“It takes too long to research new hairstyles, find the right tutorial, and shop for quality products. We aim to make your hair care experience easier and enjoyable.”
This is NeoTress’ mission and they deliver on it every month! As you may have guessed it, NeoTress is a natural hair care subscription service that provides its subscribers with everything they need to care and style their hair on their own. NeoTress was created by Nicole Lashae Ben out of her own need for painless natural hair care information and hairstyles. Every month, she and her team curate a variety of products to send along with helpful tips and styling instructions.
THE CONSCIOUS: Natural Hair Care
NeoTress aims to feature natural hair care products that are… well, natural. The products are carefully selected to help alleviate the stress that comes with choosing and using the right products for your hair. Each box is chosen based on each subscribers own hair needs.
THE CHIC: Hairstyle Tutorials
NeoTress really goes the extra mile by sending, in addition to the products and the usual paraphernalia, a step by step instruction video to achieve the style of the month.The tutorials provided are clear and easy to follow. And most importantly, the styles are cute! The days of spending hours upon hours on YouTube looking for and watching tutorials is over. Believe me, I’ve been there.
I received NeoTress’ February box, which included five products: Oyin handmade honey shampoo and conditioner, Jane Carter Solution leave-in conditioner, Dream curling creme, and Ampro styling gel. The featured style of the month was a wash and go, but since I was then and am still in full protective style mode I decided to put the products to the test to prepare my hair to be cornrowed. I was very pleased with the results. I was able to use all the products to wash and moisturize my hair. Even the gel was of use to lay my edges. The products sent were full-size products at the exception of the Oyin’s handmade honey shampoo and conditioner. But for the price of the box, it’s a really great value. I was also happily surprised, at how soft and moisturized my low porosity hair felt. If you don’t know what hair porosity is, it’s your hair’s ability to absorb moisture and is broken down into three categories: low, normal and high. Since my hair has low porosity, it tends to be very dry and hard to moisturize but these products did the trick.
I highly recommend you try NeoTress. I loved that most of the products were natural and good for my hair’s health. I also give them a double thumbs up for the convenience of getting the products and styling instructions delivered to me. Lastly, the price of $12 /month can’t be beat.
Photo credits: Dara Freeman.