Products I Currently Own

Hey Guys,

As much as I dread doing this post, because I risk unveiling to you all the extent of my product junkizm......(I am sure that is not a real word), I believe that maybe by sharing I will get feedback on methods other product junkies have used to solve their own junkizm, or  provide a measuring point that allows other fellow junkies refer to and say.. "yeah I'm a lot better than Bella Joya, I got my junkizm under control", or in the worst case this article will just, further encourage, and fuel my spending habits (maybe yours too..lol).

I have been completely natural for about 11 months now, (my nappyversary is coming up in less than a month and I am all sorts of excited) and in this time it is safe to say that I have spent close to.... $$$$$ lets just say a whole lot of cash that my broke self didn't have to spare. when I first started my hair journey I was soo excited..I mean I had watched tons of YouTube videos, read soo many product reviews and I knew all the products I wanted to try out... I started out with this much hair....

but in my mind, my hair was already..

This big.....( in my very wild dreams..)

                                                     not really me
and so I started shopping for hair products like someone who had a lot of hair, when basic, shampoo, conditioner, and a comb will have been enough. Friends would come over to visit, and my bathroom floor just looked like my own personal beauty supply store. The bad thing was that I was constantly getting hair products, using them a few times, and then just abandoning them while still constantly buying more hair products. Whatever free time I had I spent buying more product, watching more YouTube videos which only helped my delusions, and encouraged me to buy more.....sigh... I know that I couldn't really blame anyone besides myself for my junkizm but I had convinced myself that it wasn't a problem, I could stop buying whenever I wanted to...  Oh!!!! how wrong I was.

Eventually when I had to move, I realized that I had way too much hair product, I had a huge box full of just hair stuff, and it took two African elephants to push it..... (I exaggerate but you get my point). I finally acknowledged to myself that I was a hair product junkie, and I would like to think that was a turning point.
I started giving out some hair products to friends and family, and put myself on a budget. Most times that plan went straight out the window, but still progress is progress no matter how small. 

      

This is a full list of all the products I currently have, except for my combs, towels and stuff like that....

• V05 Conditioners in passion fruit smoothie, and kiwi lime squeeze
• Creamy Curl Cleanser
• Yes To Tomatoes conditioner
• Shea moisture organic black soap balancing conditioner
• Shea moisture coconut and hibiscus curl enhancing smoothie
• Shea moisture organic Shea butter infused with coconut and hibiscus
• yes to Cucumbers Leave in conditioner
• Jane carter natural hold spray gel
• Jane carter revitalising leave in conditioner
• Giovani direct leave in conditioner
• Pantene Pro-v relaxed & Natural Shampoo
• Burt's Bee Raspberry & Brazil Nut shampoo
• Herbal Essence hello hydration shampoo with orchid and coconut milk
• All natural clover honey
• Bee Mine "Bee Hold Curly Butter"
• Apple Cider Vinegar
• ECO Styler styling gel (Clear)
• Aloe Vera Juice
• Aloe Vera Gel
• My Honey Child "Honey Hair Mask"
• Oyin hand-made "Whipped Pudding"
• Giovanni "Protein Hair Infusion"
• Extra virgin Olive Oil
• Organic Shea Butter
• Organic Cocoa Butter
• Organic mango butter
• Coconut Oil
• Grape seed Oil
• Castor Oil
• Vegetable Glycerin
• Sweet Almond Oil
• Peppermint essential Oil
• Lavender Essential Oil
• Jojoba Oil
• Coconut Milk
• Coconut cream
• Hesh "Mehandi Powder" (not pictured below)

I probably only use about 5 of these products consistently... If only I had someone to trade products with... then maybe i could get ride of more of these products.

Hope you enjoyed..please comment, offer suggestions, and any other tips you may have

XOXO
Bella Joya