The Body Shop’s Brazil Nut Define and No Frizz Cream
I’ve been using the The Body Shop’s Brazil Nut Define and No Frizz Cream for about two years now and just like the store’s Africa Spa Hair and Body Honey Mud - which, by the way, has been either reworked or discontinued - I like this product.
According to the package, it’s made with “community traded brazil nut oil”. The brazil nut comes from the tree of the same name. It’s an evergreen that’s indigenous to the Amazon River basin. The fruit of the nut has moisturizing properties.
The instructions say to apply TBS’ Define and No Frizz cream to damp or dry hair. I used it on soaking wet hair. Because my hair is thick, I had to use quite a lot to get good coverage. I then allowed my hair to air dry.
Pros: My hair still had shrinkage (which isn’t a problem for me) and I did achieve some curl definition. The key is to not manipulate the hair that much after applying the product. My hair was soft afterwards.
Cons: It took about 30 minutes for the product to soak into my hair. Also, I’d love it if they sold the cream in larger sizes.
As with other products from TBS, Brazil Nut Define and No Frizz has a wonderful scent. I’ve never smelled real brazil nut so I don’t know if the scent is realistic.
All in all, I was pleased with the TBS’s Define and No Frizz cream and would buy it again.
Price estimates: CHF 13.00, EUR 9.00.
Photo from thebodyshop.com
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Is there any product out there that will minimize “shrinkage”?
E!: Yes. They’re called texturizers (as in, weak relaxers).
WAYY back in the pre-locked days, I was a fan of Define and No Frizz. Made the ‘fro soft…but I don’t remember getting curl definition from it. Glad it’s working for you.
Oh LBellatrix.:-)
E, I’m not sure of products that will minimize shrinkage. What I’ve done is just worked with it, using the “moldability” (is that a word) of my hair, along with a little big of hair gel to ever so gently pull at my hair as it dries.
Thanks for the tips. I cannot ever do another texturizer again. It ravaged my hair, it took a year for my thick hair to get back to normal. It stripped away all the body from my hair. Scary stuff. Hopefully, I will be able to pick this up whilst I’m in England. I’m going to try mixing it with a bit of hair gel and see what happens. There are so many products out there that will “wreck a ‘fro”.. its scary. Right now, I’m sticking with the Queen Helene and water formula.
Yep. The Queen Helene is the Holy Grail as far as I’m concerned.
And I agree with you about the products out there. It’s freaking scary. Not too long ago, I tried this conditioner. Oh shoot…what was the name. It was something called “hair mayonaise.” One could mix it with a raw egg. I tried that stuff and my hair actually felt drier after. Maybe it was just me.