Yay, my first beauty review! :)
I was blessed with naturally wavy/curly hair. More often than not my locks look dull & frizzy. And left unstyled, my curls seem to fall apart as the day goes on until my hair just looks absolutely horrible! I've tried multiple curl defining creams, both drugstore and high-end brands, all of which left my hair either crunchy or greasy. Ew!
Given up on my natural curls, for the last 5 years I've done nothing but heat style or just pull my hair back into a ponytail whenever I'm in a rush. My locks are definitely showing the damage, so I went on a hunt to find a good curl defining cream. I wanted something I could scrunch into my hair after my shower & let air dry, to save both time & further heat damage to my hair. After reading thousands of reviews on hundreds of products I decided to go with Not Your Mother's Kinky Moves Curl Defining Hair Cream. There were some mixed reviews, but it seemed to me that most of the negative ones came from people who used too much product in their hair. Any product will make your hair greasy if you use it on your roots or just too much of it!!
I had originally planned to buy
Kinky Moves somewhere local, but it was out of stock at literally every store in my area that carried
Not Your Mother's. I knew it had to be good. I'm impatient as hell, so instead of waiting for it to be restocked in stores I just went online that night & purchased it from
Ulta. They were having a BOGO sale on the
Not Your Mother's brand, so I grabbed their
Lock Luster Oil Treatment for 50% off. It claimed to repair damage & be a deep moisturizer, and my hair is in serious need of some TLC, so I was all about that.
my hair air dried, no product
a bit more curls underneath
I showered and then followed the instructions on each product. After towel drying my hair I put a dime sized amount of Lock Luster in my palms and worked it into my hair, focusing on the ends & avoiding the roots. I then put a nickel sized amount of Kinky Moves into my palm & scrunched into my hair, avoiding the roots once again. I allowed my hair to air dry, rather than drying with a diffuser as suggested on the back of Kinky Moves.
Here's the results:
As you can see my locks look completely different & I love it!! My frizzy loose waves were turned into frizz-free beautiful curls. Lock Luster made my hair noticeably softer & my once visibly white split ends (it's been almost 3 months since my last trim, I know, shame on me!) are no longer visible. Not to mention the unbelievable shine it added! Kinky Moves didn't leave my hair feeling greasy or crunchy like the products I've wasted money on before. I can't wait to use it with a diffuser like it suggests.
Both products smell amazing, which is a must in my book. I won't put anything in my hair that smells bad, no matter the results haha! Kinky Moves has a grape & jasmine scent that smells lovely, but I can see where it could be overpowering to some noses. Lock Luster smells like almond and coconut to me. Love em both!
Needless to say I'm very happy with my purchase :)
Have you tried these products? What's your favorite product from Not Your Mother's? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
