nuNAAT Karité Conditioner and Shampoo Review

I recently received these products for review. Newly loose natural (again), I was eager to try them out to see if they would become a part of my product collection. Stay with me to find out whether they will.

The Karité Special Collection includes a Nourishing Shampoo and Reconstructive Conditioner, both of which I will be reviewing today.

Claim:

Nourishing Shampoo – Ideal for thirsty hair, this rich shampoo gently cleanses hair and
restores shine and silkiness.

Reality:

This shampoo is not for thirsty hair but I'm not picky with shampoos and it does have its benefits.

Shampoo is shampoo. It's designed to strip gunk from your hair – This shampoo strips gunk from my hair. It will strip your hair of anything  including beeswax, castor oil, or any other conceivable leave-in product. For those of you heavy-handed people, like me, who sometimes load on products like shea butter, gel and beeswax to ensure the desired result of a hairstyle, this shampoo is great.

Considering that Shea butter is about 16th on the ingredients list, it's not much of an active ingredient and frankly, shea butter would not aid in cleaning hair as it tends to be a very thick and sticky substance.

Would I use it again? Yes - if i have used beeswax or have a lot of build-up in my hair. I'm a cheapy conditioner girl so most anything will do as long as it cleans my hair.

Claim:

Reconstructive Conditioner – Protects dry and damaged hair and restores elasticity, moisture
and silkiness for more manageable, touchable hair.

Reality:

I like this conditioner a lot – as a co-washing conditioner. I use this conditioner to wash my hair about twice per week. It works well and, oddly, had a very slight sud. It has decent enough slip as a detangler on 4b hair but isn't a major moisturizer though it does soften my hair. I can't say whether this thing is reconstructive. The reality is that damaged hair with split ends can't become un-split and most instant conditioners are not known for their treatment effects. It does, however, leave my hair feeling quite light and ready for whatever leave-in  or styling aid is to come. I have had a lot of success using this to wash my hair and my hair responds very well to the products I follow up with.I feel like the shampoo and conditioner really clean my hair and the detangler compliments them. That is for another post, however.


Will I use this conditioner again? Yes. It works well as a moisturizing shampoo. Now, I can't wait to talk about the detangler. Check back soon for my bare-faced opinion on that too.  I don't think you'll want to miss that one.


Find these products in Walgreens Pharmacies across the United States or online at Walgreens, Amazon or GMBS.