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Product: Suave Naturals Tropical Coconut Conditioner
Price: around $ 2-3 for 15 fl. oz.
Company: Suave
Promises:
Suave® Naturals Tropical Coconut Conditioner. Replenish the natural beauty of your hair with this special formula combining humectants and vitamin E. Enjoy the fresh scent of coconuts as this formula helps nourish each strand.
Instructions:
After shampooing, apply, massage through hair and scalp, then rinse.
Ingredients:
Water (Aqua), Cetyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Potassium Chloride, Fragrance (Parfum), Distearyldimonium Chloride, Disodium EDTA, Glycerin, 2 Bromo 2 Nitropropane 1, 3 Diol, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Propylene Glycol, Silk Amino Acids, Honey (Mel), Nettle (Urtica Dioica) Extract, Rosemary (Rosmarinus Officinalis) Extract, Coconut (Cocoa Nucifera) Extract
Consistency/Scent:
The conditioner is white and smells like coconuts (obviously, lol).
Results:
I am about 16 weeks post relaxer. I used this product for a co-wash a few days ago. I thoroughly rinsed my hair and applied the conditioner like a shampoo, working it into my scalp and roots. I let it sit as I lathered and then rinsed the product out of my hair. I lightly towel-dried, applied my moisturizer and serum and did a two-braid airdry. Click here for a tutorial!
Positive:
It's a nice thick emollient conditioner. It spread nice and evenly and smelled great. My hair detangled nicely in the shower.
Negative:
Even after applying my moisturizer and serum, my hair was pretty difficult to detangle. When my hair was dry, it didn't feel particularly soft or look very shiny or silky. My new growth was not soft either.
Overall: Eh, it's ok but I would recommend VO5 Strawberries and Cream over this conditioner.
Comments: (23)
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By: Arnetta Washington on 8/31/2008 7:34PM
My friend's mother is a hair stylist. She always told her daugher if you must buy a white person's shampoo product always buy one for dry damage hair. Because most white shampoo is made for hair that supplies it's own oil.
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By: Shannon on 9/25/2008 3:55PM
This product does not work for ALL black people, it depends on what type of grade u have. I a suave product many year ago when I was younger and didn't know any better, it striped my relaxer and made my hair dry and brittle. I have very very course hair, stick to the black products, and natural is always better
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By: NIcky on 10/25/2008 7:57PM
Speaking from a cosmetologist, I'll be the first to tell you that there IS some truth to certain products being best suited for AA hair than "white hair". Olive oil and shea butter on "white hair" would typically be too oily, while most of us natural hair sistahs use olive oil and shea butter as our staple product. They produce more sebum than we do, so their hair needs differ from ours. No one is talking about the African Pride crap or mineral oil, petroleum ect, but we DO typically need heavier oils than our white counterparts.
As for the sistahs that think Suave conditioner is "good" for their hair, is natural, and is a good conditioner. Think again. Some of the ingredients in that conditioner are more detrimental to your hair and health than silicone, parabens, and mineral oil ever would be. Check the cosmeticdatabase. I'm sorry but you can't spend $2 on a product and expect it to be natural and of high quality. There are no conditioning agents or carrier oils or aloe vera or ANYTHING that is moisturizing that would be beneficial to our hair. Propylene glycol is a petroleum derivitive, parfum has a high hazard level as it is usually full of chemicals, cetyl alcohol is drying, 2 Bromo 2 Nitropropane 1, 3 Diol is highly hazardous. It's time to do research on our own. If you want quality products you are going to have to pay for them.
Like someone mentioned above, Mineral Indulgence is a good like of natural ethnic hair products that are good for our hair. I've used them on customers with everything from ringworm to allergies. It works wonders.
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