Oyin Handmade Hair Care!

[browngirl]

So, lyonesse posted about the glories of Oyin Handmade Hair & Body Care Products and as I pay attention to what she says about hair products (my hair has a few similarities to hers, although it's not nearly so magnificent, and she is very very smart in general) I did.

I LOVE THIS STUFF.

Whipped Shea Butter that doesn't catch in greasy clumps! Conditioner that makes my hair feel silky! And the Whipped Pudding! A cream that can go on hair and skin, so running my hands through my hair (which I do a lot, to fluff it up and keep it from forming a giant dreadlock) lotions my hands as well! And it smells like cocoa butter!

I want to buy $200 worth of their stuff and store it in a freezer.

That would be impractical, so instead I'll just post to thank Lyonesse for recommending them to me, and to recommend them to, well, just about everyone. They have many more products I haven't even tried yet (solid shampoos, bath oils and fizzes, body creams and butters, etc) and also sample packs, and their website is clear, easy to read, and full of useful tips.

I should have cut my hair years before I did, and promptly started using Oyin's products.

http://www.oyinhandmade.com/

Comments

[lyonesse.livejournal.com]

yay! so glad you found stuff that's nice for your beautiful hair :) :) :)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks to you. :) *beam*

[vass]

Yay for good hair products!

I had a stupid haircare experience tonight: I was about to open the new bottle of conditioner I'd bought, which I'd thought was based on coconut milk, then I looked at it again and it turned out to be coconut *and* milk! Not vegan ohnoez! And yeah, it'd be better to use it up so it's not wasted, but I really can't. Fortunately, I had a tiny bit of special leave-in conditioner left, so I used that.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Oh, ack, I'm sorry the conditioner sprang unexpected animal products on you. Can you take it back to the shop?

I use it myself

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

Yes, snow-white Kiwi uses it, too! I have intractable hair that varies from naturally curly to wavy, depending on the day. It's always been unmanageable unless I cut it to three inches long. I use Frank Juice daily and Shine and Define when I get out of the shower, and get wonderful results. I can't allow my Oyin products to run too low or I sit around for a couple of weeks without them. I really need to hunt up a couple of travel bottles so that I can put small amounts of them in my gym bag.

I've also just turned my husband, who has long curly hair down to his waist, on to Burnt Sugar Pomade. He braids it every day and abuses it with shampoo, so a treatment with the pomade once a week does him a lot of good. I can't get him to stop washing it daily, so at least I can get him something to help him recover from the abuse.

Re: I use it myself

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Hooray for hair care products! Honestly, good hair stuff is for us all, not any one group.

Your husband washes his waist-length hair every day? How does he have time to do anything else?

He spends a lot of time waiting for it to dry, alas.

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

He often goes to work with a damp braid, too, and his big winter coat smelled a little moldy this winter because he did that once too often this winter. Ick. Whereas I rejoice in my much shorter cut, which airdries and gets all curly if I treat it right.

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

*grin* I generally don't care about hair care products but then one day I was staying at a friend's place and used her shampoo/conditioner and marvelled at how my hair just felt silky to me. Kind of a revelation to me. Glad you found something you love!

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

My current hairstyle requires completely different care than I'm used to from the days when I straightened my hair, so I've been making a hobby out of investigating possibilities for it. And so, I found this. :)