Wurly and Curly thread!!!

**manderly** · July 16th, 2009, 09:02 PM

Conditioning balm in the big jar

**darkwaves** · July 16th, 2009, 09:16 PM

KY? You mean KY Jelly, which drugstore.com lists with this?

Water Purified, Glycerin, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Chlorhexidine Gluconate, Gluconolactone, Methylparaben, Sodium Hydroxide

I don't know. Maybe that works on hair, but the Biolage I use is somewhat different. Conditioning Balm, the no-cone version, which the container lists this way:

Water, Propylene Glycol, Myristyl Alcohol, Cetrimonium Chloride, Cetearyl Alcohol, Decyl Oleate, Phenoxyethanol,Methylparaben, Fragrance, Propylparaben, Hexyl Cinnamal, Rosemary Extract (Rosemarinus Officinalis), Goldenseal (Hydrastis Canadensis), Bladderwrack, Methyl 2 Octynoate.

I don't know what most of those things are -- but my hair likes it, and there are no cones so it suits my current experiment. (And this is the most basic Biolage I can find here.)

And I use CurlKeeper over conditioner -- makes sense to me. I'd like the hair moisturized, and then held.

All of these options are so interesting.

**darkwaves** · July 16th, 2009, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by manderly

Conditioning balm in the big jar

That's it! Chatters (which we have -- maybe you, too, jessie58?) has a litre sale on. I just bought 500 ml at about 30% off. (Not cheap -- $19, down from $31, or so.)

**ladylibra** · July 16th, 2009, 10:19 PM

Originally Posted by GlassEyes

XDDD; Erm, well. It's a "personal lubricant" that gained popularity on NaturallyCurly as a sort of "underwear" for curls under a bunch of product. It's used similarly to how Curl Keeper can be used--either alone, or with product on top, though I use it over it.

Really? My SO would never let me live that down... "No baby, the KY is for my hair!"

Ah sorry, just had to get that out of my system...

**nowxisxforever** · July 17th, 2009, 12:36 AM

Originally Posted by ladylibra

Really? My SO would never let me live that down... "No baby, the KY is for my hair!"

Ah sorry, just had to get that out of my system...

Well, is it really that much worse than Monistat, butter, or any of the other millions of crazy things we think up to put on our hair?

I've learned to live with a permanent "WTF did you just put on your hair and why do I live with you?" look whenever I geek out about hair.

**Dez** · July 17th, 2009, 12:57 AM

I think it's the curl keeper that has similar ingredients to ky?

DI Water, PVP/VA Copolymer, Propylene Glycol, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Laureth 23, Glycerin, DMDM Hydantoin, Fragrance, Polyquaternium 10.

**JamiG** · July 17th, 2009, 09:39 AM

How do you apply the KY? I've never used Curl Keeper, but I would be interested in using the KY.

**ladylibra** · July 17th, 2009, 10:14 AM

Originally Posted by nowxisxforever

Well, is it really that much worse than Monistat, butter, or any of the other millions of crazy things we think up to put on our hair?

I've learned to live with a permanent "WTF did you just put on your hair and why do I live with you?" look whenever I geek out about hair.

Probably not, and I'm sure it works great for some people. Food items, my SO rolls his eyes at.

But he would certainly get ideas if I brought KY into the house

and never believe that I bought it for my hair.

Sorry, I guess it is only funny to me because I pictured his reaction in my head.

**Starr** · July 17th, 2009, 01:02 PM

Originally Posted by ladylibra

Probably not, and I'm sure it works great for some people. Food items, my SO rolls his eyes at.

But he would certainly get ideas if I brought KY into the house

and never believe that I bought it for my hair.

Sorry, I guess it is only funny to me because I pictured his reaction in my head.

My husband would have the same reaction. He would say something like, "Yeah, sure whatever helps you sleep at night."

For those of you using Matrix conditioning balm- how does that work with CO? Does it build up at all?

**GlassEyes** · July 17th, 2009, 06:34 PM

Yes, I was referring to the curl keeper. It's pretty similar to KY, if I remember.

I've used it as the second C in my CO, Starr, so I use less. It doesn't really build up on my hair. I've switched to the GVP version because it's cheaper and works just as well.