Organix Anti-Breakage Keratin Oil shampoo and conditioner review

Did I mention that I'm getting more into keratin-infusing hair products? Hair has to be strong to grow longer.

This is a relatively new product in the Organix field. This line promises keratin proteins that "reinforce each strand, increasing elasticity to resist breakage caused by brushing and styling, while argan oil conditions and smoothes creating a luminescent shine." Sounds good right? Retails at Target for $8 each.

Considering my past history with Organix products, I'm surprised I picked this up, but I liked that keratin was further up the ingredients list compared to the other keratin products I picked up. More keratin, sounds good to me. And no sulfates!

The packaging is just like the other Organix products, sturdy and won't break if I drop it in the shower like I tend to.

The smell is kinda strong...and too sweet. But the product itself is really nice! Lathers nicely without sulfates and conditions well without leaving residue. My hair is so soft and fluffy, I don't need to put in any other product afterwards. Cool :)

My rating? 8/10 -- if only it didn't smell like that.

Revlon Top Speed nail polish review

I'm back at college!! I forgot to bring my nail stuff, so I picked up this bottle of nail polish. I picked it up because:
1. I like the sea foam green color (#320, Jaded).
2. It promises to dry quickly, I don't have time to wait.

It retails for $6 at Target.

This nail polish is crap. I don't know if I picked up a bad bottle or something. The formula is really thin but it dries so quickly, it goes on clumpy. Really, not attractive. It ended up looking like I painted my nails with green wite-out.
Even when I shook the bottle and tried re-painting my nails, they looked goopy and gross.
My rating:1/10, I do like the color.

Organix Renewing Moroccan Argan Oil Intense Moisturizing Treatment review

A couple months ago, I reviewed the shampoo and conditioner of this Organix line. They were an extreme disappointment, I don't know why I tried with this one. I was looking for a holy grail deep conditioner and picked this one up at CVS for about $8.

The packaging is really cute. I love the colors and the sturdy material. It feels like it won't crack if I drop it in the bathtub, which I've done before (slippery soapy fingers!).

Why is this deep conditioner more watery than the everyday conditioner? It sank into my hair...and sat there. I waited 5 minutes, rinsed it out, my hair felt exactly the same as before I put the deep conditioner in.

My hair felt like...sticky straw after I towel dried. I needed to put 3 squirts of moroccan argan oil in my hair to make it feel remotely normal.

Rating: 0/10

I just don't like any product in this line.

Urban Decay Supercurl Curling Mascara review

I'm waiting at the nail salon for Claudia to be done, so I'm going to do a few reviews :)

First up is the Urban Decay Supercurl Curling Mascara (I got it in black).
It retails for about $17 at Sephora.

I like the packaging, it's cute without being super feminine or edgy.

The formula is nice and thick, doesn't clump, and there's no weird smell. It goes on smoothly and builds up a little bit. It darkens my lashes nicely.

The brush is that kind that has spikes to prevent clumping, and this kind of brush typically makes my eyes itch. The curled shape makes it easier to apply to all my lashes.

My only issue is that it doesn't curl my lashes at all without a curler. So, it's just a regular mascara.

Rating: 6/10, too expensive for a regular mascara, doesn't do anything special.

Dry Shampoo review!

Hey guys!!

So, you've heard of dry shampoo right? You spray/dust it on and it soaks up any grease/oil while adding texture and volume so you can go a day or too without shampooing. You're supposed to go a day or two without washing your hair, it keeps your hair protected with its natural oils. This helps that process without making you look super greasy.

So, in my last post I reviewed the Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray, and mentioned that it did much the same. EXCEPT it doesn't soak up oils. So I'll have volume, but greasy volume if I've been sweating or whatever. Which is fine, it's a texturizing spray, not a dry shampoo.

I've tried each of these for at least 2 months each and here are my reviews:

First up, Salon Grafix Invisible Dry Shampoo. $7 at CVS
I like this one because it KINDA does what it says. It soaks up oil, there's no residue IF you brush it out (which is in the instructions, just make sure you follow them). But it smells like talc powder, which (to me) smells like an old lady, and the smell stays with you, because that's how they mask your greasy hair smell. I don't want to smell like an old lady. This also doesn't work if you're on your second day without shampooing. It doesn't soak up THAT much oil, and if you use too much, your hair will look weighed down and dirty. It does what it says, but don't expect a miracle.
Rating: 7/10

Next up: Tresemme FreshStart Dry Shampoo for straight/normal hair. $5 at Walmart
This one, although it claims to be professional quality, doesn't work for me. It smells nice, like all the other Tresemme products, like a fruity hairspray, but that's it. No matter how little or much I use, my hair ends up looking greasy, dirty, and limp. Gross. I end up washing my hair anyway.
Rating: 1/10

Last: Osis+ Dust It Texture - Mattifying Powder (Level 1).
I got this for $20 at a hair salon, I haven't seen it at Walmart, Target, or CVS.
I like this one. It's not really a dry shampoo but it works just like one. It mattifies your hair to make it not so greasy looking, and adds texture. You tap it lightly onto your hair and scrunch your hair. It does leave your hair feeling a bit odd, kinda like....velcro? But that's the texturizing effect, so your hair will look like it has volume. There's no smell, and you use so little that this little .35 oz bottle will last half a year. Great :)
Rating: 8/10

Healthy Sexy Hair Soy Renewal Beach Spray

I got this in my July Ipsy Glambag, another thing I wanted to try BADLY. My hair has texture, but sometimes it looks flat. This is supposed to give a beachy look, texturizing while conditioning with argan oil. Yes!

I found this at Giant and Cvs for $20 for a tiny bottle....pretty glad I got this from Ipsy to try:)

I love this. The bottle sprays very well, the packaging is cute. It does give my hair texture without making it crunchy :) it smells vaguely of sunscreen for some reason. I like using it on my day between shampooing to give my hair a bit more oomph :) yay! I haven't tried it on wet hair yet.

My only issue is the price, because I would definitely buy this again. $20 for a 1.7 fl oz bottle? But it works, so it's worth it.

Rating: 8/10

Pixi Lash Booster Mascara review

I got this in my August Glambag from Ipsy, and I was pretty excited. I love mascara! Yay! And I've never tried anything by Pixi but I did want to try it. This is the Pixi Lash Booster Mascara.

This is the sample size, so I don't know if it comes any bigger, but the brush was teeny tiny. It came in Blackest Black.

I don't like this. The brush seemed to have almost no bristles, so it smoothed over my lashes instead of brushing through them. No separation, nothing. I might as well have used a cotton swab. And the mascara itself? Very, very liquid. It was so watery that, after 20 flicks of the brush, my lashes still looked exactly the same. I don't know, maybe I got a bad one or it melted in the summer, but this is such crap. Did nothing.

I'm sure you can buy Pixi at Target for maybe 7-15 bucks?

Rating: 0/10

Not Your Mother's Way To Grow Shampoo and Conditioner review

I picked these up at Urban Outfitter for about $8.00 each for the shampoo and conditioner....and then found out I could've picked them up at Walmart for $3.00 each. Bummer

They are sulfate free and promise longer hair faster, to strengthen hair, and to contain an anti-breakage formula. I used them for about a month and a half and I can honestly say I hate them.

The packaging is bright, very cute, and makes it very easy to get the shampoo and conditioner out. The smell is gross, like a very very fakely sweet strawberry smoothie. Thankfully, as soon as my hair dried, the smell dissipated.

The day before I started this system, I shampooed with Neutrogena Clarifying shampoo, to make sure I got a fresh start. Two days later, I shampooed, and noticed the shampoo left my hair a weird straw texture, odd for a sulfate-free shampoo, although it DID lather nicely. I rinsed, and then left the conditioner in for 3 minutes (as instructed). The conditioner has the texture of a mousse, I don't feel like it really sank into my hair. I rinsed, air dried my hair, and my hair was very soft. Yay!

That only happened the first time, though. Every time after that (about 12 - 15 washes), my hair was matted, tangled, and extremely hard to brush. I have never had this issue with my hair before. I tried using just the shampoo with a different conditioner, thinking that the conditioner wasn't strong enough. Nope. Didn't work, even with a deep conditioning treatment.

Into the trash this one goes. Thoroughly disappointed. My hair didn't really grow much faster, maybe an inch in 1.5 months, but so much of it seemed to fall out while I was using the system, the growth wasn't even worth it. I saw the regular number of split ends, so I'm not sure what happened with that, but the constant tangling couldn't have helped.

I'm rating this a 0/10.