FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

I was born with curly hair and I didn’t fall in love with it until my college days. Once I started loving my curls, there was nothing that made me more happy about my hair like well defined bouncy curls. Somewhere down the line though, my curls started going flat and losing their definition – must be due to the host of products I kept trying on them. I needed something to reactivate them. So, when I found this product, I pounced on it immediately.

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

Product Description:

A non-chemical curl reactivator formulated especially for naturally curly, wavy or permed hair. Curls Up instantly revitalizes dull, lifeless, frizzy curls by infusing vitamins and proteins, giving your curls greater definition, bounce and shine. Used continually, Curls Up actually repairs split-ends, eliminates frizziness and produces healthy, more vibrant hair.

Ingredients:

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

Price:

INR 495 for 177 ml

My Experience with FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant:

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

Texture:

A very sticky transparent gel.

Spreadability:

Being thick, it does not spread easily onto the hair.

Smell:

It has got a chemical like, artificial smell.

Packaging:

Sturdy, shiny, yellow plastic bottle with a pull up, push down opening.

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

On Wet Hair:

After washing, conditioning and towel drying my hair, I applied a half-lime sized quantity of the product onto different sections of my hair combing through the hair with my fingers. Then, I scrunched up my hair for 1 or 2 minutes. I didn’t club this with any leave-in conditioner or serum. Then, I let it air dry overnight.

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

The next morning, I found that my hair looked horrible to say the least. It did everything opposite to what it claimed! It did nothing to my lifeless curls. It didn’t give my hair any definition or shine. On the other hand, my hair looked greasy, nasty and frizzy. That was least expected considering what the product claims. So, I looked up its ingredients to check what’s wrong!

Propylene Glycol. It is a humectant. That means it attracts water to the hair from the environment. But, what if the air doesn’t have humidity? It draws water from the hair to itself! That is the last thing we want, right? So, unless the atmospheric conditions are suitable, you will have problems with humectants. One solution is to use a lot of moisturizing products to help lock the moisture into your hair, but that is just too much trouble. With such results, I couldn’t even think of applying it onto dry hair.

FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

Pros of FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant:

• Nothing! Maybe just the fact that the bottle is pretty.

Cons of FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant:

• Everything!
• It claims to be a defrizzant and instead of preventing frizz, it induces frizz to non-frizzy hair!
• Despite being a reactivator, it gives no definition to the curls.
• Doesn’t impart shine.
• Makes hair greasy.

IMBB Rating:

0/5

Would I Repurchase/Recommend FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant?

NO!!! It’s simply lying in my cupboard after one use.

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7 thoughts on “FX Special Effects Curls Up Curl Reactivator and Defrizzant Review

  1. Oh, no. I was really happy when I first saw this product review. Am really disappointed 🙁 But thanks for the review.

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