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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Hair: Mixed Silk Elements (Pic Heavy)

 So I went to Sally about a week ago and I bought this product Mixed Silk Elements. I had seen it before there and wondered if it was similar to Mixed Chicks which I love, but cant really afford to buy every time I run out.
So after some research aka surfing YT vids, I come to find out that it was comparable to Mixed Chicks. So I bought it and here is my review and how I used it.
Product


So obvisously the first thing I did was wash my hair. The shampoo, like Mixed Chicks, has sulfate in it. So I couldn’t do much as far as detangling my hair. It got clean. It lathered well. It was shampoo. The leave in conditioner, from jump the difference I noticed between Mixed Silk and Mixed Chicks was this brand was a lot more watery. Mixed Chicks is not thick by any means, but this was really watery.
Conditioner
I don’t know if you can tell from the photo how watery it is. And I got major shrinkage. I get some with Mixed Chicks but not like this:
Sectioning hair
So this is me sectioning my hair and applying the leave in and you can see the moisture shrinking my hair.
After2
This is afterwards. So I let it air dry and it was still looking like this. Now, my curls are really defined like I want them. And for the most part it acts like Mixed Chicks. The only thing is the shrinkage. But I saw a vid on YT by tarin916 on how to stretch your curls. Now she uses a blow dryer without a concentrator or diffuser. I used a diffuser and stretched my curls. I will post her vid on how to do that. Here is what my hair looks like now:
Blown out
Sorry for my phone being in my face. And yes I am rocking a Team DJ Pauly D shirt! Lol. Anyways, I love it. I will definitely be re-purchasing this brand on my cash poor days. Lol. Aside from the texture of the leave in, it is comparable to Mixed Chicks. Mixed Silk also has a deep conditioner which Sally’s didn’t have at the time I went, but I will be going back I think this week so I will pick it up. The price originally is $7.99 each, so that’s the shampoo, the deep conditioner and the leave in. However, they were having a 2 for $10, I believe that sale is still going on so it is worth picking up. So Im gonna shut up now, this post has gone on forever. Night!!!

2 comments:

Refined and Polished said...

Glad it worked well for you!

BMarie said...

Well for the most part. I think I used too much because I ended up with white stuff in my hair.