxed. If I come up with a natural hair product labeled "HEALTHY COILS BLOWDRYING SERUM FOR NATURAL HAIR, WITH COLLARD GREEN and OKRA EXTRACT, everybody will flock to it lol, because that's how crazy we've become in the natural hair community...
I will not cite certain brands in my comment but, my question is, why market deep conditioning creams, shampoos, conditioners and so called masks (that's what they are called these days lol), in tiny jars, to the ethnic group with the bushiest hair/ thickest coils and massive curls in the world, for so much money?
Natural hair means freedom from fiscal chains, and liberation from being dictated to by the powers that be, about how to maintain our afro textured hair. We must emancipate ourselves from this exploitation, through natural hair products, geared towards our hair types because, each coming day reveals a new line and a new product; aimed at draining our pockets, just because we naturals have cultivated the habit of over emphasizing and complicating our hair care; which is actually giving rise to a surge in the production of unnecessary products that do us no good.
Glad I made you laugh; I'm a fellow sister btw. :)
+MSE. Dzirasa yesss! they forget what our mom's use to use on our hair when we were little. our hair was damn near down our backs. now we're struggling trying to grow our hair because of all these products. find something & stick w. it!
Ja'Kireya McGee That's right sis...:)
Amen!
+China Dee Lmbo!
It's punishment for no longer buying perms. They're going to get their money one way or the other.
Lauren L You are definitely on to something.
Omg 😃u are so right
Who is they? These black owned new people are trying to jump on the money train
It's not inflation if the cost of products go up but the cost of ingredients remains cheap af. Coconut, castor, soybean, olive mineral (baby oil)- all these ingredients that comprise most of these products remain extremely affordable and cheap but you accept these tiny ass bottles of oil due to "inflation" of product costs and increased financial standards of living.
Small product retail businesses are naturally more expensive because of the increased cost of not purchasing in large bulk like larger companies and often times they use more higher quality, organically-preferred ingredients which naturally cost more. Just to make it clear, I am not referring to these businesses in the video. I am completely aware of their standpoint in the pricing of their products and support their businesses.
Lastly, yes it is great that natural hair consumers have more options when it comes to their hair, but don't confuse pretty labels with different colors, different fragrances, and promises of even stronger, longer hair. Products are temporary. You put them on, they wash out and they wear off. They are a supplement to your hair journey but not a necessity. Knowing that, understanding that, and being an informed consumer is the point of this video. If you got the money to spend on top brand products, then go for it. Just be educated about where your money is going.
👏👏👏 tell them!!!
+AfrikanHairGod wow i never really thought about that because i have cantu shea butter products and i recently notice all their products smells the same like they deep conditioner and curling cream..but i will slow down on buying hair products and when i had relaxed hair i rarely bought hair products
+AfrikanHairGod PREACH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Seriously tho, why are parabens bad??? I never understood that
preach!!! #shopsmallbusiness
"bitches love argan oil" made me laugh out loud 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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argan oil breaks my skin out
I wanted to love it so much lol😢
Yup it's like we've traded 1 creamy crack (relaxers) for another (curl definers, co washes, hydration creams, etc)
Jessica Liz Chambers you said a mouthful right here sis, facts. thank you
I'm 3yrs natural. When I first started my UA-cam education (lol) I quickly became a product junkie. After a time I found my staple products by listening to my hairs needs. I'm not a fan of trying new lines at all! For my hair I use about 6 products in rotation. That includes 2 oils, a leave in, a cream and another styler and the conditioner that I prefer to do my co wash with. Everybody plays the fool at least once but let's wise up! Awesome vid.
Agreed!
+Nicole Allen same!! when i first went natural i had everybodys FULL LINE of products. shea moisture, herbal essence, tresemme, beautiful textures PLUS every oil anybody mentioned lol. now i have 2 oil, 1 leave in, 1 cream, 1 deep conditioner and the only time ill buy a different one of those is if i run out
Exactly! I'm currently in product junkie rehab thanks to UA-cam!
Natural hair vloggers have inadvertently created a haircare marketing bonanza. Plenty of people have gotten rich from this movement, at the expense of curious consumers and product junkies. In addition, the prices are way above the market value of comparable products. Yes, we are being fleeced.
I believe these companies be using UA-cam for their market research. A little while ago everyone and their mamma were doing videos about high and low porosity hair. All of a sudden Shea Moisture have a high and low porosity range!
+Lilmissfreens BrownBeautiesUK yup, theyre watching lol
It’s their job to watch lol, some brands have started putting rice water and activated charcoal in front of their products now.
This video was hilarious. You had me at "Bitches Love Argan Oil"..LMAO! The accuracy!
i know right lol
Andrea J. Lol
It's about time somebody on UA-cam stepped up and said something . Black folk getting their own people with wack ass hair products . Smh, I find that a lot of the caucasian products work better for my hair and are up my alley in prices. Most of the expensive products are full of oil anyways, I got tired of walking around with my forehead shinning all the damn time.
Sparrow please say it loud for the people in the back
Kelly Coleman You're right full of grease & not moisturising. So the hair is greasy, but looks dry!
Kelly Coleman lol
Kelly Coleman as a matter of fact Suave is good! Especially that new line with the golden colored bottles
Shea Moisture lines have pretty much the same ingredients with different labels. I'm not knocking their hustle. Bitches love Argon Oil
I don't see how product junkies do it....Whenever I find a product that works I stick with it! I rather make most of my own products it saves me money . You PREACHED that sh*t😂😂😂
Amen!!!
+Asriel Asitgets simple. its an addiction ^__^
Kinky.coily. ஐBeebe ஐ Treeஐ I have an addiction too=/ its just to bulk hair ingredients! lol
yes AMEN! i am TOTALLY satisfied with Alikay Naturals products. i don't see why i should change it. i am a firm firm firm believer in the old saying "if it ain't broke; why fix it?" i take notice to other products and curiosity rolls through my mind. i am willing to buy maybe trial sizes. but i am not getting a complete set of a new product line. NO! you said it best. stick with what works
I know that's right! lol I have my own staple shampoo and conditioner the rest I just make myself
My sister be knocking me cause I use suave conditioner, it's my staple conditioner and is been having my hair growing! If I'm feeling fancy I add coconut oil lol the bottles keep getting bigger and cheaper lol I'm good
Raven K i love the suave naturals in the green bottles 🤷🏾♀️
most of what we need for our hair is at the grocery store...you only need one type of oil, a basic shampoo, and a regular moisture and wash routine.
if you need extra moisture buy/grow an aloe vera plant....break a leaf when you need it.
Indigo Girl
*Cough Shea moisture
Yes! I will never buy another Shea moisture product again! Too expensive for no reason
+Jamy Shawol* exactly !!! they are just trying to rob money from us now. nothing special about them and its time we realised that!!
+Jamy Shawol* ive gone back to Ors and 2-3 of their products equal 1 of shea moisture's products
Right! I've never bought she's moisture lol I tried that expensive dark and lovely line once.. Never again. Keeping it simple is best.
kay jay Shea moisture is definitely on the cheaper side... Just don't become a product junkie. Buy it and use it without purchasing the latest and greatest and you won't be spending a lot. Not to mention don't be so heavy handed with your products. I stretch out my products for waaayyy longer than what these girls on UA-cam are saying. You don't need to use so much in one sitting.
I stopped drinking the Kool aide years ago. Smh
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Fran Scott 😂😂😂
PREACH!!!!!! i see ppl using 6 different expensive products on a twist out gtfoh
Don't make no sense 😹
+MIZ MOOKEY THE RECESSIONISTA truth! I use two and one of those is water lol
hair aint longer than their damn ear. lol
+tequilashots875 okaaaaay! u ain't never lied
LMFAOOOOOOOO!!!! >_
I was disappointed when I paid $12 for a bottle of Kinky Curly Knot Today & it did nothing for me
I bought that stuff too when I went natural again. Cost me $16CDN. My hair was still dry AF. What a waste.
I just stick to my Cantu Conditioning Repair Leave-In for $4.99.
My corkscrew curls looooove knot today! It makes them so very soft! But I'm extremely low porosity. I think porosity makes a massive difference in what works. I buy it because it's cruelty free and oils (coconut, castor oil) don't sink in to my hair shaft. I can get regular aloe vera for cheap though, and that works. Sucks that it's $12... :/
I just brought it and was embarrassed to admit I had to use almost a half of bottle just to get some results! Hell me hair should have been moisturized after all of that! The bottle will be gone in 2 to 3 uses and my hair is not long for natural hair! Look who has money like that!
oh no. lol. I love KCKT!! I have kinky hair (if that helps anyone) and it works wonders. It does not contain water tho, so I've found that it's best used on wet/damp hair. I used to like Cantu, but the ones in stores nearest me all have a weird foamy texture for some reason :-/
Cassandra when I went natural again this time, Cantu used to be cheap, like under £3. Now a product is not under £5.00, they're nothing spectacular so because they increased the price with the boom, I do not buy that brand. They're not that good I want to spend the extra.
This video is the absolute truth! I've been saying the same thing about natural products for a while now. They use our terminology to market to us products we do not need, or multiple versions of the same product with ridiculous names like "twisting gel", "smoothing butter", "curling cream", etc. They do that so we end up confused and buying the whole damn line. It's overwhelming for new naturals with all these options.
I make my own body and hair products by reading some of the ingredients on the companies brand products. most of the ingredients you can buy at your local store and make your own. It will last you for a very long time.
Do you have recipes to share?
Tysheen Orane I think imma start doing the same!!! Shampoo , butter, and gel....I gotta learn the conditioner
This is why I stick to blue magic hair grease and water
I use Blue Magic too! I added in a bit of coconut oil & let it solidify!
Danielle Monaá Im about to be on that too!
I getting sick of it my hair is dry using all these call so natural hair products im done old school baby we had big healthy fro
*cough* Shea Moisture *cough*
😂😂 SheaMoisture is my life. That be Miss Jessies😂😂
Lmao this video was funny yet truthful! I had to side-eye Shea Moisture for selling coconut oil for $15 (could be the retailer jacking up the price but still), when I could get organic coconut oil for $5.99 at Trader Joe's. I've been natural for almost 7 years and still can't bring myself to purchase Miss Jessie's products because I think they're overpriced! The most expensive products I buy are from Camille Rose's Coconut Water line (and a butter from her regular line) because they are the bomb.com on my hair... I'm a product junkie too lol
is the style setter a styler or a leave in? The guy that sells it in his shop said it was basically a leave in, but I'm looking for a good styler. I see other people use it as a leave in as well
Ava S. Idunno why that guy told you it's a leave-in when it clearly says "STYLE setter" and when there's already a leave-in in that line lol. It's my holy grail styler! I get the best of both worlds with that styler, great definition and moisture. Well worth the money so try it!
Ava S. The penetrating treatment can be used as a leave-in as but I think it's too thick for that.
Thanks. I don't like spending money on hair products 😥 (and luckily I rarely do) but I've noticed there aren't that many (great) stylers compared to the amount of leave ins and moisturizers, at least not where I live
I forgot to ask: does it have a decent amount of hold? I need something to keep my hair in place
Ava S. Yes, it holds well. I use it on braidouts, twistouts, and perm rod sets.
lmfao you crack me tf up. this so true tho. I see a bunch of UA-camrs with product hail video and I'm like whyyy tf you need 5 different deep condtioners! I'm done
haul*
This is why i keep it simple. Water, Coconut Oil, cheap conditioner. When I was a product junkie my hair wouldn't grow past 8 inches. Now it is 15 inches and healthier than ever.
Companies know that we as a black community will spend a grip$$$$ on our hair. I keep it simple. I grew up in an era where we didn't have these products. My mother washed and "greased" my hair. Yassss......Blue Magic and Dax, baby! We had long, thick hair. Think about it, people. Remember the 60's and 70's? Beautiful fros, press and curls. Come on, my people, keep it simple, please!!!It works!
I "seal" with Blue Magic, Blue Magic is my leave in & Blue Magic & water is my curl refresher! Our hair thrives with very minimum.
+Phoebe Felice Thank you! That is so true. The less we do the better. Locs thrive and grow so long because of very low maintenance.
"...refrigerators full of products..." lol
My biggest gripe is expensive styling products that leave residue. I'm embarrassed at the amount of products I've purchased over the years. But there's nothing more maddening than after going through an extensive wash/style routine, when your style finally dries, there's residue. I tell new naturals all the time, don't believe the hype and keep it simple.
I switched to Mane & Tail for shampoo and conditioner. I got a huge bottle of both for 8 dollars and it has been lasting me for months compared to those tiny $15 dollar bottles of natural hair shampoo and conditioner. I'm so done with natural hair products lol
Right! I'm so done with overpriced sulfate free shampoos because they don't even cleanse my scalp well
That shyt did NOT like my hair. The conditioner was okay but the shampoo dried my ends out and I had to cut a full inch off.
I'm just waiting on Shea Moister to start selling rice water infused products for $15 🤣🤣
These UA-cam University students are going to buy the ENTIRE product line
Girl you called it,they got a rice water line 😶😒
Everybody sleeping on daily hair dress/moisturizer, and we all grew up on that, and had banging hair. I swear by it. And it didn't cost but a buck and change.
yes! I went back to using pink hair lotion & I love it on my natural hair and I've always liked the smell lol
"Goddamn, $30?!! Are you serious?!" 😂😂
Who spending 30?
I literally wait till my products run out before buying another & ive been natural 3 yrs. These hair company's are trying it coming out with all these "natural products". Don't believe the hype ladies stick to the basics ladies. All I need is water, Jamaican black castor oil/tea tree oil, cream of natural/cantu products and THATS it. It's not that serious that has been my regimen for years and this is the longest & healthiest my hair has been. Oh and other thing if you have no curl definition there is no cream, gel, or soufflé that can magically make curls pop. You have to have definition to begin with....once I came to grips with that & started to embrace my 4c kinky hair my journey became much more easier. You don't need 99 products to make your hair flourish ladies!
I agree with you. I chased the curl for a minute 😂😂 gels, creams etc trying to get these curls i see everyone with. My ends will curl but the rest of my hair shaft looks at me like "not today, not ever" 😂😂
Shea Moisture is the worst offender.
+Brenda Wash YASSS seems like every other month they have a new product line with the latest miracle ingredient
exactly, too damn expensive
Everything over $5 is expensive for y'all. Lmao.
Brenda Wash They're so expensive ($30-$40BDS) and they come out with a new product every second.
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You'll go broke buying all these expensive products just bc UA-cam natural
Hair gurus swear by then. They get them for free anyways. I just use a reasonably priced leave in, grease (yes grease. My hair be SHINY and moisturized) and oils I get off amazon and dassit
Preach honey!! People fail to realise that hair is dead! The only thang you need to do is keep the shit moisturized and sealed, and the best thing to do that i s water and some type of cheap ass oil/butter....hell even some blue magic gone do the trick. I f the shit is weak do a protein treatment a damn pack of palmers protein pack aint but $2. I got me a shampoo, conditioner,coconut oil, my spray bottle with water/aloes and a bottle of gel. I've been natural for six years I got hair down to my waist and I aint never spent more than $10 for a hair product....I prefer to spend the money investing in my health cuz hunty I eats well and I use that gym membership. I think a lot of what these women spend money on is trying to get the hair of other women they see on yt/instagram, they will buy 50-11 hair puddings to get the curl next door but eating mcdonalds for dinner 5 nights for the week...bye!
+trnigyul I LOVE your comment!
I was hearing some buzz about blue magic grease. Is it really that good?
+Elise Wilson It works great for me, I use the blue magic coconut on damp hair not on ny scalp. It spreads good and only has two ingredients unlike the quote natural store products that have a laundry list of items. I had lots of products that did nothing for my hair, kept it dry. For me, Blue Magic is a keeper.
patrice dixon Thank you for the suggestion
Elise Wilson i've been using it since i was a little girl
I recently went back to using all the products from my childhood: Blue Magic grease, VO5 Shampoo & Conditioner, brown gel. an Afro comb, & a hard bristle brush. My natural hair is finally retaining length, looks full of life, & thriving. I get a TON of compliments on my natural hair after a fresh wash and style these days after using the old school products.
Not refrigerators full of products! lol.. soooo good I had to watch twice👌#YouDidThat
Lovely Nette yess! I was like refrigerators? 😂😂
You are right. Carol's Daughter got my ass and my ass is STILL sore. I LOVE that stuff though. I just need to ignore some of their emails when they have sales.
Carol's Daughter got my ass too and it did the same thing that someone shea moisture's stuff did... left my hair drrrrryyyyyuuuuh lol. no some stuff in shea moisture's line works wonders but... Yeah.
Mona Smiilee What part of the Carol's Daughter line did you use? The hair milk it working great on my hair.
the vanilla and black bean???? line, the shampoo and conditioner made my hair feel squeaky and dry and the leave-in spray dried my hair out too. I bought two and I gave one to my auntie (who is natural too whoop whoop) and she thought something was wrong with her hair. I asked her if it was dry after using the Carol's Daughter leave-in and after some investigation, it was the cause of both of our dryness. however, I did the love oil spray even though it's something you can make at home.
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Mona Smiilee Oh I didn't use the Black Vanilla Shampoo even though I have it. I use their hair milk. I love how it makes my hair feel. They have about 7 different lines of products...maybe more. It depends on your hair type and porosity levels.
how does one find put what porosity their hair is
I'm so over it. I've been buying shea butter and coconut oil etc in bulk and mixing up my own stuff.
oh...and coconut oil from the supermarket btw. 7 dollars 💁
I stepped away from using the products geared specifically to natural hair for the most part, because my pockets just aren't set up like that. My total hair product stash costs $12 and lasts me at least 2 months. My hair is growing just as it always has and I don't have to go broke. TFS!
Well said!! As an "old schooler" w/natural hair I agree 110%. I've never fell for any of the natural hair care products UNTIL a few weeks ago. I was simply browsing the hair care products and If I didn't stand there at least 20mins plus trying to make an informative decision...weighing MANUFACTURE, INGREDIENTS, BENEFITS & most of all PRICE. It is totally RIDICULOUS how OVERWHELMING the choices & pricey most items are.
OMG, YAAASSS, PREACH and let the church say "AAAMEN" !!! I feel the exact same way, I cannot with these natural hair product prices. I want to try Camille Rose so bad but the price is absolutely ridiculous. It's funny how when I was little, my mom was used cheap regular ole' hair products (containing sulfates, cones, petroleum and all) on my natural hair, that was when it was at it's best...thick, long and healthy. She didn't use moisturizers and she greased my hair and scalp regularly. She did everything "you're not supposed to" do but my hair was in excellent condition.
every time I go to the store and pick up those products I put them back down due to price. I go to the Africans and get a $10 tub of raw Shea butter and make my own concoction at home.
The Camille Rose Naturals are really great products. A little goes a long way! It takes a long time to use it all. So its kind of worth spending more on it. Still this stuff is way too high.
+EbonyEnigma13 so true! Me too! I feel like my hair has gone down hill since I started paying too much attention to all these trends...*sigh. Good ol basic products.
+Cha Cur I've heard such goods things about it. I just might splurge and treat myself : )
+EbonyEnigma13 The Curl Milk, The Almond Jai Twist Butter are really, really good products. Oh and that Curling Jelly, i forgot the name of it, for Wash and Gos. Those products are exceptional and that last a long time.
They are trying to replace the money they are losing from the weaves and relaxers. But Andre Walker has a no sulfate shampoo but on one of the YT reviews she said it has sodium hydroxide in it. That is the permanent relaxer. We just have to read the labels and go with what works for our hair. The marketing is getting out of hand. But if you notice the white hair products are cheap quality products.
Yeah, that is why I still use shampoos with sulfates, saw that quite a few of the sulfate free ones have sodium hydroxide in them.They say its for binding purposes but I dont trust that, not willing to damage my lovely African hair!
Glad somebody else mention this. As a person with both a background in Marketing and chemistry I've been mentioning this for years. Sort of bittersweet. Positive you finally got companies recognizing naturals as majority instead of minority. What use be products on small separate aisle is now being merge right next to other hair care products. Supply and Demand has cause companies like Shea Moisture go from four lines of products to over 35 lines of products within a mere five years! Bad news is you have companies who slap a natural tag on their products but is only filled with ingredients that are worth no more than the same ingredients you can find in a five dollar product. Exp. Carol's Daughter that initially started out as authentic natural brand with reasonable prices for the ingredients quickly became drastically overprice with added filler ingredients that was not nowhere near worth the inflated cause. This cause former owner Lisa Price go into bankruptcy, eventually selling the company to L'Oreal. In my years of going through dozens of brands the top two I can honestly say is worth their price for the quality is Shea Moisture/Nubian Heritage and Jane Carter.
YOU. BETTA. SAY. THAT!!! You said what we all think and know. They basically said: oh, so y'all ain't buyin no more relaxers??? Ok, but I'm gon get that money some way some how! It's ridiculous. And they don't even realize that if they just lowered the price a few bucks I would buy double!!! And now I see why more and more people are making their own products now by buying the basics. Thanks for this vid.
I so agree with you!!!! I use three things in my hair. Sometimes two only!!! Shampoo, conditioner, and soft and free act/mois 2in1. That's it! I've been doing this for years!!! And I have awesome hair! Then I found UA-cam and the natural hair community and a whole lot of products and I thought WOW!!! I should try some of that stuff!! None of it worked for my hair. I just knew I would not be able to keep up financially either. So I quickly ran back to my old ways. I now only use UA-cam for styling advise and inspiration for my beautiful hair! NOT PRODUCT ADVISE!!! I'm so glad you put this topic out there!!!! I love your freeness!!!
I JUST got finished watching yet another video in which a woman complained about how "hard" and "expensive" natural hair care is. Once the natural hair "movement" really got going, the black hair care industry took a major hit...but on some level they knew that a lot of black women STILL have these beliefs around so-called "black" hair -- specifically, that it's hard and requires a lot of expensive upkeep -- and as a result here they are with their 50-11 products in 60-11 different product lines. The truth is that natural hair care is as hard or expensive as you make it.
I totally and completely agree with you.
List of items i use:
- Completely raw shea butter that you can't get in these beauty supply stores
- completely raw castor oil that you can't get in these beauty supply stores
- Aphrogee leave in conditioner
- Tresemme Conditioner
- Apple Cider Vinegar with the mother
I always tell people you don't need a whole cabinet full of products. It's unnecessary. And trust me my hair has been flourishing so much without all the curl puddings and the custards and the whatever else thats out there. Even more so than the persons that are buying all these products for their hair.
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k'ie kie I tell You! I stopped buy Shea Butter from the beauty store when I realized I could just ask my mum to bring it back from the ivory coast since she goes every year
You are 100% correct, I too fell in rabbit hole, but I climbed out and am free. I took it all the way back to regular shampoo conditioner and scalp oil.
Couldn't agree more. I used to an extreme product junkie. For the first 4 years I was constantly trying new products, but never achieved the results I wanted.
This past year I decided to scale it down. Shampoo, conditioner, diy butter cream mix, my has never been happier or healthier and looks fantastic!!!
They highlight coconut oil on the label but it be the last ingredient in on the bottle 😩😩😩😩
i only buy my products when they're on sale or at the hair show when there's discounts
you're right! my hair grew before all these products. im going back to the basics. maybe then, my hair will stop breaking off.
I think it's because it's the trendy product line right now. That's why huge companies like L'Oreal are jumping into the game. They are capitalizing on it. Just like organic food products. But that just my two pennies.
I bought a large jar of coconut oil to use not only in my hair, but to oil my skin, feet, everywhere. It keeps your skin soft and doesn't feel greasey
You are a true hair care professional. You really opened my eyes. I almost jumped on the product wagon. I have always had long, thick, and healthy hair. I stopped relaxing 4 years ago. I don't experience a lot of shedding or breakage. You have me thinking why in the heck do I need to add all of these products. I wish that I had seen this before I went on Amazon last week and ordered the entire line of the mane choice as well as Mixed Chicks.
Its the same with nails and barbering. Like you said these companies are capitalizing off our promotions through our videos and blogs. Beauty is a big business and truthfully most products are unecessary. Growing we got our hair washed every Saturday, then pressed with that straigtening comb big jar of blue grease. Lol. Like you said it dont take all that.
Yes this is soooo true UA-cam is the reason for all this products being sold. When I was loose natural I used Shea butter gel n water great cheap twist out. I made Shea butter mixtures, a lot of the store bought stuff dried out my hair.
I've been natural my whole life. While I'm happy products are being marketed towards my hair...I know they aren't necessary. Want long hair? Wait!
+Earthtwo Ra Yass sis! Everybody wants long hair tommorow, that shit takes time and no amount of unicorn piss and star dust in a jar is gonna give you wl hair if you big chopped last week.
trinigyul 😂😂😂😂😂
It is very easy to get caught up in buying new products (or styling tools) because we live in a society that says we can use money to fix anything. It is very frustrating because, as you said, we don't need much and almost all the products do the same basic function. What worked for me was unfollowing a lot of people on social media who sponsor products. I didn't feel as tempted to compare their results to mine or to compare their products to the ones I was using.
Thank you for the great video! I always look forward to when someone "on the inside" can recognize when they are still "in the Matrix."
I said parabens cause cancer and he said "Do they cause cancer?" I DIED.
So glad you said this!!!! They even over charge for organic products in the grocery store that they know will most likely be used for natural hair. I wait for sales and don't jump on trends.
I So Agree with You.
And Yes I am a Product Junkie.
But No more!!
I Have went Back to the Basics.
Blue Magic Grease...
My Hair Love it.
Me too
Amen, blue magic is the truth!!
Totally agree with every word you said! I started my natural hair journey in 2012. I was watching UA-camrs to learn what products to use. I quickly learned that all the money I was spending based on their "glowing" reviews was not what they were necessarily purchasing!!! The product companies were sending them free stuff to review. I know that some would give "honest" reviews, but they still were not purchasing all those products behind them on their shelves!! It was then I decided to do EXACTLY what you mentioned...I figured out what shampoo, conditioner and oil my hair liked and stuck to them. The results were amazing!!! (And none of them are EXPENSIVE either!). My hair is finally growing like I wanted it to! Great vlog!!!
I'm going to add this video to my favorite so the next time before I get impulsive, I'm going to watch this again to slap me back to reality
I agree with you! I want to add that some of the products can cause scalp problems especially if someone is allergic to an ingredient. I was recently treated by a dermatologist for a cyst on my scalp due my hair follicles being clogged from product build up. So people need to be careful when buying natural hair products and do like you suggest just use plain old shampoo, conditioner and a light oil
Not that long ago our complaint was that we were ignored by theses companies, now we mad cause they giving us too many choices. I like having the choices and I'm glad they keep coming out with new stuff because different products works for different people. A product that works great for you, may not work at all for me. That happens all the time. Yeah the companies are capitalizing on the natural hair community, but that's the nature of this country. You always have a choice to play the game or not. I decided when I first went natural that I had a price limit and I stick to it pretty much. But I don't feel like I waste my money, because if I don't like it, I TAKE IT BACK. It took me forever to find my holy grail products and some of them haven't been on the market that long, so I'm glad the companies keep giving me choices.
The problem is that many people are lost in this large sea of good/bad info, overwhelming immense number of products, and promises of longer, stronger, faster growing hair and many find themselves stranded in the middle of the ocean surrounded by products but no closer to figuring out their hair. This video is not about complaining about the being so many products but being a well informed consumer. You seem to have that part figured out but there are many others that are confused when it comes to products.
+AfrikanHairGod True... point is though, it's just to pricey. They don't have to cost so much... when it probably cost $2.00 to make it.
+Khanstantly LovingLife *too
+Khanstantly LovingLife I forgot that part too I hate replying on my phone. Lol
I agree with you and would like to add that many of these new products are coming from us. My staple products are made by a black woman where as before my products were made by a large parent company owned by non-blacks. This video is a really good one that raises a lot of great points, so did you, but I just wanted add that one.
not me! blue magic! greese and water. I use throwback stuff and I make my own hair creams!
Coconut oil is cheaper if you get it from the cooking oil section. (I stopped using coconut oil because it made my scalp itch, it also made my hair dry and brittle.) -- Mise en Scène Perfect Repair serum is a better product for me.
The water jug!!! Know this gonna be good! Thanking you in advance for the information.
I don't care if it clogs my hair or not when I was little my momma braided my hair and put grease in my hair my hair grew sooooo longgggg and thickened but than I got it relaxed and straightened it too much and than I read that it clogged follicles but I don care it keeps my hair moisturized
you aint never lied. make your own... thanks for speaking out. peace any
😍😂😂😂😂 Preach!!! Half this shit ain't worth a damn penny, I'm telling you. They won't get another dime out of me!
Thank you for posting this video. I came to the realization last year that I needed to analyze my hair routine and go back to basics. My hair routine was so darn simple 10 years ago before the "natural hair product boom" and then I got caught up in the product junkie phenomenon 5 years ago. I ditched the few products that actually worked on my hair in favor of other products that didn't live up to my expectations. I've learned my lesson and went back to only using 4 products in my routine like I did 10 years ago. My hair has never looked better.
lol this made me laugh, the sarcasm 😂. i have been using the same few products for the past 5-8years....they havent failed me so unless they get discontinued....i will stick to them. 😊
You are the second person in two days that I have heard say the same thing. I agree with both of y'all 1000%. I started thinking about how simple my regime was when I first returned back to natural 6 years ago. Now i have two shelves full of products. Shame on me, but my eyes are wide open now. Thank you for confirmation!
I splurge seldomly... Plus, everyone is making nearly the same thing! It has gotten to the point where my protein treatments are either eggs and avocado or Greek yogurt! And I like to buy from small black businesses for whipped shea butters... smh! -__-
Amen!!! I've been natural 4 years now & using UA-cam as a training ground for how to maintain my hair I got caught up in the tutorials and wanting my hair 2 look like this or that vlogger. Of course I became a product junkie just 2 realize all I needed was a $5 leave in from Walgreens & corresponding gel from the same distributor. It's on the ground so no shipping and they come in reasonable sized packages. All the money I spent on the latest & greatest just 2 return 2 what I used when I was relaxed. U r so on point. We really need 2 do due diligence & read the labels. Stop trying 2 b like sum1 who is getting the product 4 free 2 sell 2 us. We won't end up lookin like any1 we follow. Keep it simple is my motto.
You are absolutely right that's what I was I was just thinking. I just looked at your video on steam dryers and commented on that one too, thank you again.
An instant 👍🏾 for the title alone!
+KeiKey J i know right! that's what caught my attention to watch the video. i was like "oh! hold up! that title is hitting the nail on the head. lemme see what he is talking about."
Thank you Thank you. It is about time someone lk you came out and told truth. I noticed some blogger on you tube are switching to expensive products instead of them keeping with natural products. I agreed with you about how we can make our own product. Every time I go to store. There are new products on the shelves. These companies are not owed by black people but other races. I now made you my number one blogger because you are speaking the true. Thanks again for being you.
I'm sorry you are so adorable! Lol anyways yea I'm not a rich girl but I don't mind spending for my makeup and hair products from time to time... This video has me thinking 🤔🤔🤔 maybe I am getting raped lol
It's your money, if it's worth the price to you then shoot, splurge every once in a while.
+AfrikanHairGod I actually go to food stores to get my products because it is raw and cheap. My castor oil is about $1 and some change. I do not buy new product lines. I just use the things that have been working for my hair for about 2 years now. Use /Make what makes it work for you. :)
+Arikat B. I actually made a vow for myself this year where I only buy what I need and use u what I already have.
+Arikat B. Sorry I am blowing up your comments but I actually was reading a article where products are starting to put natural on it when really it is not. I recently was about to buy something that was deemed as Natural and it had chemicals that are included in perms/relaxers.
+Arikat B. Me also. I spent too much money on hair products last year.
I adore your videos. You are right. Product companies have been bending us over since the natural hair movement. I have been going back into old youtube videos and finding more natural ways to do my own products since my hair doesn't react well to shelf products. I find that spending the 3-4 dollars and making my own gel, works better for me than buying that big container of EcoStyler. I also find that using too much product causes waste. So this time around going natural again, I am taking a lighter approach. I don't buy things on the shelves so much because I still have product from the last time I went natural.
I went through my product Junkie phase for like 6 months and realized it was a waste. I found a few good natural product that I buy on sale. As far as the coconut oil it is worth it to buy a big $30.00 jar if your use of it is multipurpose. I use coconut oil on my entire body twice a day as well as my hair. I go through a 28 oz jar of coconut oil in about 1 month. So for me buying a big jar is an investment.
I also learned to not stock up too much on natural hair products because eventually all that product will go bad. I keep 2 shampoos, 2 deep conditioners, 2 conditionser, 2 leave ins, and 2 stylers on hand and don't buy anymore until they all run out.
I'm so glad you said this!!! I have been natural for almost 4 years and have never bought anything form any of these popular hair lines and my hair is still healthy and its bsl!!
This is exactly what is said when the natural hair movement started. A lot of the products are made by the same relaxer companies that people bash. Cantu makes Dr. Miracle's relaxers. Dark and lovely. Creme of Nature. The list goes on. People love As I Am but the bottles are sooo tiny to me. My most expensive product is $10. No special cowashes. No special curl creams, No gels. Just shampoo, conditioner, leave in, and deep conditioner to treat my hair since i want it to grow faster. I do have oils but even those are under $10.
Honestly they just put natural and people go crazy. There is no need for "natural" products except for styling products. My hair was natural before it became a movement in some countries and I was using shampoos conditioner from those companies, Shea Butter for styling and my hair was fine and the products cheap.
Love your channel because you are 100 when it comes to the truth. I was a product junkie the first time and I backslid. I had so much product the first time, I was able to keep my family supplied for about a couple years and still had product to start the second round of natural. This time I am creating my own products because these companies will make sure you go broke. plus most of these products don't work for me. Keep up the good work.
Thank you! We need more videos like this. I've been thinking about this more lately. Like, why did people stop cowashing with cheap V05, and start cowashing with $20 products? Lol Too many people on UA-cam hyping products more than the techniques for healthier and hair.
This video is so true and I love that you said this because there are people spending bill money and grocery money on hair products just because someone with ankle length hair used it and they think they'll wake up and their hair will be the same length and texture. Using extracted banana peel oil and little palm size jars for heads full of hair saying "It's small and expensive but it's worth it!" But when you use it your dries up and breaks off and you're back to square one..... smh.
I only have a few products I use to keep my hair right
Sauve cocunut shampoo/conditioner
Glover's main/DAX/Blue Magic that's it same thing my mama used when I was growing up hair down my back.
water and blue magic... grew my hair as a child, and it does the same thing now!
+Davetta nelson Do you mist your hair with water or damp it?
Don't even get me started on Kinky curly Not Today and Curls. That amount you pay for such tiny botttles
But it be working I don't know what I would do without it plus you can water it down and it still works 💁🏾
***** people in the NHC rarely opt for cantus products, African pride , beautifully textures. They just buy Shea moisture, kinky curly.. And everything fancy lol
+Elizabeth Lizzy African Pride Shea Butter Miracle is one of my staples. You get a lot for cheap and most of the ingredients are oils and butters right at the beginning of the ingredient lists too. I'd be broke if I tried to buy all those expensive products.
Kinky Kurly Knot today dries the heck out of my hair.The folks on UA-cam almost never use it straight.They always add other products with it.Thats why I side-eye reviewers(except for a few like Melshary) Don't even get me started on hair vitamins.Tried a few now I have a dermatologist bill due to cystic acne. Fact is less is more and a healthy diet is all you need...and PATIENCE.
+Izumi Brooks yea but most of their products have parabens, silicones and artificial oils(mineral oil)😖which causes build up on your scalp. That stunts hair growth and these ingredients can only be removes by harsh cleansers like sulfates which dries your hair out, it's a bad cycle that can cause hair damage and keep your hair from growing past a certain length. That's why people are buying more organic ingredients which are harder to grow meaning they cost more money to maintain. If your product is expensive and DOESN'T have non-gmo and/or organic in them then DON'T buy it(boycott them by writing bad reviews, ask the company to change the formula and pricing).
PREACH! I work in the advertising industry and you hit the nail on the head. Shea Moisture is the biggest culprit! I lose breath thinking of the money spent trying to keep up with their product releases
Ikr I don't have no money Im in high school like grease is bomb ill get a big shampoo bottle and a big conditioner and a Deep conditioner and that's all Im gonna stick to
you have never lied in this video. that is why I subscribed to you because you educate us and always tell the truth. i had to clip coupons and then buy shea moisture on bogo sale. i let go of ecostyler and started buying my gel from the dollar tree, which is the best gel. i love you so much. melshary and you are the best. i walk in sallys and there is a whole damn wall filled with natural hair products.
I stopped watching a lot of naturals, not only because they started to become commercials...It was due to darn near each and every product they put on their head was "amazing". I've noticed how over the past few years products that use to be under $4, are now 2-3x's more. The pricing for Mixed Chicks, Miss Jessi's, etc😱 it is not that serious! Miss Jessi's and Camille Rose's gels are close to or over $20 where I am! But, it basically is EcoStyler gel🤔 Creme of Nature, and a lot of these other companies that didn't give 2 craps about anything but relaxers have now "converted" to natural lines. I have read the back vs what's in bold on the front of the bottle...the argan oil will be ingredient 10 or further down the list and that's how they get you. Just like you said, the companies pay attention to what the buzz words and phrases are...yet, put just enough for them to be able to get away with their bs advertising.
You and that water jug, LOL! The equivalent to sippin' tea. 🐸☕️
I love this video as it is some real truth. Why in the world would the natural hair community continue to give free advertisement to these companies. You said, shampoo, conditioner water and oil that is all we need to get natural hair to grow. It was all our parents used to get our natural hair to grow when we were young. I understand like you say the need for some gel or cream for smoothing and styling. Furthermore, I notice this problem of buying more for less is not just limited to natural hair products. It is the same for household products, dish washing liquid, washing powder, cosmetics, and wow men razors!!! Heck when you buy a bag of Lays or Ruffles potato chips or any chips you are buying air with crumbs.
The truth of the matter is that many natural hair viewers believe products are responsible for hair growth and health and are being suckered. Also many of the reviewers say in their videos the products was sent to them and not personally purchased and is allowing themselves to be raped of advertising and commission fees for free products. I can assure you those same companies aren't going to ask the rich to sponsor their products for free, nope they pay them thousands of dollars. Also, there are many you-tubers who sponsors pay them to advertise, sadly it is not the you-tubers who create video content geared towards African Americans. It is my hope that those who create video content for natural hair and make up tutorials for the darker roses wake up and become business minded and demand to be paid if not create video content without showing their product. If they want you to sponsor it make them pay. They are a billion dollar industry. Love the truth.
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