Curls

Product Name: Gel-les’c (pronounced jealousy)

Company Name: Curls

Consistency: Syrupy (but not as sticky)

Color: Clear

Ingredients: Purified Water, Polyquaternium-11, Sorbitol, Certified Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Polyquaternium-37, Vegetable Glycerin, Certified Organic Coconut Milk ( Cocos Nucifera Fruit Juice), Certified Organic Linden Seed Oil ( Tilia Cordata Flower Extract), Certified Organic Flaxseed Oil ( Linum Usitatissimum Seed Oil, Certified Organic Chamoile Extract (Anthemis Nobilis Flower Extract) Certified Organic Rosemary Extract (Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract), Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol.

Price: 8 0z $25

Purchase from: Curls, CurlMart

Review:

I fully expected to hate this product.  Mostly because I was confused on how to say the name of it, I hate products that try to outsmart me. But I eventually got it: JEALOUSY.

I was sent this product to try and thought: Ok yet another product for a much looser texture than mine. If I’m going to use a styling product, I usually require something heavy duty.

It isn’t heavy duty, but it does the job pretty well. I did have to use a ton of it to not have frizz (but remember my hair is hella thick). I was very surprised. The strange consistency helped me to apply it evenly, something I can sometimes have a problem with when using gels.

There was no crunch whatsoever. My hair dried soft. I had to re-moisturize the next day, so not incredibly moisturizing but not drying either.

It did not reduce the volume of my hair at all. The shrinkage was in full effect and my hair was a nice, curly fro. That may be a plus or a minus for some people, depending on what you want. For me, and for that day,  it was fine.

I can’t say that I’d use this on a regular basis because it wouldn’t be cost efficient  for me, as I had to use so much of it.

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Company Name: Curls

Product Name: Ecstasy Hair Tea Conditioner

Consistency: Lotiony creamy

Scent: fruity, sweet

Ingredients: Purified Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Octyl Palmitrate, Behentrimonum Methosulfate, Certified Organic Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetearth-20, Certified Organic Ho Shu Wu Extract, Certified Organic Green Tea Extract, Certified Organic Chamomile Extract, Certified Organic Calendula Extract, Mango Butter, Shea Butter, Panthenol, Soy Protein, Citric Acid, Quaternium-15.

Price: 20.00 14 0z

Purchase from: Curls

Review:

I’m still new to the Curls line, but I’m liking it more and more. First off, I liked that it came with a pump on the bottle. More products should definitily do this and I see that a lot of the Curls products have this. It helps with better product distrtibution and it keeps the product untouched.

This is a moisturizing deep conditioner. Not the most moisturizing deep conditioner I’ve come across, but still pretty good. The scent only adds to the attraction. I used heat with this DC, as the instructions suggested and my hair came out nice and soft.

It also claims to make a good leave in and I also found this to be true. Honestly, this is closer to a regular conditioner for me than a DC, but I still found it delightful.

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Company Name:Curls

Product Name: Cleansing Cream

Price: 8 0z 15.00

Consistency: Creamy

Scent:Very sweet, reminds me of cake frosting but coconut like

Ingredients:  Water, Sodium Cocyl Isethionate, Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Steric Acid, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Methosulfate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Polyquaternium-7, Fragrance, Silk Amino Acids, Panthenol, Daucus Carota Sativa (carrot) seed oil, Arnica Montana Flower Extract, Aesculus Hipocastanum (Horse Chestnut) extract, Salvia Officinalis (sage) leaf extract, , Acrylates/C10-30 Alkyl Acrylate Crosspolymer, Potassium Sorbate, Phenoxyethanol, Caprylyl Glycol, Caramel.

Purchase from: Curlmart, Curls

Review:

Curlicious Curls Cleansing Cream…say it three times fast, I dare you!

This is the first curls product I’ve tried and I have to say I really liked it.  It is a very gentle cleanser, non-sulfate, no cones that I can see, and doesn’t strip the hair at all. (I know the old version of this had a mild cone in it, I dont see it on the bottle anymore). If you are looking to clarify your hair and have a lot of buildup, you may reach for something else.

This cream is more for those who are frequent cowashers and don’t want to use shampoo just yet. There was probably a trace amount of lather while I was working it into my hair which was nice. The smell is very sweet, so if you don’t like sweet products, you may want to avoid this. However, the smell didn’t linger after I applied my deep conditioner etc.

The pump on the bottle was helpful and I really wish more products came with a pump.

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