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Wed Jun 26, 2013 10:28 pm  |
| I always see women on tv with soft, bouncy, super shiney hair and wonder what their secret is. I've never used very many styling products, but the ones I've tried either leave my hair greasy and weighed down or crusty and crunchy. Like recently I bought some leave in conditioner and it makes my hair so crusty I can't even get my brush through it. Some sprays I've tried seem to make little difference, and a lot of products smell like I'm buying a bottle of perfume. I can't seem to find any products that work well, so I rarely ever buy any, but I would love to have a more styled look to my hair. Putting oil on my hair leaves a very flat, unwashed look to it, so I don't get how people say they use it on their hair unless they're going to wash it immediately after. |
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Thu Jun 27, 2013 2:48 am |
I used to use a specific mousse from Redken but they discontinued it. Sometime I'll buy garnier fructis but only if I have a coupon or there is a sale. Their stuff is pretty good for a cheapy brand, but most of it is geared towards people with short hair and some of the fragrances are strange. Their smoothing milk is good if you have longer hair.
I usually just use a DIY sillicone spray. My hair is very thick and coarse and it needs to be tamed down, lol. I used to use camelina oil thinned out with some of lotioncrafter's cyclomethicone but the oil got too expensive. Fractionated coconut oil made my hair crispy and dry so I never used it again either. |
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Thu Jun 27, 2013 4:44 am |
Try using much less of whatever product you're experimenting with. I often mix mine to get the effect I'm after.
These days I've been making my own flax seed gel. Works great. |
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Olive, normal/oily skin. Using rinse-off ocm, Vit C, Tretinoin since Nov/10, GHK since Feb/12, Niacinamide & glucosamine, alternating, & now skipping nights! Concerns include oiliness, hyperpigmentation from occasional zits, 11's & nasolabial folds. |
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 9:13 am |
| Do you have thick or thin hair? Curly or straight? Do you have the right cut for your type of hair? That is your starting point. |
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 10:10 am |
Wishful, I use shampoo and conditioner from Louise Marie Longhairs
www.longhairs.com
I don't know what's in them but my hair seems to like them more than anything I've ever used. If you use them like she says, they do work to get your hair in good shape.
Only problem with using them like she says is that it's different from the way we normally wash our hair, and it can seem a little ritualized at first. But you get over that.
Admittedly I haven't used any of her styling products, but really like the shampoo and a couple of her conditioners. I like her medium-firm boar bristly brush, as well. |
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Sun Jun 30, 2013 2:42 pm |
My hair is on the thick side, straight, and I've been growing it long. I guess my main problem is knots in my hair, I see other women with long hair and they manage to keep it very straightt and in place, but mine always gets tangled.
It's also hard to find anything with a very light frangrance or none at all, because it usually gives me a headache. I've heard of the flax gel before but never tried it, I didn't think it would work but maybe I'll give it a try.
I already use sulfate-free shampoos, but that site has some useful information.
I've never been very good at styling hair so I had it short for a few years and been growing it out the last couple years, its quite long now but I feel like I don't know what to do with it. |
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Wed Aug 28, 2013 2:01 pm |
SOMA Spray Leave-in Conditioner is lightweight, not overly smelly and just detangles hair, adds keratin for strength and gives it shine. No silicones. Doesnt make it stringy or greasy looking. Been using it forever. U only need a spritz so a bottle lasts a long time.
http://mysomahair.com/products.jsp
Its all in the brush you use for blowdrying too. I like a paddle brush for finishing thick hair after blowing dry with a huge roundbrush. |
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Thu Aug 29, 2013 5:35 am |
thanks fawnie, I have been looking for cone free products!
BFG |
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Thu Aug 29, 2013 7:41 pm |
| Soma to datangle, then I oil. When my hair was damaged it made it greasy, now it makes it shiny and bouncy. |
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Late 30's, fair skin, dark hair. Retin A, DIY potions. Missions completed- acne, acne scarring, 11's, redness, contact dermatitis. Working on maintenence and cellulite. |
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Thu Aug 29, 2013 8:31 pm |
You can also try steaming your hair.
Doing so increases its moisture content, which might give it more body. |
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Wed Sep 18, 2013 1:05 am |
Just a thought... need to know what is your hair type, cut etc. before talking about hair styling product is suitable. The most important is the condition of your hair is healthy and nourished.
Styling products usually are wax, mud, mousse, gel etc. You should be able to get recommendation from a good hair stylist that suits you the best plus how to use them properly. |
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Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:18 pm |
| fawnie wrote: |
SOMA Spray Leave-in Conditioner is lightweight, not overly smelly and just detangles hair, adds keratin for strength and gives it shine. No silicones. Doesnt make it stringy or greasy looking. Been using it forever. U only need a spritz so a bottle lasts a long time.
http://mysomahair.com/products.jsp
Its all in the brush you use for blowdrying too. I like a paddle brush for finishing thick hair after blowing dry with a huge roundbrush. |
I love Soma Spray-in too Fawnie. I use a paddle brush and my hair is bodacious thick. I was more than shocked that the Soma worked so well. I was convinced it wouldn't. |
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Enjoying dermalogica with my ASG and Pico toner ** Disclosure: I was a participant without remuneration in promotional videos for Ageless Secret Gold and the Neurotris Pico Emmy event. |
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Wed Sep 18, 2013 7:21 pm |
| Ava with wings wrote: |
| Soma to datangle, then I oil. When my hair was damaged it made it greasy, now it makes it shiny and bouncy. |
What kind of oil Ava? |
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Enjoying dermalogica with my ASG and Pico toner ** Disclosure: I was a participant without remuneration in promotional videos for Ageless Secret Gold and the Neurotris Pico Emmy event. |
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Wed Sep 18, 2013 8:07 pm |
I love how my hair feels right after coloring it. I use Clairol Natural Instincts. After coloring, my hair is smooth and silky and stays that way through 1-2 shampoos. I'd like to find a product that would give my hair the same smooth and silky feel every day.
Any suggestions? |
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