As some of you who have been following 29 Diapers for a while know, I have been working hard to find natural alternatives to my haircare and makeup routines so I can avoid chemicals. Problem is, I have tricky hair, fine but curly, dark at the bottom, much lighter on top. For a while I was conditioning with a little coconut oil and washing it out with Nature’s Gate pomegranate shampoo, but the balance was hard to strike. I always seemed to end up with slightly oily hair, slightly frizzy hair, unless the weather was just right. Olive oil was an improvement for humid weather, but after a while I got tired of how hard it was to get everything just right.
Well recently I found a new hair stylist in Ann Arbor after my favorite girl moved to San Fran (another reason to move to Cali, sadly), and he recommended a leave-in cream called Original Moxie Lux Locks. If I put just a little in damp hair and follow up with a defrizzing serum (Paul Mitchell’s Gloss Drops work best for me, but the best natural alternative is Giovanni’s defrizzing serum), I have wash and wear hair. For serious. This is not an easy thing to achieve, but here it is. No styling required, even! If I let my hair air dry it’s curly, and if I run my hands through it a few times and pull it straight while it’s drying, I get big wavy curls.
The best news with Original Moxie products is that they have a whole line of creams, styling pastes, and so on for different textures of hair. If you have tough-to-style hair and want a natural product, give one of these products a try and tell me what you think. Lux Locks is $18 at the salon for one container, but it seems like it will last at least one year per container, making it surprisingly affordable.
Next up, I finally found a natural foaming scrub that keeps my skin clear without overdrying! Stay tuned. I’m working through a big final edit of my first novel, so posts will be spaced a little further apart for a while. Hope all is well with you!
