Product Review

Carol's Daughter Tui hair collection. Absolutely love it!!! Here's the thing I have been looking at her products for the past 5 years (I know a long time). It seems like whenever I'm ready to try it I hear a bad review, someone saying her products are overrated or that the formula has changed. So I took my time and waited. Well a few weeks ago I purchased Tui Gift Set at Sephora. It included the Tui Herbal Shampoo, Tui Hair Smoothie, Tui Hair oil and Hair Milk. Let me let you know how wonderful this stuff really is. The smell is intoxicating.

I started with a fresh pallet, I rinsed my hair with baking soda and water. I then shampooed with the Tui Herbal Shampoo, it lathers up wonderfully. Then I used the Hair Smoothie, left it on for about 15 mins and rinsed with warm water about 90% of it out then added a cold water burst. Now the first time I did it, I just did a twist set with the Hair Milk my results really sucked.!!! (yea you read right it sucked)

So I rewashed my hair the next day this time adding Hair Oil to my hair prior to washing, followed the steps, here's what I did change: while my hair was still wet I applied Shea Butter and then sealed with Hair Milk. I did my twist out and it was fabulous!!!

Sometimes you have to tweak products use the new with the old and you can truly achieve great results.

These are my staples. Simple!

Tui Shampoo, Hair Oil, Smoothie, Shea Butter and Hair Milk. Its helped keep my hair moisturized during these cold winter months.

Shea Butter

Well I was doing research on Shea Butter because since I have been using it for over a 1 year and a half and I loving it I just wanted to know more. What I find quite interesting is that there is actually an institute for Shea Butter called American Shea Butter Institute http://sheainstitute.com/.

Now some background history Shea Butter can vary in color from slightly yellowish to an ivory almost white color. The most popular type of Shea Butter is the type derived from West Africa. Shea has many benefits that range from moisturizing skin and hair to treating different skin ailments to also being used as a anti-inflammatory. My family and I use it on a daily basis, My hubby has severe dry skin and the only thing that has seemed to work for him has been Shea butter, my son who 14 months old I use it in his hair. Sometimes I add a little water and use the Shea to seal in the moisture/moisturizer. I used on my stomach while pregnant and I use it in my hair. She butter is quite beneficial and I have noticed more and products adding Shea and opting not to use Cocoa Butter which was once considered quite a staple for a lot of products. I tend to purchase my Shea from the African vendors and there are a few BSS (beauty supply stores) that have Shea.

I'd recommend to anyone to give Shea butter a try, you may not like it in your hair, but you just may like it on your skin.

~Smoochez