Experiences with SM yucca plantain style milk?

Therese1

For those of you with fine, porous hair, what have been your experiences with the SM yucca plantain antibreakage strengthening style milk?

The Polished Curl had a youtube video talking about how she refreshes her fine, wavy hair in the dryer months, and she recommended the SM yucca baobab milk, which I think is now the yucca plantain line. I'm wondering if it's worth trying or whether it's going to leave my hair feeling greasy, since I know a lot of SM products are heavy.

BeinDeb

Therese...the SM yucca works really well for me in the Winter months, as do other SM products. I rarely use them in the summer, as the dew points tend to be on the ridiculous side here in TX. Yes, they are "heavy," however that's what my porous hair needs in order to retain any kind of moisture when the dew points drop. If you want to try it, take baby steps. Rinse out the condish and maybe use a pea size amount for a leave in. Increase as needed. I know a lot of people claim build up with SM. I've never really had that experience, perhaps because of the naturally high porosity level? I read so much about it though, I am a little paranoid ~ lol. I do clarify once a month, prior to doing a heavy duty protein treatment.

BeautyOG

It's awesome, I love it for my low porosity curls! It's a perfect lightweight moisturizer. Enough said. It's my holy grail.

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Therese1

BeinDeb, I know what you mean about sometimes needing "heavy" products. It's a fine line, isn't it? If I don't put *any* heavy products on my hair, my hair just flies around and has no definition. I use the Alaffia Beautiful Curls leave-in, which is a bit on the heavy side (shea and coconut oil), and a texturizer that has some wax in it. I'm not sure what my hair will want once winter and really dry weather set in. And I am paranoid about SM too, which is why I posted this thread.

BeautyOG, thanks for your input! I think I will try this stuff.

Menditha

Did you wind up trying the SM Yucca Plantain Style Milk, and if so, what was your experience?

Therese1

I did end up trying it, and I'm really glad that I did. I like to use it on refresh days if I wake up with my hair feeling really, really dry. I wet my hair down with water from the sink and then smooth in some of the styling milk and then top with a dab of gel. I don't use the styling milk on wash days, though, because it would be too moisturizing after using a rinse-out conditioner. I also love the smell. It's a bit on the floral side, but not fake at all.