February 28th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

It came, it came! A few days ago I was telling you guys how I took the plunge and ordered the Liquid Keratin Straight, Smooth & Long Treatment 30 Day Starter Set using my $10 off $60 at Beauty.com coupon. It expires 3/31/09, but I’m seriously thinking of challenging myself to the buy nothing for march movement so I had to go ahead and purchase. I get all excited buying things online with the good prices, but I hate waiting and want that instant gratification. Since with the Beauty.com coupon it was $10 cheaper than in the stores and the kit qualified for free shipping it was a no brainer as to where I was ordering from. The picture I showed in the previous post is basically what the box looks like. It has a sticker on the back of the box warning to do a strand test if you have color treated hair. I saw on the Naturallycurly.com boards that bottle blonds found it kinda gave a crazy tint to their color so I wonder if that sticker is new or they just ignored it. The instructions say to just wash your hair with the shampoo and section and saturate the hair with the ‘treatment’. I found a video online of a naturally straight hair model demonstrating the steps and believe me that section your hair part was a lot harder on 4a/b hair that isnt drenched in conditioner like its used to. The treatment is in a spray bottle which I find kind of weird but I sprayed away to saturate all my sections. They say it has a heat protectant in it so I guess i’ll follow the directions and not add another heat protectant. I definately have at least two treatments worth left so that’s a plus. You are supposed to leave it on for 30 minutes before you blowdry and straighten your hair, and its kind of funny how they keep reminding you that you have to wait 48 hours before you can wash your hair again. Umm I wouldnt wash my hair, especially not with shampoo, that fast anyway. Definately not when I went through the trouble to straighten. I guess i’ll have to wait and see the difference on how my hair looks wet, sorry for the tease but ill report back if my curls seem looser and add pics.

February 24th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

Conditioner Ingredients:
Water, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl, Dimethylamine, Raspberry Juice, Hydrolized Silk, Glutamic Acid, Bis-Aminopropyl Dimethicone, Fragrance, Benzyl Alcohol, EDTA, Citric Acid, Propylene Glycol, Sodium Chloride, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Red 33

Leave-In Ingredients:
Ingredients: water/eau, stearyl alcohol, cyclopentasiloxane, cetyl alcohol, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, rubus idaeus (raspberry) juice, hydrolyzed silk, dimethicone, glutamic acid, fragrance/parfum, benzyl alcohol, citric acid, sodium chloride, edta, propylene glycol, dmdm hydantoin, red 33.

February 22nd, 2009 by Apjonabudget

Well guys, i’ve been trying to be good and not purchase anymore products. I even tried to join the buy nothing challenge, but I failed miserably and knowing I had a tax refund check on the way really didnt help matters. You try to ignore it, but everywhere I turned, okay since I kept turning to hair boards maybe it shouldnt be a total shocker, I kept hearing about the Liquid Keratin 30 Day Straight-Smooth-Strong & Long Treatment Starter Kit. Whew now that was a mouthful, lol. I dream of a non-permanent straightening system, but everytime I hear about a new one there’s a huge but in there somewhere. Like with the Brazilian Keratin Treatment, I heard great reviews about that stuff, but it had hazardous chemicals in it that could basically kill you if done wrong. I mean, I know people have had success and are still walking and talking but I just couldnt risk it, especially for price tags upwards of $250, yikes! So lately the buzz has been on this LKT system, that name was just too long to re-type. It’s $69, and comes with a whole do it yourself kit.  The Kit comes with the ‘treatment’, a leave-in, some shampoo, and a conditioner. They sell the other products by itself, but the ‘treatment’ is only in the kit, at least for now. They only seem to have it at a few places, one being Beauty.com who is always having Free Shipping promotions and I just got a Code for$10 off $60 at Beauty.com! Man talk about a Coupon Alert, but it expires 3/31/09 so I have to make my move. With the $10 discount I’ve finally got enough to put me over the edge and get it. I’ll do a product review of course and let you know my thoughts but i’m really excited. You still have to use heat to get the best effects, but since keratin is protein my hair should be strong enough to take it.

February 20th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

February 18th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

February 15th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

I didn’t have a Valentine this year, not really a news flash if you know me, but I was reading on LHCF about this girl who was her own Valentine and was buying hair products for herself to show her love. As a Product Junkie (PJ) I really didnt need an excuse, but the what the heck. I have been working on my Wishlist and decided to pick up some stuff yesterday. I found out that Whole Foods had Kinky Curly Curling Custard in their stores now so I tried to get some last week when I went to pick up some actual groceries but they were sold out. Curses, so I got smart and called ahead; apparently everyone knows they sell it now because I got shot down by three stores before I found a hit. Arlington VA here I come, they had it alright, but note to self – Don’t go to Whole Foods on a Saturday afternoon, especially if its a holiday. The place was bananas! For my trouble I got the KCCC and the Knot Today leave in, and I threw in some flax seeds so I can make some gel and Lobster Bisque. That soup station is killer if you’re the least bit hungry! That only bummer is that I have cornrows in that are too fresh to justify taking them out to try my new gems, but thats okay the pj in me can calm down now that I just own it, lol.

February 10th, 2009 by Apjonabudget

February 8th, 2009 by Apjonabudget