The Recipe for Healthy African-American Hair

Stir together and you get: Now that you’ve had your biology lesson for the day I’m going to make it easy for you. Here are a list of products that contain the ingredients mentioned above. This is not an exhaustive list and still you’ll have to do some exploration to make sure you’ve found what works for you.

Burt’s Bees: Don’t be discouraged by the bearded white man, this line of all natural body products contains several of the qualities we look for in excellent hair products, their products contain no sulfates (or alcohol), no petroleum or mineral oil that cakes on the scalp and clogs the skin and for the PETA members, none of their products are tested on animals.

Carol’s Daughter: If you can’t get over the white man and are adamant about supporting black-owned products. I’m not mad at you. While the line has received mixed reviews on our site it does contain many of the oils and moisturizers we’ve mentioned and more.

Cantu: This line is very big on shea butter. Marketed towards African American women with relaxed or natural hair, this product contains other natural oils and the “good” alcohols.

Essentious We like this product line because they have a shampoo that won’t strip your hair of essential oils.  While the line isn’t all natural it doesn’t contain any of the no no’s: sulfates, petroleum, and mineral oil.

Jane Carter: Another line created by a woman of color. Madame Carter has another all natural line for women of all racial backgrounds. She must be a farmer/chemist the way she uses virtually every natural hair care product out there. The list is phenomenal.

Mizani: Some of you  like this one and some of you don’t but it does contain the ever important panthenol, the protein that restores moisture minus the petroleum and mineral oil. Not to mention the brand has been known to produce sheen out this world.

Do you used any of these products? If not, which ones work for your hair? Discuss.