Product Review: Target Aloe Vera Gel

So I did this hairstyle on a Friday after a very difficult biochemistry test. Buying things for my hair (or my pets) make me happy, so I figured it was a good idea. I bought a few hair products that day, but I’ll review them (and others) in a later post or two. Promise.

For this, I want to focus on the finishing touch – Aloe Vera. Or, as a Jamaican (and maybe other Caribbean islander) would call it – Sinkle Bible. I purchased the Up&Up brand (Target’s store brand).

I will admit, I wasn’t sure if this was the right one to use in my hair, since it was a bit of an impulse buy. A very quick glance at the ingredients yielded some mostly familiar looking words. But after that biochemistry test, I was very tired of seeing multisyllabic chemical names.

So here are the results!

To refresh it, I add water and a little more gel. It has hold, but not crunchy hold. It is also cheaper than many other gels, at about $4 for 16 ounces (of which I used 4 to create this look). And I prefer these results much more! Since it is intended for skin, any excess that gets on my shoulders/neck can just be rubbed in without leaving a sticky feeling like gels that are meant to only be in the hair. And that icky feeling is why I have shied away from gels for the most part. So I’m very pleased!

When my brain has had a break, I’ll look up the ingredients and see if any are something I really shouldn’t be putting in my hair (like – has been linked to hair loss hahaha) but just based on how my hair feels so far, it’s a keeper!