I’m surprised the Living Proof volume spray wasn’t in your top picks at the end of the video. Thought you were very impressed with it?

In Germany a hairdresser does 'consultations' by getting photos from viewers + short description of their hair care routine + their concerns/wishes. He then explains based on these pictures what's the problem and how to solve it (product recommendations included). I would die to see that for curlies!

I appreciate how honest you are about the products. Starting a curly hair journey can be very overwhelming because there are so many different products, and it can be difficult to determine what your hair needs and what works on your hair. I’m finally starting to get it!!

I really appreciate you sticking to cruelty free products ❤️

Thank you for your clear, concise comments-why its good, why its not. from a 73 year old curly girl, still learning

So yeah….I just watched this on our BIG SCREEN TV and my husband walked in and started laughing at me…and I said, “What! It’s Mell!” 😂

I want to thank you for all of your guidance. I am 67 and I am finally embracing my curls. Because of all your advise and product reviews I am loving my curls. I also think you and your seester are absolutely adorable..

The JVN air dry cream is literally the ONLY haircare product I have ever repurchased. I've been through about 4 tubes of it and I'm obsessed. It gives what my hubby calls 'vegan girl hair'. Like loose fluffy curls. I also have very low porosity hair so wanted to give a different perspective.

SO happy to hear you’re only using and reviewing cruelty free products!! 😊

Would love to see a video with your favorite products that DO contain silicones! Thanks for all the knowledge you share. I’ve learned so much from you on my curly hair journey!!

For those that can't keep a silk bonnet on their head while sleeping I found something that works well. A one sided silk pillow case. 'LilySilk Silk Pillowcase for Hair and Skin with Cotton Underside'. It seems cheap at first but after sleeping on it gets very soft and washes well. I tried the Blissy pillowcase and woke up on my night stand, talk about slip!

I felt so SEEN when Mel mentioned putting the hairbrush between her legs 😂 That is totally the move! Also the shade thrown at minute 8.25 🤣. Oh Mel, this is why we love you! 🤍

Could you please do a video about hair oils and serums? Like recommendations for different textures and porosity. Many greetings and I hope you had a good start into the new year❤

Love to start the year with a good long video!! Thanks ladies ❤️✌️

Fun new logo! The color is especially perfect for the self-proclaimed "purple freak." 😊

would you consider doing a favorites series? sometimes when im in search for a new product its hard to decide what to get! you could do your favorite shampoos and break them into categories (i.e. your fave moisturizing shampoos, clarifying shampoos, chelating shampoos, protein-free shampoos). it would be helpful to have an index to go to when we are on the hunt to find new products!! also i'm so excited for your new videos in the new year! i was missing your videos in the past month!

Happy texture Thursday and happy new year!!! I’m so so happy you’re back, missed you both!! Excited for everything to come ❤️❤️❤️

Also Mel Ilove this hair color on you! It really makes your skin look so glowy and healthy!

I love everything from JVN! Especially the air dry cream is fantastic. Love the shine drops too.

Happy Texture Thursday!! So excited I've missed you seesters!! Love the new setup and logo you guys killed it!! Happy healthy 2023!! Much love and happiness!! Xoxo 😘

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Appreciate all the love you guys pour into these videos! It truly shows! So excited for what 2023 has in store 😁.

I also love the Ouidad Featherlight Touch-up Gel Cream. I've been using it in combination with the Heat and Humidity Gel - Stronger Hold (the original formula is great I just need the stronger hold) for a few months. Ulta sells the Heat and Humidity Gel and the Featherlight Touch-up Gel Cream in a bundle, if anyone's interested.

I've been loving the Verb curl foaming gel. It leaves my hair so soft for days.

Yeah, they definitely just passed over your foaming gel bc of the deadline bc that shit is LIFE CHANGING. I had the best hair of my LIFE over the summer with just it, Ghost Oil, and a medium hold gel. Fall and then winter came and fucked my budding new hair regimen all up, though... and now I have several new products to try, thanks to this video. I actually looked for this video LAST WEEK, because I KNEW y'all would deliver.

Ah, the butterfly clips are bringing up some nostalgia of my junior high/high school days!

I discovered the Olaplex clarifying shampoo and it's been a game changer in my routine. My hair came back to life when I realized I had hard water buildup that no other clarified removed. I liked the Taraji curl cream as well and found it at Marshalls in Canada. This was a very helpful and enjoyable video

Dear Mell I would love it if you could suggest drugstore budget options/dupes for the olaplex clarifying shampoo and the VERB Ghost oil… pretty please. xx 💙🙏🏻🕊🌞 Could you please also review the HASK hair care brand?

I love these annual best of the year hair product reviews!!! I need that Briogeo hair mask!

I love the TPH curl cream! I've been hoping you would review it.

Yes! A complete thorough review! I loved the video a lot.

Dear Mell, so good to see you 💛 Happy New Year!

Hey Mell! I'd love if you could do an updated video on non damaging hairstyles. I find that my waves/curls do not last past day 2 and i continue to slick back my hair which i find is changing my pattern at my roots. Thank you! Happy New Year!

The Pattern hair pick is amazing. Beautifully crafted

I love the JVN shine drops!!! I have fine low porosity hair and it's the only hair oil that doesn't leave me greasy. I think a low porosity wavy would like it.

Hi Mel! I LOVE the Money mask by Color Wow too! I’d be curious to hear your thoughts on their new curly hair products too, especially Shook. And because there’s no gel in the line, maybe 2 washdays so you could test the line as is and then again but with adding a trusted gel for comparison. Can’t wait to see what you’ve got planned for 2023! Happy New Year to you and Amanda!🎉

I’m fairly new & I definitely missed you 😢👏🏽👏🏽 you got me in UltA every week btw

Yes, K18 being inconvenient for kinky or curly hair is an understatement. It works wonders, but man oh man.

I totally agree that hemi-squalene on dry hair doesn’t do anything for me but on a whim I added a few drops from the ordinary hemi-squalene to a conditioner that I wasn’t too crazy about and it transformed that product! My hair felt so silky after rinsing it off which was interesting. But no luck using it on dry hair though.

I’ve hopped around to get a variety of tips. You’re my absolute favorite, great info and great energy!!!

I love the part that cowash shouldn’t exist lol. Couldn’t agree more. Thanks for always stating facts lol. The first five ingredients of most cowash should not be rubbed into the scalp is my understanding and my scalps understanding too. But I totally understand what they have so many stans

Appreciate the review! Do you think you could highlight some affordable options for the curly badies on a budget? One of those products costs more than my whole haircare routine 😭😭😭

Yup! Detangler tools must pass the thigh test for me too. I want one of those cliche framed quotes on my wall saying "living, breathing, brushing!" LOL

Mell!!! I am so excited for this long video! Question: So I have never seen you review Cake brand products, which I honestly love, and are vegan , cruelty free, free of all the parabens, etc.. but do have silicones in some. Which makes it fantastic to me... and has a great curly line... and made in canada.... have you heard of it or ever used it? Just always curious because I never see anyone ever reviewing it. Great for fine curly hair!!! Btw the Tracy Ellis Ross pick, combined with LP texture and volume spray, omg YES!!!!!

I have the bonnet from your amazon page and I absolutely LOVE how its double sided. Like you said, it makes getting turtle necks on MUCH easier lol

Love that you only do cruelty-free ❤ greetings from Sweden 😊

Thank for a great first video of 2023 ladies!!! Can't wait what you will bring for this year

I’m obsessed with your foaming gel! It is perfect for my hair! I forgot to use an oil after styling on wash day, and I DIDNT NEED IT! 👀 (Usually I rely too heavily on the oil step for all the frizz.) It makes my hair soft, but it has hold. I don’t have to put my day 4 hair up- it is refresh-able. Miraculous. THANK YOU!! 💗💗💗💗

I appreciate you explaining the towel thing. I think I want to look into non textured hair towels now

Your bloopers are the best!! LOL Yes girl, you are allowed to cuss!!!

Can we have a video dedicated to bonnets!!! I'm looking for a new one and don't know what's good xx

Love the new set up !❤ But gonna miss Texture Tuesdays! Great video as always and love that you decided to bring back the last video's questions at the end. So nostalgic. I also love the commitment to cruelty free products !

I got the set with Living Proof advanced clean dry shampoo and The Dry Volume and Texture spray for 32 bucks, best purchase 🙌🏼

Oh my gosh your hair is beautiful!! I have thick course curly hair. Exactly like Amanda’s hair texture! I’m only 14 and I am still trying to figure out my hair, but I don’t know how to style it the right way or what my routine should be. I usually use Shea Moisture products but I think I got a protein overload. It’s had a lot of excess frizz around the top of my head. My hair has never been really defined. It’s either proofy and frizzy or really dry and wavy (not defined at all) I really want my hair to be at the pint yours is. I want the curls to be defined and moisturized. My current routine on wash night is all with Shea moisture. I shampoo it from roots to ends, condition it from roots to ends ( I recently found out that I don’t need to condition my roots), I use a leave in conditioner in the shower leave it for 5 minutes and rinse it out. When I get out of the shower I brush it with a wet brush, put in Jamaican caster oil, then a hair smoothie, and I put my hair in a bonnet overnight. In the morning it still doesn’t have defined curls in the morning. It’s just frizzy and loose. I also don’t know what to do in the morning or night when it’s not wash night. I would love my curls to look like yours!! Any products you recommend? Any tips on my hair? If you see this I would love some help!!

That Evolve band is a game changer for me its the only bonnet that I can keep on overnight

Hi Mell! I have 3c curls with high density and thin texture. I want to grow my hair long, but it always end up very very VERY tangled which makes it impossible to last 5 days without spending about 30 min brushing in the shower and having to be extremely careful with the knots so that I don't rip off too much hair. Which advice would you give me so that I can easily manage and detangle my hair? Washing it more often seems like an option but I don't really like it specially for the product/time waste... maybe you have some brush recommendations, special products, haircut options or just any tip that might help? Thanks and love your videos! 💕 P.S.: Yes, I do sleep with a bonnet ;)

I love your reviews and your videossss

Missed you both! Happy Nee Year and I wish you more Success in 2023!

I love your hair, it's so beautiful

Thank you! I need new products for my hair! Are you planning on making a video about pixie cut on curly hair? I would really love to hear your opinion about it.

I feel ya girl, my mom broke her foot, and she's still going through her treatment (3rd week in a walking cast + booty) so she is about half-way before a brace will be fitted. She broke a very hard to heal bone in her foot, but we're all hanging in there. The first week was *hell* because she had to stay off the foot and she couldn't balance around on crutches at all (she's 77). This is the first bone she ever broke, in her life! It's then when you realize just how much mothers do!

Oh my gosh I cannot get over how flipping adorable and funny you are!!!!! I love how knowledgeable and smart you are you. I wonder if there is a way to branch out so you do more than just curly wavy hair ect. because you're flippin awesome and should have millions of subs people dont know what they're missing. I dont know if your have a cosmetologist license and you could branch into making skin and makeup as well as hair but girl...... something. Even if its not in beauty at all and is skts or something. People NEED to know you and see more videos. You're just too good for the 8 billion people in the world to be missing. Oh and please give me a recommendation for strong hold gel for fine hair i'm a natural blonde and my hair holds a ton of water I live in MD and there is just no escaping the Chesapeake bay in Maryland which has rust colored iron in it so that is a battle.I have special shower head with filer on it and do malibu treatments' s well as hair but girl...... something. Even if its not in beauty at all and is skts or something. POh my gosh I cannot get over how flipping adorable and funny you are!!!!! I love how knowledgeable and smart you are you. I wonder if there is a way to branch out so you do more than just curly wavy hair ect. because you're flippin awesome and should have millions of subs people dont know what they're missing. I dont know if your have a cosmetologist license and you could branch into making skin and makeup as well as hair but girl...... something. Even if its not in beauty at all and is skits or something. People NEED to know you and see more videos. You're just too good for the 8 billion people in the world to be missing. Oh and please give me a recommendation for strong hold gel for fine hair. I'm a natural blonde and my hair holds a ton of water I live in MD and there is just no escaping the bay which has rust colored iron in the water here. It's a battle my hair sucks the iron up.I have special shower head with a filter on it and do malibu treatments' as well as hair sometimes wetting it first with bottled water so that absorbed in the hair shaft but I digress girl......do something. Even if its not in beauty at all and is skts or something. You're to good!!! Also, I would LOVE to be on your show I would travel to you. I need hair help especially when it only curls right half the year the humid part. I sustained severe very sad neck injuries so even washing it is hard otherwise styling it. Thus far it is just not an option. Please help.

You had me at cruelty free 💯💛 🐕 🐈

That evolv bonnet was my very first bonnet but I found it too tight and my ears hurt the next day. BUT I would pull it down further and bam, you have a built in eye mask 😂

I loved this video! Happy texture Thursday everyone! I'm actually a huge fan of JVn's products but that might be because of my low porosity curls. Thank you for this entertaining and Fabulous start to the New Year.

I love, love, love you! 💕 Thank you for being you! *adding to cart*😊

MELL! I saw that another influencer reached out to K-18 and they said you can leave it in for 4 minutes and after that, you can rewet and then use conditioner!

Welcome back Mel. Really missed you.....♥️

What would you recommend for a wavy/ somewhat curly. I have to completely wet my hair, then add my stylers and then defuse. It's getting to be a little aggravating. Is there an easier way to refresh? By the way, my hair is fine and thin with high porosity. I was recently diagnosed with alopecia. Please help, thank you. Lots of love!

So excited to see what you have in store for us this year! Question: do split end trimmers work on curly hair? I have wavy/curly hair and I'm afraid to try my split end trimmer

Can you do an updated full styling routine? I have the same curls as you and started to lose them, honestly to depression and moving to a new country where the water weighs down my hair. Can you show a full routine and any amazing tips?💕

I would love to hear your thoughts on the Hair Story products. They send refillable packages which is great for the environment and allegedly are good for curly hair

Due to work and personal stuff, I wasn't able to see any new Texture Tuesday videos... but soo happy I can finally catch up on these videos. So happy that you are back

What do you do with products you try that you don't love? I like to try new products, but sometimes they are flops and I hate just throwing them away. Thanks!!

Great reviews! I’d love to see reviews on the Kendra Allcurl products.

When it comes to k18 treatment washes, I first use a conditioning wash to detangle and start the cleaning process before I do a second wash with a clarifying shampoo.. my hair gets tangled super easily so this is my method to avoid ripping out clumps of hair 🙃

Your hair is so beautiful! I tried JVN last year and I did not care for it. It left my hair feeling very dry and "yuck". It was costly and I felt like it was a waste of my money. I had the shampoo, conditioner, curl cream and the oil. It was a hard no for me.

Hi Mell & Amanda! I'm sensitive to fragrances and essential oils. Is there a good clarifying shampoo for hard water you can recommend? Also, my curls loved the Curl Foaming Gel that y'all created with Verb! 😍 Unfortunately, I think I'm sensitive to the grapefruit oil. Would love a version without any fragrance or essential oils if that’s ever a possibility! Much love and thank you for all the hard work y’all put in to educating and entertaining us 💖 Happy new year!

The parttern curl defining brush is actually not too bad for detangling so if you need a multi use brush would strongly recommend

Thanks for doing this review! Congrats on your new recording room! Also could you possibly do a review on the full briogio line? Thanks.

So good seeing you..... Any idea if your foaming gel will be launched in the UK? Happy New year queen 👸❤

Have you tried the sally beauty dupe of olaplex bonding?

hi i love your hair

Do you have a video to show how to get the layers like you have?

I’m so glad you liked Lolavie! I have been wanting to try it because I love Jennifer Aniston so much ❤

Hi Mel! Another great video with thorough reviews from my favorite hair dresser!❤️ Happy New Year! Just a couple questions, have you ever reviewed hair products from Stream2Sea? Their formulas are specifically designed to be water biodegradable and while they seem popular on the website I've never seen anyone else review them. Would love to hear your thoughts about them. 2nd question, are there any fragrance free hair masks you'd recommend? Really enjoyed your fragrance free video with Amanda and am trying to switch all my products to no added fragrance for mine and my dad's allergies. Having trouble with replacing my hair masks. Sorry for the long post. Again really love your videos and hope you and yours are doing well this new year.

I have curly hair my aunt a beautician told me years ago to never brush your hair wet or dry. She said to get the tangles out first with your hands then used a wide tooth comb I havent owned a brush for over 54 years. Combs will drag through your hair and never pull your hair. I have done this since I was 15 back in the 60's I have to give my aunt alot of credit for knowing how bad brushes are.

Thank you for reviewing LoLavie! Jennifer Anniston is actually a naturally wavy girl. 😄

I literally got two ads for k18 on this video lol I feel like I never heard of K18 before I saw you mention it and now I see stuff about it everywhere

Mell, when are you going to open to direct meetings with coaching or select hair routine?

honestly the only time i cowash is after i gone in the sea or a pool (but mostly the sea) 😂

Can you review the Oribe co-wash?? I actually like it! It does feel cleansing and helps derange my hair!

Hi Mell. Thanks so much for all your great suggestions. I wanted to ask which type of haircut do you recommend? The ouidad or the deva cut? I have 3A and 3B curls. Thanks so much. Keep the awesome videos coming.😘

🐇 yay for cruelty free! My house full of pet bunnies 🐇 salute you Mel! 😂❤ kinda kidding about full of bunnies; I have 5 and I get from a rescue where each one is spayed / neutered 👍🏼

Thank you so much for looking at cruelty, free online! I don’t wanna look at it if it’s not either. What do you think about hairstory? I’d love to see a review.

Hey Mel do u think you’ll colab w verb again i love your curl foaming gel so much I’ve gone through two bottles already but I’m more of a strong hold gel girly

Hi Mel, could you do a video about hair oils, Preferably with silicones in it that you recommend? Drugstore and more high end options? Much love from the Netherlands 😊❤️

love this video idea!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎉🎊✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️🌺🌺🌺🌺🌺💃💃💃💃💃

my biggest problem with bonnets is my hair never stays on top of my head, i have wavy/curly hair and i don’t like to pineapple it or use any hair ties..

Has Mell or Amanda ever did a full wash day with Innersense products?