Anyways, as often as my hair style and length and color changes (and that is by average, at least twice a year) one thing that is consistent is my absolute undying hatred for it. I know it's harsh and arguably a jewish girl rite of passage, but as much as I would hope to say I've grown into myself and become more confident in my outward appearance, and I have, my hair just hasn't followed through with that vision. It's all very "chicken before the egg"; what came first? My insecurity towards my hair or the constant desire to cut it all off?
*also just a side note about customized subscription services, I just want to bring up how utterly comical it is that Curology told me that my skin problems were incurable. Easily one of the funniest things to happen to me and my self esteem.
Onto Prose...
Prose is a hair care service based in SoHo (ironically the same street I worked on for a year... "I don't have to go to Spring Street 'cause it's spring everywhere"-Dar Williams) that specializes in products tailored towards the individual's hair texture, goals, and needs. At first I was skeptical, as I'm quite used to "miracle" products being pushed towards my hair, only for them to either require far too much upkeep or lack of results. However, full disclosure: I was halfway through a frozen margarita at the bar and I had just gotten paid that night so here I was waiting on custom shampoo.
The questionnaire went deep, asking further than the simple "texture/length/damage and instead inquiring further about climate factors, existing routine, and how much effort I wished to put in (as much as I like to play "cool girl", I divulged to a hair service that I essentially will beg, steal, and borrow to achieve the locks of my dreams).
The Haul
I decided go big or go home and went for both the shampoo and conditioner along with the curl cream and pre shampoo mask. I, however, skipped out on the dry shampoo and conditioner as I'm quite loyal to/over the moon with Amika's assortment.
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| feelin like Bettie Paige with my shiny hair n me |
For starters, everything smells stupid good. I chose the "botanical" scent and I have to say part of it is completely worth it just to get my hair to smell like eucalyptus (unlike most products, this stuff actual lingers...). After nearly two months, I can officially report I'm hooked ("Sven Golly you did it!). I will say, though the conditioner, shampoo, and pre-shampoo mask (who knew this even existed! Much less was the fix towards my hair drying up whenever I try to wash it!) shall forever be in my arsenal, I wasn't as impressed with the curl cream, preferring the Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie I've been using since the dawn of time.
Overall, though I believe I will never truly be me if I don't absolutely hate my hair, Prose has made my life a hell of a lot easier. Who knew the solution to my tragic failing is customized shampoo? (god that sounds so ridiculous I love saying it). Don't worry I already sent my love letter to Prose's customer service team.
(ps: another great thing about the brand is that you can either skip ordering pumps for your products all together or just order them once and save them for new products, skipping out on at least a little plastic waste).
check out Prose here
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