Product review: Shea moisture braid up detangler

When I seen this I was intrigued because I had never seen this particular product before, but it looked like it’d be similar to Shea moisture’s extra moisture detangler from the raw Shea butter/Argan oil line, which I wasn’t too thrilled with. But this was 4.99 and it says it’s for take down and braids so I said “why not”. 

This stuff is the bomb.com! It did exactly what I have ever wanted a moisturizer to do when I install braids (none have ever come close). It’s a detangler that’s applied as a leave in conditioner (damp clean hair), but it’s also a moisturizer (true blue, might I add), because it keeps the hair moisturized thru the drying process and well afterwards... you will not need to apply anything else after this! 

My daughter’s hair was still moisturized while I was braiding her hair, which was a few hours after I applied this; allowing it to air dry on Velcro rollers, then I blow dried it on hi speed/cool air... still moisturized. Normally I don’t blow dry her hair at all, but hours later I took the rollers out and her hair was still damp (80% dry) so I used the dryer and paddle brush method on cool air to dry it the rest of the way and stretch her hair for painless parting and combing during the braiding process. 

Although I always add a butter to her ends to ensure and seal in moisture, I didn’t need it, but did for extra security. Over all, I am super pleased with this product. I wish I had grabbed two, because I haven’t seen this product in any retailer I can usually grab Shea moisture from. I have never been so pleasantly surprised by a product before.