My Results: Mizani True Textures

I finally got my hands on it: Mizani's True Texture line for naturals. In total, there are 5 products in the line: a sulfate-free shampoo, moisturizing mask, conditioning curl wash, defining cream gel and a curl extending cream.
Below, I've listed the first five ingredients* for each of the three products I used. (*all ingredient definitions are courtesy of the "Ingredients Dictionary" at www.tightlycurly.com)


Here's what I used:

Curl Balance Moisturizing Sulfate-free Shampoo

First 5:
- Water
- Sodium Methyl Cocoyl Taurate: (Okay) Mild cleanser
- Laureth-5 Carboxylic Acid: (I couldn't find this one)
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine: (Okay) Gentle cleanser that may be too mild to wash away any styling products by itself. Very often the main cleansing ingredient in baby shampoos. Also used as a mild foamer.
- Sodium Chloride: (Caution) aka "table salt", a corrosive in anything left in the hair. Used as a stabilizer, thickener, and cheap Ph adjuster. If near the bottom of an ingredients list, it should be fine.

My experience: Hmm, interesting ingredient list. Any-who, I didn't get a good lather until the third wash but my hair did feel extremely soft and supple. Even though the first two washes didn't lather up good, I still felt like my hair was clean. The tangles were melting away through my fingers and my hair felt like it was actually getting moisturized while being cleaned at the same time. I don't usually get those two feelings at the same time.

Curl Replenish Intense Moisturizing Mask

First 5:
- Water
- Cetearyl Alcohol: (Good) Used as an emollient, emulsifier, conditioner and thickener.
- Amodimethicone: (Caution) Used for conditioning, and makes it easier for a comb to glide through hair. A lighter type of silicone that has been known to be irritating to the skin.
- Behentrimonium Chloride: (Okay) Used for detangling and as an anti-static ingredient and emulsifier.
- Cetyl Esters: (Okay) A synthetic wax used to replace spermaceti (wax that once came from sperm whales). Used as an emollient, thickener, keeps products from separating, and makes them more opaque.

My Experience:
I liked this a WHOLE lot. Both the shampoo and conditioner have a great creamy custard-ish like fragrance (which automatically makes me feel good!). The conditioner also resembles vanilla pudding in texture. I loved it, my denman brush ran through my hair like butter

After washing and conditioning...

Perfect Curl Defining Cream Gel

First 5:
- Water
- Dimethicone: (Good) This is the name for a group of silicones. The heaviest of all silicones used for hair care, they provide the most smoothing effect, but is the hardest to wash out. Conditions by preventing water loss. Also used to keep product from foaming.
- Glycerin: (Good) Used as a humectant, and also to add slip in a conditioner to make the product easier for combing.
- Sorbitol: (Good) Functions much like glycerin by adding slip to a product, as well as being a humectant and a thickener.
- Paraffinum Liquidum: (Okay) aka Mineral Oil, "one of the most benign of all cosmetic ingredients", a good conditioning ingredient, providing slip so the comb glides through hair more easily. This ingredient has gotten an undeserved reputation for being harmful.

My experience:
Keep in mind that I'm one of those naturals who love silicones. I've tried products without them and realized that my hair needs them. As long as I indulge in a good clarifying wash once a month, I'm good to go. I don't like mineral oil though, although seemingly harmless, I often feel like it's just a cheap filler. But nevertheless, as I'm typing this my hair is still drying so I'll be able to give you the full final results tomorrow. However, the cream-gel did glide on very easily, for those of you who may be familiar, the texture kind of reminded me of the Wave Nouveau Moisturizing Lotion, but not as greasy.

What I ultimately think...
Not bad all in all, I'm already a huge fan of the shampoo and conditioning mask, not too sure about this cream gel though. The ingredients list doesn't bother ME that much, but I know that there are a lot of naturals who will not agree with it.

What's YOUR take?