Okay, Okay.....I, Red Velvet admit it...I am somewhat of a PJ (Product Junkie). But this time my PJism helped me find an awesome product on accident. I was getting ready to hangout with my chica and I forgot my products -_- . I didn't have time to go back home to retrieve my oil. So, I ran out to the Target to find a cheap replacement oil because I refused to spend another 20 dollars for oil when I had a brand spanking new bottle of oil in the house. So I trolled up and down Target's hair care aisles. Until, I stumbled upon Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil in their ethnic hair care aisle.
There wasn't a price listed on the bottle or shelf. So, I walked over to the nearest price check machine and scanned the bottle. The price scanned the oil for $2.50!!. I had to do a double take on the price. I have NEVER purchased a herbal oil that cheap. So, I scanned the herbal oil again (just to be sure...LOL).
I read the ingredients (which are listed below) and except for the synthetic preservatives are the rest of the ingredients are natural.
Ingredients:
Soybean Oil, Fragrance, Castor Seed Oil, t-butyl hydroquinone, Olive Fruit Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Tocopherol, Jojoba Seed Oil, Walnut Seed Oil, Sesame Seed Oil, Carrot Seed Oil, Safflower Oil, Kiwi Fruit Extract, Comfrey Leaf Extract, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Thyme Extract, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, Cucumber Fruit Extract, German Chamomile Extract, Pot Marigold Flower Extract, Yarrow Extract, Sage Leaf Extract, Carrageenan Extract.
I still couldn't believe that herbal hair oil could be so cheap. Most hair oils that price are chalked full of chemicals and junk. I was scared to buy it because of the price. So, I stood there for a few minutes before I finally decided to buy the oil. I picked up a bottle for myself and a couple of bottles to give my little sister, Coco to take back to school with her.
Red Velvet's Verdict
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The Pros
I love that Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil is a multi-purpose oil that can be used for your hair, bath and body( Not that I would use it for bath purposes though). This oil keeps my scalp and hair moisturized. I haven't experienced any product build up yet. This oil is great to use as a Pre-poo or DT. The shelf life for Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil is about 24 months, which gives you more than plenty of time to use it. You definitely cannot beat the price $1.50-$2.99. I dare you to find all natural oil that is awesome for less.
The Cons
If you use too much it can leave your hair too oily. So for me less is more.
Coco's Verdict
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The Pros
Great overnight treatment moisturizer
The Cons
This product doesn't keep my hair moisturized long. I find myself moisturizing my hair more than 3-4 times a week to keep moisture. It does work fine for over night moisturizing treatments, but because my hair tends to dry out quickly I'd try look for a heavy natural based product.
You can purchase it from StockN'Go for $2.56 or in bulk. You can also run up to your nearest Target (Like I did) or beauty supply store and purchase it for $1.50-2.99(depending on the store location).
NOTE: Coco and I are not affiliated or paid to review any of the products we use. If we are we will let you know. We only give honest opinions about the products we review. If we call a product a holy grail or just simply love it. It's because we really love the products we have used and are not paid to give a false reviews. Although, we may be given free products to review. We will let you know and will let you know our honest opinion about the products we use.
Have you used Africa's Best Ultimate Herbal Oil? Go pickup a bottle and tell us about your experience.
The ingredient list looked good to me too untill I googled t-Butyl Hydroquinone. It is toxic and causes cancer.
ReplyDeleteI think that the t-Butyl Hydroquinone is a very small thing to worry about especially since it is in such a small quantity. This antioxidant is also found in foods. I found this new version of the oil very nice on my hair. I'm thinking of incorporating it into my natural hair care regimen. I have 4c hair and this worked nicely.
ReplyDeleteI am using this and it keeps my hair moist for 2 days. That's great for me.
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