Product Review: Miss Jessie's Stretch Silkening Creme

Miss Jessie claims to have "the best darn curl cremes period."  The Stretch Silkening Creme has been described as "a splendid emulsion for curls, kinks, and waves" that offers "super strength moisturizing and conditioning". It can be used daily to refresh curls, two-strand twists, and coil outs. $22 for 8 oz. This is not Miss Jessie's silkening creme!

Ingredients:

Water, Paraffinum Liquidum (mineral oil), glycerin, triethaolamine, carbomer, wheat amino acids, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, hydrolyzed wheat protein, avocado oil, coconut oil, sweet almond oil, jojoba seed oil, olive fruit oil, peg-12 dimethicone, fragrance, ethylhexl methoxycinnamate, oleth-5, dmdm hydantoin, iodopropynyl btuylcarbamate, disodium edta, red 40,yellow 10.

My Experience:

All I can say is wow. Last night I shampooed and conditioned with the Aveda Dry Remedy which always leaves my hair soft. I applied the stretch Silkening Creme to my hair which made my hair feel stripped and gummy. This morning. My hair had all of these white clumps that were sticky. I didn't have time to rinse my hair out because I was going to work so I had white clumpy, gummy flakes in my hair. By the end of the day my hair felt like a brillo pad. It was so dry and needed moisture. During my lunch I went to my favorite beauty supply store and picked up the Kinky Curly Spritz which is a moisturizer and it fixed the moisture problem. However, I still had clumps. I wasn't too worried about the clumps, just more concerned with breakage.

I think this product would be more ideal for someone with loose curls (3a/3b) versus kinky coils (4b-4z). It is fast drying, so it would be ideal for someone who can do a wash and go and doesn't mind a product that uses mineral oil as the primary ingredient.

My Rating:

Scale is for 4b/4z only:

1- Would never recommend :(

2-

3-It has potential but wouldn't consider buying again

4-

5- Super awesome!!!

1 out of 5. I wasn't expecting curl definition with this product since I understand that no product can truly transform my 4b/4z hair to 3 anything. I was at least hoping for moisture and sheen. But instead it left my hair a dehydrated and gummy mess.

Final Comments

As always, this is just my opinion on this product with my hair. Everyone's hair responds differently to different products and ingredients. The experience may be different if it was done at Miss Jessie's Salon. If you do decide to try this product go for the 2 oz or trying some of the curly hair boards like www.naturallycurly.com for a product swap so there is no commitment. This stuff is going to my product grave yard. :(