WEN products on natural hair.

I love WEN hair products!! You can’t imagine how soft they make your hair. The interesting thing is, they work for ALL hair types, and in my opinion, are especially good for African-American hair. WEN “shampoo” is actually a co-wash conditioning cleanser; you use it alone. The $30, 30 day trial (which will last us longer than thirty days because we don’t wash our hair everyday) contains the conditioning cleanser, the moist intensive hair treatment, the hair balm stick (very cool!), the hair creme, and a wooden comb (great for distributing moisture)! I did a blow-out, braid-out with the products and it turned out great. This was my process:

Leave your hair wet when you put the styling creme on. Also, I used the “shampoo” as a leave in. Yep, you can do that…

Blow your hair out just a little. Not so that it’s floppy, but so that it sticks out.

My hair can get very dry, so I made a glycerine mix. I used 25% glycerine and the rest water. I usually put in 40% glycerine but my hair was already really moisturized by the WEN.

I used the balm to braid it.

And here we are! Nice length, REALLY soft.

You can do a lot with it. Even put it up!

Great product!

Hair Update: KCCC with Braid out!

I finally took pictures of my braid-out with Kinky Curly Curling Custard. It turned out REALLY nice. Very curly but with length

Kinky Curly Curling Custard

OK. So I’ve been hearing a lot about Kinky Curly’s Curling Custard (KCCC) lately. It’s supposed to be a miracle product that turns frizzy, biracial or African hair into defined, individual curls that “hang”. I don’t think we should put so much emphasis on having hair that “hangs” in the first place, but what’s the harm in trying a new style, right? So I did. First, I watched a bunch of YouTube tutorials with girls with 4a-4b hair like mine. This one is pretty good:

For people with 4a-4b hair that is longer and thicker, this may be your result:

They say that it’s best to use Knot Today, a detangler from Kinky Curly, with the KCCC application. I didn’t buy it because it was to damn high and a sista ain’t got the funds. So! Here’s my result from when I first put it on:

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Here it is a day later:

The thing I do like about the KCCC is that it makes my hair look like a fresh wash n’ go for days! Next time I think I’ll use the custard with a braid or twist -out and see how it goes

Price: 8oz. $17.00, 32oz. $29.00