Productos nuevos (New Products)!!

Buonasera, ragazze! :-D

My aunt paid my sister and I today, so I went shopping for supplies for the rapidly approaching semester, and, of course, hair products! I did go over my allotted $30/month budget, but I wasn't spazzing out in the aisles and picking up everything in sight and just going crazy. I stuck to what I knew, for the most part. Soo, up first, here's my video from the magic YT sobre los:

And here are the deets below on every product in the video:

1. Shea Moisture Hold & Shine Moisture Mist

Price: $9.99
Size: 8 fl oz/237 mL
Purchased from: Target
Ingredients: Deionized Water, Coconut Oil, Shea Butter, Silk Protein, Essential Oil Blend, Neem Seed Oil, Algae Extract, Hyssop Extract, Sage Leaf and Field Horsetail Extract, Honeysuckle Flower and Japanese Honeysuckle Flower Extract, Vitamin E.


2. Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie

Price: $4.99 (it was part of the BOGO 50% deal)
Size: 12 oz/340 g
Purchased from:  Target
Ingredients: Deionized Water, Shea Butter, Coconut Oil, Macadamia Seed Oil, Mango Seed Butter, Avocado Oil, Vegetable Glycerin, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Extract, Silk Protein, Ammonium Salt, Neem Seed Oil, Carrot Seed Oil, Sorbitol Esters, Pro-Vitamin B5, Caprylyl Glycol, Essential Oil Blend, Honeysuckle Flower and Japanese Honeysuckle Flower Extract, Vitamin E.


3. Herbal Essences Set Me Up Gel

Price: $3.39
Size: 6 oz/170 g
Purchased from: Target
Ingredients: Water, Laureth-23, Polyquaternium-4, Hydroxyethlcellulose, Benzyl Alcohol, Acrylates/Beheneth-25 Methacrylate Copolymer, Aminomethyl Propanol, DMDM Hydantoin, Fragrance/Parfum, Acrylates Copolymer, Disodium EDTA.


4. TRESemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner

Price: $4.48
Size: 25 fl oz/739 mL
Purchased from: Wal Mart
Ingredients: Water, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Stearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearamidopropyl Dimethylamine, Avocado Oil, Aloe Leaf Extract, Brassica Campestris/Aleurites Fordi Oil Copolymer, Fragrance, Caprylyl Glycol, Aspartic Acid, Lauroyl Lysine, Distearyldimonium Chloride, Benzyl Alcohol, Citric Acid.


5. Eden BodyWorks Jojoba Monoi All Natural Deep Conditioner

Price: $9.47
Size: 16 fl oz/473 mL
Purchased from: Wal Mart
Ingredients: Water, Cetyl Alcohol, Stearyl Alcohol, Stearalkonium Chloride, Coconut Oil, Tiare Flower, Glycerin, Behentrimonium Methosulphate, Cetrimonium Chloride, Polyquaternium-11, Jojoba Seed Oil, Carrot Seed Oil, Chamomile Flower Oil, Melaleuca Leaf Oil (Tea Tree Leaf Oil), Sweet Almond Oil, Castor Seed Oil, Vitamin E, Aloe Leaf Extract, Hydroxyethylcellulose, Disodium EDTA, Caprylyl Glycol, Sorbic Acid.


6. LeKair Cholesterol Plus Strengthening and Conditioning Cream

Price: $1.89
Size: 20 oz/567 g
Purchased from: Wal Mart
Ingredients: Deionized Water, Cetearyl Alcohol and PEG-40 Castor Oil and Stearalkonium Chloride, Cetyl Alcohol, Mineral Oil, Fragrance, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Cholesterol, Hydrolyzed Collagen, Tetrasodium EDTA, Vitamin E, Jojoba Oil, Citric Acid, Yellow #5, Red #4, Aloe Extract, Vitamin A, Vitamin D.


7. Nuance Argan Oil Glossing Conditioner

Price: $8.76
Size: 10 fl oz/296 mL
Purchased from: CVS Pharmacy
Ingredients: Water, Isododecane, Isohexadecane, Behentrimonium Methosulphate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Cetyl Alcohol, Butylene Glycol, Fragrance, Avocado Oil, Coconut Oil, Acai Fruit Oil, Argan Kernel Oil, Rice Bran Oil, Passion Flower Seed Oil, Aloe Vera Leaf Juice, Algae Extract, Camellia Leaf Extract, Glycerin, Tetrasodium EDTA, Cetearyl Olivate, Sorbitan Olivate, Citric Acid, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Benzyl Benzoate, Geraniol, Hexyl Cinnamal, Limonene, Linalool, Alpha-Isomethyl Ionone.

8. Honey
Price: $5.68
Size: 24 oz/680 g
Purchased from: Wal Mart


I'm so excited to try these! Especially the HE gel; I'm nearing the bottom of my container of Xcess and hadn't gone to the dollar store to stock up again, so I hope this will be another product to add to my styling arsenal.

Purchased any new products lately, curlies? Gone shopping through your stash of late? What did you cop? :-D

Kimmie's Cocina: Easy Black Bean Dip + "Homemade" Tortilla Chips

Need a yummy, healthy snack that doesn't cost a fortune and is quick to make? Here are two great ones I found on the magic YouTube. I had to bring something to a get together with my friends, but I was low on funds. A Google search brought me to these easy, delicious recipes. Tweak to your liking :-D

Black Bean Dip

Ingredients (Original recipe)

1 can (15-16 oz) black beans, rinsed and drained
1/2 cup salsa
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro
2 tablespoons lime juice
1/2 teaspoon cumin

Here's the video, chicas :-)

Isn't it easy? We didn't have any cilantro or lime juice, nor was there enough salsa in our jar leftover to have the proper amount. So I increased the cumin to a full teaspoon to add more flavor. Then, I poured our 1/8 cup of salsa in, and finished off the rest of the needed amount of salsa with mushroom pasta sauce for the flavor (it had the same type of tomato base with similar spices) and hots for texture and a weensy bit of kick.

I blended it for about a minute, had my brother taste it (he has a keen sense of taste for spices and whatnot) to get a second opinion, and loved it!

Nothing dovetails a great black bean dip better than tortilla chips. But I couldn't run to the store to buy a bag. So off to Google I went, and on the magic YT popped up this super simple recipe for making "homemade" tortilla chips:

Now they technically aren't homemade, but it's close, right? Lol. I used flour tortillas (the Pinata brand, but any kind will do) because we don't use the corn variety, and I drizzled some EVOO on them before baking in lieu of vegetable oil. She doesn't mention how long to put them in the oven (which is why her video has so many dislikes methinks ), but just check on them every couple of minutes until they look crispy and golden brown (13-14 minutes for me without the oven being fully preheated).

Bon appetit! Let me know if you try these and if you liked them :-D


P.S. Besides being yummy, both of these recipes are vegetarian and vegan friendly, and full of protein :-)

P.P.S. Here are some photos of how mine turned out.

Eh...left mine in a bit too long :-/ 13-14 minutes would've been good.

That to die for bean dip...the hots gave it a nice kick.

Better together - nom nom nom nom :-D 

What are some of your favorite recipes to make? Dish the deets (no pun intended)!