January Curlkit- First Glance/ Unboxing

Sooo in my Consistency is Key post, I mention I wanted to do better by my natural hair in 2015. I stated I signed up for curlKit and may or may not blog about my natural hair experience as I don't really have much of a passion for hair as I do for say running. 

Well disregard all that BS ! lol As soon as I got this month's  curlKit I was excited to rip it open and use everything in the box. I would take down these crochet braids right now if it didn't take me 2 hours to put them in.  Since I plan to have my hair in THIS protective style for about another week, I thought I will at least blog my unboxing of my first curlKit!!!

Shipping:

Shipping is beyond fast! When I signed up, curlKit advice they will now start shipping the monthly boxes on the 10th of every month instead of the 15th. They kept true to their word! on the 10th, I received an email from curlKit saying my box was shipped and it was at my door within two business days( from the official sent date, I believe is was on 1/12 according to USPS tracking). Can't beat that! especially when shipping is FREE. I was also surprised to feel how heavy the box was. Full size products in my future??

Right out of the shipping sleeve, I am rewarded with the first product: Giovanni's 2chic Ultra-Volume Collection (sample size of each product in the collection). I was super happy to see this. I always hear naturalistas rave about Giovanni's products but never had the chance to try them.

Unboxing: First you have the monthly newsletter: curlLife. A quick and informative read plus a few coupons fell out when I opened it. Just love coupons! The newsletter also listed this month's products with a short description. 

Love the packaging! So pretty and pink! I didn't want to open it at first because I knew the "curlkit" sticker will ruin the tissue paper. But I got over that pretty quick.

Annnnddd here's the moment we've been waiting for... the products. This photo shows how the products were right after opening. 

Here's everything rearranged to see the names of the products:

This month products: 

1. Giovanni's 2chic Ultra-Volume Collection (shown above-sample pack)

2. Giovanni's 2chic Ultra-Volume Shampoo (sample size)

3. Ori Naturals Body Scrub (full size)

4. Dove hair series Quenched Absolute (full size) 

5. Caribbean Natural Black Castor and Coconut oil (full size)

6. Hask Macadamia Oil Shampoo and Conditioner (sample pack)

7. Eco Natural Curl 'N Styling cocktail (sample size)

8. Eco Natural Cocktail Smoothing & Moisture Conditioner (full size)

Product(s) I'm most excited to try!: This was a hard tie between the Giovanni 2chic collection and Caribbean Black Castor and Coconut Oil. I'm only excited for Giovanni because I've heard so many good things from naturals about Giovanni products and nearly every other YT natural hair tutorial has the Giovanni conditioner in it. However the Caribbean Black Castor and Coconut Oil I may have been a little more excited about.  I made a small "eek" and did a shimmy dance when I seen it. I have used Caribbean products before and loved them. And what naturalista don't like hair oils?!

Product I'm lease excited about: I have an issue with known hair care companies jumping on the "natural hair" bandwagon. It seems fake and a cash grab since more ladies are going to their natural roots and companies are starting to take notice. So Dove's hair series Quenched Absolute is the product I am least excited about. I'm not quite sure what it really is. A conditioner maybe?? Who knows. I have and love Dove soap products, in fact its all I use, but I think I will pass on the Dove hair product. 

Overall review: I'm very pleased with the selection this month. There are FOUR full size products! More than what I was expecting (I was thinking one maybe two)! Just from the full size products alone I will say they are worth about $30; a steal for the 20 bucks paid (not to mention the sample size products add more to the $30 value). The presentation was great! No beat up boxes and the products were place nicely, it wasn't like someone threw the items in the box and handed them off to USPS. Shipping was fast and free. Overall, I'm pleased and believe curlKit has a new customer in me! I plan to review the products once I used the as well so stay tune!