Ovation Cell Therapy/Mega Tek Challenge

[Shimmie]

So, in your opinion, what is the LEAST amount of frequency I could apply this and still get good results? I am trying very hard to leave my hair alone so I thought I would go back to washing and rollersetting once a week (even though I will probably fail this challenge). Do you think that once a week is enough? Should I up it to 2x a week?

It seems that most people are using it everyday or at least several times per week.

ShiShiPooPoo, you will still see results using this only once a week. I've been using OCT since February and with my full schedule, there were MANY times, when I could only do this once a week, as it was the only free time that I had. I still saw wonderful results.

I used to think that less manipulation would step up my hair growth, but I've learned that it all depends on what the manipulation is comprised of. If you are manipulating your hair with a growth and health producing product such as Mega Tek or OCT, then it's worth it.

Leaving my hair alone didn't always produce great results for me. Actually, I shedded more hair (I know.....hair shedding builds up when we aren't actively in our hair each day... ).

What I'm trying to say is that if you decide to use these products more often, you won't be at a loss. You'll be just fine.

Don't forget to get your garlic supplements and products. It's gets the shedding in check...... Okay?

Happy Healthy Hair Growth to you angel. ...

 

[pinkchocolatedaisy]

That is what I do too.

I've used it once on the length of my hair, as a protein treatment. That is (in my mind) the only times you should use MT on the length of your hair, when you intentionally know that your hair needs a protein treatment. Otherwise, no.

 

[Shimmie]

HELLO!

Loooong time lurker of this thread and undercover follower (stalker?) of sareca's fotki. I just got my MT today. I had to drive to Hornby, Ontario (yes, I'm Canadian) to find it. Boy were those equestrian folks stunned when I showed up asking for Eqyss products. The girl looked at me wierd as my eyes got BIG at the amount of Eqyss products they had in the store. I was on a Mega-Tek mission today though, so now that I know that they have Premier, Micro-Tek, Avocado Mist and even Survivor; I'll be in there next week!

DSD please officially add me to the challenge! I'm going to clarify, moisture DC blow dry (just for a length check and pics) and apply my MT tomorrow. Oooh I can't wait, maybe I'll just start my wash/DC now...

:welcome; JayJaycurlz

Congratulations on finding an entire store with Eqyss products I think I would have 'fainted' with joy! Gee whiz.....no waiting...no shipping...just go and bring it on home.

Thanks for sharing this and for joining with us. I wish you Healthy Happy Hair Growth...

 

[girlyprincess23]

where are those MT mixes posted? I think i'm going to switch!!! It's cheaper and makes your hair thicker...i'm going to have to go for that!!

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

HELLO!

Loooong time lurker of this thread and undercover follower (stalker?) of sareca's fotki. I just got my MT today. I had to drive to Hornby, Ontario (yes, I'm Canadian) to find it. Boy were those equestrian folks stunned when I showed up asking for Eqyss products. The girl looked at me wierd as my eyes got BIG at the amount of Eqyss products they had in the store. I was on a Mega-Tek mission today though, so now that I know that they have Premier, Micro-Tek, Avocado Mist and even Survivor; I'll be in there next week!

DSD please officially add me to the challenge! I'm going to clarify, moisture DC blow dry (just for a length check and pics) and apply my MT tomorrow. Oooh I can't wait, maybe I'll just start my wash/DC now...

How far is the drive and how much did you pay? B/c I just moved to Toronto from NY and I couldn't find any locally. So I called Eqyss directly and I paid 43 bucks for the 16 oz bottle inc. shipping and tax. Everywhere else that I called in Ontario was selling it for 40 bucks pretax. If you paid more than that, PM me and I can give you my lady's info. and save you a trip next time.

I'm in the challenge, too ladies. Will keep you updated with my progress and hopefully I'll have some nice progress by the time I relax in 7 weeks. Should get my bottle sometime next week. I'm excited.

 

[Aggie]

Yikes!!! My hair is thicckkkkkk tonight. I just DC'ed today and I almost couldn't get my comb through my 4 and a half weeks post relaxed hair. What so strange is that just last week, I could still get my comb pretty easily through my hair but tonight.......trouble in the camp my sistas. But I like it. It looks good on my fine-haired head.

**praying** Oh Lord, please don't let me trim my hair, please don't let me trim my hair Lord. I'm so tempted to right now but when I think of and see hair growth progress like rhaps and Nice & Wavy and a few others, I know I want to be right up there with ya'll with my own progress. So I have to come in here and look at your pretty heads of hair often to avoid getting my hair trimmed. So keep posting ladies.

 

[ShiShiPooPoo]

ShiShiPooPoo, you will still see results using this only once a week. I've been using OCT since February and with my full schedule, there were MANY times, when I could only do this once a week, as it was the only free time that I had. I still saw wonderful results.

I used to think that less manipulation would step up my hair growth, but I've learned that it all depends on what the manipulation is comprised of. If you are manipulating your hair with a growth and health producing product such as Mega Tek or OCT, then it's worth it.

Leaving my hair alone didn't always produce great results for me. Actually, I shedded more hair (I know.....hair shedding builds up when we aren't actively in our hair each day... ).

What I'm trying to say is that if you decide to use these products more often, you won't be at a loss. You'll be just fine.

Don't forget to get your garlic supplements and products. It's gets the shedding in check...... Okay?

Happy Healthy Hair Growth to you angel. ...

Thank you Shimmie! Thanks for taking the time and your words of encouragement!

 

[Aggie]

where are those MT mixes posted? I think i'm going to switch!!! It's cheaper and makes your hair thicker...i'm going to have to go for that!!

What's the matter gp23, you're not getting great results from OCT anymore? Why not do what Nice & Wavy is doing. She uses OCT alternated with MT, ie, she uses OCT one day then the next day she uses MT and then back to OCT, etc. Try that and see what happens.

 

[lilsparkle825]

My issues with being unable to get it off of my scalp def had to have come from my mix. I am using it straight and I haven't had any problems. Also I noticed using it straight there is a bit of a tingle/warmth so I guess the past two weeks probably wasn't doing anything because I never noticed that before...oh well. I'll take starting pics for this week.

this is one of my reservations about mixing...i want to feel the tingle! i still think that cutting it with oil will be less time consuming...since i wont have to oil my scalp first if i combine them in an applicator bottle. what was your mix and ratio?

shimmie...i am giving the garlic supps some thought and i noticed that not everyone sheds, right? what if i dont need them? should i take them just to be on the safe side or what? i dont like taking too many pills...i take two h/s/n tablets a day and a flaxseed oil caplet, but if it helps me err on the side of caution i will do it. i hope i didnt just answer my own question.

 

[JustKiya]

I'm suprised to see that this thread is no longer a sticky . Subscribing...

I THOUGHT this was a sticky before...what happened....

There were people complaining about the number of stickies, so they dropped a bunch of them off.......including us. erplexed

My issues with being unable to get it off of my scalp def had to have come from my mix. I am using it straight and I haven't had any problems. Also I noticed using it straight there is a bit of a tingle/warmth so I guess the past two weeks probably wasn't doing anything because I never noticed that before...oh well. I'll take starting pics for this week.
For those noticing thicker hair, I assume we are referring to the roots only, not the length no?

I'm seeing it thicker all the way through - or - you know how your ends can start looking thin if the roots are thick? My ends don't - and while I can't definitively say that my whole head has gotten thicker, I know my roots have.... if that made any sense?

where are those MT mixes posted? I think i'm going to switch!!! It's cheaper and makes your hair thicker...i'm going to have to go for that!!

Here's a thread with mixes in it, and some of the mixes are posted in the third or so post of this thread, too....

 

[lilsparkle825]

There were people complaining about the number of stickies, so they dropped a bunch of them off.......including us. erplexed

Here's a thread with mixes in it, and some of the mixes are posted in the third or so post of this thread, too....

this was a sticky that was constantly being used though...dfkhjdrsernerihj it all

i saw your post in there! could i use glycerin instead of honeyquat maybe? i just bought glycerin and AV juice this weekend and i am experimenting with them.

 

[JustKiya]

this was a sticky that was constantly being used though...dfkhjdrsernerihj it all

i saw your post in there! could i use glycerin instead of honeyquat maybe? i just bought glycerin and AV juice this weekend and i am experimenting with them.

Yeah, I know. *sigh* Hopefully everyone is subbed to the thread now.

And, if you want to sub, but don't want to get alerts when the thread is updating (I'm sure we might blow up a inbox or two), go to Thread Tools -> Subscribe to this Thread. Click that, then in the next screen, select 'No Email Notification'. That's the easiest way to keep track of the thread, I guess.

Hrm. I don't see why you couldn't use glycerin - they are both humectants. Does your glycerin have to be refrigerated? If so, I don't think I would use it - unless you were okay with refrigerating the MT mix too - that's the only risk I can think of........

Has anyone else tried glycerin? Good/bad/indifferent?

 

[lilsparkle825]

Yeah, I know. *sigh* Hopefully everyone is subbed to the thread now.

And, if you want to sub, but don't want to get alerts when the thread is updating (I'm sure we might blow up a inbox or two), go to Thread Tools -> Subscribe to this Thread. Click that, then in the next screen, select 'No Email Notification'. That's the easiest way to keep track of the thread, I guess.

Hrm. I don't see why you couldn't use glycerin - they are both humectants. Does your glycerin have to be refrigerated? If so, I don't think I would use it - unless you were okay with refrigerating the MT mix too - that's the only risk I can think of........

Has anyone else tried glycerin? Good/bad/indifferent?

there is no way i could keep up with thread updates. NO WAY. lol

it doesnt have to be refrigerated, it's the cheapo walmart kind cause i cant find glycerin locally and i wanted it before the MT gets here mondayish. i saw your answer in the other thread as well as far as your oil mixture, thank you.

to all the pros, can i get advice on my proposed regimen? i have kinky twists in now so i wont be cowashing every day like i was before i was twisted up; i will mix my MT in an applicator bottle with either EVOO or castor oil, cant decide, and continue to moisturize my twists with glycerin + AV juice. i'll use this every night, with a weekly shampoo. i am still working on how to DC in these things - i may just use lustrasilk cholesterol since it is thinner than my kenra mc and throw that in before the shampoo.

:creatures

ETA: well i just read through the whole post again looking at the regimens of people with braids and twists...girlyprincess actually made the suggestion to spray the roots and twists/braids with whatever concoction you have, then apply the growth aid. since i moisturize everyday and plan on megatekkin every day this could work! she uses OCT (right?) but i think that could work...then i could get the full effect of the MT since i fear diluting it too much. i got some stuff to think about obviously.

 

[Nice & Wavy]

there is no way i could keep up with thread updates. NO WAY. lol

it doesnt have to be refrigerated, it's the cheapo walmart kind cause i cant find glycerin locally and i wanted it before the MT gets here mondayish. i saw your answer in the other thread as well as far as your oil mixture, thank you.

to all the pros, can i get advice on my proposed regimen? i have kinky twists in now so i wont be cowashing every day like i was before i was twisted up; i will mix my MT in an applicator bottle with either EVOO or castor oil, cant decide, and continue to moisturize my twists with glycerin + AV juice. i'll use this every night, with a weekly shampoo. i am still working on how to DC in these things - i may just use lustrasilk cholesterol since it is thinner than my kenra mc and throw that in before the shampoo.

:creatures

That sounds good to me. I don't CW everyday either and I make sure that I moisterize daily. I think my hair is in its best condition ever

If a regular DC is too thick for you, use a thinner conditioner and sit under heat for 15/20 minutes...that should do the trick. Or mix the conditioner with your shampoo, (with less shampoo that is)..that should work too!

 

[MoeB424]

Neither will make your hair fall out.

Ovation Cell Therapy is marketed for humans, Mega-Tek is marketed for horses, OCT has a few more ingredients in it that leaves your hair feeling lovely.

The shedding question was nicely covered here and the pictures are here and as far as amounts, and regimens, a good review of what most of us are doing is here.

Wow thanks for all the links!

I'm definitely doing MTmuch cheaper

 

[PuffyBrown]

JK I don't understand, maybe I am missing something. What were they complaining about?

Yeah, I know. *sigh* Hopefully everyone is subbed to the thread now.

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Hrm. I don't see why you couldn't use glycerin - they are both humectants. Does your glycerin have to be refrigerated? If so, I don't think I would use it - unless you were okay with refrigerating the MT mix too - that's the only risk I can think of........

Has anyone else tried glycerin? Good/bad/indifferent?

 

[metro_qt]

Hey!
where is hornby?
and have you tried Pickering? They have alot of stables there.. That's where I originally bought my MTG.

I ordered my megatek online, but to save shipping, i'd like to buy locally.
Sooooo... is Hornby far?

HELLO!

Loooong time lurker of this thread and undercover follower (stalker?) of sareca's fotki. I just got my MT today. I had to drive to Hornby, Ontario (yes, I'm Canadian) to find it. Boy were those equestrian folks stunned when I showed up asking for Eqyss products. The girl looked at me wierd as my eyes got BIG at the amount of Eqyss products they had in the store. I was on a Mega-Tek mission today though, so now that I know that they have Premier, Micro-Tek, Avocado Mist and even Survivor; I'll be in there next week!

DSD please officially add me to the challenge! I'm going to clarify, moisture DC blow dry (just for a length check and pics) and apply my MT tomorrow. Oooh I can't wait, maybe I'll just start my wash/DC now...

 

[sweetgal]

How far is the drive and how much did you pay? B/c I just moved to Toronto from NY and I couldn't find any locally. So I called Eqyss directly and I paid 43 bucks for the 16 oz bottle inc. shipping and tax. Everywhere else that I called in Ontario was selling it for 40 bucks pretax. If you paid more than that, PM me and I can give you my lady's info. and save you a trip next time.

I'm in the challenge, too ladies. Will keep you updated with my progress and hopefully I'll have some nice progress by the time I relax in 7 weeks. Should get my bottle sometime next week. I'm excited.

I live in the Toroto area. I have not yet received my order however it should be any day now. Good prices, good customer service, and he ships by the post office so you dont have to pay ups or fed x http://www.hopesbraids.com/

Also for the ladies using the Ovations, has anyone used the cream rinse as a deep conditioner? If so what were your results..I would like to try this.

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

I live in the Toroto area. I have not yet received my order however it should be any day now. Good prices, good customer service, and he ships by the post office so you dont have to pay ups or fed x http://www.hopesbraids.com/

Also for the ladies using the Ovations, has anyone used the cream rinse as a deep conditioner? If so what were your results..I would like to try this.

Oh thanks so much!!! I will def. check this out for next time. (I'm actually going to add this info to my "where to buy in Toronto" thread.) Is it cheaper than 43 bucks?

 

[JustKiya]

JK I don't understand, maybe I am missing something. What were they complaining about?

The number of stickies. There were like 13 up there or something, and people didn't like having to scroll past them to get to the threads.

 

[sweetgal]

Oh thanks so much!!! I will def. check this out for next time. (I'm actually going to add this info to my "where to buy in Toronto" thread.) Is it cheaper than 43 bucks?

Absoultely, I paid $27.00 for the Meka Tek cell rebuikder including the shipping, I paid through pay pal. One of the nice ladies on here recommended it. The owner Bobbi advised me that the cost of shipping will be increasing soon. Currently he only charges $4 for shipping, which is amazing. I will likely have to pay another $5 bucks to pick up from the postal office, however still much cheaper than the almost $55.00 I paid for Ovation to ship their product .

I paid the company $25.00 to ship, and had to pay the ups or fed x man (cant rember which compnay) another $25.00 at the door ...I was pissed, but I already paid $120.00 for it to get here! So was stuck, I even sent an email to Ovation about the extra pricing (asking if they could deduct $20.00 next time because of my extra charges, and they basicall said no)

it's a struggle, living in Canada, the products are near impossible to find, or when you find them they are soo expensive . When I was searching onling, I was only able to find the coat rebuilder and not the cell rebuilder, and the cell rebuilder is what most of the ladies use on here, and you get more bang for you buck!

 

[senimoni]

this is one of my reservations about mixing...i want to feel the tingle! i still think that cutting it with oil will be less time consuming...since i wont have to oil my scalp first if i combine them in an applicator bottle. what was your mix and ratio?

Yeah no more mixing for me, if anything I'll go back over with oil every other time.

There were people complaining about the number of stickies, so they dropped a bunch of them off.......including us. erplexed



Here's a thread with mixes in it, and some of the mixes are posted in the third or so post of this thread, too....

The number of stickies. There were like 13 up there or something, and people didn't like having to scroll past them to get to the threads.

That sucks, I understand the frustration though, to me the problem is that the stickies carry forward to subsequent pages....it should only be on the first page. I wish there was a rule, maybe the 5 most active threads were automatically stickied and no more that way the mods wouldn't have to sticky and un sticky when threads increase/decrease in popularity...but given the fact that we don't even have a functioning search feature....thats wishful thinking

 

[PuffyBrown]

Yeah no more mixing for me, if anything I'll go back over with oil every other time.


Either that or let us customize our own pages under UserCp and give us the option to select our own stickies. that would be so awesome. I personally find those folders useless.

That sucks, I understand the frustration though, to me the problem is that the stickies carry forward to subsequent pages....it should only be on the first page. I wish there was a rule, maybe the 5 most active threads were automatically stickied and no more that way the mods wouldn't have to sticky and un sticky when threads increase/decrease in popularity...but given the fact that we don't even have a functioning search feature....thats wishful thinking

Great idea!

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

Absoultely, I paid $27.00 for the Meka Tek cell rebuikder including the shipping, I paid through pay pal. One of the nice ladies on here recommended it. The owner Bobbi advised me that the cost of shipping will be increasing soon. Currently he only charges $4 for shipping, which is amazing. I will likely have to pay another $5 bucks to pick up from the postal office, however still much cheaper than the almost $55.00 I paid for Ovation to ship their product .

I paid the company $25.00 to ship, and had to pay the ups or fed x man (cant rember which compnay) another $25.00 at the door ...I was pissed, but I already paid $120.00 for it to get here! So was stuck, I even sent an email to Ovation about the extra pricing (asking if they could deduct $20.00 next time because of my extra charges, and they basicall said no)

it's a struggle, living in Canada, the products are near impossible to find, or when you find them they are soo expensive . When I was searching onling, I was only able to find the coat rebuilder and not the cell rebuilder, and the cell rebuilder is what most of the ladies use on here, and you get more bang for you buck!

OMIGOSH!! I should order another bottle now. I did post in the last challenge for any Toronto ladies to see where you guys got it, but it got lost in the sea of other posts. OMG! That's amazing. You didn't have to pay customs charges (or is that what you meant another five dollars to pick it up?) I'm soooo mad I paid 20 dollars more for mine. I thought I was getting a deal! Darnit.

I know Canada is a struggle and it's extra hard for me, b/c I just moved here from New York -- where I lived my whole life and never had any trouble buying anything. So upset about this!!

Omigish .. I am def. posting this in my Toronto thread.

 

[sweetgal]

OMIGOSH!! I should order another bottle now. I did post in the last challenge for any Toronto ladies to see where you guys got it, but it got lost in the sea of other posts. OMG! That's amazing. You didn't have to pay customs charges (or is that what you meant another five dollars to pick it up?) I'm soooo mad I paid 20 dollars more for mine. I thought I was getting a deal! Darnit.

I know Canada is a struggle and it's extra hard for me, b/c I just moved here from New York -- where I lived my whole life and never had any trouble buying anything. So upset about this!!

Omigish .. I am def. posting this in my Toronto thread.

Welcome to Toronto Canada girl! The market is not as great for hair products like New York and all the other States, However, there are some T dot ladies here to help! I will help in anyway I can. You can pm me anytimes because sometimes post get lost through the suffle.

You may only need to pay an additional $5 to pick up from the post office, sometimes you dont have to pay anything! You dont have to pay the heavy taxes because it's through the post office and the custom people dont bother with taxing....at least not in my experience when it's shipped through the post office.

I asked the Ovation peeps to send it through the post office, however they said that they are not able to accomdate my request, so anyway I ended up paying twice for shipping!

 

[LaPetiteCoquette]

Welcome to Toronto Canada girl! The market is not as great for hair products like New York and all the other States, However, there are some T dot ladies here to help! I will help in anyway I can. You can pm me anytimes because sometimes post get lost through the suffle.

You may only need to pay an additional $5 to pick up from the post office, sometimes you dont have to pay anything! You dont have to pay the heavy taxes because it's through the post office and the custom people dont bother with taxing....at least not in my experience when it's shipped through the post office.

I asked the Ovation peeps to send it through the post office, however they said that they are not able to accomdate my request, so anyway I ended up paying twice for shipping!

Oh -- that's awful re: Ovation. I wonder if we can find it here locally. I;ll be on the lookout. But, thanks about that other site. The shipping would have to go up to $15 for that site to not be worth it. Thanks and I may be PM-ing you in the future if I have Toronto questions.

 

[gymfreak336]

ITA!. My NG, comes in like spirals now, it is the strangest thing. My airdried hair when I use the scarf method has the prettiest waves.

BTW, I used Color Showers and my hair is jet black. I love it! And what was that you said? If I go black, you would too? Well I did, so you know what that means....."pony" up!

I guess that means I gotta go do the do...I'll pick up my rinse tomorrow.

 

[ShiShiPooPoo]

Question:

Which Eqyss products are equivalent to the Ovation system?

If I do the Premier poo, MT, and Premier Cream Rinse am I good?

*trying to save money*

 

[january noir]

Question:

Which Eqyss products are equivalent to the Ovation system?

If I do the Premier poo, MT, and Premier Cream Rinse am I good?

*trying to save money*

I believe so!

I don't really like the smell of the Premier Creme Rinse; too perfumey or something. erplexed

 

[JustKiya]

Question:

Which Eqyss products are equivalent to the Ovation system?

If I do the Premier poo, MT, and Premier Cream Rinse am I good?

*trying to save money*

Yup, that's the line-up.

I believe so!

I don't really like the smell of the Premier Creme Rinse; too perfumey or something. erplexed

I'm with you there - it smells like baby powder. It's the only downside of the stuff.