Use 1 Buy 1 Challenge 2009

[La Colocha]

hi ladies
happy labor day, i know im late lol. i have to work today. but that just means i get to be on here.

i havent bought anything today and honestly i dont think there is anything i want to buy. i really want to get rid of some stuff for real.

i did like the curls products at first but then i found that it only worked half the time and the whipped cream only did good on my wet hair. i never use it anymore so whats the use in having it?


the oyin whipped pudding does nothing for me anymore either. i used it early this morning when i couldnt sleep just to make sure and it was like i didnt put anything on my hair at all. it seems the only moisturizers my hair likes is the shea butter and coconut oil mix, shea amla butter, and kbb hair cream. oh yea and qhemet heavy cream.

i just have way too much stuff.

I feel you, i ordered some new stuff, and im giving my other stuff away, My mom and my niece is here visiting and they are coming by, I laid everything i own out, so they can have what they want. Whatever is left if any ill pass it to you guys. I will keep the bare essentials until i can try my new stuff. I am also going to still try and make my own things.

 

[Charz]

Lol these days I keep products long enough so I can do my youtube video reviews then 90% i sell on the exchange forum. Just did one on Donna Marie's Curling Jelly.

We'll see how it comes out.

 

[Barbara]

This is what I normally do to keep the pjism down to a minimum. Also, I always ask other members which conditioner versus another conditioner or which shampoo versus another shampoo.

I'm running out of space to put all these products in anyway. I didn't have this problem until I joined this board. I was doing fine and so was my hair with my primary staples--no pjism whatsoever, but my stylist said it's okay to rotate so that gives me an excuse to buy just a few extra things. I want just the best, though.

 

[La Colocha]

Lol these days I keep products long enough so I can do my youtube video reviews then 90% i sell on the exchange forum. Just did one on Donna Marie's Curling Jelly.

We'll see how it comes out.

I have to watch it.

 

[La Colocha]

I have to watch it.

You do good reviews, The tops of the products for afroveda have changed also. The ginger almond butter reminds me of irish spring soap. I liked the smell.

 

[Charz]

You do good reviews, The tops of the products for afroveda have changed also. The ginger almond butter reminds me of irish spring soap. I liked the smell.

Thats what it is! I couldn't put my finger on it. Thanks!

 

[chebaby]

i really love all the afroveda moisturizers except the totally twisted. it puts an ashy look to m hair.
maybe she changed the smells because my hemp butter and shea amla butter smell totally different to me. the shea amla is clearly frankin whatever and mirh or whatever lol but the hemp butter smells like the hemp seed butter i bought from from nature with love. and my cocolatter smelled just like hot cocoa or chocalate chip cookies. so idk. maybe since she was leaving she didnt have time to put the smells with it i dont know.

that shea amla butter is the bomb but i dont know if i want to repurchase the big jar because the sample jar last me a long time.
ETA oh and i cant wait to get my darcy botanicals leave in and curling jelly. even though i know no matter how good it is i will get bored with it.

 

[Shay72]

I'm trying to figure out what this cassia smells like? Green tea? I'm not sure.

I may have to try that Shea Amla out.....Wait a minute someone post the ingredients. Maybe I can make it here or some version of it. IDK I kinda had another recipe in my head.

LC is right Char you do great reviews!

I am all over the place !

 

[Charz]

I'm trying to figure out what this cassia smells like? Green tea? I'm not sure.

I may have to try that Shea Amla out.....Wait a minute someone post the ingredients. Maybe I can make it here or some version of it. IDK I kinda had another recipe in my head.

LC is right Char you do great reviews!

I am all over the place !

Aww thanks!

The ingredients are here

 

[La Colocha]

i really love all the afroveda moisturizers except the totally twisted. it puts an ashy look to m hair.
maybe she changed the smells because my hemp butter and shea amla butter smell totally different to me. the shea amla is clearly frankin whatever and mirh or whatever lol but the hemp butter smells like the hemp seed butter i bought from from nature with love. and my cocolatter smelled just like hot cocoa or chocalate chip cookies. so idk. maybe since she was leaving she didnt have time to put the smells with it i dont know.

that shea amla butter is the bomb but i dont know if i want to repurchase the big jar because the sample jar last me a long time.
ETA oh and i cant wait to get my darcy botanicals leave in and curling jelly. even though i know no matter how good it is i will get bored with it.

We need to find a way around this, i am getting the same way. I have products that work for me but i want different ones. I ordered 2 lines and i want 1 more to rotate. I have been using the same products for a minute and i need something new. I think my problem is that i haven't been really rotating products. Hmm mmm

 

[IDareT'sHair]

We need to find a way around this, i am getting the same way. I have products that work for me but i want different ones. I ordered 2 lines and i want 1 more to rotate. I have been using the same products for a minute and i need something new. I think my problem is that i haven't been really rotating products. Hmm mmm

Yes.......Rotate Your Products. Clarify Your Hair if Stuff's Not Working. Do What You Need to Do.erplexed

Truthfully, We All Have Enough Products where we do not anything new. Combined we could Shampoo, Co-Wash & DC an Entire Third World Country.

We need to just keep using what we have 'invested' good money in and making those work and Focus More on the Overall Health & Quality of Our Hair.

Some Ladies on this Very Board would literally "Kill" to have 1/4 of what we ALL currently have. Imma make Mine work. I know I can get all wound up too (because I am a Junkie) Just Like Ya'll. I Admit it.

But when the Dust Settles and I open that Garage Door MY PERSONAL REALITY Sets In and I come face to face with the Hundreds of Dollars sitting out there. Knowing I need to use them. I have a Great Variety of GOOD Products. Honestly, I do.

Imma Chill. Rotate. And Be Grateful for what I Have and when I get Bored, Imma Go Out to the Garage and Arrange My Products.

*runs outta thread*

 

[Americka]

Yes.......Rotate Your Products. Clarify Your Hair if Stuff's Not Working. Do What You Need to Do.erplexed

Truthfully, We All Have Enough Products where we do not anything new. Combined we could Shampoo, Co-Wash & DC an Entire Third World Country.

We need to just keep using what we have 'invested' good money in and making those work and Focus More on the Overall Health & Quality of Our Hair.

Some Ladies on this Very Board would literally "Kill" to have 1/4 of what we ALL currently have. Imma make Mine work. I know I can get all wound up too (because I am a Junkie) Just Like Ya'll. I Admit it.

But when the Dust Settles and I open that Garage Door MY PERSONAL REALITY Sets In and I come face to face with the Hundreds of Dollars sitting out there. Knowing I need to use them. I have a Great Variety of GOOD Products. Honestly, I do.

Imma Chill. Rotate. And Be Grateful for what I Have and when I get Bored, Imma Go Out to the Garage and Arrange My Products.

*runs outta thread*

 

[Shay72]

T every time you talk about your stash I think to myself, " I would love to see it".

 

[IDareT'sHair]

T every time you talk about your stash I think to myself, " I would love to see it".

It's So Much Better. I have Given Away A Bunch Of Stuff in & out of the Country. I Love to Buy them, But Honestly, I don't "Need" them.

I now have Shelves (although not as Long or Deep as they looked on-line Home Depot) but they will suffice.

And Surprisingly, I know where every, single product is.

I have a 2 car Garage, but Girl, if I had a Spouse there would be no where for him to park his car.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Shay....Give Us an Update on the Cassia! I am curious how shiny it makes you.

 

[Shay72]

It's still in! I'm leaving it in overnight. I will let you know tomorrow.

 

[La Colocha]

I have satisfied my binge for today and went to komaza and got a califa sample pack. So im done until i can try and get through these things. My mom took a few of my things and my niece took the rest i love her but she's a baby pj, she even went in some of my jasmines stuff but i still have a lot. Please pray for them to make it safetly back, they leave early in the morning.

I think i got everything out of my system. I still want to do this challenge and stick to it. I have learned that i need to rotate my products. I can't keep using the same thing all the time even though it works. Doing that i will never be satisfied. Im glad you ladies use a variety of different products and you still have your staples.

 

[chebaby]

you are right T. i will use up my products. most of them are really good products but i just get bored. i will just keep the oyin whipped pudding and curls whipped cream until it gets super duper cold and then i will use them to do twists and braids(although i seriously doubt i will actually do braids lmao).

also tonight i am going to clean out a drawer and put some random products in it. they are just sitting in the middle of the floor in a big sephora bag and im tired of looking at them. if i do that it will make me feel like i dont have as many products lol.

 

[La Colocha]

you are right T. i will use up my products. most of them are really good products but i just get bored. i will just keep the oyin whipped pudding and curls whipped cream until it gets super duper cold and then i will use them to do twists and braids(although i seriously doubt i will actually do braids lmao).

also tonight i am going to clean out a drawer and put some random products in it. they are just sitting in the middle of the floor in a big sephora bag and im tired of looking at them. if i do that it will make me feel like i dont have as many products lol.

Che are these not giving you the moisture you need? And did you try to clarify?

 

[Brownie518]

LC, let us know how the Califa products are. I've been wanting to try them, too!

I used up another Jasmine's Moisture Renewal this morning. I actually haven't ordered anything this weekend. I didn't get half as many sale emails as I usually do. Sometime this week, I'm going to hit up Jasmine's and get a few things, though. She still has the 20% off. I might drop by the BSS and check out this Taliah business, too.
I'm also gonna dip back into Marshall's and see what Alterna and Sexy Hair stuff they have.

I hate missing like 5 pages of posts in the daytime on my workdays.

 

[La Colocha]

LC, let us know how the Califa products are. I've been wanting to try them, too!

I used up another Jasmine's Moisture Renewal this morning. I actually haven't ordered anything this weekend. I didn't get half as many sale emails as I usually do. Sometime this week, I'm going to hit up Jasmine's and get a few things, though. She still has the 20% off. I might drop by the BSS and check out this Taliah business, too.
I'm also gonna dip back into Marshall's and see what Alterna and Sexy Hair stuff they have.

I hate missing like 5 pages of posts in the daytime on my workdays.

I sure will let you guys know, the samples should be enough for me to see if i like it or not. Good job on using up products. There weren't very many sales, not even clothes and stuff like i thought it would be. Oh well. We can save up money for black friday.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

you are right T. i will use up my products. most of them are really good products but i just get bored. also tonight i am going to clean out a drawer and put some random products in it. they are just sitting in the middle of the floor in a big sephora bag and im tired of looking at them. if i do that it will make me feel like i dont have as many products lol.

Me Too (at the Bolded).

All Of Us Up in this Piece are Serious Product-Divas! We Got Da' Stuff.

We Got the Bombdiggity Products and the Very Best of Product Lines.

Unfortunately, we Also Have a Problem A Big Problem.

PJ-ism is definitely a sickness. Remember All that STUFF I bought at Bath & Body when Phyto was having that Big Sale?

It Sat in my Laundry Room in a Big Huge Shopping Bag for weeks. (second bolded)

Until I start mailing most it out of here because I got tired of looking at it.

I just took what is left the other day and put it on the Shelf.erplexed

 

[chebaby]

Che are these not giving you the moisture you need? And did you try to clarify?

they dont seem to be giving me the moisture they used to. i havent clarified in a while because last time i did(about a month ago) it took me a week to get my moisture back. but i do use a shampoo bar or black soap sometimes twice a week.

 

[chebaby]

yes T pj-ness is a serious problem. somtimes i look at my products and im like and other times im like erplexed. i like having options and i see my hair growing a thriving. you should have seen my hair yesterday after the avocado treatment. my hair was so strong and yet soft and my curls were so clumped together from the giovanni direct leave in. i was so happy. but when i look at my stash like erplexed i wonder what the heck was i thinking when i bought this crap.
and the thing about it is if i buy a product that i really wanted whether it worked or not when i got it isnt an issue. its those products that i just bought because i got the urge. like that crap in a jar blended beauty. those products suck on my hair and i only got it because at the time it seemed like i had everything else. now im really sick of looking at that because its not like i really wanted it in the first place.

i need help

 

[La Colocha]

they dont seem to be giving me the moisture they used to. i havent clarified in a while because last time i did(about a month ago) it took me a week to get my moisture back. but i do use a shampoo bar or black soap sometimes twice a week.

What clarifying shampoo are you using? When i clarify i prepoo with something heavy, oil or butter, And my hair never feels stripped. Whatever dc you are using should put the moisture back in your hair after you clarify.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

yes T pj-ness is a serious problem. somtimes i look at my products and im like and other times im like erplexed. i need help

Girl, Admittedly, WE ALL DO! That's why this Challenge was Such A Brilliant Idea.

Because it Forced Us To Evaluate & Use what We Had and Not so Limiting as to Go Cold Turkey and Be on a No-Buy that We'd All Fail.

Girl, Last Night, I was Ready! I was Determined to Get My Shop On. I Had waited for this weekend. But, for the most part, there really wasn't any good Sales out there.

We Just have to stay focused and start saving up for Black Friday and Putting a Dent in What We Have On Hand and Keep Rotating.

IA Wholeheartedly, at times I look at my Stash Like: And then Other Times I'm Like: You Big Dummy -- Did you Need That?

So, We are Really Growing. (And Hopefully Our Hair is Too)

Just think a couple of months ago we wouldn't have even been "thinking about this" at all.

 

[Brownie518]

What clarifying shampoo are you using? When i clarify i prepoo with something heavy, oil or butter, And my hair never feels stripped. Whatever dc you are using should put the moisture back in your hair after you clarify.

I do the same, La. I clarify on a regular basis and this way, I never have a problem feeling stripped.

I use DE Organic Cleanse Deep Cleansing or diluted Elucence Volume Clarifying.

 

[La Colocha]

I do the same, La. I clarify on a regular basis and this way, I never have a problem feeling stripped.

I use DE Organic Cleanse Deep Cleansing or diluted Elucence Volume Clarifying.

This right here is my staple clarifyer, i have hard water too and this helps with the mineral deposits i love this shampoo. Ive tried a many clarifiers and this one is the best ive tried.

 

[IDareT'sHair]

I think Clarifying Helps You Get the Most From Your Products. It seems like once you clarify you get better Product Penetration (if that makes sense).

I seem to get better results especially from my Reconstructors and my DC Treatments after I have Clarified.

By Removing that Gunk (Buildup) in a Gentle Way, it enables you to see if a product is really working for you like you think it is.

It Seems to GRAB the Product.

Next time I am looking for a Clarifying 'Poo in (2015) I will have to try the one you referenced.

 

[La Colocha]

I think Clarifying Helps You Get the Most From Your Products. It seems like once you clarify you get better Product Penetration (if that makes sense).

I seem to get better results especially from my Reconstructors and my DC Treatments after I have Clarified.

By Removing that Gunk (Buildup) in a Gentle Way, it enables you to see if a product is really working for you like you think it is.

Next time I am looking for a Clarifying 'Poo in (2015) I will have to try the one you referenced.

The bolded is true, i always clarify when i try a new product to see if it really works. I did it with that dc i got from sally's and my hair was nice and soft. Always start with a clean slate.