Vatika Oil-I Think I Accidently Stumbled on Something!

[delecie]

I found it at a local store in West Kendall located at 137th Avenue and 84th Street.

I purchased my first Indian products from this store (Indo American Grocery). The proprietor was very nice but talkative and what should have been a 5-10 minute visit turned into 35 minutes.

Nice & Wavy:

Check this link: http://www.thokalath.com/florida/grocery_stores.php
There is a store on Lincoln Road that might be near where you will be staying.

 

[DMarie]

Hey, could someone tell me where I could find the Vatika Oil?? I searched for indian stores near me and came up with nothing. I also searched online and was just as successful. I went to eastwestbazaar.com but they want 11 dollars for shipping for 4 bottles and I bottle of amla oil, even though the 300 ml bottle is 4 something verses 8 something seen online else where. And eastwestbazaar is in Canada. Help!! I've been looking for a new moisturizer and think this will be my newest one that I try. I'm not opposed to buying online. I live in the hampton roads area of Virginia.

DMarie

 

[HERicane10]

Hey, could someone tell me where I could find the Vatika Oil?? I searched for indian stores near me and came up with nothing. I also searched online and was just as successful. I went to eastwestbazaar.com but they want 11 dollars for shipping for 4 bottles and I bottle of amla oil, even though the 300 ml bottle is 4 something verses 8 something seen online else where. And eastwestbazaar is in Canada. Help!! I've been looking for a new moisturizer and think this will be my newest one that I try. I'm not opposed to buying online. I live in the hampton roads area of Virginia.

DMarie

try here:

Filipino-Indian Supermarket
1914 Fremont Blvd
Seaside, CA 93955

(831) 394-9175

 

[la flaca]

Hey, could someone tell me where I could find the Vatika Oil?? I searched for indian stores near me and came up with nothing. I also searched online and was just as successful. I went to eastwestbazaar.com but they want 11 dollars for shipping for 4 bottles and I bottle of amla oil, even though the 300 ml bottle is 4 something verses 8 something seen online else where. And eastwestbazaar is in Canada. Help!! I've been looking for a new moisturizer and think this will be my newest one that I try. I'm not opposed to buying online. I live in the hampton roads area of Virginia.

DMarie

Try here is very cheap too

http://www.qualityspices.com/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/kundanfo/shopzone30.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=318&p_catid=

 

[DMarie]

I found a store near me on a similar link that you listed. I'll try to visit this weekend before I order online.

thanks ladies.
DMarie

I purchased my first Indian products from this store (Indo American Grocery). The proprietor was very nice but talkative and what should have been a 5-10 minute visit turned into 35 minutes.

Nice & Wavy:

Check this link: http://www.thokalath.com/florida/grocery_stores.php
There is a store on Lincoln Road that might be near where you will be staying.

 

[miss Congeniality]

I love this stuff. It smells good, works wonderfully, and only cost $3.50. Can't beat that with a stick.

 

[pressncurl]

I'm so excited to try this. I found it today at an Indian Grocer near me. It was only $3.79 for 300 mL. I did notice on the back though that it says best if used within 24 months. Hopefully this means within 24 months of opening because mine was manufactured in 10/04.

 

[LiLi]

Originally Posted by LocksOfLuV
Okay I am not one to promote topical growth I don't have any before or after pics because like I said I never had problems with the hairline so why even take pics.

Pic of vatika oil:

ETA:
Dabur Vatika Hair Oil Coconut Ingredients:
Coconut oil
Neem Leaves
Brahmi
Amla
Harar
Bahera
Kapurkachri
Henna
D.M Water
Cow milk
Rosemary Oil
Lemon oil
Perfume
Antioxidant - tert. Butyle hydroquinon

I got this today but I doesn't have the same ingredients listed here

That is an older bottle. I bought a bottle like that about 3 years ago. They don't make it like that any longer. Check the back of the bottle for the date. It's good up until that date.

 

[HERicane10]

That is an older bottle. I bought a bottle like that about 3 years ago. They don't make it like that any longer. Check the back of the bottle for the date. It's good up until that date.

What are the new ingredients, LiLi? Like can I whip up my own batch now? You know I'm serious 'bout my mixing!

 

[LiLi]

What are the new ingredients, LiLi? Like can I whip up my own batch now? You know I'm serious 'bout my mixing!

Do your thang girl!!

Someone posted the ingredients of the new one, one page back:

Dabur Vatika Enriched Coconut Hair oil
Pure Coconut oil with Henna, Amla & lemon

Ingredients:
Henna
Amla dry fruit
Lemon oil
Brahmi plant
Neen leaves
Harar dry fruit
Bahera dry fruit
Kapurkachari Rhizome
Sugandhit Rhizome
Dugdha
Sugandhit Dravyas
Nariyal Tail

 

[Empress Yahudah]

Ok that final im jumpin on the band wagon ....checking the local indian store this weekend

 

[ChoKitty]

I'm jumping on too...I ordered from my normal site..the asian food company. It should be here tomorrow or Saturday..

 

[Serenity_Peace]

I just did my Caruso rollerset using Vatika and my hair is so shiny and healthy looking. I usually use Alma but I've become a bit heavy-handed on the alma, so I tried Vatika. My hair loves it. So much shine and bounce, plus Caruso really helps.

 

[yourleoqueen]

I'm so excited to try this. I found it today at an Indian Grocer near me. It was only $3.79 for 300 mL. I did notice on the back though that it says best if used within 24 months. Hopefully this means within 24 months of opening because mine was manufactured in 10/04.

I noticed this too, but on mine it says use within 15 months of manufacture date. The md on it is 09-06. For those who ordered on-line was the oil you got manufactured this year?

 

[Lissa0821]

Ok Ok I brought down and brought some er this week and I must say that I am pleasantly surprised!!!!!! My braidout were coming out every hard befores because of the EVOO I was using, but this week my hair is looks and feels much fuller and has a really nice shine. I did a cowash with White Rain Tropical Coconut conditioner, 2 tsps vatika oil and 1 tsp of castor oil on Tuesday. My braidout was very defined and curly with a full look. This is oh so important since I have fine hair. My hair didn't feel weighed down either. Last night I did my second co wash using Suave milk and honey, castor oil and vatika today my hair is really soft and shiny again. My hair is straight and smooth like my phony ponytail. This stuff is a keeper, I will use EVOO and honey just in my deep conditioners from now on

 

[malachi74]

This is the same damn problem I had when I used it for the first time the other day and I thought it was just me. I ran the whole bottle under hot water but I only needed a little to mix into a prepoo concoction I was mixing. That still didn't melt it all though. How are people getting it out of the bottle because mine is thick?

Ladies, I usually do my hair while i'm watching TV. I put the bottle between my thighs while sitting and watch tv for about 10 minutes. Within ten minutes it's liquid from body heat and I'm ready to start my hair. I think that could work for everyone, or maybe I'm just "hot in the pants", like my SO says. lol

Anyway, I also wanted to mention that on my bottle of Vatika oil it says that it expires within 24 months from the manufacturing date. Maybe y'all who think it stinks are using old product b/c my bottle smells like lemons and coconut and that is nothing like old curry or coffee.

 

[LocksOfLuV]

Ladies, I usually do my hair while i'm watching TV. I put the bottle between my thighs while sitting and watch tv for about 10 minutes. Within ten minutes it's liquid from body heat and I'm ready to start my hair. I think that could work for everyone, or maybe I'm just "hot in the pants", like my SO says. lol

Anyway, I also wanted to mention that on my bottle of Vatika oil it says that it expires within 24 months from the manufacturing date. Maybe y'all who think it stinks are using old product b/c my bottle smells like lemons and coconut and that is nothing like old curry or coffee.

Naw, mines is practically brand new and it just smells like curry .

I am glad yall are having good results.

 

[ChoKitty]

I got mine today. It smells yummy. I'm kinda sad I paid 20 for such small bottles. Can't wait to try it though

 

[wheezy807]

I got mine today. It smells yummy. I'm kinda sad I paid 20 for such small bottles. Can't wait to try it though

That sounds like too much. How many bottles did you get and how many ml were they? Under the direction on the back of the bottle mines says net volume 150ml and it was 1.99 @ da indian store.

 

[ChoKitty]

That sounds like too much. How many bottles did you get and how many ml were they? Under the direction on the back of the bottle mines says net volume 150ml and it was 1.99 @ da indian store.

I got three 150 bottles...I wish there was an indian market near me, but I've searched and their isn't. I've got one indian store, and its mostly a movie place.

 

[BeaLady]

That is an older bottle. I bought a bottle like that about 3 years ago. They don't make it like that any longer. Check the back of the bottle for the date. It's good up until that date.

I just bought some yesterday and it looks like I bought the wrong kind. My bottle looks just like the one that's posted. I used it last night and like it a lot . I'll try to find another Indian store in my area and see if they have the newest product.

 

[Aalize]

I got three 150 bottles...I wish there was an indian market near me, but I've searched and their isn't. I've got one indian store, and its mostly a movie place.

Did you ask them if there was an Indian grocery store nearby? Maybe they could have guided you in the right direction.

 

[wheezy807]

I just bought some yesterday and it looks like I bought the wrong kind. My bottle looks just like the one that's posted. I used it last night and like it a lot . I'll try to find another Indian store in my area and see if they have the newest product.

It's the right bottle if it looks like the one posted. It's fine, i have the same exact bottle myself.

 

[BeaLady]

It's the right bottle if it looks like the one posted. It's fine, i have the same exact bottle myself.

Great! Thank you very much. I like the results from just one application. My hair is soft and shiny.

 

[LocksOfLuV]

It's the right bottle if it looks like the one posted. It's fine, i have the same exact bottle myself.

Yeah, it's cool. They changed the bottle now. My newer bottle that I just bought looks slightly different.

 

[ChoKitty]

Did you ask them if there was an Indian grocery store nearby? Maybe they could have guided you in the right direction.

Yeah, I did. They are supposed to be a grocery store is what he told me. They are an itty bitty hole in the wall kind of place. I went there once to see if they had amla oil, and they had one tiny bottle for more than my big bottles, and said it expired 3 years ago.

 

[BeaLady]

Yeah, I did. They are supposed to be a grocery store is what he told me. They are an itty bitty hole in the wall kind of place. I went there once to see if they had amla oil, and they had one tiny bottle for more than my big bottles, and said it expired 3 years ago.

This link was posted in another thread. It helped me find additional indian stores in my area. Maybe you can find somewhere else close to you.
http://www.thokalath.com/grocery/index.php

 

[pressncurl]

OMG, this stuff, y'all . . . it is my newest staple product! I have used this a few times now, and it significantly reduces the amount of shrinkage I get post wash. And my hair is so shiny and soft! I use this right behind my leave-in conditioner (well, after giving the leave-in 1-2 minutes to penetrate). I am so in love! Finally, a new product I feel completely comfortable raving about.

 

[misskris816]

OMG, this stuff, y'all . . . it is my newest staple product! I have used this a few times now, and it significantly reduces the amount of shrinkage I get post wash. And my hair is so shiny and soft! I use this right behind my leave-in conditioner (well, after giving the leave-in 1-2 minutes to penetrate). I am so in love! Finally, a new product I feel completely comfortable raving about.

Co-signing! I was wondering why my hair felt longer in the back after I washed it this past weekend...it really does reduce the amount of shrinkage. My hair feels so thick, shiny, and soft because of this. I can't believe such a great product is so cheap! (I applied it to my hair and scalp the night before I washed.)

 

[malachi74]

How soon do you think it will be before the vendors start hiking up the price? I love this stuff; i got my first bottle on eBay about a month ago for $10 incl shipping. At the time I thought that was a good deal 'til y'all started saying you found it at the local Indain grocer for 3-4 bucks! I'm going to check out the store in my area tomorrow to stock up before too many of my LHCF sisters have walked up in those stores and the owners catch wind of their possible gold mind!