Wave Noveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion Review 4a Texlaxed Hair

While my hair was texlaxed I used the Wave Noveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion to Moisturize my hair.

ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion Review

Positives

Moisturizes, Adds Shine, Detangles, Nice Smell, Didn't Revert My Hair, Hair Stayed Straight

Negatives

Weighs Hair Down, Not 100% Natural

MY EXPERIENCE

INTRO 

I've gotten really frustrated with how slow and tedious it is to get my videos up and running and on to Youtube, but after I wash my hair for the first time after changing relaxers and giving my hair time to adjust I will try to do short videos about my experience and some more product reviews.  However, if you came to my blog by a search engine stay awhile.

I want to review the ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion, I love using natural products for my body and skin.  But after making the decision to go back to relaxers I've decided to try some products that lady's on Youtube have used that's been doing really well for them.  That's how I came to purchase this product, I still couldn't get the right information that I needed from what they where saying.  So I decided that I would just give it a try.

YOUR HAIR CAN USE SOME MOISTURE

I originally purchased the Wave Noveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion first because it was clear from what I got from Youtube that this did moisturize, but the problem I had with it is it reverts your hair back.  I never used it on my flat ironed hair, but when I did roller set's I would use it two days after for more moisture every day.  Let me tell you the moisturize and seal technique is no fun, it takes time at least for me.  I then purchased the ORS Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion, but I only tried it on a small section of my hair and didn't continue using it because I liked the Wave Noveau and wanted to use it all up first.  I also knew from doing my research that it can weigh your hair down.  I found out that using the Wave Noveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion did moisturize my dry and thirsty hair and seem to make stretching easier.  I eventually got tired of it though, because my hair would revert in the summer's heat.  This may not be the style, but it could just have mean't my hair was well moisturize and perhaps taking in whatever moisture that was in the air.

MY FIRST REAL USE OF ORS OLIVE OIL MOISTURIZING HAIR LOTION

After going from texlaxed to relaxed and rollersetting my hair with the Kinky Curly Knot Today I wasn't loving the feel of it.  So I decided to use the Ors Olive Oil Moisturizer since it is the seem brand as the relaxer I used.  I did my hair in really small sections applied from the roots to the ends and combed it through with a small rat tail comb.  It really did moisturize my hair, which I loved and helped to detangle it.  It's been since Thursday and I've used a little in my hair everyday since.  I didn't need to rollerset my hair again, or blow dry and flat iron it.  It didn't revert my hair after putting it in, and or after going out in the summer's heat.  I've done pin curls the last few days.  I'm happy that shedding is staying to a minimum and so is breakage.  I just gave myself a trim today, applied some more of the moisturizer and my shea butter and coconut mixture and combed my hair.  It's not as weighed down as the other day's.

THE INGREDIENTS

I want to provide you with the ingredients so you can decide for yourself if you want to use it, because it's not 100% natural.  

Ingredients 
Aqua (Water) , Cocos Nucifera Oil (Coconut) , Sorbitol , Petrolatum , Cyclopentasiloxane , Carthamus Tinctorius Seed Oil (Safflower) , Ricinus Communis Seed Oil (Castor) , Cetyl Esters , Cetearyl Alcohol , Sodium Cetearyl Sulfate , Stearic Acid , Olea Europaea Fruit Oil (Olive) , PPG-3 Benzyl Ether Myristate , Dimethicone , Glyceryl Stearate , DMDM Hydantoin , Methylparaben , Propylparaben , Propylene Glycol , Triethanolamine , Carbomer , Disodium EDTA , BHT , Fragrance , Benzyl Alcohol , Benzyl Salicylate , Geraniol , Hexyl Cinnamal , Lilial , D-Limonene , Linalool , Lyral Methyl Ionone , CI 42090 (Blue #1) , CI 19140 (Yellow #5)

IS THERE A NATURAL ALTERNATIVE

There should be natural products that compare to the consistency of the product and what it does, but trying different product's get's expensive.  That's why it's great to have help online.  I never really used daily leave in moisturizers, I'm just learning about them.  So I will be on the hunt for a natural 100% leave in, I will also try the Wave Noveau on my newly relaxed hair and see what happens, it doesn't have as many ingredients as the Ors Olive Oil Moisturizing Hair Lotion. 

Wave Noveau 

Ingredients 
Aqua (Water) , Propylene Glycol , Glycerin , Cetearyl Alcohol , Cetyl Alcohol , Polyquaternium-11 , Behentrimonium Methosulfate , Dimethicone , Methylparaben , Fragrance , Chlorhexidine Dihydrochloride , Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein , Butylphenyl Methylpropional , Linalool , Simethicone , CI 16035 (Red 40)

Natural Joyanne

Battling Breakage and Split Ends Long Texlaxed 4a Hair

I've tried a few things to combat tangles even when I was natural, but there not easy when you have my hair type someday's I want to cut it all off.  Tangles didn't seem to be a issue when I wasn't on a hair journey, I can't remember how much my hair tangled, split ends or breakage.  But now I know so much, it's hard to ignore.

Here are a few things I tried lately that have helped me combat this awful thing called BREAKAGE and SPLIT ENDS.

1) Choosing the right Hair Treatment

If your still using the seem hair treatment you may need to switch, the Science of Black Hair has really given me a great understanding about treatments.  But that strong saying still holds true, what works for me may not work for you.  I decided to use the Organic Olive Replenishing Conditioner that everyone seems to be using and I really fell in love with the professional bottle.  But since I hadn't used anything stronger since relaxing almost going on 7 months now I decided to try one of the treatments recommended by the Science of Black Hair.  The treatment I tried was Queen Helene Cholesterol Conditioning Cream.  And I must say it made my hair really strong.  Now to really understand hair breakage a little bit more you may need to get the book I mentioned, it's a process.  I still have crazy shedding and some breakage on wash day's so that's a goal that I'm hoping to achieve.  I'm considering trying the black tea hair rinse, maybe that will help me.

2) After your Treatment You should follow up with a Moisturizing Conditioner

After reading the book I found out that after doing a hair treatment I was suppose to follow up with a moisturizing conditioner.  So on hair treatment days now, I use the ORS Replenishing Conditioner or of recent the Queen Helene Cholesterol Conditioning Cream, with heat, rinse out, apply Giovanni Moisturizing Conditioner, with heat, then rinse out with cool water of course.  If just using a treatment is working for you than keep it, because this is alot of work.  Last week I just tried Patene Relaxed and Natural Moisturizing Conditioner to wash my hair, rinsed it out, applied my leave in, detangle, air dry and flat iron that was it.  My hair doesn't have crazy breakage and little shedding every day which is usually 3 to 10 strands when I finger comb.  And guess what the split ends have reduced so much I haven't had to clip away any.

3) I Eliminate Heat For Awhile

I love my routine that I started out with, wash hair, detangle, apply leave in, air dry, then flat iron on 250 degrees with a heat protectant, then repeat in 2 weeks.  I learned that washing every 2 weeks wasn't helping my scalp because it was so dirty.  And that it would eliminate the moisture my hair would get from the water, and conditioner.  I decided to stop flat ironing and do rollersets and that helped my hair to look more moisturized

4) Green House Method

I decided to try the Green House Method for one week, I only made it to a week because protective styles cause my hair to shed and break more.  I noticed that the last time I conditioner washed that my hair has less split ends which is always a plus.

5) Finger Combing

I don't use combs during the week anymore, I use my fingers starting from the scalp working my way down as gentle as possible using oil or moisturizer.  When I first started I used my tangle Teezer every day, then I started just using my pick, then just the wide teeth comb.  Then I realized that once a week on wash day was enough hair lost

6)  Moisturize and Seal

This is beneficial but let me say that I don't like it, give me a minute let me explain.  If you want beautiful long luscious hair it's a process.  My hair is thick and 16 inches, so moisturizing and sealing it is a task, plus when you try to wear it out it get's so frizzy.  So now you know why I hate it, but it gave my hair the moisture it was lacking and it helped to keep my dry 4a hair a little less tangled.  I moisturized with Wave Noveau Moisturizing Finishing Lotion and sealed with Coconut Oil, my Shea Butter mixture, and African Pride hair and scalp oil.

7) Limit Your Use of Shampoo Try Conditioner

Shampoo may not be the best thing for your dry 4a hair, I've been using Hair One Cleansing Conditioner, but I recently used Patene Moisturizing Conditioner and I must say I really liked it, I think it made my hair stronger than the Hair One Cleansing Conditioner.  I shampoo now once a month with ORS Olive Oil Creamy Aloe Shampoo, when I use it my hair doesn't feel stripped because I'm only using it once a month.

8)  Do A Protective Style

I say what's the point of treating your hair so well, babying it and it looks so great and you can't show it of and enjoy it.  I wear my hair in a bun when I'm home and let down when I'm going out.

9)  Search And Destroy Split Ends and Knots and Trims

Like I said before didn't know or cared about split ends before my whole hair journey and sure didn't know what knots where until they started showing up on my ends after my natural hair got much longer.  I would look for split ends and cut them.  The knots I find I try to loose them with a fine needle, if there to stubborn to budge with the needle then I cut them.  My hair is texlaxed but it didn't forget how thick it is and that it likes to tangle up, I hate when the knots are further up the strands though.  I've trimmed my hair 2 times I know within 7 months that's really bad.  When I relax my hair again in a few weeks, I will wait 7 days like it say's on my relaxer instructions and give myself a much needed trim.

CONCLUSION

These methods have helped me retain length in my hair because it is know longer.   These products and methods keep the split ends away, but I still have a long way to go with the shedding and breakage on wash day's, but it's getting better.

Natural Joyanne