Natural Hair: 3-Strand Twist Out & Shea Moisture Product Review

Well, let's jump right in and start with the product review!  I've been looking for a deep conditioner (DC) for a long time now, but I refuse to pay $20 for 4 ounces and I also refuse to pay $30 for a conditioner full of "bad" ingredients.  I say "bad" because as you know I do follow the Curly Girl method so I do not use silicones in my hair so it's difficult to find DC's on the ground in my area that are CG friendly.  I have tried my fair share of Shea Moisture products and I wanted to love them so bad because I can find their products easily at CVS, Walgreens, or Target.  However, my hair didn't feel the same and the only product I like from that line is the co-wash conditioner.  So, I heard that they came out with a new DC so I decided to give it a try and headed to my local Target to pick it up. 

SheaMoisture 's  Tahitian Noni & Monoi Smooth & Repair Nourishing Hair Masque provides deep conditioning and infuses hair with a powerful dose of moisture. SheaMoisture's hair conditioning treatment smooths the hair cuticle, controls frizz and maintains straight styles.

• Made with natural and certified organic ingredients.
• Tahitian Noni with antioxidant Vitamin C helps maintain hair health.
• Monoi Oil contains reparative benefits that revive dry, damaged hair.
• Keratin smoothes and reduces flyaways while moisturizing hair.

My hair was a dry mess because of this cold weather and being indoors the heat just takes a lot of moisture out of my hair.  So I shampooed with EDEN BodyWorks Peppermint Tea Tree shampoo and used this to DC for about 40 minutes under my heat cap.  Once I rinsed this conditioner out my hair felt very soft and moisturized and today it feels great!  The only thing I did not like about this conditioner is that the smell lingers after it has been rinsed.  Now, don't get me wrong it does not stink (sort of like a mix between and floral and tropical scent) but I just don't like to smell my hair all day.  Personal preference.  But I will probably only use this conditioner once a month since it does have protein in it.  But it gets a thumbs up from me!

Now on to my hair!  After washing last night I wanted to revisit the 3-strand twist out since I haven't done it in about a year.  I didn't record a tutorial but you can check here to see an easy tutorial and the video I used to help me.  I only did 3-strand twists in the top because it does take a little longer to do than regular two-strand twist and I was doing my hair kind of late so I didn't want it to take very long.  But here is what they look like.

As you can see, they decrease your shrinkage a little and hang a little bit longer than two-strand twists.

Here are my results this morning and I'm really pleased!  They gave me great definition in the top and this should last me until Sunday or Monday of next week.  Because you use three strands you also don't have to separate and fluff (I didn't separate my hair at all) as much as you would a two-strand twist out.  So I would recommend this if you hair is prone to frizz like my hair.  Let me know if you have any questions!