August Birchbox Review....

So my next Birchbox arrived and guess who was beyond excited about it's contents.  I must say I was very impressed with the contents this month.  I will be honest and say after my first month's box I was not sure if I was going to continue my subscription any longer.  So enough of me babbling see what came in my August Birchbox below...

 

 

 

 

What was included in the box:

 

* A Beauty School Manual

* Juicy Couture Perfume

*Schick Hydro Silk

*Miss Jessies Stretch Silkening Creme

*Yu-Be Moisturizing Skin Cream

* Pixi Lipstick and Liner

 

What I loved about this month's box:

The theme!  Once again I feel if Birchbox hits the nail on the head with the theme surrounding each month's box.  With August being the month for most people starting school the "Beauty School Supply Box" was the perfect match.  I also loved getting the Miss Jessie's products I feel like each month they really do focus their boxes on my needs.  For $10 a month I feel like it more than pays for itself.

 



 

 

Next on the CurlBox...

Soo as some of you know I subsribed to CurlBox ....a natural hair box subscription service (check out my initial write up here).

So this is my second month getting a CurlBox and I just wanted to share with you all what I got in my box and my opinions and thoughts about CurlBox so far....

See pictures of what I received below...

What was included in this month's box:

Sample packet of Twista Sista (which I had been dying to try)
Full sized jar of Carol's Daughter Hair Milk
Fill sized jar of Shea Butter's Coconut Curling Cream
Packet of Palmer's Olive Oil Deep Conditioner
3 packets of SofnFree (cleansing conditioner, curly pudding, curl sealer)
Monthly newsletter


My take on CurlBox so far and this months box:

Overall I am beyond satisfied with the Curlbox I received.  I think they do a great job of sharing products that fall at both ends of the price spectrum. I will say this month I was beyond surprised to see I had received a full sized Carol's Daughter products...looks like my $20 a month subscription fee was well worth it.  I was also excited to receive some products I had been itching to try (Twisted Sista) as well as some products I did not know about (Sofnfree). 

Overall if your in the market to find new products or you are a product junkie like myself I think having a CurlBox subscription is well worth the $20 fee heck I think of a lot of worst ways to spend $20.....

Product Review NuNAAT Karite Special Line

It's been a while since I took the time to review a line of hair products so I am pretty excited about this review. Over the past week I have been using the brand NuNAAT Karite Special line.

So down to the nitty gritty....

I tried just about the entire Karite Special line which included a Nourishing Shampoo, Reconstructive Conditioner, Leave in Detangler, Hair Mask, and the Anti-Frizz Thermo Active.


Nourishing Shampoo
So with all of my hair regimen I always start with the shampoo.  The Karite Special shampoo was great, my hair usually feels slightly dried out after a good cleansing shampoo (which is why I deep condition a lot).  However, with the Karite shampoo my hair was left feeling very soft and my ringlets (curls) were pretty defined. The actually product felt pretty light and I look for that in a cleansing shampoo.  Let me tell you I was feeling so good about my hair I actually did my first wash and go lol.  In addition to the softness of my hair it also smelled great!

Reconstructive Conditioner
Okay so for me this conditioner proved to be very light.  With water as the conditioners primary ingredient (meaning it's listed first on the bottle).  I have used the conditioner in two ways as an immediate wash out and as a deep conditioner.  I will say I prefer this conditioner as an immediate rinse out.  It left my hair feeling very soft which is usually only something I get after about 15 mins of letting the conditioner sit in my hair.  So overall I did really like it, if your looking for an immediate rinse out conditioner then this would definitely be one to try.

Leave in Detangler
Let me just start with the word GREAT!  First of all I have say that I have been trough my share of leave in detangler/conditioners and it's been a love hate journey. Normally I steer clear of leave in's because my hair is left feeling a little crunchy and like it has way to much product in it.  However I am infatuated with this detangler, my hair was left feeling very soft and was super easy to do my detangling process and I loved it.  This detangler will be one to stick around in my regimen.

Hair Mask
So I ended up using the Hair Mask two different ways.  First I used it as a co-wash conditioner and second I used it as a deep conditioner (I placed a cap over my head and sat under the dryer for about 20 minutes).  Needless to say my hair felt so refreshed after applying the hair mask.  I am really big on my hair not feeling like it is overloaded with product and this is one of those masks that fits right in to my preference for products.  My curls were very defined upon rinsing the mask out and I loved it.

Anti-Frizz Thermo Active
So I really didn't get a chance to use this because I haven't put any heat on my hair (it works as a heat protector in some sense).  However I do plan on blowing my hair out in the next few days so I promise I will do a follow up post and discuss this.


And that pretty much sums it up....Overall I think if you are looking for a line of great products, that will leave your hair feeling soft to touch and moisturized  the Karite Special line would be a great choice.  I know for sure they have earned a new fan (me).  If you have any questions about the products or want to know about my experience further feel free to contact me or leave a comment below.


Now for the really good stuff.....
Just as a heads up I will be posting my next giveaway in a few days and the winner will receive their own collection of the entire Karite Special line so stay tuned!!!!

Something worth entering....

So when I checked my e-mail I noticed that Naturally Curly was doing a "Beat the Heat" 16 days of giveaways contest.  I figured it would only be right to spread the word because they are giving away some REALLY great products  I mean so good I may just come back each day and enter.  Entering each days giveaway is simple, they just ask for your name, e-mail, phone number, and zip code and your in there!  So if you have a minute take some time to enter the contests...what's there to lose?  Also I must stress you don't have to be natural to use great products that helps our hair to be healthy.  So click the link above and let me know if any of you win!

Oh yea did I mention that they are doing a grand prize valued at over $1200!  So each time you enter the daily giveaway you putting your name in the grand prize giveaway. See picture below for what you would get:

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