Product Review: HE Beautiful Ends (also known as HE LTR)

Herbal Essences - Beautiful Ends - Split Ends Protection Cream

Price: £1.95 (at Superdrug NOW!)

Ingredients: Aqua, Stearyl Alcohol, Cyclopentasiloxane, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Glutamic Acid, Dimethicone, Benzyl Alcohol, Parfum, DMDM Hydantoin, Cittic Acid, EDTA, Sodium Chloride, Limonene, Butylphenyl Methylpropional, Propylene Glycol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Hydroxyisohexyl 3-Cyclohexene Carboxadehyde, Citronellol, Hydrolyzed Silk, Rubus Idseus Fruit Extract, Linalool, Amyl Cinnamal, Sodium Benzote, Potassium Sorbate. 

Assessment: 

The first time I used it, I noticed it left a waxy/sticky residue that weighed down my hair and made it ICKY! I was not impressed but after a while decided to give it a second chance & OMG was that a good decision. 

Since then I've been using it as my moisturiser non-stop & its been FAB! 

When I had my hair out I would part my hair into 6/8 sections and moisturise my hair with it nightly (ONE PUMP goes a long way) before sealing with my coconut, olive & castor oil mix. Now that my hair is in a weave, I only use it on my leave out/occasionally on the ends of my weave. 

Since I've started using this product I've noticed my hair is definitely more moisturised and therefore I have suffered from less breakage. It is no longer waxy/sticky/heavy but rather light and it leaves my hair soft and bouncy - so much so that I cant keep my hands out of it! 

Does it protect the hair against spilt ends? YES it does! I have noticed a huge reduction in my spilt ends since I've been using this. 

Oh & the smell is AMAZING! Put not overpowering which is a good thing. 

Rating:

I am giving this product a rating of *4 Stars*

I will become a staple product for the time being (maybe even for life) but right now, I am looking for a moisturiser with better ingredients. I will, however repurchase this whilst looking for another moisturiser as I am afraid to run out of it. 

Would I recommend this product?

YES! It is a great staple product to have! The ingredients might not be 100% au naturel  but the results are amazing. 

Hope this review has helped & if you have any questions leave them in the comment box below :)

Starting Hair Length (Warning - Poor Quality Pic)!

Starting Hair Length (lets say 01/01/12)

So as you can see the orange line represents SL & the green line my current hair length. Now I'm not sure how to explain this but under normal circumstances (when I'm not stretching my hair) its just sitting on SL, but this might be due to the fact that I'm not straightening my hair properly. 

Yes the picture is not great & I don't have a proper picture of my whole head of hair but I needed to post some sort of picture. I would've posted pics of my hair straightened on NYE but I was in a rush and forgot to take pictures. 

Don't worry the quality of my pictures will improve in the future (expect an update in 2/3 weeks and then another during the Easter hols).

M.I.A until the end of the month!

With my exams looming & revision not going so well, I'm going to have to restrict myself from posting until the end of the month. But do not fear, I will make up for it ;)!

See you later & good luck to every else who also has exams this month!

Expect: two product reviews & my weave regimen when I return.

I've been naughty :( & by the looks of it my HCJ is going down the drain!

(sorry in advance for the excessive use of caps lock & exclamation marks lol)

So, for the past week I have only moisturised and sealed my hair ... ONCE! I literally forgot all about my hair journey &  went back to my old habits which involved doing nothing!
But i'm getting a weave tomorrow & so i'll M&S my hair tonight.

BUT THAT'S NOT IT! I plan on relaxing my hair tomorrow after 3 WEEKS! Ok, not all of my hair, only the front so I can leave it out. I know this goes against everything a HCJ is all about but I going to uni on Tuesday & I  won't be able to get my hair relaxed there and I can't afford to come back after a few weeks. I'll try and convince my hairdresser not to overlap as this is something i've always done in the past.

I'll post my weave regimen later on in the month but don't expect too much from me this month as I have quite a few exams.