Mixed Chicks: A Non-Mixed Chick's Review

It's rare for me to review three products at once, but even more rare for me to actually have a positive experience with all of them. However that's exactly what happened when I was given a chance to try some new products by Mixed Chicks this month. This is a great time for brides-to-be and everyone else to take extra special care of our hair.

For the record, you don't have to be a "mixed chick" to use any of these. My hair is everything between 3a to 4a, depending on what part of my head you're looking at. What I like to say is that some people have combination skin, but I have combination hair. I had noticed Mixed Chicks products in Target before, and as an African-American woman I'm always intrigued by new lines targeting women-of-color. But I had never stopped to take a closer look until now. So the three items I picked up were the sulfate-free shampoo, the deep conditioner and the leave-in conditioner. (Can you tell I'm really into conditioning?)

Normally, I'm really iffy about shampoos. In fact, I only use "real" shampoo about once a month. Outside of that I use the co-poo method, in which you use conditioner to wash your hair. But, knowing that sulfates are the major problem with most shampoos, I was drawn to the sulfate-free shampoo by Mixed Chicks. My experience was that this works pretty well! I stepped into the shower with the bottle and lathered up. Afterwards, my hair felt fine. Maybe even a leetle moisturized, with some slip. That's important to me because I don't want my hair to ever be a knotted, tangled mess. Ever.

Next up was the deep conditioner. You know that when you "deep condition", it's going to take a little longer than just throwing in a regular conditioner. But when I applied the Mixed Chicks deep conditioner, it almost immediately detangled and softened my hair. I don't know if it "penetrated and reconstructed damaged areas" but my hair liked it and that was good enough for me. By the time I jumped back into the shower to wash it out I could tell that my hair had been well-conditioned.

Once the conditioner was rinsed out, I followed up with the leave-in conditioner. The best part about this product is that it does a great job of preparing your wet hair to be combed and/or styled. This is primarily why I use leave-in conditioners in the first place, so it was fine. Lots of you will like this product more than I did, since I felt it could have been a tiny bit more moisturizing. That said, the level of moisturizing I like for my hair would probably be too heavy for a lot of Mixed Chicks' target audience.

All in all, I got lots of volume with a good bit of frizz control. I seldom curl my hair to go to work, but these products inspired me and I think my hair is looking shinier than usual.