Hydration, Nutrition & Repair which of these products fit best in what Category

[Bat]

I got a whooole bunch of stuff to try for a 3 month capillery schedule and would like to know peoples thoughts on which would best suited to the target areas and strength ranking if possible, I'm pretty sure I am other thinking this

the repair ones are easy enough but not sure which masks are better for Hydration/Nutrition

Masks

Aloe Vera Hairfood
Aqua / water / eau, cetearyl alcohol, glycerin, isopropyl myristate, stearamidopropyl dimethylamine, carica papaya fruit extract / papaya fruit extract, phyllanthus emblica fruit extract, glycine soja oil / soybean oil, sodium hydroxide, helianthus annuus seed oil / sunflower seed oil, coco-caprylate/caprate, cocos nucifera oil / coconut oil, hydroxypropyl guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, caprylic/capric triglyceride, caprylyl glycol, citric acid, tartaric acid, cetyl esters potassium sorbate, salicylic acid, caramel, linalool, geraniol, limonene, parfum / fragrance

Goji Hairfood
Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Lycium Barbarum Fruit Extract, Glycine Soja Oil / Soybean Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cocos Nucifera Oil / Coconut Oil, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Cetyl Esters, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Salicylic Acid, Caramel, Linalool, Citronellol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Salicylate, Parfum / Fragrance

Papaya Hairfood
Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Carica Papaya Fruit Extract / Papaya Fruit Extract, Phyllanthus Emblica Fruit Extract, Glycine Soja Oil / Soybean Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cocos Nucifera Oil / Coconut Oil, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Cetyl Esters, Potassium Sorbate, Salicylic Acid, Caramel, Linalool, Geraniol, Limonene, Parfum / Fragrance

Banana Hairfood
[/U]Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Butyrospermum Parkii Butter / Shea Butter, Olea Europaea Oil / Olive Fruit Oil, Musa Paradisiaca Fruit Juice / Banana Fruit Juice, Glycine Soja Oil / Soybean Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil, Rosmarinus Officinalis Leaf Extract / Rosemary Leaf Extract, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cocos Nucifera Oil / Coconut Oil, Hydroxypropyl Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Persea Gratissima Oil / Avocado Oil, Lactic Acid, Tartaric Acid, Cetyl Esters, Tocopherol, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Salicylic Acid, Caramel, Linalool, Eugenol, Coumarin, Benzyl Alcohol, Parfum / Fragrance

Macadamia Hairfood
[/U]Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Macadamia Integrifolia Seed Oil, Glycine Soja Oil / Soybean Oil, Sodium Hydroxide, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis Seed Oil / Jojoba Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis Oil / Sweet Almond Oil, Coco-Caprylate/Caprate, Cocos Nucifera Oil / Coconut Oil, Hydroxypropyl Guar, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Caprylyl Glycol, Citric Acid, Tartaric Acid, Cetyl Esters, Salicylic Acid, Caramel, Linalool, Geraniol, Coumarin, Limonene, Citral, Citronellol, Benzyl Alcohol, Benzyl Cinnamate, Benzyl Salicylate, Parfum / Fragrance

Elvive Jojoba Extraordinary Oil Multi-use Mask
Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Paraffinum Liquidum / Mineral Oil, Dipalmitoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Cetyl Esters, CI 77891 / Titanium Dioxide, CI 77491 / Iron Oxides, CI 15985 / Yellow 6, CI 19140 / Yellow 5, Chamomilla Recutita Extract / Matricaria Flower Extract, Mica, Cocos Nucifera Oil / Coconut Oil, Trideceth-6, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Helianthus Annuus Seed Oil / Sunflower Seed Oil, Nelumbium Speciosum Extract / Nelumbium Speciosum Flower Extract, Linum Usitatissimum Flower Extract, Amodimethicone, Caprylyl Glycol, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Caramel, Gardenia Tahitensis Flower Extract, Rosa Canina Flower Extract, Bisabolol, Cetrimonium Chloride, BHT, Citric Acid, Glycine Soja Oil / Soybean Oil, Parfum / Fragrance

Toni&Guy Strength Plex Bond Repair

can't find ingredients not listed anywhere on the site or internet I could see nice, going Toni&Guy

Elvive Dream Lengths Mask
Aqua / Water, Cetearyl Alcohol, Behentrimonium Chloride, Cetyl Esters, Niacinamide, Ricinus Communis Seed Oil / Castor Seed Oil, Hydroxycitronellal, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Hydroxypropyltrimonium Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein, Phenoxyethanol, Trideceth-6, Chlorhexidine Digluconate, Limonene, Panthenol, Benzyl Salicylate, Linalool, Benzyl Alcohol, Amodimethicone, Isopropyl Alcohol, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone, Geraniol, Citric Acid, Potassium Hydroxide, Cetrimonium Chloride, Citronellol, Coumarin, Hexyl Cinnamal, Parfum / Fragrance

Schwarzkopf extra hair care repair

Aqua (Water, Eau), Cetearyl Alcohol, Isopropyl Myristate Behentrimonium Chloride, Distearoylethyl Hydroxyethylmonium Methosulfate, Guar Hydroxypropyltrimonium Chloride, Hydrolyzed Keratin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Panthenol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Cetyl Palmitate, Dimethicone, Phenoxyethanol, Citric Acid, Isopropyl Alcohol, Methylparaben, Cetrimonium Chloride, Parfum (Fragrance), Linalool, Limonene.

I think I need to go to product rehab xD

[Bat]

apologies for the bad formatting I copy pasted a lot

[CuteCrow]

Maybe it'd be better to post this kind of thing in the capillary schedule thread

As a general rule I look at the top 10 ingredients in each mask/products. Just in case you don't know it, the order of the ingredients reflect the amount there are of each one, so the first is what there's most and the last the one there's less. Usually Aqua is the first because most products are mostly water.
So looking at the top the ingredients you can already tell if a mask contains mostly hydrating, nourishing or repairing ingredients.

As a guideline these are the most common ingredients of each category:

Hydration: fruit extracts, glycerin, fatty alcohols (cetyl, Cetearyl), panthenol, aloe vera

Nutrition: oils, butters, ceramides

Repair: hydrolysed proteins, keratin, aminoacids almost everything ending in -ine (creatine, arginine, lysine...), Collagen


Based on this I'd say your masks are,

Hydration
- Aloe Vera hair food, ceratyl alcohol, glycerin, fruit extracts

- Goji Hairfood, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, fruit extracts.

- Papaya hairfood, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glycerin, Isopropyl Myristate, fruit extracts

Nourishing
- Papaya hairfood, several oils high up

- Banana hairfood, Shea butter, a lot of different oils

- Macadamia hairfood, oils, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine

- Elvive Jojoba Extraordinary Oil Multi-use Mask, mineral oil is the third ingredient, be careful about build up

Repair
- Toni&Guy Strength Plex Bond Repair, without the ingredient lists I can't tell but it sounds like it could contain proteins

- Elvive Dream Lengths Mask, hydrolysed proteins

- Schwarzkopf extra hair care repair, hydrolysed keratin



Maybe we should make an "official" capillary schedule thread with all this information in the first post.

[Bri-Chan]

This website can help you with the Hair Food.

[Bat]

thank you both! and I think that is a good idea Crow, you seem to know more about it so maybe you can make it c:

and here is a screenie of the tony n guy ingredients has sulfates and cones, that is annoying lol

[sipnsun]

I'm not familiar with any of those but the aloe mask which I have been using for hydration with excellent results! Are you going to do the inversion method also? I'm on month 3 (4 min per day, 1 week per month), Idk if it's made a difference but it feels nice and the oils can't hurt.

[lapushka]

I just have this to say: all good choices! They are good brands, the "elvive" line of masks is awesome.

I agree with CuteCrow, especially the first 5 ingredients matter the most as they are present in the biggest % in the product. That goes for all kinds of products, skincare, haircare, bodycare, you name it.

[CuteCrow]

thank you both! and I think that is a good idea Crow, you seem to know more about it so maybe you can make it c:

and here is a screenie of the tony n guy ingredients has sulfates and cones, that is annoying lol

That one seems to be very high in silicones and pertroleum derivates (petrolatum, liquid paraffin), if silicones don't build up in your hair I'd use it as a hydration mask as it has some hydrating ingredients and the silicones help to keep it hydrated.

[Ylva]

I'd like to point out that an ingredient isn't necessarily nonexistent/ineffective even if it appears pretty low on the list. Of course, if a conditioner has, say, aloe vera as the very last ingredient after the preservatives and all, it's probably not going to have any effect, but some ingredients aren't even meant to make up for a high percentage of the product formulation. So it's still good to look at the list as a whole and form a mental image out of that, even though of course the first 5/10 ingredients do give a good general impression of the product already.

[Bat]

I'm not familiar with any of those but the aloe mask which I have been using for hydration with excellent results! Are you going to do the inversion method also? I'm on month 3 (4 min per day, 1 week per month), Idk if it's made a difference but it feels nice and the oils can't hurt.

I do castor oil treatments every few weeks and it seems to be helping my growth, I tried the inversion method once, wasn't too sure on it

I just have this to say: all good choices! They are good brands, the "elvive" line of masks is awesome.


I agree with CuteCrow, especially the first 5 ingredients matter the most as they are present in the biggest % in the product. That goes for all kinds of products, skincare, haircare, bodycare, you name it.

I love the no cut cream, I also have the poo and conditioners of dream lengths

I'd like to point out that an ingredient isn't necessarily nonexistent/ineffective even if it appears pretty low on the list. Of course, if a conditioner has, say, aloe vera as the very last ingredient after the preservatives and all, it's probably not going to have any effect, but some ingredients aren't even meant to make up for a high percentage of the product formulation. So it's still good to look at the list as a whole and form a mental image out of that, even though of course the first 5/10 ingredients do give a good general impression of the product already.

thank you, now I know something new!