Too Shea Or Not Too Shea? Jessicurl Review

*SIGH* I wanted soooo badly to like this...
I heard great thing about Jessicurl via friends and watching product reviews on Youtube. After much contemplation I decided to go out on a limb and pick this up at one of my favorite hair boutique's, Ecodermis and Wolfberry in Crown Heights. I often stop by when I want to treat myself to hair products that I can't typically find at my local beauty supply store. I heard and read nothing, but rave reviews about Jessicurl's product. This product being one of them.

I'm just gonna throw it out there and say I was thoroughly unimpressed and upset that this sucked so much!
This product is

• Sulfate free
• Free of parabens
• No mineral oil (Petroleum)
• No dyes
• Cruelty free
• Tested on curls, not animals
• Vegan

One of the only pros about this conditioner for me was the ingredients:

Water,your hair's #1 moisturizer.

Horsetail herb, Horsetail stems are imbued with ample silica and silicic acids;  the silica content helps strengthen weak, brittle, damaged hair, giving it vitality and shine with regular use.

Peppermint oil, helps to reduce excessive oil production by your scalp. 

Rosemary oil, used for centuries in cultures worldwide to promote hair growth and delay the onset of gray hair.

Marshmallow Root, according to Practical Herbalism: Ordinary Plants with Extraordinary Powers, contain approximately “18-35% mucilaginous compounds.”

With amazing ingredients like this you'd think I'd have nothing to complain about, right? Well onto the cons let me break it down. I got no slip what so ever, I found that I had to reach for more conditioner just to coat my hair even while my hair was soaking wet. If I prepoo my hair with my oil blend the process it a tad bit easier, but barely.

The earthy, mentholated smell gave me a bit of headache. I plan on adding this to another deep conditioner so I can finish out the bottle and be done with it. For $17.99 I really wasn't happy. I felt like I completely wasted my money and I'm a bit hesitant about trying other Jessicurl products.

If you wanna go out on a limb and give it a try tell me how it worked for you.  Did you like it? Love it? or Chuck it? You can find this product at/on:

• Ecodermis and Wolfberry (N.Y.C curlies)
• Curlmart.com

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