Brown Sugar Mix for Straight Hair

I apologize for my lack of pinspecting lately.  Believe it or not, I've tried projects and have already taken pictures, but haven't had time to blog them.  I started my internship as a working speech-language pathologist at an elementary school 5 days a week and have been working part time at a restaurant 4 nights a week.  It's been kinda hectic.

Anyways, I decided to start posting every Saturday.  That way, my followers and friends know ahead of time when to expect a new blog post.  So check in on Saturdays to see what I tried that week!

My good friend Alli asked me to pinspect this week's idea.  This pin claims to make your hair air dry completely straight and beautiful.  Alli and I both thought this wouldn't work, but hey, I gave it a go!

Pin link

Below are the steps and results of this "easy" pin.

You will need the following supplies: 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons of brown sugar, a spray bottle, and possibly a funnel.

This is how my hair looks after letting it air dry and having it up and down for a day or two.  I apologize for the mess of my hair in this picture.  Usually, it air dries relatively wavy.

The pin states to spray the mixture onto damp hair.

Next, I started measuring out the brown sugar into a bowl.

Then, I added the one cup of water.

After mixing the two together, I got out a funnel.  I then dumped the mixture into my spray bottle.

The pin didn't say how much of this mixture to spray into your hair.  Do they expect you to put in the WHOLE bottle?  Half?  Just enough to mist onto your hair?  I honestly could not tell you.  I continued to try to find a pin with an actual link to this "recipe" and couldn't find one.  I sprayed about 1/4 to 1/2 of the mixture onto my hair and let air dry.  It seemed like my hair took 3x as long to air dry as usual with this mixture on.  After a few hours of drying, my hair ended up like this...

I will say my hair dried straighter than it normally would, but I would never do this again.  My hair was a very weird texture.  You know when you put too much product into your hair and it dries hard or weird?  This is exactly what happened to mine.  It was kinda sticky and I smelled really unsexy.  After taking this picture, I went upstairs and re-washed my hair.

Below are my pinspection results:

Pin: * 

The pin link was not ideal.  It went to a blog/website with just the image used in the pin.  There was nothing about the recipe on the actual link.  I tried to find a link to this beauty tip and could not find it. 

Accuracy: ***

The actual pin gave measurements of ingredients to use, but didn't tell how much of the product to spray onto hair.

Ease: *****

This tip/pin is very easy to try.  If anyone else has positive results with it, let me know!

Quality: *

I was not happy with how my hair turned out.  Although it did make my hair straighter than usual, the texture wasn't worth the straightness.  I much rather straighten my hair and have it be soft and silky.  My hair did not look like the picture at all. 

Time: *****

It took about two minutes to create the mixture.  However, depending on your hair thickness, length, etc, it might take a while to air dry.  My hair usually takes about an hour to dry and with the mixture on, it took longer.

Price: *****

This is probably the cheapest project I've ever tried.  It virtually cost me $0! 

Overall, this was super easy and inexpensive to try, but really did work out.

Check back next Saturday for a new project to be pinspected.  If you have any suggestions/comments feel free to contact me.

Megan