Product Reviews: Hair Remedie Towel & The Spriggle

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I like to test out products multiple ways before deciding if I like it or not. Heidi of the company, Hair Remedie, sent me her towel awhile ago. Excuse this much belated review! A good thing about my belated review is that I’ve gotten a really good and honest experience of it.

I’m short, so this towel can function as a towel-towel too. I actually joked that this is more like a hair blanket because it’s huge. I find this excellent in comparison to Deva because my hair is super long. My hair sticks out of the Deva gray towel. I also don’t think the Hair Remedie towel is so much easier to put my hair into the ‘plop’ form too as well vs. the awkward Deva towel where it’s like trying to squeeze your hair into. If your hair is either 1) high density, 2) past wrist length, and or 3) both than I’d look for this because it is simply huge. Overall, I find the price nice simply because of it’s size in comparison to Deva. (Much like I was mad for paying $12 for a hand towel by Deva which I found overpriced especially if you divide the dollar per size.)

As to the feel and general review: it’s nice quality, feels soft, and doesn’t increase frizz. It is a nice quality microfiber and still is going. The wear and tear isn’t bad, so the quality isn’t bad! I’m satisfied that it’s still kept its look after multiple washings. I think microfiber towels will last as long as any towel to be fair. My hair feels good in the towel; not overtly dry and it helps decrease my drying time because ‘all’ of my hair goes into it. It’s a quality material for the price. I think overall that it’s a good price for the quality point. I also like that it’s a small business, woman owned, and made in America. Once again: all good points! Would I buy it? Yes, I’d be totally happy with this towel because I need a towel that can fit all of my hair. I was using a 4-5X shirt prior to the Hair Remedie, but it looks a lot nicer to put on Hair Remedie than a big gigantic shirt. Heidi is so really nice too (my onion), so it makes it a win win overall.

It beats the Deva gray towel solely because 1) it’s bigger. For $3.99, I can get a towel that is almost the size of me! The Deva ($20 with 2 day shipping if you have Sephora shipping) is 20x39” and the Hair Remedie ($23.99 with Prime) is 39x25” in size. That’s a huge difference. The Deva towel is 80% poly and 20% polyamide. The Hair Remedie is 80% cotton and 20% poly. Overall: the huge win for me is the size and it’s a bit softer too. I’m really pleased with it and would’ve gladly bought one of these in comparison to my Deva which I can’t wrap my head with. So far, it was a win for me. The link to buy is here (not an affiliate link) and it’s 2 day shipping: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Hair+Remedie/Hair+Remedie/page/3DDA557B-15F7-448D-8B44-6579D4B6C5C

The second product that I tried out was a something that I was really interested in was the Spriggle. This had a lot of pros at for it going such as a strong grip which to me is a huge benefit. I have been using a pick for a long, long time. A relative (who I won’t call out) still has a 1960s pick that they won’t let go that’s metal. I have always liked picks because they could get into my scalp, separate my hair, and I occasionally as a young girl even tried to do the “old school pick detangling,” with them. (Times have changed and I also didn’t attempt that again either!)

When it comes to a pick: I need one that gets into my roots, doesn’t tough my hair, and has a lot of flexibility to move around. When I SOTC: I usually will oil my pick (as mentioned) or on the go, I usually use my pick to shuffle my roots. The Spriggle is designed like fingers with its wide spaces vs. a typical pick. This is really interesting — especially because I can see why this works so great for some people. It’s like using fingers (!) to give yourself some volume. We all know that fingers are natural combs, so it’s running with that logic. As to its performance?

I like it, but not in my tightly curly sectioned. The Spriggle could not outperform a regular pick in terms of my tight areas because those wide spaces make it easy for to pick up on where my hair likes to kink and matt. I imagine this would be great for girls who do best wide comb picking (using a wide comb to replace the pick) to their roots and hair. I see a lot of women used a wide tooth combed or their fingers to fluff, but the Spriggle is designed like your fingers with the spacing so this pick may work for you in that sense. However if traditional a pick’s closeness are what help you from getting any traction, it may tug at you like it did it to me in my tighter areas.

The Spriggle didn’t snag my scalp, hurts me, etc., and I was otherwise pleased with it. I did like that it was a nice quality plastic too vs. a cheap quality one because it’s expensive for the price of a pick. The business is also a business small, woman used, and made in USA.

Would I recommend this? Yes and no. I do believe this is a good choice for majority people. Picks are way cheaper (a pack of 3 for $1) with more prongs, so short and tight curls have an eager time than with the Spriggle in this regard, so you can easily pick up both without breaking the bank! I found both to be easy to go into my regimen and am super happy. I don’t like it near my areas where the hair is particularly tight, but like it for fluffing (main usage of a pick) and how sturdy it is which is great for people who have higher density hair or want to fluff out their pretty manes. Amazon also lets you do returns too. I feel like the prong spring could also possibly reduce tension too, I’d imagine, for tighter hair women (like me and others) for fluffing alone. I like to break my cast which it didn’t do well to be honest. I’ve seen a lot of reviews too from others with tighter curl patterns who seem to be having favorable reviews, as well. I’d avoid it on tight, tangly areas from my experience near my roots, though, if you have kinking and or fragility. I think the Spriggle is a really cool invention. I also like that it’s woman owned, a small business, and made in the USA like the Hair Remedie. It has a lot of things going for it. The link to the Spriggle is here to buy one (not an affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/Athena-Duke-Company-LLC/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AAthena%20Duke%20Company%20LLC

I also want to add too that while the Spriggle didn’t work great for me in some ways: it doesn’t mean I won’t keep trying to get it to work. However the honesty of my nature is that I can’t sit here and say, “It rocked my socks off.” I think it can and does work amazing for some people. Some of my friends are having amazing results with it. I think the spaced prongs is really smart to help reduce tension especially in more fragile types (like porous) — so always read more reviews including mine if you have been eying things!

Love,
NCG