Transitioning from relaxed to natural hair can be done with minimal breakage if you learn early on how to care for it. There are a few helpful transitioning to natural hair kits on the market today for managing two textures of hair. The best products to transition black hair are water based and contain lots of natural and organic ingredients that are healthy for both relaxed and natural textures. These hair products can also be used after you’re fully natural.
Here is a list of three transitioning to natural hair kits as well as the main ingredients. The right one for you will depend on your unique hair needs.
Shea Moisture Hair Repair & Transition Kit
This transitioning kit is also described as the Organic Raw Shea Butter Moisture and Argan Oil with Sea Kelp and Avocado Oil. This kit comes with four 4-ounce products for each step of the hair care process. All of these products are paraben-free and sulfate-free natural products. The first product is the Organic Raw Shea Butter Moisture Retention Shampoo. The main ingredients are deionized water, sugar beets, shea butter, aloe vera leaf juice and argan oil.
Next up is the Organic Raw Shea Butter Restorative Conditioner. The main ingredients are deionized water, shea butter, argan oil and coconut oil. The third product Organic Raw Shea Butter Deep Treatment Masque, which includes coconut oil, silk protein and neem oil. The main ingredients are deionized water, shea butter, argan oil and castor oil You can rinse it out of your hair after 5 to 30 minutes or leave it in.
When you’re ready to style reach for the Organic Raw Shea Butter Strengthening Elixir. It contains shea butter oil, argan oil vegetable squalene and carrot oil as its first four ingredients.
Overall this transitioning kit is worth a try if your hair likes shea butter, argan oil and coconut oil. You can get the Shea Moisture Hair Repair & Transition Kit for about $21 from Walgreens, Target and online.
Carol’s Daughter Transitioning Kit 1-2-3
The next kit is the Carol’s Daughter Transitioning Kit 1-2-3. Carol’s Daughter is known for its products and catering to black women’s hair care. The company has developed a transitioning kit that has three components.
The first is the Purifying Low-Poo Cleanser, a 2-ounce product. This product promises to be low lather. It has water, sodium methyl cocoyl taurate and cocamidopropyl betaine as its main three ingredients.
The kit also has a Renewing Scalp Spray, which is 2 ounces. This spray has water, glycerin, polysorbate 20 and Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice as the top listed ingredients.
The third item in the Carol’s Daughter Transitioning Kit 1-2-3 is the Restoring Anti-Breakage Treatment. This 4-ounce product has water, butylene glycol, dimethicone and sorbitol as the first four ingredients. One thing to note about this treatment is that it contains dimethicone. This particular product isn’t for you if your hair doesn’t like cones.
The Carol’s Daughter Transitioning Kit 1-2-3 costs $40 and be purchased on the company’s web site www.carolsdaughter.com or in Carol’s Daughter stores and kiosks.
Curls Transitioning Diva Kit
Another transitioning to natural hair kit available are the Curls Transitioning Diva Kit. This four-part kit takes you through each step in the hair care process with a total of 48 ounces of products. The kit contains no silicones, parabens, sulfates, mineral oil or petrolatum oil.
The first step is to use the Curlicious Curls Cleansing Cream to clean the hair. It’s a thick sulfate-free shampoo. It contains water, glycerin, bean tree, certified organic white tea extract, and certified organic chamomille extract. The Curlicious Curls Cleansing Cream is 8 ounces.
The Curl Ecstasy Hair Tea Deep Conditioner provides a deep treatment for the hair. The first four ingredients are purified water, stearalkonium chloride, soybean oil and cetyl alcohol. The Curl Ecstasy Hair Tea Deep Conditioner is 14 ounces.
When you’re done washing and conditioning, the next step in the kit is to use the Quenched Curls Moisturizer. The main ingredients are water, glycerin, bean tree and certified organic white tea extract. This product can be used daily. The Quenched Curls Moisturizer is 8 ounces.
The product Curls Transitioning Diva Kit touts as being great for transitioning is the Curl Souffle. Use it to smooth your hair. The main ingredients in this product are purified water, certified organic sunflower oil, octyl palmitate, certified organic aloe vera leaf juice. The Curl Souffle is 8 ounces.
The Curls Transitioning Diva Kit is $72 and is available at http://www.curls.biz.
While it’s not necessary to purchase transitioning kits to successfully grow your hair out from relaxed to natural, these products may be helpful as you find out what your hair likes.
