Hey, babe. Talking about food today, with a little bit of food-related beauty, of course, because you’ll always and forever be my virtual sister — but without the sibling rivalry, hahaha! –across the keyboard in all things makeup, hair, nail polish and perfume.
I just started using a couple products from dpHuE, a hair care line known for their star ingredient, apple cider vinegar. They make shampoos, conditioners and stylers for all hair types with products available at Ulta and Sephora ranging from $26-$57.
My hair is wavy on dry side, and my color is naturally dark brownish black peppered with gray. I just started using the Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Rinse to shampoo and the Apple Cider Vinegar Hair Mask as a conditioner.
You might be thinking, “Eww! That sounds like it could be potentially funky smelling,” and yes, you are correct. Their ACV shampoo definitely smells vinegary, but trust me on this, you won’t be walking around smelling like a side salad doused in vinaigrette. Once it rinses out, you don’t really smell it, and if you follow up with the hair mask, your mane will not only smell like a bottle of expensive perfume, but those strands will feel so damn silky you won’t even know what to do with yourself. Because, truth be told, I didn’t. I wondered for a moment if my consciousness had been uploaded into a different body in the Matrix because 1) I’m a sci-fi nerd like that, 2) my hair NEVER feels this soft after using just shampoo and conditioner. I always have to layer an additional leave-in conditioners or hair oils, always. But with just these two products, it was crazy soft.
FYI, the Hair Rinse isn’t like a traditional shampoo because there’s no foam. Still, my scalp and my strands felt surprisingly clean for shampoo that didn’t have any foam or bubbles.
How to use the hair rise, step by step
Both the rinse and mask are made for all hair types, and I think you’ll love it if your hair is dyed, going gray or dry too, or if you work out a lot, or if you just like to wash your hair everyday. I am full-on obsessed and want to try the Hair Gloss, the Apple Cider Vinegar Leave-In Hair Therapy spray and the Color Fresh Oil Therapy now.
Both items are on the pricey side, but know that a little goes a long way. If you’re looking for soft, bouncy hair that feels clean and refreshed but not weighed down by product, look into them ASAP!
OK, while we’re on the subject of food, I tried this Chocolate Hummus from Trader Joe’s for the first time ever, and it is absolutely delightful.
I put off trying it for the longest time because I was kinda grossed out by the idea of sweet hummus, but it doesn’t taste like hummus at all. It’s more like a pulverized, mushed up brownie in a dip, and it’s especially yummy with sliced fruit (Honeycrisp apples for the win) or dried banana chips. Try it!
If you were around earlier this week, I hope you got a chance to check out the comments in the Monday Poll and 5 Things I’ve Been Loving Lately posts because there was a LOT of really great information about making pies from scratch, along with a couple of recipes for pecan bars (I’m so intrigued). Thanks, gals, for always coming through with the baking advice! Now I’m feeling confident enough to tackle pie again.
Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,
Karen
I will check out the acv products! You know I wash with a bar of organic goat milk soap but with hard water, I will get build up on my scalp from the saponified oil in them and use an ACV rinse once a week to take care of that. But rifling through the kitchen cupboard looking for the bottle, then pouring it into something I can dunk over my head in the shower BEFORE I have coffee has left my bathroom smelling like a salad more than once. Thanks for the heads up on these products. They look amazing.
Just a heads up – I ordered the DP Hue products direct from their website (there’s not an Ulta or a Sephora anywhere close to where I live) and they are 25% off right now (Wednesday the 10th)
Yes, I saw that too!
Funnily enough, before I headed over here, I had just added apple cider vinegar to my shopping list. Kind of a strange coincidence. 🙂 And speaking of TJs, we were there last weekend and I grabbed a couple of advent calendars. Then, heading to the checkout, I saw a pile of them with cat graphics and was like “oh, those are so much cuter” so swapped one out for it. I’m sure you are already aware of this, but those are actually FOR cats. I don’t think the boys will be hot on salmon and seaweed, so the kitties will be getting a treat this year. HAHA!
I feel like you and I might have similar hair types. I haven’t used dpHue, but I have used R+Co’s Acid Wash and like it although I worry it might be too drying for winter use…I’m also not entirely sold on it not stripping my hair color faster. My current faaaaave acv product is AG’s Boost conditioner – silicone/sulfate free, color safe (very important right now since my hair is purple LOL), no tea tree oil (I have really bad reactions to it!) and best of all, it smells a darned treat. Lemongrass and ginger! I’ve had a hard time finding a conditioner that is moisturizing enough for my hair but doesn’t end up leaving me feeling like a greaseball after day 2, and this one has been really great.
I’ve been tempted by the packaging in these products but I can’t bring myself to spend that much on the rinse when the main ingredient I’m pretty sure is apple cider vinegar, which is crazy cheap.
Good luck with the pie baking. Pics or it didn’t happen 🎃
I like the dpHue rinse but I think one of the plant extracts makes my scalp itch – my hair feels so good after though.
I bought a cleansing conditioner for fine hair from a brand called FragFre I’m liking.
Chocolate hummus surely doesn’t sound too pleasant, but described as a mushed up brownie you surely have my attention. That sounds delicious indeed.