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Sulfate free shampoos for black hair

BHP Answers — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:29:39 +0000

Shampoos that sulfate free for African American Hair

Jala from Jackson Mississippi asks:

I would like to know is there a list of shampoos that are free of sulfates?

Jala there are many lists on the net so here is a small list of some shampoos that might be good for your hair. This comes from this thread…sulfate free shampoos. I will post some of here on the blog.

This is a list of alkyl-sulfate-free shampoos, which means it includes products with olefin sulfonate, a potentially drying surfactant. Conversely, it excludes products with sodium laureth sulfate(SLES), a gentle sulfate. Furthermore, natural does not equal gentle, for everyone. As always, with any product, YMMV. This list was made without regard to any controversy over the “safety” of individual ingredients other than that some here are interested in avoiding parabens and silicones.

Except where noted, each product has at least one source where an exact list of ingredients can be found. If there is no live link, check under another product. From the lists, I have also color coded the products. If it says: “Salons; web beauty suppliers,” that means I’m concerned about the reliability of some of the online sources I found. If someone else can recommend one, it would be much appreciated.

Key:
Product is natural, ie. made with whole ingredients, extracts, or is a castile-type soap.
Product has one or more mild cleansers.
Product has non-sulfate cleanser that may be drying.
*No online list of exact ingredients.
# Paraben free.
! Contains silicone.

ABBA True Curls and True Shine #
~NaturallyCurly.com, GoddessWithin; health food stores.

African Black Soap #
~Nasabb; Agbanga Karite.

Alba Botanica
~Life’s Vigor, Drugstore.com; health food stores.

Alchemy #
~Adore Beauty (Australia); The Exton (Australia), Purist USA (USA); A’kin (UK).

Aleppo Soap #
~eBay.

Alpenglow Shampoo Bars #
~Alpenglow Skin Care.

Alterna*
~Salons; web beauty suppliers.

Angel Baby Shampoo and Body Wash #
~Kate’s Caring Gifts; Earth Mama Angel Baby.

Aubrey Organics #
~Vitamin Shoppe, VitaminLife, health food stores; There Must Be a Better Way (UK); Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Auromere Ayurvedic #!
~Auromere; Life’s Vigor; Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Avalon Organic Botanicals # (not all formulas paraben free)
~Life’s Vigor; health food stores; Organics Australia Online (Australia).

Azida Hemp Oil Shampoo #
~Azida; VeganEssentials.

Back to Basics Blue Lavender Color Protecting Shampoo*
~Beauty Deals, salon stores; Ulta.

Beauty Without Cruelty (non-olefin AND olefin sulfonate formulas)
~Kokopelli’s Green Market, Life’s Vigor; health food stores.

Blended Beauty Soy Cream Shampoo and Curl Cleansing Conditioner #
~NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

Brocato Cloud 9*
~Monster Hair; other beauty suppliers.

Burt’s Bees Baby Bee and Rosemary Mint Bars #
~Balm Works; health food stores.

Burt’s Bees Herbal Treatment and Grapefruit & Sugar Beet Shampoos #
~Drugstore.com, Balm Works, Walgreens & CVS; health food stores.

California Baby
~Drugstore.com, Life’s Vigor; health food stores.

Carol’s Daughter #
~Carol’s Daughter.

Chagrin Valley Bars #
~Chagrin Valley Soap and Craft.

Chemistry Store Organic Castile Liquid Soap #
~The Chemistry Store.

Cheryl’s Herbs #
~Cheryl’s Herbs.

Cornrows & Company Coconut Shampoo and Herbal Deep Cleanse #
~Cornrows & Co.

Creme of Nature
~Walgreens; Walmart.

CWS #
~All Natural Cosmetics.

Desert Essence Daily Replenishing
~House of Nutrition Online, Life’s Vigor, Drugstore.com; health food stores.

DevaCurl Low-Poo ! and No-Poo
~NaturallyCurly CurlMart.

DGJ Hair Clinic Hair Juice* – UK (Not all formulas are sulfate-free)
~Waitrose stores.

Dr. Bronner’s Pure Castile #
~Drugstore.com; health food stores.

Dr. Hauschka #
~Essential Day Spa, Skin 1; health food stores.

Dr. Woods # (Castile and no-sulfate formulas).
~Dr. Woods; My VitaNet.

Druide Baby Shampoo #
~Kate’s Caring Gifts.

Druide Ecological and Organic #
~Kate’s Caring Gifts.

Duchy Originals – UK #
~Duchy Originals; UK supermarkets.

Dudu-Osum Herbal Shampoo #
~Africa Imports.

Earthly Delight #
~Willner Chemists; Whole Foods.

Ebene #
~Ebene Naturals.

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Where to get a jamaican black castor oil?

BHP Answers — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:45:06 +0000

Best place to get jamaican black castor oil

Sabrina of Jackson, Tennessee asks:

Where do purchase jamaican black castor oil online. I know there are many place to get it. I would like to purchase from black owned establishments.

Sabrina there are really several places to get black castor oil. You can go directly to Jamaicanblackcastoroil.com or sams 24/7. You can also goto the black hair care forum and join the monthly raffles for JBCO. You just need 10 credit per ticket to join the raffle. Hope this helps you in your search.

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Are there any black hair salons in Olive Branch Ms?

BHP Answers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:24:54 +0000

Laranda from Red Bank, Ma asked:

Are there any African American hair salon in Olive Branch Ms or in de soto county?

Well Laranda there is actually one that I found. Looks like there aren’t that many to speak of. When I find some more I will post them here on this blog post. I spoke with the owner Kim of Flava Hair Salon, located in Olive Branch, Mississippi at 8970 College st.

They specialize in traditional black hair care and many of the latest African American hairstyles. You can get your hair permed, washed, roller-set, and even have sew-in weaves done. I hope this help you in your search for a great hair stylists. Let us know your experiences with Flava

Flava Hair Salon‎ - kim
8970 College St, Olive Branch, MS‎ – (662) 895-8980‎

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Who does Micro braids in Memphis Tn?

BHP Answers — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:13:21 +0000

Danesia of Memphis Tn Asked this Question ” I would like to know who does Micro braids in memphis tn?

The are actually hundreds of hair braiding salon and African American traditional salons that do Micro-braids. We asked several people in the bhp forum who they thought were some of the top name of hair braiders in Memphis Tennessee. Here are a suggestion of braiding salon that does this:

MotherLand Braids : The professionals at Motherland Braids have more than 15 years of experience. As a family-owned-and-operated braiding salon, we have been open for 4 years providing a variety of styles for men, women, and children with customer service that you won’t find anywhere else. Every braiding service comes with a shampoo. You can make an appointment or walk in for quality braiding. Motherland braids specializes also in Sendasese Twists, Invisible Braids, Kinky Twists, Micro Braids,Tree Braids, Flat Twists, and Cornrows.

Motherland Braids 4312 Winchester Road
Memphis, TN 38118-6243

We will add more when we get some recommendations.

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Seeking Hair stylists or Salon that does Black Hair in Warrenton Va?

BHP Answers — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 19:05:44 +0000

Cinna from Warrenton Va asks:

Are there any hairstylists that does black hair in warrenton, because I just moved from PA and I had a good stylist for over 5 years. Now I am searching for a good hairstylists again. I have been here for a while and my hair is becoming a bit damaged. My hair is natural and I can’t find a salon to do my hair. There are many salon here but I am not sure they can help me with natural hair could you post any salons you know of. Thanks.

Cinna it was really hard find a salon. I talked with a salon called the hair cuttery located in Warrenton. They said they can do natural hair…please post to this blog post tell us what you found out.

Hair Cuttery
Oak Springs Plaza
Warrenton, VA 20186

(540)347-9755

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How to apply hair color rinses video

BHP Answers — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:31:58 +0000

Janee from Houston, Tx asked:
Could you post a video on how to apply hair color rinses in video form? I would like to see this visually. Thanks.

I found an excellent video on how to apply color to relaxed hair. This video should give you great pointers and information on do this to relaxed hair. I will try to fine on for natural hair soon and post it. Below is video:

Click here to view the embedded video.

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