ORS Curls Unleashed - Review

I am sure you all want to know whether my curls were "UNLEASHED" by the ORS products. Well the answer to that is YES and NO. You all know I like to try the full range of products from the shampoo, right up to the styler. I bought the products from www.kalahari.com, their service is excellent and they delivered right to my door but I had to wait for 10 days which was the only downside of buying from them.


The Washers
Lets get down to the nitty gritty of these products, the Curls Unleashed Sulphate Free Shampoo (R119) is absolutely divine. You all know I am not a fan of shampoo's but this one left my hair feeling as if I had done an oil rinse my hair was smooth and quite shiny. I conditioned my hair with the Curls Unleashed Moisturizing Conditioner (R155), this product smells heavenly and for me that's all it did, just smell nice. I did not enjoy this product at all it did nothing for my hair either than make it smell nice, my hair felt better with just the shampoo.
The Curls Unleashed Leave in Conditioner (R119) this is a nice product it left my hair feeling soft. A tip with this one is use a small amount, as little goes a long way.  When I used it the first time I used a "natural's girl's pea size" amount and it left residual on my hair, I literally had to rinse it off.  A pea size amount will leave your hair soft and easy to detangle. I also used this for a twist-out and they turned out nice and bouncy

The Stylers
I started off with the Curls Unleashed Curl Boosting Jelly (R155) - it actually looks like Jelly - and Oh WOW I wasn't disappointed with this product. It definitely "boosts"those curls without leaving a "crunch crunch" effect on my hair. The first time I used it I tried to do a wash and go with it, the results were absolutely DISMAL. I think the reason it didn't work with my hair is that it doesn't have the hold necessary for my hair.  I then tried it with my hair slightly damp for a twist-out and when they were dry I got me some serious curl definition.
The Curls Unleashed Curl Defining creme (R155) on the other hand was a "hot mess" it did nothing for me. It didn't define my hair at all. When I tried to use it for a twist-out it left residual on my hair that I had to re-wash my hair to get it out. I even tried to "cocktail" it with the Jelly and the residual was worse.  I had totally written it off till until I tried it on someone with a mixture of 3C and 4A hair, boy did this product work like a dream. It defined those curls they were popping left right and center (of course I got curl envy). For my 4B and 4C hair this product is pretty pointless.
The Curls Unleashed Shine and Define Mousse (R119) is excellent for Bantu/Zulu knot-out. It didn't work for me as a styler on wet hair, it actually seemed to tangle my hair when I applied it. But on dry stretched out hair for Bantu knot-out, this was the-bomb-com. You don't even need to use oil to separate your curls when they are dry it dries them smooth and it actually does what it says with the shine story.

The best for LAST

My most favorite product from this range is the Curls Unleashed Curl Refresher (R139). Oh my goodness this product should certainly cost more than this.  I absolutely loved it the first time I used this product was on a 3 day wash and go,  I didn't expect much from it,  but I was pleasantly surprised. Look it won't make your wash and go look like you just did it,  BUT it makes the curls soft it takes away that Eco Styler Gel crunch. It makes your hair look fuller and with the softer curls your hair gets that, "I am blowing in the wind" type of thing. I also used this on an old twist-out, I just used a "pea size" amount in my hands and worked it in.  I did a few jumbo twists and when they were dry I took them down my hair looked amazing and the curl definition was OMG.

What do I think
There are items in the range that I absolutely love, then there are products I think are a waste of time for my particular hair type. I would definitely recommend the Curl Refresher, Sulphate Free Shampoo, Curl Boosting Jelly and the Shine and Define Mousse. I really enjoyed these products and they did what they said they would do.  The time wasters are the Moisturizing Conditioner and the Curl Defining Creme. Would I buy them again?  I would like to buy the ones I love BUT they are unfortunately not readily available.  I cannot walk into Dischem and buy them like the other ORS products and honestly waiting 10 days for a product is a test for someone like me.  I wish that ORS SA would make these products more readily available as we are not all into relaxers.





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Isabel