Eco Styler Gel....Custard?

Hi Lovelies,

Being on this hair journey I have been learning a great deal about my hair texture and products that work and don't work for me . Caring for this mane and styling it can be quite time consuming as well. And finding products that cut my styling time is like finding gold. Watching You Tube one night I found a video about combining two products I use from time to time, Eco Styler Gel (olive oil) and Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie. The amateur chemist in me was very eager to get to work on this recipe and test it out on my hair. So I made my Eco Styler mixture using 2 heaping tbsps of Curl Enhancing Smoothing and about 6-8 tbsps of Eco Styler Gel.

After I washed and conditioned my hair I began applying the custard to my sectioned hair. Remembering that with each of these products, a little goes a long way and I used about a nickle size of custard to each part of my hair. I twisted each section, which did not take long to do. Then to cut my styling time even more I dried my hair with my blow dryer using diffuser attachment (temp and speed setting was warm and medium). Once my hair was dry I loosened up some curls at the roots by shaking near the roots. Then I separated some of the larger curls on the top layer of my hair for a bigger bouncier hair look.

It left my hair feeling very soft, and no crunch in my hair. The only thing I think this custard falls short with is that my hair needed more shine and after a couple of hours my hair felt dry and in need of moisture. 

So I wanted to try the Eco Styler with some essential oils and see if this mixture yields similar results or provide that lustrous, moisturizing shine I crave for my mane.

I mixed together a fresh batch of Eco Gel with 1/4 teaspoon measurements of each oil: olive oil, coconut oil, jojoba oil, macadamia nut oil, grape seed oil and 6-8 tbsp of Eco Gel.

The next day I co (condition) washed my hair with Suave Naturals Almond Shea Butter Conditioner and used a bit more as a leave-in. I applied 3 nickle size amounts of custard to different parts of my hair, raking through the curls. I plopped my hair in a cotton t-shirt so to get that extra water out of my hair. I left the t-shirt on my head for about 10 minutes. Then dried my hair with my blow drier at same setting as mentioned above.

The results were very different from yesterday's results. My hair was soft, shiny, bouncy and felt moisturized all day. I even got second day hair and felt moisturized most of the day.

LOVE & LAUGHTER,
CINDY