Budget Beauty

So after countless encounters with a variety of women and girls I have accepted my fate of running a one woman PR campaign of natural hair and affordable products in the ladies toilets at restaurants, churches, shopping malls, bowling alleys even hospitals. This might be my calling so I have decided to write my restroom sermon down, a change from regularly  promoting accessible and affordable product use across cubicles and mirrors to the generous sounds of hand dryers; whilst retouching my makeup.

Buying Products for your hair.

When it comes to finding products that work for your hair it is a game of hit and miss but one thing it should not do is break the bank, it is just hair after all. Regardless of whether its a brand name or a generic product, your productions end up down the drain so products they should be budget friendly. I have been through so may products in my journey mainly attributed to product junk ism in the past. I used to have about ten different types of conditioners in my cupboard but now I actually run out of conditioner!

When choosing products try to limit your use to three or four so you find what actually works or does not work for your hair. Do not fall into the product of the moment fad, I once fell for that with the Herbal Essences craze in 2011 and lets just say 'Hello Hydration' was more like 'Hath No Hydration' and my hair dried out, flaked, shrunk and had all kinds of temper tantrums until I went back to my 99p yes I said it 99p conditioner! Let me introduce you to Alberto Balsam. 

£0.99 Asda

 This conditioner works wonders for detangling and deep conditioning hair and it can be found in any major supermarket and drug stores in the UK. My hair is fine and course and tangles at every given moment but this product melts those tangles away. Mixed with coconut oil and you have a killer combination of consistency and the right slip to tackle knots from protective styles and in my case free form locs from weeks of no combing. My review might be biased but after six years of trying other products Alberto Balsam is the last conditioner standing plus it smells amazing.

Leave in Conditioners and  Oils 

I have already mentioned my three three favourite oils, Coconut oil  for detangling, Extra Virgin Olive oil  for deep conditioning and Sweet Almond oil for sealing.These oils can be found almost anywhere ranging from a pound to three pounds.  

I have two staple leave in conditioners that leave my hair smooth, moisturised and, they are also light enough to be used on a daily basis. I do not use a lot of butters on my hair because they tend to weigh my  fine hair down and define it; I am a big hair kind of girl. My staple conditioners are Inecto Pure Coconut Oil Moisture Infusing conditioner and Cantu's Shea butter conditioning cream. Cantu being the most expensive 

Inecto Pure Coconut Oil -Superdug

Cantu  £3.99 Paks Cosmetics