With all the products lines out there, how do you decide which ones to try?

[sparkle25]

Just curious. Whenever I post a question, I always get wondeful advice, no doubt about it. I love you ladies for it. I just notice that someone will be like "My favorite is - insert a line I've never heard of, and when I google the name, all the products look awesome-" lol. With all that is out there how do you decide which ones to try! I feel overwhelmed just looking at everything, and I also am hesitant to try new things. Not like you can get a refund if you don't like it lol. So I was just curious how you filter them out?

 

[bellebebe]

Well, as I am a prospering college student, price is an issue for me. I first look at price, then I smell it, and then I read the ingredients. This pretty much sums it up for me.

 

[overtherainbow]

Because my hair is a total high maintenance diva, it's easy for me to choose. I'm already allergic to wheat and oats so products with wheat germ and oat bran get booted off the wish list. I'm also a vegetarian, so lanolin, emu oil and animal tested products get x'd too. And my hair hates most alcohols, heavy cones, heavy proteins, leave-ins with honey, cheap rinse outs....
This just leaves a handful of products that I could actually try lol

 

[PJaye]

My factors for product purchases in order of significance:

- Ingredient List (This is the first line of defense. I check to see if it contains ingredients that have proven effective/beneficial, or detrimental. The order of the ingredients is also very important because I don't want all of the nutrients to be low on the list and make up .000000001% of the product. I also check to see if the ingredients are the result of purposeful execution or are a haphazard attempt at capitalism, e.g., an emulsion of distilled water, aloe vera, shea butter, EVCO, parfum and preservatives slammed into a jar and put up for sale will get ignored.)

- Vendor Reputation (I gather information regarding a merchant's customer service, conflict resolution, quality control, sale promotions, shipping rates and other policies. Too many unsatisfactory reports or too few sale promotions will cause a vendor to be shelved or discarded.)

- Price Point (Despite a product's superlative ingredients, it must be cost effective. It could be a great product, but if I can only get 1-2 uses out of it, it's automatically deemed unworthy.)

- Product Type (I have different criterion for each product type, e.g., DCs need to be highly nutritive, leave-ins/moisturizers must have smoothing and emollient properties, sealants can only contain carrier and essential oils, etc.)

- Product Reviews (Who's using it, how long have they used it and the manner in which it's being used are taken into careful consideration.)

 

[Lylddlebit]

Motivators for me to try a new line are 1) convenience 2) good sale 3)proof of how well it works 4) random chance 5) free samples

 

[divachyk]

Good sales is the initial motivation and second to that is knowing what ingredients my hair prefers. That way, I am more likely to buy things that will work. To know this though, it takes some trial and error.

 

[VictoriousBrownFlower]

I've found my fave deep conditioners searching fotkis of peoples who hair is like mine and I admire. I was already aware that my hair didn't like protein so I was looking for something without a lot of protein in it.

Other things I've found searching this forum. Seeing what everyone was raving about in the vendor forum and hair forum. Searching for things on here or youtube about the product I'm thinking about getting is another big thing I do. If it has a lot of raves then I try it.

 

[MileHighDiva]

Co-signing what PJaye stated above. Also, I need to be able to afford it with out a sale. I would never want to fall in love with something I'm unable to re-up w/o a sale. I wouldn't want a setback due to not having my HG products due to expense.

 

[chrisanddonniesmommy]

Reviews, recommendations, price, and trial and error.

 

[sparkle25]

I guess I myself look for things I don't like as well. Like tons of oils in a leave in I know my hair won't like. For a while I thought my hair hated protein but turns out my hair needed it and likes it so far. I think ill still avoid them in leave in products for awhile.

I suppose I do the same thing that you ladies that have posted do. But there are soooooo many lines I feel overwhelmed and don't even know where to start lol. With all the lines there, there are so many ingredients to have to read though lol!

Reviews do help too though! That is how I found both my HG's

 

[IDareT'sHair]

In No Particular Order:

Price (Including Shipping)
Ingredients
Reviews
Sales
Customer Service

And everything else PJaye said

 

[Ogoma]

Same as PJaye, but quality and consistent reviews has a bigger impact than price for me to initially try something. If it works very well for me, price/sales would not be a consideration. If I have other things that work as well or better than price, especially shipping, will be a significant factor on whether I repurchase.

Reviews of the vendor are important because I need to trust the vendor with my money and my product. How the vendor carries themselves will play into if I trust them to make the products in a sanitary way or not.