Greetings! Todays hair has been brought to you by As I Am Gel and Double Butter Cream! Purty ain't it? Inspired by the lyrics of one of my favorite holiday songs (I really can't stay... baby, it's cold out there!), this hair is the result of protective styling. After a solid week of 70-80 degree weather, Hurricane Sandy decided that play time is o'vah and we are now officially prepping for the cold in Ohio. We were bouncing back and forth before but fall is here to stay and with that comes cold rain, winds and eventually winter. For me, dry hair comes with the cooler temperatures. The moisturizers that got me thru summer no longer do the trick so I've been scouting new ones. This week I did a twist and bantu set using Paul Mitchell The One Conditioner and As I Am Gel. I like the As I Am gel. It is kind of runny like kinky curly but the consistency is not as weird to the touch. My curls seemed to like it too!
After teaching Zumba on Saturday though I knew I needed to at least rinse the twists because they had begun to look dry. I stopped at the local Sallys to pick up another product by As I Am - the double butter cream because I'd seen some talk of it on Facebook by a couple of other naturals and their results piqued my interest. Because they were touting the moisturizing benefits, I knew that I would try it. It's not cheap folks. Sally's was offering $1 off on the Saturday I visited. Although I was grateful for any savings, I balked at the $20 price tag for 16oz. Geez! My issues were short-lived as I obviously walked out of the store with it in tow- but best believe I gave it the "I WILL bring you back" side-eye as we departed.
In any case, I went home and rinsed the sweat from my hair. I imagine some, but not all of the gel washed out. I then took apart the existing twists and redid them using the Double Butter Cream. At first glance and touch, it was reminiscent of the Bee Mine Curly Hold Butter that I used every now and again. While I like the look of my hair on Bee Mine, I can't make it a mainstay because it is drying after the first day. My hopes for a new moisturizer that you can get on the ground increased as I read the labeling. As I Am claims the Double Butter Cream Rich Daily Moisturizer is a rich emollient blend that adds softness, shine and manageability to dull, dry hair. The directions state that you can use it sparingly or liberally based on your hairs needs. Sounds too good to be true to me! I chose somewhere in the middle as I ran the product down my strands from root to tip. I then put the twists in bantu knots and let them dry until Sunday. I was quite pleased! My hair looked very moisturized and felt soft to the touch. My friend said she hated my hair when she saw me. Translation - I LOVE your hair! That was good because I was loving it too!The results are shown in the picture above with the orange shirt. I'm going to use this product only for the next couple of weeks. On Sunday night I put my hair into twists for the week. They looked pretty amazing all week I must say. I retouched them later and used the butter cream without the gel underneath. On Friday, I removed the twists and loved what I saw:
It really does have amazing hold without gel underneath.All in all, I am really digging this line of products. Here's how the double butter cream rates for me:
Price: $$$ - but... might be worth it
Feel/Smell: I like the half cream/half gel feel. I don't recall the smell which means it isn't over powering.
Promise: It did everything it said it would do. Hair stayed moisturized for days!
Hair types: Definitely works well with upper 3C - 4abc
Have you tried As I Am products? Tell me what you think!
