Taliah Waajid Product Review: Curly Cream, and African Healing Oil
By: Lauren Francis-Jackson
In my time as a naturalista, I have tried many products especially in the beginning! I was using trial and error to see which products worked best for my hair. Prior to locking, I had 4b/c hair that was tightly coiled in a TWA. Taliah Waajid was one of the products I tried in the beginning as I was searching how to keep my hair moisturized!
Taliah Waajid is a natural hair specialist who has over 20 years experience as a natural stylist and cosmetologist. She is best known as the owner of the Taliah Waajid Natural Hair Care Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and creator of the World Natural Hair, Health, & Beauty Show. The World Natural Hair, Health, and Beauty Show is held annually in Atlanta, Georgia in October. Next year, that will be the 13th year that it is being held.
Taliah Waajid products are typically sold at CVS, Walgreens, Target, Whole Foods, Walmart, and beauty supply stores. I first saw Taliah Waajid products in CVS, and have seen them at all the above mentioned stores. The Taliah Waajid line includes products ranging in cost from $7 to $20 for regular sized items and $20+ to 55 for larger sizes greater than 32 ounces. The products I brought-- the Curly Curl Cream and the African Healing Oil-- were less than $20 together.
The Curly Curl cream is a curl definer that it meant to be put on the hair after washing the hair. The purpose of the product is to help define your curls for a Wash-N-Go look. The cream smelled pleasant and went onto my hair smoothly. I applied it to damp hair that I had co-washed that day. After drying, my hair felt stiffy and extra dry with this cream. I immediately washed it out the next day because I felt it was super drying to my hair.
The Afrian Healing Oil (Oyl) is a multi-use product that can be used on the hair and body. Taliah Waajid suggests to use it as a hot oil treatment. This is achieved by saturating the hair with the oil after shampooing and letting it sit for 15 minutes before rinsing. The ingredients are natural oils like olive oil, almond oil, and sunflower oil, that combine for mositurizing power. I actually used it as a pre-poo and the result was amazingly soft hair! I also have used it with a cream based butter/lotion for the body, which worked well for me too! I liked this much better than the Curly Curl cream.
My next product to try is Taliah Waajid Crinkles and Curls as a setting agent for curls on my sisterlocks. I see the consultants at Natural Clarity LLC using this product as well as water to achieve curly looks with sisterlocks.
Have you tried Taliah Waajid's products? What was your experience? Let's discuss!
~The Sisterlocked Diva
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