Review : L'Oreal Total Repair.

Recently, during my trip to the supermarket and running out of my Aussie 3 minute miracle deep conditioner, I decided to pick up something new.

After spending about a good 10-15 minutes staring at the different bottle to choose which one would be best for me, I eventually made up my mind and decided to go with the L'Oreal Total Repair 5 Damage-Erasing Balm. And because I am the type of person who can't just pick up the conditioner without picking up the set I also got the Total Repair Extreme Reconstructing Shampoo and Conditioner (I haven't actually used the conditioner yet but based on these 2 I'm pretty sure it will work just fine.)

The thing that attracted me the most to this set was that it is directed to repairing and reconstructing dry, chemically treated hair. It's suppose to fight split ends, weak, rough, dull and dehydrated hair. And with me getting a relaxer and adding heat to my hair anytime I washed it I figured my hair would fall under this category.

 Once I shampooed and deep conditioned my hair with the balm I had already felt a difference. I came out the shower and my hair felt a lot soft. I didn't see this until I really read that bottle that it can repair up to 1 years of damage in 1 use.

                                     

I have now been using both these products for about 2 and a half months. I can honestly see where it has helped repair my hair. It's softer, shinier, stronger, has less split ends and I noticed that when I comb or brush my hair I find less hairs in the brush or on the floor. 

After using this shampoo and conditioner for awhile, I definitely recommend trying it out if your looking to repair your damaged and/or over-processed hair. That doesn't mean I've completely abandoned my Organix Shampoo and Conditioner, I just switch them out every once in while. But when these products are done I'm definitely going to repurchase.

What are your "go-to", always have to have shampoo and conditioner ? 

What are some other hair products that have completely turned you hair around ? Is there anything else I should try ?

-JustANewYorkGirl

                                   

Review : Organix Thick & Full Biotin & Collagen Line.

For while I've been researching ways to help my hair become healthy so it can grow.

And with every search I have somehow always found my way back to Biotin, which is a vitamin to help with hair growth as well as other things.

And for awhile I thought about adding the vitamin to my every day intake, but I knew that me taking a pill everyday was something that I wouldn't be able to do, especially since I've forget to take vitamins on a daily basis.

So I looked into it more and I found this line of hair products from Organix.

I decided to look it up on YouTube to see whether it actually worked or not.

But this is one of those products that affects each person differently. For some, they say it made them breakout really bad, some say it help their hair grow like crazy, and others say that it didn't do much.

To me it all depends on the person, but I really like these products.

So about 2-3 months ago, I decided to order them. But before I did, I didn't realize that the shampoo and conditioner are sulfate free.

I have a tendency to stay away from sulfate free shampoo only because I feel that when I don't get a good lathering when I wash my hair that it's not 100% clean. But the shampoo lathers up really well to me. Although I do occasionally switch off between this line of shampoo and conditioner and my Aussie Moist line of shampoo and conditioner.

One week I use the Biotin and Collagen shampoo and the Aussie 3-minute Miracle Conditioner, and then the next week I will use the Aussie Moist shampoo with the Biotin and Collagen conditioner. If you want to see my review on the Aussie Moist line you can check it out here.

Besides from the shampoo and conditioner this line also contains 2 products to use after wash, a amplifying lotion and a root boosting spray. I like using the amplifying lotion right after I get out of the shower and towel dry my hair a little, and then use the root boosting spray after I blow dry and flat iron my hair, on my roots.

I feel that when I do use all these products together my hair feels soft and that it contains a whole lot more volume.

But another thing that I have realized is that since I've started using it my hair has grown a lot faster and it appears to be a lot thicker. I usually get my hair professional done every 3 months but at 2 months since I've been, I feel like it time for me to go back to get my hair done.

After 2 months or so of using these products, I found that I really do like them.

It's something that I would definitely recommend trying out if you want to try it out the samples or travel sizes before you get the full size to see whether or not you'll break out. But I do think that if you want to help your hair grow without having to ingest something every day this might be the product for you.

And if you have tried it out or plan on trying it out let me know how it works for you.

Until Next Time,

JustANewYorkGirl

My Summer Hair Care Products.

Usually over the summer I get pretty obsessed with getting my hair healthy and helping it grow, especially recently since going away to college. With that being said here are some of the products that I have been using this summer to help repair my hair and keep it healthy. 

First is the group of products are Organix Nourishing in Coconut Milk. The ones that I have are the Shampoo, Condition, Instant Repair Treatment, and the Leave-In Nourishing Milk. These products, as well as the others in the Organix brand are perfect for all hair types. I decided to try these out after seeing reviews about it on Youtube and seeing as a lot of people said that Coconut oil is good for your hair, I figured that these products would work as well. Out of these 4 products my favorite one was the Instant Repair Treatment. Most of the times you have to use a product for awhile to see a change but justing using the Instant Repair once I had already seen and felt a difference on my hair, it was breaking less and had very few split ends. The shampoo lathers up really well, better than any other shampoo I had tried in the past and with both the regular conditioner and leave-in conditioner,  leaves my hair feeling very soft and smooth. And I'm not a huge fan of coconuts and their smell but the products didn't have a strong, over powering coconut scent, it was the right amount. Also recently I found out that the brand Organix had a Biotin and Collagen range which I'm excited to try out soon.

Next is Aussie, I purchased the products in the Moist line, the Shampoo, Conditioner, and the 3-minute miracle, which is a deep conditioner. I love, love, love these products. I feel that when I usually wash my hair myself that it feels rather dry and that's why I decided to try out these products and again with using these I felt a difference right after I stepped out the shower. My hair didn't feel dry, it felt soft like when I go to the salon. I love the smell of the line, I don't really know exactly how to describe it but to me kind of smells like fruit candy with like a faint smell of coconut but overall I love what it did for my hair. When it finishes these are products that I will definitely re-purchase. 

Lastly is the L'Oreal Everstrong Sulfate-free Reconstruction Shampoo and Conditioner. I kept hearing that Sulfate-free Shampoo's are the way to go but for me I didn't really see the hype of any difference in using these. For one, they didn't lather up as well I wanted to, so I ended up using more product then I typically would. For me the bubbles are a sign that my hair is getting clean and without it I just feel like it just wet up my hair with water and it's still oily. The smell isn't exactly my favorite, it smell like cooking herbs, the shampoo is Rosemary and Juniper and the conditioner is Rosemary and Mint. I did although like the feel that the mint in the conditioner left on my scalp but I just wish it had more of a fruiter fragrance. But overall I would just use these in-between major washes to "wash" my hair and kind of give it a break from the shampoos and conditioners with sulfate in them.

Overall I would say that these products are good to use for all hair types it just really depends on what your looking for in the products. But if there are any hair products you think I should try out or any tips and tricks you have just comment them below.

-JustANewYorkGirl