LOW POOS
Avalon Organics 
Body Shop Rainforest 
Boots Botanics Intensely Hydrating & Instantly Volumising Shampoo £3.49
Creme of Nature Argan Oil Shampoo
DGJ Organics Hairjuice Clarifying Conditioner £4-£5
Naked kids range Jam Sandwich / Toffee Apple / Banana & Custard £2.99 from Boots
Timotei Organic Delight Health and Nourishment Shampoo (Dry or Damaged hair)
Timotei Organic Delight Health and Shine Shampoo (Normal hair)

CONDITIONERS
Aloe pura loo poo and conditioner
Austrailan Organics loo poo and conditioner
Avalon Organics (shampoo and conditioner), Waitrose, approx £5.99.
Balance me shiny conditioner £12 250ml lo poo £10 250ml
Body Shop Rainforest 
Boots Botanics Intensely Hydrating & Instantly Volumising Conditioner £3.49
Daniel Gavin junior (DGJ)... Hair juice melon £ 4.99 250ml
Dead Sea Magik Loo poo and conditioner and serum
Dr Organics loo poo and conditioner 
Elvive Nutri-gloss masque
Enliven Natural Fruit Extracts Mango & Passionfruit Conditioner 99p for 400ml in Lloyds Pharmacy
Fushi conditioner and lo poo £15 250ml, Fushi stimulate conditioner contains cocamidopropyl betaine… Could be a co-wash
Fushi conditioner and lo poo £15 250ml, Fushi stimulate conditioner contains cocamidopropyl betaine… Could be a co-wash
Garnier Fructis Repair and Shine £1 upwards Asda / Wilkinsons
Green & Spring £16 300ml lo poo & conditioner
Green & Spring £16 300ml lo poo & conditioner
Green People various flavours for conditioner £11 200ml and daily aloe lo poo same price
Green People various flavours for conditioner £11 200ml and daily aloe lo poo same price
Inecto Pure Coconut Conditioner £1.50 upwards Home Bargains / Savers and others
Jasons loo poo and conditioner
L’oreal Elvive Full Restore Conditioner - Around £2-3
LaCoupe Orgnx loo poo, conditioner and leave in
Lavera loo poo and conditioner
Louise Galvin £8 300ml various conditioners and sacred locks deep conditioner £26 300ml
Morrisons Fruits Conditioners - good for co-washing. £1
Naked Bounce Low-Poo (not the conditioner though), I think around £4 at Boots
Naked Care conditioner, around £4 at Boots
Naked Intensive Conditioner around £4 from Boots
Naked Rescue Intensive Conditioner (contains wheat proteins) - available in Boots, approx £4.
Naturtint loo poo and conditioner
Neal’s yard rose conditioner £12 200ml
Neal’s yard rose conditioner £12 200ml
Organic surge conditioner various ‘flavours’ £5 200ml
Organic surge conditioner various ‘flavours’ £5 200ml
Original Source Pear Conditioner £1 upwards Wilkinson / Pound Shops
Skin blossom organic bloom conditioner £7.25 350ml
Skin blossom organic bloom conditioner £7.25 350ml
Superdrug Naturals Coconut and Almond 99p
Superdrug Naturals Raspberry & Macadamia 99p
Timotei pure conditioner £2.99 400ml
Timotei Organic Delight Health and Nourishment Conditioner (Dry or Damaged hair)
Timotei Organic Delight Health and Shine Conditioner (Normal hair)

Tresemme Naturals Conditioners Widely available, varying sizes
Weleda conditioners and lo poo various ‘flavours’ £8, 250ml 
Weleda Rosemary and Ginger £4 / 5 TK Maxx

DEEP TREATMENTS
Andrew Barton SOS (in the red tub) Deep Conditioner under £5 Asda only
Naked Little Miracle Leave In Conditioner (contains vegetable proteins) available in Boots, approx £4
Superdrug Naturals Coconut & Almond Intesnive Conditioner £1

LEAVE IN CONDITIONER
Naked Frizz Fighter around £4 Boots

PROTEIN TREATMENTS
Akin- deep protein treatment,

STYLERS
Boots Essentials Blue / Purple Gel around £1
Boots Essentials Pink Curl Cream around £1
Frizz Ease Curl Controller Styling Gel £5 or under Boots
Frizz ease spiral gel around £4
Garnier Endurance Gel £1.50 - £3 Asda / Superdrug
Naked Curl Tamer £4-5 Boots
Naked Frizz Tamer Serum / Divine Curls Serum around £5 Boots
Trevor Sorbie Original Curl Cream around £5 Boots
UG Flirty Curls Scrunching Gelly £4 - £5 from Boots, or tester for £1.99
Wilkinson’s Styling Hold Extra Firm Gel under £1

John Lewis department store do MOP leave in and the other products in the MOP range.

I have recently tried their replacement product ‘original curl cream’ but I have found its nothing like the old product. Does anyone else think this?

I’m now back to having a frizzy mop as cannot find a product that suits my fine, frizzy, wavy hair. My hair also breaks easy and any sign of moisture in the air sends it into an even bigger frizz. I have spent a fortune on trying to find a replacement product!
I have tried the CG method but it doesn’t suit my hair.

Any advices please? Would be really appreciated.

Thank you

I very very rarely go to any high street or shopping centre. I can’t afford to spend much so most online stuff is out of my price range which leaves me with whatever the supermarkets have to offer, the cheaper the better :D

I have no idea if my hair needs protein/moisture and don’t have time for anything more than a quick co-wash every day. I can’t do anything with my mop if I don’t wash it so it gets done every day, on the occasion I miss a day, the following it is so tangly it takes ages to comb through the condish in the bath.

What current products are out there in the supermarkets? I can get to Tesco, S’burys and Asda relatively easily, Morrisons is a bit further away but doable for bargains. I have an energetic toddler and reading labels to check the ingredients when I’m out is impossible so I need to know what I’m looking for before I go.

Thanks in advance x

Just as I was about to leave in despair, my eye was caught by a Buy One, Get One Free sign (I don’t think it actually said that, being Waitrose). TRESemmé was £3.20. I bought the luxurious moisture conditioner and the deep cleansing shampoo. I was a little doubtful that it would work, but something is better than nothing.

My hair was quite tangled and I was worried there wouldn’t be enough slip in the conditioner to get the comb through. Well, I couldn’t have been proved more wrong! It was easier to comb than Pantene has ever been. once I got the big knots out the comb just glided through. Although I’m not overly happy with the hydration after a couple of days, I am very impressed with the conditioner as a detangler, and am considering using it just for that purpose and then using another for hydration. Especially considering it’s much lower in price than my beloved Pantene.

I notice some of you use TRESemmé, specifically the Naturals range. I guess I can afford to experiment, but I wondered if any of you had any recommendations or stories for me.

My hair really needed the shampoo + I have no other experience so it’s a bit hard for me to review it, though I thought it worked fine. I don’t think I rinsed out the conditioner well after that, though.

Since I’m still changing my routine and getting different results every time I wash my hair, I honestly can’t say whether these are specifically good or bad, but I hope they might come to use to other curlies

One of the things that caught my eye was the Tara Smith range.  I remembered that she had a range which came in circular green bottles two or three years ago, they available in Tesco, a good price and CG friendly.  They seemed to come and go quite quickly… but they’re back, at M&S with a new look and more expensive (bigger bottles possibly).  Anyway, I can’t find ingredients but the brand values being natural, environmentally friendly, organic, vegan, low chemical etc that they probably have a good chance of still being CG.  She’s a curly woman herself too. 

There’s shampoo, conditioner, serum, gel (Rock Hard Hold), glosser and the like.  It’s certainly available via M&S online http://www.marksandspencer.com/Tara-Smith-Beauty/b/1837472031 but I don’t know about in store, or which stores. They seem to be doing ‘kits’ with small size bottles that could be good tester sizes, and or equally good for the overnight bag! 

On the same email and on their website I also noticed Australian Native Botanicals - their shampoos are sulphate free, can’t find ingredients though, so not sure about conditioners or ‘cones - their philosophy seems to suggest that they have good CG potential though. They’re a bit cheaper than the Tara Smith at circa £7.50 a bottle

And there’s more - APTIVITA Propoline, shampoo and conditioner both look CG to me but are at the more expensive end of the scale.

There may be others too but those three caught my eye and I thought I’d highlight them…

I’m still new to being natural and trying to figure out what works for my hair. I bought the Naked bounce curl defining shampoo as my no-poo, but it makes my hair feel straw like. I honestly feel like I get more slippage with my old tresseme luxurious moisture shampoo, which I know has sulfates. Is there a reason for this? Are there some hair types that prefer sulfates?

I am trying to stick to high street brands cause of the cost factor.

Any advice appreciated

E