Hairveda

(This is a revamped version of Hairveda Shealoe Mousse, click here to see the old review)

Oops, tore the label off in my excitement! Ya'll know how us PJs get!!

Product name: Whipped Clouds

Company name: Hairveda

Ingredients: Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea Butter) Fruit (and) Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Vitamin E, Hydrolized Collagen Fragrance.  4oz.

Purchased from: Hairveda

Review:

First, thanks Maria for sending this to me

Let me say that I liked the shealoe mousse ok and only used it on fingercoils. It was a very thick consistency and actually kind of reminded me of super dense cool whip. The whipped clouds is not as dense, though still has a thick consistency. It’s really very similar to the mousse though.

It spreads much easier than the old version. I used it do my dry twists. At first, my hair felt kind of gummy and sticky. Ya’ll, I was picking up pieces of lint and hair from my dogs…not cool. After it soaked in though, my hair felt great. It took it about a day to do that. It wasn’t even greasy but stayed moisturized and soft. It’s got shea butter in it though, and it always takes awhile for shea butter to sink in my hair, so I’m not surprised or put off by that.

Before the twists, I tried it to moisturize my puff (dry hair). That was a no go. Didn’t spread as easy as I liked and stayed visible in my hair longer than I liked. I prefer something creamier when moisturizing a dry puff or wash n go.

I tried it also on a random fingercoil just to see how it would turn out. There is a advisement on the Hairveda site not to use this one wet hair, or rather that it’s been reported that using it on wet hair will cause hardness. Well the shealoe never did cause hard hair for me and neither does the whipped clouds. I don’t know that I would ever use it on a wash n go. I do plan to see how it works on slicking back edges and I’ll update this post when I try it out.

Will I buy this again? Probably so, stickiness nonwithstanding

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Name of Product: Vatika Frosting

Company Name:Hairveda

Scent: Very sweet

Purchased from: Hairveda

Ingredients: Coconut oil, Amla extract, Henna extract, Lemon extract, Fragrance

Price:8 oz 10.00

Review:

If you’re a fan of coconut oil, then you will more than likely love the vatika frosting. I am not a big fan of coconut oil anymore (though it was a staple for me early on) and even I found this product to leave my hair nice and soft when coupled with a moisturizer for sealing.

Vatika Frosting is souped up coconut oil. It acts very much like coconut oil as far as how it behaves at room temperature etc.  I was curious how it would be when used alone since regular coconut oil was never enough moisture for my hair by itself. The same, unfortunately, is true for the frosting. However, I’ll say again that it’s awesome for sealing. I never used it for pre-pooing, but I’ve seen many ladies who like it as such.

One thing anyone can agree on is that the frosting part of the name is sooo accurate because it smells like a delicious cake. Probably the yummiest smelling product I’ve ever come across.

Will I buy this again? No.

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Name of Product: MethiSativa System

Company Name: Hairveda

Scent: Read review

Purchased from: Hairveda

Ingredients:

Step 1 Conditioner Ingredients

Fragrance FREE: PinYin Leaf (Black Tea) Water, Camellia Sinensis Leaf (Green Tea) Water, Anthemis Nobilis (Chamomile) Flower Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Dimethyl Stearamine, Lactic Acid, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Sea Kelp Leaf Powder, Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Pantothenic acid (Vitamin B5), Germall Plus. 16oz

Step 2 Serum Ingredients:

Aloe barbadensis (Aloe Vera Juice) Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Dimethyl Stearamine, Lactic Acid, Marine Collagen, Vegetable Glycerin, Coconut Oil, Vitamin E, Vitamin B5, Germall Plus, Light Fragrance.16oz.

Review:

Before I begin this review, I have to say that I originally saw that this was recommended for relaxed heads on the Hairveda site before they changed the layout. Now I don’t see any recommendation for it. I’m assuming it was assigned to relaxed heads because they would more than likely need more protein. But us naturals need it too, don’t you know? Here is a little more info about the system that I posted a few days ago.

So anyway, I tried this out today. I washed my hair with not-so-concentrated Castile Soap as the directions say to shampoo before hand. My hair was squeaky clean beforehand.

Yesterday I opened the step 2 bottle just to smell it and fell in love. It was absolutely heavenly and light. So today when I opened step 1, I almost gagged. It’s “free of fragrance” properties almost left my stomach free of its contents. Ok, maybe not that bad, but it’s not a pleasant scent. Luckily it’s not overwhelming.

The consistency is a good deal runnier than I’d anticipated. It reminds me of banana baby food. There are even some small lumps in it, which I don’t think the picture below really reflects.

Step 1

I am not a fan of runny products. I don’t feel as if I’m coating my hair enough with them when I am using them. I think I may have ended up applying too much, as most of my container was gone by the end of application. Or it could be because my hair is very dense.

Anyhoo, I applied it and put on my plastic bag for about 45 minutes. The directions say 30 minutes, but I have a sick child to take care of so it had to wait a bit. When I rinsed it out, I was surprised to feel that my hair wasn’t as dried as it likes to get with other protein treatments, though it did not feel moisturized.

That’s when the step 2 comes in. Thank goodness! Something lovely smelling and creamy. Just what I like!

Step 2

After blotting my hair with a towel gently, I applied this liberally to my hair as I always do with a moisturizing DC. The directions said to leave it in for 10 minutes, but I left it in for about 30. I love this stuff! I would like to just have it by itself if it would be good for a DC.I may try using it by itself as I have a good deal left.

My hair felt soft and springy when I rinsed this out. After a good protein treatment, my curls are always very boingy, so of course there is major shrinkage going on, but it feels healthy and moisturized.

I still don’t know if I will be using this whole kit on a regular basis. I’m going to try it again in a month or two to see. Really, the part one worked just as well as my homemade protein treatment. The second part is what I would pay money for. What’s my concensus overall? Thumbs up and definitly worth a try!

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Name of product: Whipped Gelly Moisturizing Hair Gel

Company name: Hairveda

Retail Price:

Consistency: pudding like

Color: pink

Ingredients: Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Acrylates/C-10 Alkyl Acrylates (to help with gel consistency), Glycerin, Persea Gratissima Oil.

Purchased from: Hairveda

Review:

Whipped Gelly is a good gel if you’re looking for a light hold. If you’re looking for something with the hold of KCCC, then this may not be for you.  In the tradition of most Hairveda products, you can’t beat the ingredients. It doesn’t take much to get the desired effect and it has never given me a crunchy hold. I use it when I don’t mind a bit of frizz and am not trying to decrease volume.

My hair feels moisturized with this gel, even after repeated use. It does take a long time to dry in my dense hair, but most products do so *shrug*. I’ve used this under a few different leave ins and it works well with most.

I don’t really care for it for slicking down edges. I have stubborn edges, however. With a scarf, it was able to smooth down a good deal of my hair.

Will I buy this again? I’m kind of on the fence about this one. I have a big container of it, so I think I’ll just kind of decide.

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Name of product: Moist Condition 24/7 Daily Moisturizing Conditioner

Company name: Hairveda

Retail Price: 16oz. Bottle $7.75

Consistency: creamy

Color: white

Ingredients: Water, Coconut oil, Hydrogenated Vegetable oil, Glycerin, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Dimethyl Stearamine, Lactic Acid, Germall Plus, Fragrance. 16oz. bottle.

Purchased from: Hairveda

Review:

I really, really tried to like this. I don’t hate it or anything, it just did not make my hair sing with happiness like a lot of the other products from this line do. It did not provide me with much slip at all, something I find necessary in a conditioner, and the moisture was just so-so.

It wasn’t a terrible product, but I just was not impressed. I used it about 3 different times, even left it on for about 20 minutes and nothing fantastic. I’ve seen some people say that it makes a great leave in, but I never tried it in that capacity.

It’s a favorite among a lot of people, but I am not one of them. Sorry Hairveda

Will I buy this again? Nope

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