 Trini Girl Natural. Hi everyone. I'm coming on today to talk about my favorite products of 2016. It's been a long year. It's been a happy year. This is like my second year, so I guess year one to two natural. So it's kind of where I went from really not having any hair to kind of, okay, you have a little bit of hair. So, you know, it's been an eventful year for me and my team natural journey. And it's been an eventful year with products. I went from having a whole bunch of products that I like to having mostly HGs and stuff I like in my stash. So things have been good. So let me just get right into it. I'm going to go in order of my wash day, starting from detangling, cleansing, de-conditioning, any treatments I'm doing, leaving oil, if I do a cream, and then my gel and my refresher spray. So let's get started. I've been using DIY oil, my DIY oil mix, and my DIY conditioner lately. I may just do a video showing you like my DIY conditioner, but I have a simple jobstore conditioner on that just in case I don't happen to have a bunch of my DIY. So that one is the perfectly trust me perfectly undone. So it's not my favorite. I do prefer the original trust in my natural, but the botanique is not, it's kind of too heavy. I like this. This is a little bit lighter. So, you know, I think I guess it's the best trust to me right now. It went south. I did get some vifis that were really nice. I may kind of, they may be in here next year, but you know, for now, DIY oil, DIY conditioner, trust to me if I run out of DIY. So original the tumbler, which is this Kinky Curly, not today. Kinky Curly from everybody, I guess people are like, this is like old news, but this still was great for me. And it was better than a lot of the things that people say they've been using to the tangles. So I don't have to use it often. In fact, I probably have to use it in like six months or something because I only need this much help when I get like lint in my hair or something. For the most part, I get enough slip with like conditioner and oil to be able to get all my tangles. So yeah, once I'm done with tangling, it's time to cleanse. And I'm kind of like a cleanse kind of seal, you know, like worse for snow in Alaska. I'm like, how dirty does my hair feel today? That kind of thing. And I have like different levels of clean for like different levels of dirty. Is this Caramel Coa from Camilo Rose Natural. It's very moisturizing, lots of slip, very cleansing and very de-fining. This is like the perfect balance of cleansing and conditioning for me. It really doesn't get better. So this is like the perfect one. So, but you have a few and stuff to get me through at least some of the air. Couldn't go crazy because it's like $14, but I do have some. I just want to mention also this Blueberry Coa Wash conditioner from She Sent It. So I really like this. It's a little bit more cleansing, less conditioning than the Camilo Rose Caramel Coa Wash. But I like this because it doesn't strip my hair and it's easy to spread as well. So a little bit goes a long way. So this goes better than the Camilo Rose Coa Wash to me because I just put it on my roots and then kind of spread it down through my strands. So more clean. I get into like my moisturizing shampoos. And this is Blueberry Rose Beauty Coa Coa Creamy Shampoo. So try this. You're really missing out. And it's your fault because I've been telling you. So I'm just going to laugh at you when you finally try it and say like, why haven't I been trying this? It's totally your fault. This is moisturizing, doesn't strip your hair, sudsing, defining, has lots of slip. You can detangle with it. It's really great. So this again, I put on my roots and just kind of spread through the Camilo Rose Caramel Coa Wash. I can put like all the way through. One, because I guess it doesn't spread as much. And two, because it's like, it just loves your strands. Like you don't have to worry about your hair getting dry, you know. The next step is deconditioning. So pretty much all the products that I'm mentioning here, if I didn't like want to run out of the bathroom screaming, oh my God, this is so awesome. It's not on this list. This is like the stuff that I use it. And I was like, oh my God, wow, I have to like go tell somebody about it, post an Instagram, post some Facebook. Oh my God, wow. If I haven't said it like 10 times when I used it, it's not here. You know, at the moment, I think, is that she sent it, um, rich moisture mask. It's very, very penetrating. Like this moisturizes my hair. So as soon as I put it on, my hair feels hydrated and moisturized. There's lots of slip, very spreadable, very easy to work with because my strands only like to share with each other. So I need stuff that spreads easily. So this is the truth. You don't have to really sit for like half an hour to see results immediately. It's like, it's doing something. So like letting it work in for like half an hour, whatever. It's just like ice cream on the cake because it's amazing. And my second, I have to name the ones that made me scream, right? Right. So like from Sultaniko when I use this, I was like, yes, because I had just clarified my hair. I guess I didn't mention my clarifying shampoos, but I haven't really found the one yet, but I've been using Giovanni T3 shampoo. So I just clarified with that. And I put this on. I was like, you know, because, you know, you just clarify, it's like your hair's dry, your fingers can't go through any like that. So like putting on something and just like, but like this went on and I felt like if I had co-washed before or something, like it just got me right back up to my moisture levels. And the slip was there. It was really easy to work with. And the biggest kicker for me with my thick hair is that I had a lot left over. So little goes a long way with this, you know, which I can't really say for the she sent it. This goes further than the she sent it. So this is my second age she did conditioner. And I don't do these often, but the protein I do like every six weeks and the tea I do, when I feel like, you know, I might be getting a little more shedding and I want to get the shedding down. So the protein treatment that I love is the She Stunted Okra Reconstructor. I've been talking products a lot, but I really wanted to come on and show you my stuff for the year because I know you haven't seen every single thing here. So the Okra Reconstructor is really great. I can really tell the difference when I've used it. Does strengthen my hair. It does kind of add a little more umph and like tightness to my curls, which I love. I don't like my curls to be shabby looking. I must be, I might be the only person, but I actually like my curls to look like, you know, alive, tight and alive. So I use that for this, this for that, and it really works. And it's moisturizing and conditioning as well. So you don't have to feel like you have to be conditioned after. I always do condition after a protein treatment, just a principle, but you strictly, you can get away without doing it with this. And the Chat Hair Tea, which I mentioned in my Black Friday haul, I believe, really, really great for reducing shedding or shedding just drops dramatically. So anybody would have seen with shedding. You should definitely pick this up. And sad news, she's discontinuing it. So, and she has a salon right now. So definitely get it on this. You're welcome. You're welcome. So after my treatments, after I did condition my hair and do whatever treatments I'm doing, I get to my leave-in conditioners. And the leave-in that made me really happy this year was the She Scented Cocoa Cream Leave-In. So I had been using the She Scented Cranberry Cream Cocktail. So this was my first time this year trying this. I loved it. It was just as moisturizing, defining and awesome as the cranberry cocktail, but it was just as richer and creamier in my hair. So, you know, like all the things I looked for, but it was a little bit creamier. So I like the luxury of being able to use creamy stuff because usually I can't. Like usually creamy stuff is too heavy and just sits on my hair. But if you have fine shams or ultraloporosity and you like the creamy feel, but you want it to penetrate, overall, like she said, this is the line for you. And this is the leave-in for you. So that was like the best. This is leave-in and really good. This one, I think it's going to be one of my staples. It's definitely on my age list. Again, you know, moisturizing. If you're looking for like a brand to try, definitely Baskin Bloom or She Sent It. Those are some really good lines. And I just based on what I've been seeing and the feedback from my friends and stuff. So the other leave-in that made me really happy this year, the Camille Rose Leave-in Collection, the Latte, called it first. But it just felt so rich and creamy, like I said, going on. And I'm just glad to be able to get that experience. Rich, creamy, moisturizing. I'm defining. It has pectin-infused water first and has antim gum. So those are 25 ingredients. And it's super moisturizing as well. So I'm looking forward to trying this by itself. And I'm going to do a wash and go with this and then post it up to you guys. I know I'm going into leave-ins a lot, but as I'm not proof hairline, this is kind of when I realized that I could actually make so tonicals work for me, because I wasn't a fan of the nuts. So even though everybody raised about it, it just didn't have slip on my hair. And I wasn't a fan of the mango dip slip, because that has slip, but it just sat on my hair. So I was like, oh my God, I'm finding satanicus leave-in. And then she talked about this one being like the baby of the two, like the best of both worlds. And I was like, okay, I'm going to try it. I tried it. And it was exactly what she said. Moisturizing, defining, rich and creamy, with slip, just perfect. So I have an actually leave-in from so tonicals now. So I'm really happy with so tonicals right now. And I'm trying one of their butters this year. So I might be expanding my so tonicals usage even more in 2017. One honorary mention for the leave-ins, I don't have it with me, was the shea moisture JBCO styling lotion or styling lotion, something like that. That was also really good. And that was also a pleasant surprise, because I was like, but that's on my top shea moisture. I have to do a video on my favorite shea moisture products, because that one is actually on my top shea moisture. That's the shea moisture that can hang. That product can hang with everything else here. So I was like, okay, you know, so I also bought the leave-in shea moisture JBCO leave-in to try. But I haven't tried it yet. I'm going to be trying it in 2017. But the styling lotion is really good as a leave-in. And it doesn't even hear hard or crunchy or anything like that. And, you know, it didn't have any negative effects on my hair. So definitely, if you're looking for something convenient in drugstore to try, that would be my pick. It's finally done with leave-in. Actually, then I got into like my butters and creams. So these tend to last a really long time, because I just use like a little bit in my fingertip and put it on. Like you see how heavy I am with leave-in, just again, trying to get it to spread. So by the time I get to like, do I want to put a cream? My hair is already like, you know, pretty good honestly. But I've been kind of dabbling with creams and butters, just trying to see if it maybe helps me retain moisture longer or add any softness or, you know, like if it does anything for me. Moisture butter. This is one of my first butters that I try. But I really love it. It's not too heavy. It's actually light enough for me to use as a refresher, which I can save a lot of products. Most products I can't put it on my hair dry. It's not going to kind of hit it along. But this actually kind of hits my hair dry. And it also looks really nicely over and even. It's very moisturizing and has a lot of slip and so on. So I'm really still looking for butters and I have a whole bunch of new butters and stuff to try. But for 2016, I'm going to put this on the list. The other one that I really enjoy, I don't have a hair because I finished it, was the Jane Carter Curl Defining Cream. So I know she has a lot of stuff with similar names, but this is the Curl Defining Cream. I really liked that one. It was really moisturizing. Wasn't too heavy. And so that one I definitely recommend if you're looking for a nice cream styler, your cream styler gal, or if you just want to use it in your LCO or Love Method, Jane Carter Curl Defining Cream was also really nice this year. It was like, always did me right. So let me put it that way. The other one that I really love, again, more into styling cream is this Blue Rose Beauty Marshmallow Cream Gel. So this just made my hair so plump and juicy and moisturized. I really loved it. I was really, you know, I had that happy feeling when I talked about after using it. So it says Define Curl and we use this first and it definitely does that. For a cream gel, if you're one of those people who don't like typical gels, I mean, I don't like typical gels. I use like Custards, but if you're looking for a cream gel or cream styler, definitely pick this up. You are welcome. You will love it. I promise you, you will love it. So yeah, so that's it for cream gels and butters and stuff. But if you watch this video in a year, I'm going to probably have a whole new different pile in there because I have so many to try. My next section is oils. I don't really use a lot of oils. Um, no, I don't use store bought oils. I like to use like a whole bunch of pure, um, cold pressed, unrefined, unprocessed oils. I mix them myself, which is the purple tea sealant softener. So this isn't really an oil. It's like a croff of oil in a leaving. So it doesn't feel, but it smells something. I love the smell. It really does sealant softener, add shine, and reduce frizz and everything like that. So definitely if you're looking for an oil, if you're looking for like a leaving collection, you can't go wrong with the Camero's, um, leaving collection because it's like $30, nine ounce products and they're all awesome. So that's the one oil I've been using this year. I've been loving it. You see how low this is? This is low for me compared to everything else. And I call it, I think pretty late in the year. So I've been hitting this. I go into the Custards and gels. So you know for the most part, I DIY, like I said, my DIY, I think what am I on? So you know, this is me with kind of a bigger hair, but I haven't gotten to a new match. And for that, my favorite is the Camero's Naturals Curlmaker. It's a real gel, the first gel I love. And I've been raving about this perfectly since I went natural. So I've been using this since my, I was like, you know, much shorter for over a year. And I still love it. If you check out Instagram, my hair is just so soft. Like that's the thing I look like. It's softness moisturized the whole day. You know, sometimes you use other things that you have to like, spray it all over and really work in moisture like every other day or something. This keeps my hair moisturized all week. I'm like, do you want to moisturize your hair? Because you, I really don't have to. And my hair just feels so soft to the touch and everything, which I love, you know. So definitely get this. I know people say it's pricey, but tell you, but, you know, it's not like if you're going to use the whole thing in one sitting, you know, because I have a lot of hair and I'm heavy happy. And I was still only used like a quarter to a third of this in one blow. And I use a lot of products. So the average person probably get like five uses out of that, you know. And I know it's not as cheap as Eco Styler, but this makes my hair look dry and feels icky and horrible. So if you want that kind of feeling showable, pay $5 and get Eco Styler for the whole year. But that's not it for me. I rather make my own than feel like that. So or buy something like this. And I actually have hair that I love touching and that feels like hair. I like my hair to feel like bricks, crunch, even cardboard. Because to me, after you scrunch the crunch, it just feels like rubble or cardboard. I like my hair to feel like hair, like soft, touchable hairs just can't get enough of, you know. So that's why it was like Camero's color maker, not the funky. And thank you Kerry. So thank you Kerry actually made my list because to me, this is my second favorite after the Camero's color maker. I'm not sure why I haven't been hearing a lot about this lately. I don't know, people have just kind of moved on. I guess she hasn't been doing a lot of marketing. I wasn't really a fan of the way she did her ads anyway. So hopefully she does come back. She'll be a little bit more inclusive with her ads. But this product is a really good product as well. I know a little bit goes a long way. Like this little thing lasts as long for me as the big Camero's. This is like eight ounces and the Camero's is like 12 ounces. But they both last the same time. If this doesn't even last longer, like a little bit goes a long way. So what I say is this really clumps my curls really, but a little bit of this product really clumps my curls really well. So I don't need a lot to get the effect, you know. So that's pressure spray. I love this Sultana curls here. So I'm gonna refresh your spray. So I mean, it sounds king drink. I don't know if it says what purpose it's for, but it smells really great. Really nourishes my hair, really controls frizz as a dry Caribbean. So I would love smelling it. Sorry. You know, like I discussed in there. So that's really good for defining your curls as well. Aloe vera juice, which is good for moisture, lavender water, ginger. I mean, this is like a really great product to your hair, just in general. I don't think it does the trick for refreshing your hair. And it gives you a shine and everything. And it doesn't have any glycerin. So I could use this year round, which I also love. So I mean, that's a nice spray. Like it's not too light and it's not too heavy. Like I like a good enough spray when I'm kind of refreshing my hair multi-day refresh. Because pretty much all I do is put my hair on reapply product. So I'd like to have a good spray not too light, but not too heavy. And this is perfect for that. I can spray it all without having wet hair, but it's not like so light that nothing happened. So 16 happy dance year of wonderful products. I'm pretty sure it's going to be at least one or two changes in 2017. But it was really fun to kind of look through the air and just see what I like than what worked for me. So I hope you have fun seeing this. And I promise I'm going to do some more in-depth reviews where I can actually write kind of like open products and, you know, let you see the texture and stuff like that. And do some more demos and stuff like that. So that's coming up soon. So subscribe to, you know, hear more and see more and be the first to know about like what's been working for me. And, you know, I also want to talk about other things as well. I do want to do my hair school thing because a lot of people don't really know enough about natural hair. They kind of, you know, go in by what's out there, but I want to put some more actual factual information out there. So look out for that as well. And also let me know what products you use in 2016. Like what am I missing here? That was like really super duper great. So thanks for watching and I will see you in the next one and happy new year. All the best for the new year, like we say to them. And enjoy your new year's eve or your night.