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Sat Mar 01, 2014 11:25 am  |
Hi All,
I've been using this product for 1.5 years now, so I figured it was finally time to write a review. I have a back-log of products that I've tried but need to write reviews on 
So I was looking for a vegan leave-in hair lightening product. When I was in high school, I used to use Sun-In, but I wanted something better than that.
So I stumbled on the following product on Amazon many months ago and decided to try it:
OMG Organic Hair Lightener, Leave-in Conditioner Creme
http://www.amazon.com/OMG-Organic-Hair-Lightener-Conditioner/dp/B0077RXNNU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1393696609&sr=8-2&keywords=organic+magical+goodness
And here's the link to the company website:
http://www.omghairlightener.com/
I've been using it now for 1.5 years, and I really like it! It lightens my hair a little bit but without being too much or too fake looking. My hair is naturally brown, but this turns it light golden brown with beautiful dark golden blond highlights.
It works best if you put it in and go out in the sun. In fact, really, that's the best way to get it to work, as the active ingredients don't work less well otherwise.
Ingredients: water, organic medica minonum (lemon) juice, behentrimonium chloride, glycerin, hydrolyzed oat protein, hydrolyzed rice protein, organic althea officinalis (marshmallow) root extract, organic avena sativa (oat) kernel extract, organic calendula officinalis flower extract, organic camellia sinensis (white tea) extract, organic chamomilla recutita (matricaria) extract, organic lavandula angustifolia (lavendar extract), organic prunus amygdalus dulcis (sweet alomnd) fruit extract, organic symphytum officiale (comfrey) extract, organic trifolium pratense (clover) extract, cetyl alcohol, stearyl alcohol, stearic acid, phenoxyethanol, ethylhexylglycerin, sorbic acid essential oils of pink grapefruit, lime, tangerine and rosemary.
The product smells faintly like citrus when I first apply it, but the smell dissipates immediately. It also feels nice and smooth on my hair, without feeling greasy or like it is weighing my hair down.
I apply it in the shower, briefly rinse off the any extra but not enough to rinse it all off, and then comb through my hair to distribute it. The good news is that it doubles as a detangler for combing out my long hair
When my hair dries, it doesn't weight down my hair and my hair feels soft.
The only thing to now if that if you add way too much, then can cause the tiniest amount of hair clumping. But it's unlikely that that would happen.
The main drawback is the cost: it's not cheap, unfortunately: $24 per bottle.
So I like it very, very much! My rating would be: 4.8 stars out of 5.
If anyone else tries it, I'll be curious to know if you like it as much as I do |
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34 y.o. FlexEffect and massage. Love experimenting with DIY and botanical skin care products. Appreciate both hard science and natural approaches. Eat green smoothies + lots of raw fruit and veggies. |
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Sun Mar 02, 2014 1:02 pm |
It seems like the only active hair lightener in the product is lemon juice.
Lemon juice alone is acidic and drying to the hair. This product contains some moisturizers to counter the drying effect.
However, I think you could make your own lemon juice product and have it be equally effective, for far less, by simply squeezing lemon juice and mixing it with an organic vegetable or fruit oil, like avocado, or olive.
As well, raw honey lightens hair naturally. You could mix a blend of raw honey with the lemon juice and oil. Honey is also somewhat moisturizing to the hair, so that helps too.
Sun In lightens the hair with peroxide, so don't expect as much lightening to happen with a lemon juice or honey based mixture...but lightening will happen, subtly and gradually, with less damage than a peroxide product. |
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Sun Mar 02, 2014 2:37 pm |
| Just to add: I only mentioned the above because you commented on the product's price. Trying to help you save a few pennies, is all. |
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Fri Mar 07, 2014 4:49 pm |
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| However, I think you could make your own lemon juice product and have it be equally effective, for far less, by simply squeezing lemon juice and mixing it with an organic vegetable or fruit oil, like avocado, or olive. |
I guess my problem is that the oils would make my hair too oily...I want a wash-and-leave-in type product. Thanks for the suggestions |
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34 y.o. FlexEffect and massage. Love experimenting with DIY and botanical skin care products. Appreciate both hard science and natural approaches. Eat green smoothies + lots of raw fruit and veggies. |
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Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:37 pm |
| Another idea might be to simply add lemon juice to another, less pricey leave-in conditioner. It should give the same result. |
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