My Single Mom Life

This is my hair. I love my hair.
It's waist lentgh, it's naturally thick and naturally curly.
That color isn't natural though, hasn't been since I was 16 and got tired of people calling me toe head.
Sure, most other women would have killed for naturally blond, almost white hair, but during my teen years, blond meant bimbo or dumb bunny.
I was neither, and being constantly called untrue names, well, I did the only thing I could do.
I died it brown.

But anyway, this isn't really about the color of my hair as it is about the products that you make.
See, when the second or third ingredient in your shampoo and conditioner is Cetyl Alcohol, YOU are responsible for drying out my hair.
Yes I'm talking to you Pantene, Nexxus, Aussie, Loreal and all you others, who claim your hair care line is the best.

See, with hair like mine, thick and curly, I've tried all of your brands, all of your products.
Every time you announce some brand new, break through line guaranteed to make our hair awesome, I'm the first woman in line buying up the whole line, only to find myself completely disappointed a week later, when my hair is dried out worse than it was before I started using your "awesome new stuff."

Why?
Cetyl Alcohol.
Alcohol is drying by it's very nature, yet you all use it within the top 5 ingredients of all your stuff.
You sort of make sure we have to keep buying new product every few weeks, and constantly switch up our regimen.
You are drying out our hair!
The only products that do not contain cetyl alcohol in any of their products, is Infusium.
Not a single drop.
And what's incredibly amusing about Infusium and your products is the price.
Infusium is no more than $5.00 at my grocery store for any part of their line.
Nexxus? That was $32.99.
I've had other women rant and rave about Nexxus and how awesome it was for their hair, they go through bottles and bottles of the stuff.
Cetyl alcohol is the 2nd ingredient listed in all of their shampoos and conditioners, and it costs 6 times as much as Infusium.
That's crazy.

But if you decide to invent a new line of amazing conditioner for thick curly hair, and not use a drying agent in your stuff, let me know. Shoot me some sample bottles, (not a 2 inch packet please) and let me and my head of hair tell you if it's worth that huge price tag you're slapping on the bottle.