Conditioner Strategies for Your Hair Type That Can Make a Beautiful Difference

Understanding what is going on with your hair is the first step to finding an ideal conditioning strategy.

Since we all have different hair types, we don’t condition our hair in exactly the same way.  Otherwise, the beautiful results we expect may not turn out as we had hoped for.  The reason this disappointment is because one conditioner is not always meant to address all specific hair textures or issues.  This is why you need to ask yourself a few questions before shopping for conditioners.

The Current Condition of Your Hair Matters

First, what is the current state of your hair right now?  Is it dry, damaged or color-treated?  If so, then using a daily hydrating conditioner after shampooing is important to keep it in good shape.  It is also helpful to use a thermal protective spray before using hot styling tools and your hair dryer so not to minimize your efforts.  To repair brittleness and add healthy luster, you also need to use a deep conditioner once a week.   

Hair Textures Also Have Different Needs

Perhaps, you have fine, limp hair.  What you don’t want to do is to overload on a conditioner that could weigh your hair down and make it look greasy and flatter because your hair is probably on the oily side.  However, you still might want a lightweight conditioner to help volumize and give it softness and shine.  The best thing to do is avoid thick, creamy formulas and condition only about twice a week.  If you have a problem with your hair knotting, a leave-in detangling spray offers additional control to tame it.

Thick, coarse hair thrives the best when it gets treated to a masque or deep conditioner with softening ingredients like shea butter or ceramides twice a month.  This type of ingredient offers the most powerful help to remedy its extra wiry damage and coax this texture back to beauty. 

Hopefully, this post will help simplify your hair conditioner strategies for the best possible outcome!

**5 WIN**Keune So Pure Moroccan Argan Oils Review + ($125) Giveaway!—Ends October 16, 2015

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Keune Moroccan Argan Oils are like having several hair products in one bottle.

One of my favorite hair products is argan oil.  Though there are tons of them out there, but not all are created equally as far as the purity and quality I have found out from own personal experience.  However, I really love how Keune’s So Pure Moroccan Argan Oils work to always bring noticeable shine and improved condition to my hair.

I have been using the original formula on my thick hair faithfully ever since first reviewing it.  The way I liked to use it is taking a few drops to my freshly washed, damp hair, starting at the bottom and patting my way upward before taking my dryer to it.  With all its vitamins and omega-6 in this oil, I found that I can cut some drying time besides just protecting my hair from heat damage.  Whenever I finish styling, my hair regains a healthy feel and admirable luster.  Even on those days when the humidity makes my hair misbehave with a frizz problem a few more drops of Keune’s Moroccan Argan Oil  to my dry hair are enough to tame it and give me control again. 

For those with fine, thin hair, I have exciting news to share.  Now Keune So Pure Moroccan Argan Oil Light is on the market. This formula also has apricot kernel oil along with argan, but in a lighter base than the original.  

The Argan Oil Light was a beneficial oil for my hair, but I still love the original more.  Nonetheless, the texture of your hair may make you just as passionate about this light version as I am about the regular.

I recommend the So Pure Moroccan Argan Oil (original) for best results  for those with normal to thick hair. The Moroccan Argan Oil Light is better suited for those with fine, thin hair.  

Regardless of the type of hair on your pretty head, Keune has the perfect formula of Moroccan Argan Oil to make those strands glorious with renewed condition and shine so do look into trying one!   


Thanks to Keune Hair Care, five lucky Nuts 4 Stuff readers in the United States or Canada win their choice of either a full-size 1.5 fl. oz. bottle of Keune So Pure Moroccan Argan Oil (original) or Moroccan Argan Oil Light ($25 value each)!

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Prize: Five (5) winners will receive their choice of either Keune’s So Pure Moroccan Argan Oil (Original) or Moroccan  Argan Oil Light ($25 value each). 

Dates of entry: 09/28/15–10/15/2015 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Review: Just Natural Organic Skin and Hair Care Products

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Just Natural Organic Skin and Hair Care Products

The more nutritious your diet, the better your chances of staying well.  The same principle applies to your complexion. Feeding your skin in the same fashion as you do your body with natural organic ingredients to nourish it instead of a chemical cocktail can help a complexion thrive as well since you are giving it the elements it needs to stay healthy.

Just Natural Organic Products has the same philosophy in the pure products that they produce with no GMO’s, parabens, or sulfates.  Everything is made fresh in small batches here in the United States.  The company sent me several of their skin and hair care to see what I thought.  

The Anti-Aging Day Facial Cream ($49.99) was the first product I experimented with.  This is a wonderful, lightweight anti-aging moisturizer that includes sea buckthorn, rosehip oil, borage, camellia seed oils, as well as aloe vera to intensely moisturize and rejuvenate skin.  I used this regularly in the mornings after I washed to start my day. 

This day cream felt comfortable, didn’t make me greasy, and allowed my skin to breathe instead of weighing it down with heavier, pore-clogging ingredients.  It gave me a petal soft complexion and did seem to lessen some finer creases over time.  

The second product that I want to tell you about is their Anti-Aging Renewal Serum ($37.99), which is packed with beneficial natural anti-oxidants and other soothing, restorative oils from ingredients such as jojoba, sea buckthorn, macadamia oil, hazelnut oil, squalene, and carrot oil.  

Just Natural Anti-Aging Renewal Serum

Immediately, I did notice my complexion took on more of a peachy, healthier color after I started applying two drops after cleansing each night for nearly three weeks now.  I liked that this oil did not sit on top of the skin, but absorbed somewhat as it went to work.  This concentrated serum left my skin extremely soft and wonderfully hydrated.  The best part was how it kept brightening my skin tone.  

I also received a bar of their handmade Paradise Soap ($11.99).  This lathers up beautifully with somewhat of a citrus scent and gently replenishes skin with plant oils and butters like macadamia and coconut oils, tacuma butter and guava leaf extract for its healing benefits. You might even want to skip following up with your body lotion after bathing with this soap. 

To see how their hair line worked, I requested their Extreme Dry Hair Shea Butter ($28.99). This product is rich in nuts butters and plant oils to rectify suffering hair and bring it back to life.  With my medium length of hair, I only needed to use a small amount (nickle size) of this leave in conditioner.  After I styled, I was greeted to hair that was softer, shinier, and more manageable without bogging my hair down.

I really liked this sampling of organic products for the beauty it brought out in my skin and hair.  In fact, I was so taken with these that I plan on trying more in the future.

Anyone looking for a more holistic, natural approach to skin and hair care should visit Just Natural Skin and Hair Care Products and try some, too!  

Shielo Hair Care Antioxidant Leave in Protectant Review and Giveaway!--Ends April 17, 2012

Shielo Hair Care Antioxidant Leave in Protectant

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Think of all the abuse our hair takes from chemical processing to excessive heat from our styling tools.  As a result of trying to beautify, we often fry our hair into a mass of brittle crisps unless we have forethought and protect those vulnerable strands first.  One such way is with Shielo Hair Care's Antioxidant Leave in Protectant.

This certified organic spray with a host of pro-vitamins, proteins and amino acids penetrate deeply for a conditioning effect from shea butter as well as that important heat protection resulting from damaging styling tools and sun exposure, restoring shine and eliminating frizz.  White tea and a wheat crosspolymer in the formula help to safeguard color as well.

All you do is mist your freshly washed hair and then blow dry and do your styling routine as usual.  What I found was this product did increase shine and manageability.

I did really like this Shielo's Antioxidant Leave in Protectant and suggest looking into this product for yourself.  

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A Great DIY Beauty Recipe to Save Your Hair From Summer Related Problems!

This beauty knows how to think ahead to protect her hair.

Though summer is my favorite time of the year, I hate how the sun can play havoc with hair and turn it dry like straw.  Even worse is how sun fades your hair color while it can make it brittle enough to crunch when rubbed between your fingers.

Pools and that awful chlorine can also rob your beautiful hair of its glory.   If you're not careful, blondes can find themselves sporting that striking new shade of green.  Did you know that justing wetting your hair first with regular water not pool water before you jump in and swim can prevent that new shade?

However, I found a wonderful homemade spray you can make in your kitchen to help in your battle from sun-baked summer hair.  You will need a clean empty spray bottle to fill up with this brew.

My Summer Hair Protector Recipe You'll be Nuts Over!

sunscreen
water
leave-in conditioner

Mix equal parts of all three of those ingredients into your empty clean spray bottle until filled. 

Spray your hair every time you get it wet in the pool or give it a squirt through every so often if you're hatless and lingering in the sun for a long time.  Be sure to comb the squirt of hair protector through with your hand to distribute it evenly. 

This will help keep that hair feeling softer and save it from damage!