On the Hunt for the Perfect Conditioner

Ok. I have been using my Herbal Essences Totally Twisted and Hydralicious conditioners like crazy when washing my hair. But I want to navigate to a more natural and organic conditioner. So, I have tried several brands, (don't worry, these will get reviewed soon),  and so far they don't give me as much slip as the Herbal Essences. I don't know what it is, but it's like my hair craves it!. So, today I used this new conditioner that my job, (Walgreen's), just started to sell. I saw it when it first came in but pondered for like a month before I actually bought it. Well here it is.

Here is a shot of the packaging

 Here is a better shot of the name of the conditioner

Yep, you guessed it, the title "Great Detangler" got me. So I picked it up and read the ingredients. They are as follows:

• Deionized Water
• Vitamin E
• Olive Oil
• Peg-75 Shea Butter
• Silk Protein
• Cocoa Butter Oil Extract
• Cetrimonium Bromide
• Cetheareth-20
• Vegetable Glycerin
• Mineral Oil
• Glycerol
• D&C yellow #5
• Fragrance
• DMDM Hydantoin
• Detanglers (whatever this is)
• Balsam
• Aloe Vera

OK. So when I saw that most of these ingredients are beneficial in a conditioner, such as the oils, Shea Butter, and Vitamin E, I said, this should work pretty good, and although it's not organic, it's better than using the Herbal Essences because it has nothing even close to what this has in it. So, on my next wash day I was excited and could not WAIT to use it! I poured it out after rinsing my shampoo and here is the consistency.

So, it appeared creamy, but that's only because there is a glob of it in my hands. If I were to just dab my finger in the top of it and just take a little off, it would basically be transparent, (which is not good for my kinky 4a/4b hair). But I gave it a world anyway. While I applying I instantly felt my hair turn to straw! I was like how can this be called the "Great Detangler" when I can't even get my fingers through it, let alone a comb?! So, I thought, maybe I just should apply more, that should give me some slip. NOPE! I literally had to pair this conditioner with one of my other conditioners I rarely use, (which is one of the formulas from the Curlz line that I will review later), just to have enough slip to detangle my hair. But once I did pair it, my hair felt awesome. The bottle indicated that the conditioner was a leave-in formula, but since I used the Curls line conditioner with it, I rinsed it out. Besides, I never detangle my hair with leave-in conditioner in my hair, but rather a detangling conditioner, and a detangler this is not, (at least not for my hair).

My final say on this product is that it smells good, nothing devine or anything, but still pleasing to the nose. I will never again use this as a conditioner for detangling my hair, but I may use it as a base in my leave-in conditioner, (which is Kimmaytube's leave-in conditioner formula). Once I do that, I will be back for further updates about this product. Until then,

Stay Natural
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