Product Junkie update #4

It's been exactly one year since my last product junkie rehab update. So these are all the products I currently have. I can say that I am doing good in controlling my habits, but it could always be better. My goal for the next year is to have half this amount.

                                                                     Full view of everything

                                                                        On the floor

                                                                                   Top of bathtub. 

Product junkie update #3

                                                           Hair product stash
This is the update of the hair products I have as of 11/2012. It's exactly 60 products. I have a few of them that are repeats because I like those products. I will not be buying anything else for the next 10 months except a relaxer. I have not gone crazy buying stuff like I used to a year ago. My goal is to have no more than 20 hair products on hand at a time.

12/15/2012 Even though I bought my relaxer in preparation to relax my hair, I decided to do the big chop. I gave away some of these products because I knew they wouldn't work for my natural hair. 

Product Junkie update #2

These are just images of things that I either finished up or decided to quit using them because they weren't working for my hair. This is about 40 different products that I've gotten rid of. I am still working on curing my pj-ism. I still need to do a real update in June of what I have. So far I'm using up a lot of what I have and I only buy products that I really need.

Why I became a Product Junkie?

A product junkie is a person who keeps buying different hair products for their hair. I became a product junkie for a number of reasons.
1.  I became a product junkie because I did not know what my hair needed. 
2. I see people on the internet, blogs, hair forums, youtube, and friends that said this product work for them so I would go out and buy what they use. 
3. I was on numerous bandwagons like aphogee, dominican products, monistat, megatek, shapleys MTG, relaxer stretching, natural oils, ayurveda powders, sulfur challenge, castor oil challenge, cowash challenge, no shampoo method . . . You name it I was on every bandwagon.
4. I became a product junkie because products were on sale. 

I finally realize that a lot of the products I was using is not really working for my hair.  With all these products I was using I didn't see the results everyone was raving about. I wasn't focusing on the fact that everybody hair grows at a different rate.  It get me mad when I would not get the same results so I would keep going from one bandwagon to another to try to attain the results people were getting. Don't get me wrong, my hair grew a lot but I still had problems with extreme breakage, moisture problems, protein problems, detangling . . . 
I don't believe it takes having  80, 100, 120 products at once to have healthy hair! Because as of two weeks ago I had over 120 products for my hair. How sad? 
I am starting to understand what works for somebody else hair is not guaranteed to work for my hair. So there is no reason for my to run out and buy that particular product. I need to focus on what my hair needs for example protein, moisture . . . 
I will now do extensive research and only purchase sample sizes or the smallest size of products if I'm going to try anything new. And I will not have piles and piles of different shampoos, conditioners, treatments . . . when in actuality I'm not giving a product a chance to work for my hair because every wash I'm using something different and when I moisturize it is a different moisturizer.
The big draw back from this is that when something is affecting my hair in a negative way I don't really know what it is because I'm constantly using different products. 


Being a product junkie sucks!

Product Junkie Rehab update #1

Feb 24, 2012 I have counted all my hair products and I have over 120 hair products. This is is absolutely ridiculous! I had a mini beauty supply store at my house!

I feel like I only find 2 products that will absolutely be in my staple. It's sad that out of 120 products I have only  2 that will not live without. Don't get me wrong there are some stuff that I really like, but I think there is better out there. I feel like a lot of the products I have are just o.k and do not make my hair the way I want it to.
 So I came up with a game plan of curing my hair product addiction.
My plan is to use up a lot of my products, give some away and not buy anymore products until May 2012. I will only buy 5 products the max that I absolutely need. 


Today I went to the salvation army to inquire about a homeless shelter to give a way some of my products. I also let the lady know that some of them were used. She told me where the shelter was and I didn't know where it was so she took the box of hair products from me and will deliver it to the shelter because the salvation army is partner with the homeless shelter. So I gave 25 hair products to the homeless shelter and I gave away 12 other products to two of my friends.

So far I have gotten 37 products off my hands and I am still using up stash. I will update in another month and a half about all the products I have used up. I am on my way to be a recovered product junkie :)

Product Junkie

I want to confess that I'm a product junkie. I was always obsessed with long hair and I am always buying new products to make my hair better. Sometimes I would spend $80 on hair products at one time even when I have a lot of hair products. I think that all these products are ridiculous for only one person. I think I have products for at least four or more people. I still have a few more elsewhere not in this picture. These are the products I have as of 24 Feb 2012.

Close up shots of my products: 

My plan is to use finish 20 or more products within the next 2 months because I am moving and I can't take a lot of liquids with me. My goal is to use all these products and only have products enough for one person because I think it is more normal and cheaper on my wallet. 

This is how I usually store most of my products under my bathroom sink. 

My goal by December 2012 is to not be a product junkie.