Saturday, December 7, 2013

BeeHive Hair Company

 
 
Created by an Atlanta stylist since 1994; Beehive Hair Company products were born in 2007 for clients with curly, coarse, and natural hair. Simple and effective, each and every product is versatile, a minimum of 82% organic, vegan, paraben, gluten, and cruelty free. Beehive Hair products are completely safe for the entire family and perfect for color and chemically treated hair. 

 " Curly hair is so much fun. It's like a party on your head!" ~ BHC client
 
 
cre'me cleanse - non sudsing shampoo alternative for curly, coarse, natural hair
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cre'me cleanse is simply a hair cleanser in cream form. It does not lather like a liquid cleanser, but instead gently froths.
Cre'me cleanse contains peppermint extract to help remove dirt and debris from scalp without removing hair's vital moisture.
Can also be used as a light conditioner for those of you with fine, limp, or oily hair.
Cre'me cleanse contains no parabens, sulfates, hair softening chemicals (sometimes found in fabric softeners), and is vegan, gluten, & cruelty free.

Ingredients: organic aloe juice, cetearyl alchohol, castor oil, stearalkonium chloride, hydrolysed wheat protein, and pro-vitamin b5
 
 
Our Experience: After thoroughly wetting her hair I smoothed the Crème Cleanse through Jamilah's hair. I liked the peppermint smell, peppermint always reminds me of clean and Christmas lol. Maybe a perfect Holiday gift? But the peppermint scent is great to use on the whole family because I know the males in my house always dislike when I hand them flowery or sweet scented products.
The products said it gently froths but I didn't notice any frothing in Jamilah's hair, it smoothed through like hair lotion. I massaged it into her scalp and kind of dragged it through to her ends. I ended up using quite a bit of product, maybe twice the amount of the picture above because her dry hair seemed to want to soak up the product. She rinsed her hair and it felt great. Her hair was not feeling stripped or "squeaky" clean but cleansed and refreshed. 
 
I love that it's all natural. I love that it can be used for everyone in my household with curly, natural hair. It's also vegan and cruelty free!!!
 
 
Condition - vegan rinse out conditioner for curly, coarse, dry, damaged, natural hair
 
 
 
Condition is an amazing rinse-out conditioner perfect for curly, coarse, dry, chemically treated , and natural hair. Condition absorbs into the hair cuticle providing essential moisture to the hair and rinses clean leaving no residue or build-up that can weigh hair down. Condition is vegan, free of parabens, sulfates, synthetic fragrance, and harsh irritants.
 
 
Our Experience: After rinsing Jamilah's hair we blotted the excess water from her hair and smoothed through the Conditioner. This product smelled very nice to me, I smelled rosemary and some kind of mint in this product as well. It's not a heavy heavy conditioner, not exactly light either. We left the product in Jamilah's Hair for 5 minutes and she rinsed. Her hair was soft and smelled very nice. There wasn't the "slip" you get with products that add chemicals and silicones but it's much better for your hair.
I liked this product for an everyday (or every wash) conditioner. It's also Vegan and cruelty free and natural! Awesome! Good stuff!
 
 
Natural Hair Cre'me, luxurious hydrating leave in butter for coarse, curly, natural hair. Great for moisturizing dry skin too.
 
 

 
A luxurious super rich moisturizer for hair & skin.
Ingredients are simple & sweet : coconut oil, Shea butter, sweet almond oil, avocado butter, & essential oils for scent.
An essential product for curly, coarse, textured, and distressed hair. With regular use, hair becomes softer, shinier, curls actually curl - not frizz!, and distressed hair becomes more manageable.
Cre'me does double duty as an amazing body cream on hands & cuticles, legs and great for overworked feet!
 
Our Experience: What is this cream Not good for? It makes a great dry skin cream, especially for people with dry skin and eczema like Jamilah. Nice clean scent not particularly sweet or too strong. I also used the to moisturize Jamilah's ends and seal the moisture in. THEN I used this cream to twist Jamilah's hair. (Yes, she is crazy about twists right now!) Great product.... awesome versatility! I love products that can be used multiple ways!
 
After using this collection of products from Beehive Hair Company Jamilah's hair looked so healthy and shiny. I know that it will take some time to truly get her hair back to health but this product definitely helps to improve the look of dry frazzled hair, and with time, the condition also!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Some other products we tried from Beehive Hair Company 
 
 
Literally dozens of uses.....
Dry lips - ✔; cracked cuticles - ✔; dry elbows - ✔; sore nose from endless blowing - ✔;
funky feet - ✔; crazy flyaway hair driving you crazy - ✔✔✔
Balm is great to stash in kids school bags, perfect for purses, gym bags, and travel.


Ingredients: sweet almond oil, beeswax, Shea butter, coco butter, jojoba oil, evening primrose oil, avocado butter, vitamin E, rosehip oil, aloe oil, neem oil, citrus essential oil blend.
As always - paraben, petroleum, gluten, & cruelty free
 
Our Experience:
 
Balm is good in that it can be used for soo many things. I get super dry lips this time of year that literally crack-open, so painful. I used balm in a large crack and it was healed by the next day!! Also used it for my elbows and cuticles and I can see using it much more.
 
My only issue with BALM isn't really a big deal but I did find it to be quite firm. That's good in that it won't like melt if you have it in your purse or bag but I did find it a little difficult to apply. I found that my finger temperature would not melt the balm so I needed to scrape a little out and apply a thin layer. On my lips the balm melted quite nicely (be sparing when it does melt a bit a little goes a long way!) and on my skin a little massaging melted it nicely into my skin. Don't let this keep you from purchasing BALM however, it's well worth the price and this minor detail.
 
We also like:
 
Nourish Moisture Spray
 
Nourish Face & Body Gel
 
Which we tried and enjoyed but did not see posted on the Etsy Page!
 
 
Thanks so much to Elizabeth Liversidge from Beehive Hair Company for allowing us to review her products and providing products for an up-coming giveaway!!!
 
STAY TUNED FOR THAT!!! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lush Review

Lush Review
 
 
Got a package in the mail today!!! My order from LUSH!
I am going to break up this review into 3 parts so I can devote enough space to each product because they are just too fabulous and 1 post was not enough!
 
Product #1 Bombardino

 
I have tried bath bombs in the past and I really enjoyed them but this was my first experience with a LUSH bath bomb and wow!
 
This bath bomb was described as a Lemon-Cheesecake type smell, with Sicilian Lemon Oil and Vanilla. It's like that but not sickly sweet... if you made lemon cheesecake into an alcoholic drink it would smell like Bombardino (to me)
 
Though smaller than the other Bomb from my order, it's pretty good sized. I have a very large "garden" tub in my bathroom (and yes, it's yellow) and it really filled the whole tub.




 
I ran a tub full of very warm water and dropped in the Bombardino Bomb.... it started melting and the room filled with the delicious lemony scent. Look at the layers! The bath water turned a honey-yellow color and was filled with moisturizing oils.
 
There are little bits of Cocoa butter are imbedded in the Bomb and they slowly melt into the water. The oils moisturize your skin as you soak.
 
 
 
 
I felt so relaxed in the warm tub full of rich oils... I hardly wanted to get out... and like a child, I waited until my fingers got wrinkly before getting out of the tub!
It's been a few hours since my bath and my skin is feeling so soft and still smells like the Bombardino Bomb. I love it!
 
I will be putting this bomb on my Christmas list! They also have some awesome gift sets I'd like to buy for a couple of loved ones this Christmas!
 
 
 Product #2 Rose Jam


 
Description: A decadent, rosy shower gel made with vanilla pod infusion, goji berry juice and nourishing argan oil, Rose Jam leaves your skin soft, hydrated and sweetly-scented.
Lathering up with this shower gel is a truly indulgent way to wash!
 
 
I love the smell of roses. I have been looking for a product with a nice rose scent but had found a rose scent I really liked until now. Most rose scents seem to have an older, "perfumey" type smell and really miss the mark of how a fresh rose should smell.
 
Rose Jam is said to smell like roses and vanilla and maybe it's just me but I smelled roses and a light honey scent. If you have smelled it, let me know if you thought it smelled a bit like honey also!
I love the scent. Right on with this one!
 
 

 
The shower gel is not really thick as you can see, but a little goes a long way. I put the amount you see above onto a bath puff and had way too much. I have a thing about using too much product....but believe me when I say a little Rose Jam will wash your whole body.
 
Rose Jam left my skin feeling soft and smelling sweet and fresh. Love it!
 
Rose Jam Contains Sicilian Lemon Oil which is said to clarify skin and brighten your mood!!
 
OH and it's only available until December 25th!! So don't wait to treat yourself!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Big Thanks to LUSH for allowing me to review their products!!!