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Creme of Nature Shampoo Fix

 
19th December 2009

Hey guapas!

I have been trying to find a substitute for my beloved Creme of Nature shampoo since I learned that the original formula was going extinct. Why do companies change products when consumers are happy with them?!

CHI_infra_shampooWe could go back and forth pondering why they change recipes, but it will do us no good. So, I decided to find a fill-in for me favorite shampoo. Thus far, I have not come across any shampoo that worked like Creme of Nature. This shampoo was a favorite, because it cleaned my scalp without stripping my hair. It also made combing easier than any other shampoo I have every used.

After mulling things over, it occurred to me that there was conditioner added to the shampoo. Maybe that’s what made Creme of Nature different. I started experimenting with a shampoo that I have that I do NOT like at all. Believe it or not, I found a CHI product that my hair HATES!

CHI Infra Shampoo was not my friend! It gives you a great lather, but for me, it left my hair stripped and feeling that all of my natural oils were totally gone. In fact, my hair felt as if I had used a clarifying shampoo. I only use clarifying shampoos when I go swimming or when my hair is overly saturated with product. What that translates to is, rarely.

I decided to try adding a little conditioner to the CHI shampoo to see if I could get similar results to what I get from Creme of Nature. The first two tries, I added a thick conditioner, some Humectress in varying amounts. I was not very pleased with the results; each time I ended up having to pull out the Creme of Nature in order properly shampoo. There was no lather or my hair still felt like it had been stripped.

Today, however, I decided to give it one more shot. After all, that gallon jug is not going to last indefinitely, right? Right.

This time, I used my last 2 or 3 ounces of CHI with a teaspoon of silk amino acids.

Girls, I think I’m on to something! My scalp felt very clean; my hair didn’t feel dried out and it seems as if I can actually comb my hair without a problem. But, don’t run out and try this just yet, because you know any good experiment has to be tried again and again with the same results. So, let’s just keep our fingers crossed!

While I’m experimenting, I may try adding some silk amino acids to any random shampoo and see what happens. Nothing ventured, nothing gained, right? Right :)

 
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5 Responses to “Creme of Nature Shampoo Fix”

  1. Lindamorena
    January 23rd, 2010 at 1:27 am
     

    La negra, i’m soo excited, i think that i may have found a shampoo that works as well as our late cream of nature(old formula). It’s called bioInfusion Olive Oil Conditioning shampoo I found it at walgreens. It caught my eye because CON was also a conditioning shampoo. It’s got a lot of good reviews on walgreens.com. Oye I’m going to use it manana and get back to you with a verdict (fingers crossed/eyes shut”please, oh, please let this work”)

  2. LaNegra
    January 23rd, 2010 at 9:19 am
     

    Ohhhh!! Ojalá que todo salga bien! I just picked up a shampoo too (we really need therapy, don’t we? LMAO).
    I bought Joico Silk Result Smoothing Shampoo, from Marshall’s. It contains a LOT of silk (amino acids and hydrolyzed).

    I tried it the other day and was surprised that my hair didn’t feel too bad, but I’m going to try it again to make sure that I can repeat the results.

    PLEASE, let us know what you think of BioInfusion!!!

  3. Lindamorena
    February 1st, 2010 at 11:38 am
     

    BioInfusion results are in…after little deliberation, my conclusion is that this shampoo really, really is bad. I first let mi hermanita try it because she’s my gineau pig (im sure i spelt that wrong :) ) . he normally soft coils and curls, were hard and crunchi even after conidtioner. It really stripped her hair it took almost 3 days to get the moisture back into her hair. Then i made a section in my hair (my hair is relaxed) and washed only a little section…gurl i took that bottle back to walgreen with a quickness.lol, and ran to my secrect beauty supply store, where there are the last 3 bottle of cream of nature that no one knows about, and bought some more of my good stuff. i don’t know what i’m going to do when i can’t find any.

  4. Lindamorena
    June 23rd, 2010 at 7:07 pm
     

    Que tal? Chiquita Negrita. I haven’t been on here in a while but i see your still buzi. Well im here to update on the shampoo search. I have found a pretty good shampoo, and for a good price too($4.49 at beauty supply) It’s called At One with nature: Botanical Hydrating Shampoo. para natural y chemically treated hair. This shampoo is good, in comparison to cream of nature it still isn’t the same, but when you lather it really detangles, has a lot of slip and when you rinse it’s still feels nice, it does have the slightest almost too clean feeling, but its almost not noticable(i notice because imma creamofnature-addict.) But yeah you should definately try this if you miss C.O.N

  5. LaNegra
    June 23rd, 2010 at 11:19 pm
     

    Hey mujer!! I’m so gonna try this shampoo. I’ll let you know how it works out for me :D

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