Let’s Compare: Moroccan Oil vs. Organic Root Stimulation Hair Mayonnaise.

All hair types need a regular deep conditioning product to revitalize, strengthen, repair and keep everyday damage to a minimum. Seeing as I’ve just bought the Moroccan Oil Intense Hydrating Mask (I caved in to the blogger hype), which is a high performance, intensive hair mask with an argan rich formulation that is designed to improve hair texture, elasticity and shine, and truthfully I wanted to see how it compared to my usual protein hair mask, Organic Root Stimulation’s Hair Mayonnaise.

Price

The Moroccan Oil cost £22.60 for 250ml while the ORS Conditioner cost £4.99 for 500ml . . .I don’t think you have to be a mathematical genius to know which one wins this round.

Lets be honest I could buy almost 2 litres of the ORS conditioner and bathe in it for what the Moroccan Oil Masque cost me.

Packaging

Hands down the MoroccanOil wins this round.

It’s rich turquoise container just screams ocean and tropics to me. Just love it!!!! The ORS conditioner is a lot plainer in clear plastic with an emerald green cover but seeing as it is 4 times cheaper than the Moroccanoil Hair Mask, I will let it for not being aesthetically pleasing.

Ingredients

The Ingredient list for the ORS is sooooo much longer than the Morocannoil, I couldn’t even manage to get a good snap of it because it seems to twist around the container like a maze. Both of these conditioners are dimethicone and glycerin based with ORS listing glycerin as its second ingredient.

Morocannoil is Argan Oil and Linseed based while ORS contains Egg protein, Wheat germ oil, Lanolin oil, Olive oil and propylene glycol (humecant). I think both the ingredient lists conveys that the ORS is a lot more intensive than the Moraccanoil but it is NOT a daily or bi-weekly conditioner.  

Use

The Hair Mayonnaise is much, MUCH thicker and heavier than the Moraconoil but the Moracconoil leaves hair feeling lighter and energized without the slippery weird down feeling the ORS can sometimes leave my hair with.  I feel that I used a lot more of the Morcanoil Hair Mask when I used it as an intensive mask compared with the Hair Mayonnaise so although it is lighter than the ORS and could probably be used once a week, I doubt it would keep up with my routine and I would have to make repurchases often.

Personal Opinion

Personally I love both these products. I find that I use less of the Moroccan Oil than the  ORS, which means that it does last a little bit longer than the ORS Hair Mayonnaise and I am less tempted to give my hair a protein overload. The main question I have to ask myself is; knowing how often I wash my hair and live on conditioners, would I actively repurchase the Moroccan Oil Treatment when the Hair Mayonnaise works just as well and can obtained easier and cheaper? I would say yes and no. NO for everyday use but YES for special occasions and when I either need a post-night out pick me up or just feel like pampering myself.

Which one do you feel should have won the comparison? Do you think I would have rated the ORS Hair Mayonniase higher than the Moroccan Oil Intense Hydrating Mask if I hadn't been using it for years and years?

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Battling London's Hard Water with AreaH20

When I opened up the mountain of products; and yes it was a mountain, I received at the #Livebloggers event on the 11^th of Sept. I was super ecstatic to see that a AreaH20 Shampoo and Conditioner set had been included in the goodie bag especially after reading a review about the AreaH20 Set on Fleur the Force the day before and thinking I would how well that would work on my hair.

AreaH20 is a brand new haircare brand that tailors its product to the water type of the area you live in. London is a hard water area, but the further north you go the softer water gets. If you aren’t too sure about your water type for your area, there is a cute little map on the back of the packaging to help you out (so as long as you passed GCSE geography you are fine).

I am not going to lie. As Fleur’s review was not the most positive, I was shitting bricks (aka a bit apprehensive) because I have quite dry and fine hair and if all the moisture in my hair is stripped without being replaced my hair breaks like straw . . . .straw that has been left in the hot sun on a metal sheet in the middle of the desert (and yes I am slightly exaggerating with that metaphor but you get the idea) but I actually quite like this shampoo.

After shampooing my hair felt very light and squeaky clean and the conditioner works like a deep conditioning balm (and we all know how much I love my deep conditioning hair products). As I detangle my hair as I wash and condition it, I didn’t have a detangling problem and overall I think this did a good job.

The only thing I didn’t really like about this shampoo & conditioner set is its smell. I prefer my shampoos to smell sugary sweet and this has a very natural and cool scent; which would be great as a skincare fragrance, but I’m just not a huge fan.

Overall I actually think this did a better job on my natural chemically straighten afro hair than on my human hair extensions, but I’m going to wait a few more weeks before I subscribe to that train of thought. I think I would class the shampoo as being in between a good clarifying shampoo and a moisturising shampoo as it doesn't completely nourish hair or strip all the oils from it. I’m going to start using this on my natural hair as a replacement for my normal clarifying shampoo from Concoctions and see how that goes.

What do you think of this shampoo and its formulation to work with your area’s water? Is it another gimmick or something that would actually have a big improvement on your hair?

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Review:- Naked Rescue Repairing Hair Treatment

If you’ve ever met me or had the misfortune of following me on instagram then you’ll happen to know that my hair and I have a very fickle relationship.

In the last 3 or 5 years I have died my hair blonde, then red, then black, then blue , then black, then grey, then blonde which turned ginger and then back to black (and by next week it will be BLUE!!!!) and it the last 4 months I’ve gone from long hair to a short crop (very Miley Cyrus) to curly hair to my infamous kinky afro to the most recent shoulder length style (thank God for whoever discovered extensions). So as you can imagine my hair is not always in the best condition. I find that it can be very dry and if not taken care of and conditioned properly gets frizzy, coarse and breaks

 I was recently introduced to Naked which is a 97% natural skincare/haircare brand that are 100% transparent about what ingredients go into their products. If you check out their website they will tell you that while they use natural extracts like Sunflower, Cocoa Butter and Argan Oil, and have no toxic parabens and petrochemicals, they are not 100% natural because they want to ensure that the products you are buying are preserved properly so you can get your moneys worth without it going off and separating before you’ve finished using it up.

I was sent the Naked Skin’s Repairing Hair Treatment for Frizzy and Damaged Hair, which is an Argan oil, Sunflower Seed Extract and Meadowfoam conditioning treatment that you use after washing your hair and gently comb through before wrapping your hair up in a shower cap and leaving for 3-5 minutes.

Being lazy, stubborn and never reading the directions, I left this in my hair and extensions for a little longer than the 5 minutes that was recommended (*cough cough* 3 hours) and honestly I think that the added time and the 32 degree weather worked to my benefit as my hair is sooo soft.

I'm actually not joking you can stroke it if you want!!

Although I didn't really love the smell when I put it in my hair (smelt a bit like henna) the henna smell wears off once you wash it out and you're left with a lovely shea oil scent in your hair.

I'm going to buy a container on this tomorrow so I can try it out a bit more, if you want to try it out for yourself the satchet costs £1.29 or you can get a 400ml jar for £7.99. They are both available on the Keep Me Inspired Website or Boots.

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POTW: Keracare's Weave & Extensions Gentle Cleansing Shampoo and Nutritive Conditioner

Another week, another product.

This week's product of the week is a shampoo and conditioner combo courtesy of Keracare. With it's pointed nozzle (aka nibby-thing) applicator that allows you to apply shampoo/conditioner directly to your scalp, it helps to remove product build up and protect your scalp.

So no more worrying about how to wash the tracks under sewn in extensions.

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