Darcy's Botanicals

I have two of her products, the transitioning creme and Madagascar vanilla styling creme. I have used the transitioning creme to moisturize my hair, and it worked well. Last night, I tried the styling creme after reading more reviews. From her etsy.com page, here is a description of the styling creme.

Healthy Hair Conditioning Butter

...EXCELLENT for type 3-4 natural hair types:)

Our Madagascar Vanilla Styling Creme is a highly moisturizing hair butter that will give your natural curls the extra conditioning and moisture they need. It has a butter-like, thick & creamy consistency with a vanilla aroma that is just heavenly. You only need to use a small amount since a little goes a long way.

Apply just a nickel size amount to wet or dry hair to give your afro, twists, braids, locs, waves, and coils the extra moisture and healthy conditioning it needs.

Since this is a hair butter, please use sparingly so it will not make hair too heavy or too greasy:)

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We use organic palm oil to help soften & add sheen to your natural curls.

Aloe vera to help strengthen & prevent hair fall out. Aloe vera contains enzymes that help to stimulate the scalp to promote healthy hair growth.

Our natural hair butter also contains natural humectants that help to lock in moisture along with other nourishing oils that condition,soften & make hair more manageable.

8 oz. jar

Ingredients: organic palm oil, organic aloe vera, organic madagascar vanilla, vegetable emulsifying wax, candelilla wax, organic castor oil, organic jojoba oil, rice bran oil and potassium sorbate

This product did everything it states. My hair is moisturized, not greasy, and soft. Although it does not state it has hold, my hair has a light hold. I applied the styling creme to my deep conditioned hair over Carol's Daughter's hair milk. I used about a dime size on 10 sections of my hair and twisted. I sealed with KBB's jojoba oil.

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My BF loves what she got!! I need to check with her and report back....

mmmmm the butter and the deep conditioner sound yummy....there is a long thread on NaturallyCurly about Darcy's....ill add it to my growing wish list

I used the Transitioning Cream yesterday before putting my rollers in for my set and it was HEAVY!!! It was nice though it made my hair feel really soft and smells great i just need to remember not to use so much the next time...

@ChresLvsBks~
You are serious girl!! I love your post's sooo informative..Thanks for taking the time

yes, i love darcys botanicals and cant wait to try more of her products. right now, i'm using the coconut and hibiscus conditoning oil. alone, this oil works excellently in leaving your hair moisturized without being heavy or greasy. my hair stays shiny. for more of an umph, i actually combine this oil with oyin's honey hemp conditioner. my other staple product from darcy's is her coconut and aloe moisture pudding. i use this for my locks and the hold is excellent and it leaves no flakes. i encourage everyone to try any product from this line, you'll definitely fall in love.

I ordered some of her products and tried them yesterday. I tried the pumpkin conditioner, transitioning creme, coconut and aloe moisture pudding, and madagascar vanilla styling creme on my ends. I'd read that her products could leave hair greasy, so I used very little of them...way less than the nickle sized amount recommended. My hair was still greasy. I had to wash with shampoo today to eliminate the greasy feeling. I'll continue to use the conditioner. I'll probably try the pudding again. I'll use the transitioning creme and styling creme as body moisturizers.

Oh well. I really wanted to like the products. Maybe I'll still give the DC a try one of these days.

@Traveljunkie08~
Im with you on that im still trying to work it out to get just the right amount without the grease maybe its my hair idk...

I use the Daily Leave In Conditioner on my daughter's hair and I probably won't buy it again, but I absolutely love her body oils. The Juicy Peach Kernel Nectar body oil smells soooo good and prompted my to buy the Cocoa Bean Natural Hair and Body Oil. I wanted to try the Watermelon body oil but she's not selling it anymore or at least I no longer see it on her site. I also bought the Madagascar Vanilla Styling Creme, but haven't tried it yet. So far I'll continue to purchase from her, if not anything else definitely the body oils.

@Chrslvsbks: Did you use a dime sized amount on your whole head or on each section?

@Curlymo: I think I'm going to give it a try on dry hair instead of damp. Maybe I'll smooth a little bit on my twists before I take them out tomorrow. I'll try that and see what happens.

I think this will be the next product line I try

ChrsLvsBks wrote:

traveljunkie08 wrote:@Chrslvsbks: Did you use a dime sized amount on your whole head or on each section?

I am sorry for the late response. I applied a dime size to each twist.

No problem! I actually gave up on trying to figure out how to use it since I have other stuff that does work. Still thinking about trying the DC though...

wow, these reviews are so helpful. I'm really interested in trying these products. Can anyone tell me how it works compared to kbb?

great, more excuses for me to buy more products!

This thread is soooo tempting. I was looking at this line just the other day. I am trying to find a product for my braidouts that will moisturize but more importantly give me hold. . .I was looking at the Madagascar Vanilla Styling Creme. . .but I wasn't sure if this was a good pick. . .Now I am very tempted to buy this. . .

that one does look good, thats the 1 i was thinking about ordering too if i don't order the kbb hair butter first. hmm......