I Put AMIKA on One Side and AS I AM on the Other…

I left Mass a short while ago and recorded a prayer in the parking lot before heading home.

Last night, I shared how I took down my twist-n-curl to reveal VERY moisturized but piece-y curls, and then retwisted and went to bed.

As predicted, lol, I did NOT leave the twists in, because life is too short for that.

But I do want to share my experience with As I Am’s Hydration Elation. I put amika’s Soulfood (the reigning champ) on the right, and As I Am on the left side of my wet hair while in the shower. Leaving both in for no less than 8 minutes in the steamy shower, and passing my head under the showerhead at least once to get it extra slippery and make sure the product on both sides was evenly distributed. The amika side was instantly smooth, easily detangled, and felt thick, the product is thick and nourishing. Rich.

The As I Am side felt… regular. The fragrance, pleasant. The texture, predictable, but good. It provided good slip, but didn’t even come close to the luxuriousness of amika (in texture, slip, and overall softness afterward), which I’m still not 100% sold on as a holy grail product, but it’s the closest I’ve come in recent years.

I would not repurchase the As I Am, but I WOULD keep it to mix with my henna… I mean… if I were to continue henna’ing 😉 I would keep it because it went on smoothly and easily, unlike the Cécred deep treatment. Speaking of which, my hair closet is a prayer closet now. I should give away all these products that don’t work! A thought 🙂

I Love you!
Nik

Have you tried amika or As I Am? Let me know!