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Wild Hair Growth Oil Review

Samara — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 00:55:52 +0000

I purchased the Wild Hair Growth Oil a month ago because I’ve noticed that this rather expensive oil has been advertised in the back of most black magazines claiming that it will grow your hair long beyond any length you’ve ever achieved. The company that manufactures the Wild Hair Growth Oil makes a lot of wild claims so my initial research was that of the company’s website. As I read through the tons of testimonies from the women I noticed that the hair growth that they achieved was actually nothing more than the average hair growth they would’ve achieved if they cared for their hair properly. With that assumption I decided to test this oil out myself. After visiting several beauty supply stores I found a store that sold the oil for $7.99. Most stores sell this oil for almost $10!

As I began to use the oil I kept a log of my hair growth and how my hair felt as I used the oil. The very first thing I noticed about this oil was it did not contain an ingredients list so you really don’t know what you’re putting in your hair. As you may know I pay very close attention to the ingredients in a product so I can know what is going into my hair and the lack of an ingredients list is very displeasing to me. The next thing that I noticed was how thick and smelly the oil actually is. It doesn’t smell very good at all and when it comes time to shampoo the hair, I have to shampoo twice to get as much of the oil out as I can – another displeasing factor.

The bottle says to apply the oil to the scalp. I do not believe in putting anything on my scalp, but I did just to accurately complete this review. Here is a record of my hair growth log using the Wild Hair Growth Oil:

Q: Does Wild Hair Growth Oil make the hair grow faster?

Fact: Hair grows on average 1/2 inch per month or 6 inches in 1 year.

Day 1 – 1/29/09: Purchased Wild Hair Growth Oil after pricing several retailers. Applied oil according to directions. Smells strong and gives a slight cooling sensation during initial application.

Day 6 - 2/4/09: Hair has a softer texture. Hair also feels thicker. I’ve also been using Duke Revitalizing Lotion.

Day 16 – 2/13/09: Hair is still soft I’ve noticed about 1/4 inch of new growth. Hair needs to be shampooed 2x to remove the heavy oil.

As you can see my hair really didn’t grow exceedingly fast. It’s been growing according to schedule. After using the Wild Hair Growth Oil for over 2 weeks I find that this oil is good for preventing breakage, but I don’t think it should be applied to the scalp. It should only be applied to the hair lightly paying close attention to the ends.

In conclusion Wild Hair Growth Oil will not grow your hair faster to some wild fantasy length like it claims, but it will help prevent and/or lessen breakage and improve manageability which will aid in adding length. This product is nothing more than an oil, plain and simple.

Credits: Photo from www.gen2hair.co.za

Essence December ’08: Big Night Beauty Strands

Samara — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 20:07:40 +0000

I read the article “Big Night Beauty Strands” on page 38 in the December magazine issue of Essence a few days ago and there were quite a few things that I did not agree with in the article:

Every style looks better with trimmed ends. Before you rock a straight or even curly look get that quarter inch health cut from your stylist. – Essence

I don’t know how much I can stress it but, clipping the ends will not make your hair healthier or make your hair grow for that matter. If you are trying to gain length taking this approach will get you no where. Clipping the ends are for appearance purposes only. It will only make your hair look neat, but it won’t prevent breakage, split ends, or improve the hairs overall health., however, a deep conditioning treatment will.

Essence also again suggests using a brush in the hair in 2 different occasions in this article which I am also against because it has been proven that brushing the hair does more harm than good. It actually rips the hair out and causes major damage. If you are trying to gain length opt out of using a brush in your hair ladies!

Another tip from Essence was to use leave in conditioners. Conditioners or any sort of hair product containing protein should always be rinsed out, instead a deep conditioning treatment should be used and rinsed out completely. Leave in conditoners are a waste of money.

I did slightly agree with Essence when they did suggest getting a hot oil treatment and a deep condition every 2 weeks, but you should deep condition your hair every time you wash it rather it’s once a week or every 3 days. Every 2 weeks are not enough times to condition or wash. Condition every time for beautiful long hair!

Credits: http://www.essence.com

Essence Magazine Hair Care Article: Bad Idea

Samara — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 18:51:15 +0000

I was reading an article the other day in the Essence magazine about taking care of your daughter’s hair while they were in school. I can’t for life of me remember what months issue is was, but I agreed with most of what they said except for the part about using a brush to stimulate hair growth and to style hair.

I don’t know how much I can stress it to women to avoid using a brush no matter what in African American hair. It rips the hair out! Brushing the hair does more harm than good. If you need to stimulate your scalp try a dry finger massage or use a conditioner with a scalp stimulant in it such as menthol, tea tree oil, or peppermint oil. If you decide to use the Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise, then try adding a few drops of tea-tree oil or peppermint oil to the conditioner before applying it to your head to act as a stimulant while you condition.

Please don’t ruin your daughter’s hair by using hair brushes. It’s really a shame when you read these misleading articles in black owned magazines telling millions of women to brush their daughters hair. Every since I’ve seen that article in the Essence magazine I’ve decided to start reading articles regarding black hair care and reviewing them monthly.

Keep your daughter’s hair on her/their head:

Don’t brush the hair!

Credits: Photo from replacements.com