Jane Carter Solution Nourish & Shine Product Review

I have heard so much about the Jane Carter Solution line, so I decided to give a few products a try. The first one that I picked up was Nourish & Shine.

PRICE: This little jar will put you back about $22. (YOWZERS!!!)

PRODUCT CLAIMS: "You have never experienced a product as fabulous as Nourish & Shine! We blend all natural vitamins and essential oils ot create this incredible hair nourisher. It completely melts in your hair and adds amazing shine and never leaves your hair feeling greasy or limp. Nourish & Shine helps reduce  dryness on your scalp and your skin!"

INGREDIENTS: This little baby is packed with some good stuff. Although it does use regular shea butter as its base, the combination of shea butter with mango butter, illippe butter, and essential vitamins and oils for hair gives it a little something something extra.

MY EXPERIENCE: The directions on the bottle say to only use about a pea size amount. I was extremely skeptical that such little product could do all that it claimed to do, but to my amazement it did. When using it to take down my twist-rod sets, it made my hair feel extra soft and it made my look extra shiny. It looked really really healthy. When I used it in the mornings to re-moisturize and refresh my hair, it softened my hair and added some more shine to it. One of the best things about it is that a little goes an extremely long way. I've had this tube for about 3 months now and just look how much I have left! 

Totally worth the $22 in terms of how long the product lasts.

FINAL THOUGHTS: The product definitely did what it said it was going to do. It's a really good product but isn't necessarily my favorite. When the product does run out, I don't think I would necessarily make it a priority to repurchase. It's a good product to have around, but it just isn't one of my staples (well, at least not now anyways...).

FTC Disclaimer: I was not paid for this review. I purchased this product myself. All opinions are my own

Moisturizing Transitioning Hair

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Moisturizing your hair is an important element to any hair care regimen, including transitioning hair care regimens. Ideally, you should moisturize your hair every 2 to 3 days between washdays.  This simple task, however, is no easy feat for transitioning curlys like me.

Although water is the best moisturizer, it certainly isn’t ideal for transitioning hair unless you intend on resetting your hair every 2 to 3 days. My transitioning hair care regimen only allows me to manipulate my hair about once a week. So having to wet and reset my hair about 3 times a week is just not an option. As an alternative, I tried a number of different moisturizing lotions. Every product I tried stripped my hair of moisture rather than restoring moisture to my hair. I needed to do something different to keep my hair soft and moisturized through out the week.

Thankfully, I found an answer to my dilemma: oils. Certain oils have the ability to penetrate the hair shaft and moisturize the strands. I tried Africa’s Best Herbal Oils (ABHO) mostly because it only costs about $2 a bottle and I used to use it when I was younger. (Who says great hair care products have to cost you a fortune?) The oils contained in this practically wholly organic mixture aren’t exactly penetrating, but it did enough to see if oils are the solution to my problem. So far so good! My hair retains it shine, and remains soft throughout the week. 

Once I finish the bottle of this product, I will try both coconut oil and olive oil. Both oils have been proven to have deep conditioning properties. Although I still have some experimenting to do as far is which oil is best for me, I think this is the solution to my dilemma. 

What do you do to moisturize your transitioning hair?