Product Review: Kinky-Curly Curling Custard

I wish I could stress just how much I wanted this product to work.

This organic, paraben/protein/silicone/glycerin-free product has the following ingredients: botanical infusion of water, horsetail, chamomile, nettle and marshmallow, organic aloe vera juice, agave nectar extract, tocopheryl acetate (vitamin e), pectic, citric acid, potassium sorbate and natural fragrance.

Looking at the above, how could I go wrong. 


I've only used this product twice and the first time I followed it by the book for my hair type. The directions told me for tight curls to apply the custard to SOAKING wet hair and to divide my hair into small sections. If my hair started to dry, I was to re-wet with a spray bottle. 

Unfortunately all of that water, wetness and gel, meant it took over 24 hours to get my hair to properly dry. Which also mean that my curls were limp and weak looking. My hair appeared more blown dry. The front of my head, which tends to dry faster, was left hard and crunchy.

The second time I used this product (I attempted to give it another try since the first time was also right after my unfortunately knotting incident... see last post), I used a little less of the custard and didn't re-wet my hair if it appeared to be drying. I still walked away with the same problem. 


Not to  mention, both times, the custard left some flaky, sticky residue in my head. 


The one good thing I can say about this product is the smell. It really smells like cupcakes and candy, but I'll be going back to my own mixture and unfortunately am throwing away $30 and passing the custard to a friend.


FOLLOW-UP TO THE GREAT KNOTTING DISASTER
I finally talked to my natural buddy about why and how I had the great knot disaster a week ago. The problem turned out to be extremely simple. 
Because I don't wash or condition my hair in the shower, I do it in the kitchen sink, I've chosen to detangle my hair after applying my leave-in conditioner and before styling. Without water pressure during my detangle process, my hair knots up. The knotting is occurring because of the two different hair textures I'm working with (my natural texture and the relaxed texture).  So using HE Hello Hydration, I'm now making it a point to detangle the conditioner through my hair while under water. The difference is literally a miracle.