0 How To Pick Natural Hair Products

With so many newly come up natural hair product companies (including my own) it can be hard and down right overwhelming to choose a company, much less a product to try on your natural hair. I always follow a few simple steps when looking online or in person at natural hair companies and deciding if  I want to purchase a product or not.

1. Price
Yes, this is a big one for me. I stand firm on not paying more than $10 for a product (there are some exceptions, some products are really worth it). Set you a budget and stick with it. For me, $10 is reasonable and I haven't been disappointed yet nor do I feel like I'm missing out.

2. Ingredients
All natural? Organic? Vegan? No silicones? No parabens? Do you know what ingredients you're looking for?  For me, I look for natural first and then make sure their are no animal by-products (do you really want whale sperm in you conditioner? True story.) This combined with price should narrow down your search quite a bit.

When shopping online, if a company does not have their ingredients clearly written in their site, I won't purchase. I have to know what I'm buying and to me (being that I sell products myself) companies should want customers to see their awesome ingredients! Not putting the ingredients on the website is a big red flag for me...something isn't clean in the water.

3. Bases
Now, I have no problem with companies using a base (they all do, so do I) but, the price of the product needs to reflect such. I reverse search almost all ingredient lists and if I find out a company is charging way too much based off of what the base is sold for, I definitely don't patronize them.

4. Preservative
Many natural hair companies don't use adequate preservatives. This is becoming a huge problem as many women are receiving moldy products. This is not only a waste of money but, also unhealthy. My motto is, don't play mixologist, leave the chemistry to the big boys. I don't play that storing products in the refrigerator stuff, unless I know before hand and still purchase.

5. Shipping
I always, check to see shipping times and prices before ordering online. Sometimes shipping times are quoted so if you're ordering from a company that is making products to order or from scratch, make sure you look into the shipping times. I have seen many women upset about having to wait weeks on products, even homemade products... Could you imagine spending a chunk on shipping and then having to wait excessive amounts of time but, didn't know that in advance? Refund.

All of these steps combined have helped me not get burned by natural hair companies. I have never had a product spoil or been disappointed with an order. Remember, you are spending your hard earned money so don't just follow the crowd or you will be disappointed along with the crowd. Remember Afroveda?

How do you narrow down companies and products?


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