Drugstore Humidity Proof Curly Hair Product Battle & Review | John Frieda Vs Marc Anthony

What'S good everybody, it's your main girl mel here and we are back at it again. If you know you know, my hair would only be parted in the middle for one of maybe a couple different reasons, but the main reason would be because today's video is once again a battle of the brands. Yes, at last, we are bringing back another episode to the series on this channel called battle of the brands where we compare and review, not one but two different brands at the same time on my head. Hence this weird uneven middle part, i'm sorry in advance. If that is bothering you, but a straight line would bother me so compromise. Okay, so welcome get comfortable subscribe and how rude of me not to introduce myself. I am humane girl, mel and i am in fact a professional hair stylist. So my advices come off of my knowledge of working with so many every different texture of hair and from using so many different products throughout this channel. Now the products i will be reviewing today, i thought, would be very interesting. Considering the times for a little bit of context, it is fall here and fall is just a whirlwind of confused weather. It doesn't know if it wants to be hot or cold. It'S both dry and wet and it can make it a really tough time when choosing how to style your hair. So i kept that in mind, as i browse the aisles of walmart to pick up some drugstore products that are drugstore, but, interestingly enough salon inspired. So you know i felt inspired to try inspired they're so uninspired. These products, we've got john frieda's frizzy's dream curls, and we also have mark anthony's strictly curls. Both of these lines claim to be humidity shield and frizz easing my standards are high, but so are my hopes and hopefully, at the end of this first impressions review, i will have some affordable product options for you and so on that note, let's get to it, Shall we do not be concerned for my hairs all this color that you see is just hair makeup. I did a halloween look, and i know this stuff will wash right out because it's curl smith's hair makeup water soluble very rinsable. So, let's take a look at our shampoos, shall we so i don't know, but i think i'm going to go in with the john frieda products first, because if you know me i'm a purple parent, it does have a very fragranced smell, but it is very nice. Very sweet looking at that consistency, it is a pearlescent kind of shampoo and it is also oh lathering very well. It had a very sudsy but also creamy lather. If you know what i mean, it was very soapy, but still felt silky as i was working it through my hair and it rinsed really easily now onto the conditioner, a really nice thick conditioner. That'S what i like to see and to feel it was very nice and creamy. Overall, it is a very nice and silky kind of conditioner, which i decided to first apply and then clip my hair up and let the conditioner sit for a couple minutes before i detangled just so. I could try out the other side and in the meantime, i tried out the mark anthony products. Now the mark, anthony strickly curls, have this like sweet lemon candy scent, and when you take a look at that lather, it is lathering quite nice. Even though this formula is sulfate free, that being said, i do feel like it gave me a pretty nice clean. It was also easy to rinse, but my hair overall really needed some conditioner, and these strictly curls conditioner was not what i expected. This conditioner was much more of a thinner type of lotion which at first glance worried me because i thought maybe it wouldn't give enough slip. But once i let that sit in my hair the same amount of time as i let the john free decide both conditioners detangled, my hair, quite well, as you can see here. Sometimes it's good to let the conditioner sit in your hair a little bit to soften your strands before you go in right away with detangling and overall, it seems so far that these products did their job. There'S my hair ball and we'll just toss that to the side. Thank you, since i washed first with john frieda, i'm going to style first with john frieda, and i'm only doing this because i'm a purple freak and i like the purple so first we're going to apply the prep product, we're going to be following the prep style. Finish method, as i always do - and this is very important, especially with unfavorable weather conditions. If you want the curls to last, you can't just put one product in and hope for the best. It'S just not it's just not it so. First, we prep and i have the frizzy's dream curls. This is a daily styling spray. I don't know why it says that because i would never style my hair daily with this um, i style when i do and then i leave my hair for five to seven business days. So this is a type of leave-in conditioner. So i'm going to shake this up, shake it up, says to shake. Well, i don't know how long it's been on the shelf so and she's a spray we'll first spray. It on my hand to see how she just squirts there is none, it's water! This is basically water, okay, so we're just gon na spray. This liberally over my hair - oh god, yeah. Okay, i messed up there. First start off with your microfiber towel around you and hope that that doesn't stain. Obviously, my hairs are very wet, as i am styling. This i want to start off with my hairs, nice and saturated with water, because now would be the time to get the curls clumping. So usually, when i'm styling my hair, for definition, i will use a denman brush or a styling brush to define my curls. However, i want to see this happen kind of all on its own and i will be following the techniques that i shared in my maximum volume, styling routine, so anyways. I digress back to styling. Now that my hair is prepped it's time to move on to the styling products where i will be defining and then holding those curls. However, what's what's was alarming to me, but also intriguing to me: is the john rita frizzy's dream? Curls collection does not have a curl cream, so i don't know what that's gon na mean. For me, my hair is very high, porosity, she's blonde, okay, obviously not for a while, but she's been blonded. My curls become very thirsty. They do appreciate a cream. So, as i was at the store, i picked up a styling cream from the frizzy's collection. However, this is part of the straight fixation line, and this is a really good teachable moment to tell you that, even though something says straight product that doesn't mean anything, i will be applying some of this to my ends and if my ends do look crazy, then Maybe it will be my fault, but the ingredients in here tell me that this is going to be moisturizing. It'S going to help to seal. I'Ve got the third ingredient as dimethicone, i'm not mad at that when there is a lot of humidity and when i just applied a product that has a lot of glycerin in the second ingredient. I am looking for something that is going to give me a little extra sealing, especially on my ends that will just fuzz in that humidity: okay, she's called hail hair for a reason, i'm not going to go off topic again, but heyo is the formula and prep Style finish is the method when styling for a reason - okay, i do have another full video on this - that i do encourage you to see if you are confused, but for now let's get back to this review, shall we so, let's just swatch it, let's just swatch It maybe apply it to a little bit of my hair to see what this will do, because if you have very thirsty and dependent hair, you need a lotion, a cream, and this is that lotion that i'm, that i'm talking about so okay, okay, these kind of Smell like a cologne to me, i kind of like it, but it can be a little strong, a little irritating. I only took a touch and from here now that i've prepped and i have moisturized my hair, i'm going to define my curls with my fingers and then hold that shape together. It worked, i worked it and now let's hold it, i have their frizzy's dream. Curls curl reviver mousse, this mousse is for defined soft and moisturized curls that defy frizz every single day. That'S a pretty hefty claim infused with abyssinian oil. I hope i said that correctly. Don'T come for me. It'S in all of the dream curls product, except for the styling cream, so i'm assuming this is like their miracle ingredient that they're working off of let's check out this foam. This is how much i'm going to use for half of my head. When i take this foam, it feels very light very fluffy, and what i like to do when i'm testing a mousse is. I do like to start massaging out some of that foam, so i can see what the product is going to melt down into and i feel like this one doesn't feel super greasy, but i do feel that light film, which would be giving me that humidity protection, So i'm going to apply this very gently. I want to apply a little bit more and on that note, all the styling with the john frieda products is now complete, it's time to style the marc anthony side. Where is this clip? Oh here we are. Yes, add some water and to prep my curls. The first product i have up is the marc anthony, strictly curls curl, defining lotion. It'S a lotion notice. I do not have these strictly curls leave-in conditioner. I couldn't get my hands on it. However, this lotion will also be a great leave-in conditioner, because this is the thinnest product that i have and when you're applying your products, you always want to go in the order of thinnest to thickest kind of like how you would apply your skincare products and the Strictly curls lotion is thinner, it's a more watery substance. It was more clear and the second ingredient in here would be glycerin right after water, which means this is a more hydrating product makes sense. So actually, before we dive in, let's read what this product is. All about this is salon perfected by the professionals at marc, anthony, hi, mark anthony professionals. I hope you're watching this. I just want to let you know: um hi, silk protein protein, exciting and vitamin e infused formula encourages curls. It protects from humidity and eliminates frizz to create maximum definition. So what you want to do with this is apply to the palm of your hands. I'M going to take just a little bit just a little dollop there, and it is a nice thin kind of lotion. Personally, i really enjoy the smell of all the marc anthony strictly curls products. They remind me of the hot towels at the mandarin. They have like this fresh lemony scent, and it's pretty nostalgic for me is that what they were going for, because you know that's part of the reason why companies add fragrance to their products. It'S to give you this nostalgic kind of experience, and this is taking me back so now, the first product, my prep product, the lotion is in i'm gon na follow up with the curl envy curl cream, it's the curl envy curl cream. So when i look at the curl envy, curl cream glycerin is further down on the list, which is what i want to see when there is a lot of humidity or lack of humidity. When the weather is extremes, you want to keep those humectants at bay. What you do want to see higher up on your ingredient list is ingredients like silicones and butters and oils, because these are going to help to create that emollient and occlusive layer right. I think i think we're getting somewhere. Are you catching my drifts, so the curl cream does come in a smaller bottle than the curl lotion. The lotion is 245 milliliters, and these strictly curls is 177.. So do with that, what you will you can see that consistency? It is more like a cream. I'M going to work this through my now more damp curls. I do like the way this is gliding through my hair. I think i use too much not that i use too much of the product, but i use more of this than the john frieda, so i'm removing some and now i want to hold those clumps. Let'S see what this extra hold mousse will do. For me, this is yet again a silk protein and vitamin e infused formula to repel humidity, locking in soft touchable, frizz, free curls, and just what i like to not see in my ingredient list with the products at the end of my routine. There'S no glycerin in this mousse no glycerin, but hydrolyzed silk is at the end of the ingredient list, so this is probably very light on the proteins. Let'S see how she does most of these mousses that dispense out of an aerosol. Can they kind of come out like a marshmallow and then slowly? They fade they melt. When i start to melt this into my fingers, i definitely feel that shield um and it does feel a little bit heavier than the john frieda frizz ease. But let's see how it feels in the hair wow a little bit goes a long way. I'M going to wipe this hand off, i'm not going to use it low and slow when you're, trying out new products to start and then build your way up, see how it feels this is tick. It'S a tick mousse. So far, all of the marc anthony products. Besides the conditioner, all of them feel thicker and heavier than the john frieda products, but it's anybody's game right now. Here'S a hot tip for if you ever feel, like you put too much product in your hair, not that i feel like i did, but i do want nice volume. I want to see how the hair is going to bounce and compared to the john frieda side. Mark anthony's feeling heavier. I literally feel it heavier on my head, so i'm going to take my damp towel and i'm just going to very gently scrunch not rub not do anything crazy. I just wanted to get off any excess product, because i was so shocked by that mousse. It was definitely thicker and heavier it's time to diffuse, and then i will be back to finish the and i'm back. The hairs are now dry and it's time to finish, it's the finish to the prep style finish and it's the oh to the hair, the occlusive agent, but before i apply these serums and oils, let's take a look at the cast and the definition before we scrunch Out the crunch is the hair crunchy, so the john frieda dream, curls curl reviver mousse did leave my hair with very touchable like a little bit crunchy, but once i start to squish and squeeze it is softening out on its own. It'S feeling good and over on the mark, anthony side. I would say it has the same kind of amount of crunch, but i definitely feel more of those lotions and that cream it is heavier. It'S definitely heavier, but yet softer as i scrunch out the cast. But honestly, right now, it's not a big difference at all, very, very comparable before we get a really good look, let's seal it all in i'm, going to be applying now. This one is not a first impressions. This one is tried and true this used to be my og and on a rainy day, there's not much better than this. This is the frizzy's extra strength extra fort forte. This is the six effects serum, so silk protein and added control. It eliminates frizz humidity protection, heat protection, smooths hydrates tames for coarse to very coarse hair. So yes, this is a thick serum, see how glossy that is. So i'm only going to take one pump of this just glazing it over my hair scrunching, my hair with it, making sure that i'm putting that layer of protection over my curls, but not disturbing them, and i'm going to use the marc, anthony, nourishing argan oil of Morocco, as my finishing serum, which is actually in a spray oil format, so we'll spray this on my hands. I'Ve never tried this but very light compared to the rest of the routine, which was heavier so i'm going to do a couple spritzes. It smells like soap that is dispensed at like a mall and an airport like that typical pink soap. You know the pink soap that comes that dispenses from that's what i'm smelling. I mean it smells clean, but not what i expected at all. Okay, take a very close look here. This side is the mark anthony and this side was the john frieda. It'S time it's time for you to vote what you think looks best right now in the comment section, and i think it's time i get a second opinion and some second hands in here sister amanda caesar it's time for you to judge they're all voting right now. First, what side looks better? This side has more hold, but this side has more juicier juicier, more clumped, yeah, okay, so feel them now, and let me know what feels better. This one feels like air, so this side looks juicier more hydrated, yeah, more clumps. So may look better to some people, but this side would look not as clumped more lightweight and feels lightweight. How will these look in the upcoming days and again in the rain, stay tuned to find out and stay tuned to hear my final thoughts and reviews of all the products that i had used closed door? For me? Oh yeah yeah. It'S raining! I'M here on day. Two it's morning so good morning i have my coffee to hopefully help keep me warm. I'M bundled up to put this hair to the test. My bonnet is literally still on. So here we are. This was one night's sleep, so this would be day two for me. So day two would be the day after i've slept on it once and take off my bonnet i'll sit you here, look you can see the floor's wet. I can hear the rain on the window pane. It'S kind of spooky out here i'll sit out here for a while doing my work. It'S a good test for these hairs. No, i will not actually be stepping under the rain, who does that, if you are actually walking through wet rain cover it up buttercup? Well, hello: we meet again more fabulous this time we are back with a update and to give some final thoughts in conclusion, because she has lived - and i mean - let's be honest - she's still she's still living, but since we are being honest, this is exactly what i Fear when doing these side-by-side product battles, i always do fear that i will be noticeably lopsided. There'S a noticeable difference going on in here. So, let's talk about it, shall we so before i announce a winner of this product battle, let's take it back to the shower and reevaluate our wash. The shampoo is a curl defining shampoo. It is a sulfate free shampoo. It does have those miracle ingredients which would be silk protein and vitamin e, which they claim helps to smooth down the cuticle and eliminate frizz with each wash anytime. You see a shampoo that looks more pearlescent like this and not a clear base. Shampoo, it's typically more hydrating, so i will say that, although this left my hair feeling clean, it did also help to condition the hair, so it wouldn't be too too stripping. If you were using this because you like it, i would definitely make sure that you do have a clarifying shampoo, that you use every so often to make sure that you are getting a full restart on your hair, because if you are only relying on a sulfate Free moisturizing shampoo, like so you are eventually going to get build up. That all being said. I did like my first time and for the price of it for the size of the bottle that you get. You know 380 milliliters, i'm not mad, that i spent my dollars on it, but then we have the conditioner and the conditioner was so weird to me or really what i mean is it's not really what i expected out of a conditioner for curls we usually for Thicker dryer very tangly hair. We need a little extra extra now. This, i would say, did feel pretty lightweight and although it doesn't stay on the bottle based on some of the ingredients that i'm seeing this is a color safe, conditioner as well one of the best color preserving ingredients is ammo dimethicone. It does contain some silicones, which do happen to be some of the most conditioning and softening ingredients. So if you are following the curly girl method, do be aware of that. On top of that again, there's shea butter and vitamin e and the conditioner is protein free. So the hydrolyzed silk is only in the shampoo. That'S all i'll say about that, and i guess the last thing i'll say about that is. Would i recommend it again? It wasn't my like. Wasn'T my my favorite um, but it's uh. It'S not bad. Let'S get into the stylers, so let's start with our prep product, i use the strictly curls curl defining lotion. It was not a leave-in conditioner again. The first ingredients are water and glycerin, so this is definitely a hydrator and humectant-rich formula and very lightweight. I actually really liked how this applied to my hair. I feel like it left my hair feeling, nice and silky and smooth i like the smell of it. I like the size of it. It has hydrolyzed silk which does contain protein. It is coconut oil free. However, this wouldn't be considered if you're, following strict curly girl rules, this wouldn't be considered curly girl approved because it does contain one silicone, but it's a silicone that you really do not need to worry about. Let me explain why the one silicone that's in here is cyclo tetra siloxane, which is a cyclic silicone. Now, silicones in general get demonized, even though there are so many different types of silicones that each have unique properties and benefits, which is why we cannot place them all in the same bucket. The benefit of using this type of silicone in this ingredient is simply to add that slip as you are applying it. It gives it that really nice and silky feel, but you don't have to worry about these type of silicones, building up on your hair because they are volatile and they simply evaporate at room temperature. So i would definitely recommend this if you are looking for a nice lightweight water-based type of curly, hair and lotion that you could use on its own or if you need a little extra extra like i tend to need, you can go ahead and apply the curl Cream, so the curl cream right off the bat. I don't like that. It came in a much smaller bottle. However, this formula is thicker. It was just as easy to spread through the hair. I'M glad that it gave me some hydration and some chunk as i was styling my curls, and this was good to layer over top of the lotion because it does also have dimethicone. It also has shea butter avocado oil soybean oil. It also has a cyclic silicone in here, which we can see when we compare it to the other side. I didn't really have a curl cream to style, my hair with, and so my curls are more separated. This one definitely gave a chunkier softer. Look to the hair, however, the issue is it didn't hold down the frizz, which is what i was expecting out of these humidity defense products, so this was a meh in my books. As for the moose, now let me tell you she was thick. A little bit went a very long way, but also - maybe not. I found it to be very heavy very thick, and that's why i didn't want to apply too much. It does have hydrolyzed silk in it. I really like proteins, especially at the end of the routine, because they are film forming ingredients which will also help to kind of lock everything in and there's also aloe leaf juice in here, which aloe vera juice can help to add some hold to a product. It is itself like a gel, but maybe i needed more to get the extra hold simply put. This did not deliver the extra hold it didn't deliver enough hold. I would say for what i needed in humidity. If you are in humidity, you need a little extra hold. It just didn't do that for me, unfortunately, but fortunately it is a glycerin-free formula. I would like to try this in the winter, though, when the air is dryer and there's no humidity, because that's when i really want some glycerin free products, so i will try this again in future and, lastly, we had our finishing product. This spray was very liquidy. It definitely didn't make my hair feel greasy. It didn't even feel greasy on my hands, so i do like it for like a lightweight option. It'S nice as a spray. I like that it has collagen amino acids which acts as a strengthening kind of protein and just for good measure. I'M gon na use it again right now because it says use any time for intense hydration, softness and protection. So, let's see how it feels after a few days whoa can we show a before and after there do you see the difference. I feel like that. Actually just helped the look of my hair right now. That was a miracle and it added some fragrance to my hair which to me again it smells like that dispensed hand, soap at a mall or the airport, but it smells clean and feels good and actually looks so much better. All of a sudden i like it, but definitely wasn't the most sealing, as you can tell, my hair did not hold up as as expected, but you know what did mr john frieda, john john, if you're out there call me let's talk about this hair day from The wash bring it back now, y'all one hop now y'all. What do i like most about this? The packaging spoke to me again, i'm a purple freak. That being said, this shampoo may not be for everybody, it lathered and cleaned wonderfully, because it does have sodium laureth sulfate laureth, laura the sulfate loreth sulfate is much more gentle than laurel sulfate, but do keep in mind that this is a sulfated shampoo. I don't care - and there is also dimethicone in this shampoo, which means, as your hair is cleaning to counteract the dryness that could potentially occur from the sulfates and other cleansing ingredients. It is also depositing dimethicone into the more damaged areas of your hair to create that sealing coating, which is helping to protect your hair again after a few washes of using this at least once a month. You do want to go in with a clarifying shampoo. That is going to reset everything to remove silicones, because the point of this is to help to add that smoothing and that conditioning with the silicone as it is cleansing so out of both of these drugstore options, they're not really for the scalp. They are more for the hair for the hair, they did the job. As for the conditioner, which is really for the hair, this is really what we want to focus on. I did like the consistency of this one. I liked how it was thick - and i like this - is where i'm getting so controversial every time i mention it, but dimethicone, which is a silicone, is the third ingredient and look before we go any further. Silicones in these products are obviously not a bad thing. They did the job, they eased the frizz. They are also safe for color treated hair, which i like that it states this on the bottle. Now, besides the silicone, there's, really nothing else. That'S really special about this formula. There'S no proteins in here, so it's not going to add any strengthening. It will just be a conditioning conditioner and if you have high porosity damaged hair, i could recommend this to help to seal the cuticle. Just make sure that you do get proteins in your routine. In the styling products and moving on to those styling products, this thing, so something that's really important to note about this product is there is a curl enhancing ingredient in here magnesium sulfates, which in other terms, is epsom salts salts, draw water from the hair and in A very strange way, drier curls, do tend to hold curl more. They may be a little bit crispier. They may be a little bit tighter because they may be a little bit thirstier, but they also become a little bit more enhanced. So this ingredient is very beneficial for hair. That does have a very loose soft curl pattern. That does want a little extra fortification and a little extra spiral, and since this product is also extremely lightweight, i would not say that it would weigh down the hair. It kept my hair, very weightless, and i would recommend it if you're looking for a curl, enhancing boosting kind of leave-on spray product to style your hair with and i did enjoy it, except for the fact that it just felt like water spraying onto my hair. It didn't really give me slip, i mean it worked, but in a very lightweight way, let's take a look at our styling cream that we used. I broke the rules here. I went outside of the dream curls box and i went into the straight fixation because, knowing my hair, i needed a little extra extra and take a look. Okay, let this be known that, just because a product isn't advertised for curly hair doesn't mean it's not gon na work, because this still did its job, it kept the style, smooth and moisturized and silky. You know virtually frizz free, and specifically, i really like that. This product has heat protecting ingredients; it also has proteins to help strengthen the hair. So if you're looking for maybe a product that can do both that you can use while you're wearing your hair curly or if you want to straighten out your hair, i like this. Now, let's move on to the hold: did she ever hold up? Yes to this mousse, i found it to be very lightweight: there's no really heavy ingredients in here, but there's still holes in my hair and my hair held up and it is also glycerin free. So i will continue to use this. I will try this again, especially as the weather gets colder and then. Lastly, i think i already expressed how i feel about this. I have been using this for years. It may be repackaged now, because i've had this for so long. If you are in high humidity, there is nothing better than this. I mean it's thick. It could be heavy, so be careful, but with the ingredients that are in here, you've got mineral oil, which is one of the most sealing ingredients to prevent water loss from the hair and with that hydrolyzed silk. This always leaves my hair feeling. So nice and silky highly recommend and with that everyone's preferences in terms of styling and the results that they look for in their curls is going to be different. I have to be honest. My hair on both sides is still so soft after a few days, but the general consensus of this styling. When i asked you what side you preferred, the vote was the john frieda side and when we take a look at these results, there is still a lot of definition. The curls have fluffed out and not that i have a like a problem with this side. I do appreciate that the curls are chunkier. They are hydrated, however, because of that they did not hold their form, they lost their shape and there has developed some frizz noticeably more after i had sat outside. So what's my issue, my issue would be the false advertisement. Humidity shield is plastered on the bottle, but it did not hold up to the hype and, at the end of the day, frizz ease eased more of the frizz and i definitely feel like i could rely on this routine on another rainy day. So i will keep that in mind. Mark anthony, you tried maybe for another season, but all in all those are my thoughts and my opinions and the information that i can share with you about these products and, as always, i will make sure to link all the products that i used in the description Box below so you can check them out there if you have some product recommendations or some product reviews that you would like to see me do up in a battle, make sure to comment that below and if you like this video and you found it helpful, make Sure to give us a like, and if you are new - and this was your first video you saw on this channel - i hope you stick around and subscribe for more. This has been your main girl well and i am out peace. 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It'S fine amanda, i'm going to run out of space on there, whoa wow, i'm forgetting that it is evening here and half of my family is asleep hold on there's a hair on my lip that was ticklish, but the fact that i look like this hi. Oh hi yeah. It'S a lot of highs. It'S a lot of time, hi these two shampoos and conditioners that doesn't rhyme, stop it right. There short and sweet. It'S not short sweet, it's probably like 35 minutes, but it's a review.