Shae's Curly Pudding - Results

Later this afternoon, I was able to take some time to myself and do my hair.

As promised, I wanted to come back and share with you my Shae Curly Pudding results.

So, what I did was co-wash with Trader Joe's Nourish Spa mixed with Honey and EVOO (You all are probably going to get tired of hearing me talk about this stuff, LOL:0)). I did a quick coffee rinse, and then rinsed everything out with cool water. At that point, I was ready to begin.

I've included some pictures, but I just wanted to mention here that I recently did another brahmi treatment, and for some reason my hair has been a lot frizzier than usual. Perhaps I did the treatments too close together - I don't know. At any rate, I wanted to mention this here, because my hair is normally a bit easier to work with, but today I was having - one of those days, so the fact that this stuff worked at all is a testament to it's effectiveness. 

Here's a picture of part of my hair with the Shae's Curly Pudding and a portion of it without:

I said before that there was no whiteness to my hair - and for the most part there wasn't. I did use some Trader Joe's as a leave in, and in places where there was a bit too much of the Trader Joe's I did get a few goobies. I think this could have been avoided if I had worked the Trader Joe's in a bit more. Also, you can see that color looks a bit dull - that's just the picture.

Here's the back:

The side:

The top:

Ok, so I think you get the gist. Basically, this is a product that in many ways mimics some of the more expensive curly puddings available. The difference, of course, is the price and the amount you get.

Personally, I think it was an extremely good idea. I think it's only "flaw" - which really isn't a "flaw" per se,  is that the recipe calls for IC gel. The only reason I say "flaw" is because IC gel contains cones. This isn't a problem if you're not CG, but if you are  - these are the ingredients:

Purified Water Aqua , Glycerin , Carbomer , Triethanolamine , Aloe Vera Gel , Dimethicone Copolyol , Tocopherol Acetate , Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein , Polysorbate-20 , Benzopehonoe-4 , Methylchloroisothiazolinone , Methylisothiazolinone , Disodiium EDTA , Fragrance.

Though I do not know this for a fact, I would assume that you or I could potentially substitute the IC gel for something else without cones - such as ecostyler, if we were so inclined.

Once my hair dried, I noticed that the hold was a bit harder than I had originally thought. Definitely not rock hard, and not even as hard as the ecostyler brown, which is about a 7 in terms of hold. This is definitely a softer hold than that. And scrunching the crunch is easier than with the ecostyler, so that's another plus.

The last thing I wanted to mention, is that my hair did not have the same shine as I have had with some other products. It's not that it looks dull, but it just didn't have it's normal bling. Now, this could be countered, I'm sure, with a nice hair creme such as KBB or something. In fact, I'm sure just a little bit of  additional coconut oil would probably do the trick. Also, I'm thinking I may have been a bit heavy with the application, and perhaps I didn't work it in as well as I should have - this might also be why I did not have the same shine. I'll have to play with it a few more times to make certain I get it right.

All in all, I do stick to my original statements - I think this one is definitely worth trying out. It seems like a good "go to" product if you are trying to save your pennies for something (dare I even say it?)other than hair products.

Ciao!!

P.S. If you've made it this far in reading and your are interested in trying some of Shae's Curly Pudding, I will be happy to send you an 8 oz jar. This will be sort of like another giveaway. 

Here are the rules: You must be a follower of this blog;  you must leave a comment under this post letting me know that you are interested in trying out the pudding. 

If there is only one person wanting it - then that person gets it! If there are multiple people wanting to try it, then I will have to place those with interest into a drawing, and I will name a winner by this Friday:0).

Thanks for ready!