Growing hair on a budget.

This is pretty much a cheap girls way of growing long natural hair. I am a stay at home mom, so in other words i don't make money! With only one income coming through my husband, $$ has to be budgeted and at the end of the day there isn't alot put toward hair products.
Before i got married, and had a kid, i lived at home with my mother. Boy, was i a product junkie then! It was easy since i was working and had no bills to pay. Almost all my money was spent on clothing, shoes, makeup...and hair products. Now i'm lucky if i even buy a new hair product every month!
April 2008 i had cut off all my relaxed hair in an attempt to go natural. I thought it would have been easier on the wallet since i didnt have to get a relaxer every couple months and pay for salon services. It took some getting use to, having short hair. It also took some time trying to figure out which products agreed with my hair. Not so easy when you don't have the $. And it seemed like everything i tried, my hair HATED. What a waste i would think everytime i gave a hair product to my sister to try after it proved worthless on my hair.
Well, i have basically found out what is my hairfriend now. I LOVE VO5 Honeydew Smoothie conditioner. The slip it gives me is incredible! It even beats out my first love, Suave Tropical Coconut condish. Oh and buy the way, most of my product is conditioner since i co-wash my hair (don't use shampoo). The Honeydew Smootie also smells delish, it's so good i usually spend some time sniffing it before i use it! Love it. My other product is a moisturizer. Organics Texture My Way Curl Keeper Moisturizing Hair Lotion. This stuff is Awesome. It leaves my hair moisturized for awhile, this is something no other moisturizer has done for me yet! So this is definetly a keeper. My other produc is a Cholesterol Deep Conditioner, but i don't use any specific brand, anything i just pick up at the beauty supply store.
So there it is. My 3 products. These are the only things i use on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
More on these products and my hair goals to come!