Ok so this post is for all girls out there.....I need your advice! I am going crazy! How much conditioner do you use in the shower? No matter how much or how little I use my hair is so dry and static-y. I feel like my finger is jammed into a socket all the time! Does anyone have experience with this? What should I do? Are you supposed to use a ton of conditioner to help or this the complete opposite of what you should do? I am lost. Also, I am seriously worried about how much hair I shed everyday. Poor Kevin and Sam always have my hair stuck to them. I swear at this rate I am going to be bald soon! Is there anything I can do about this too? I'm just so tired of all this. Let me know if you have any advice :) Thanks!
My best advice... move to the East Coast =) my hair and skin were always super dry when I lived in Utah! Some girls I know put olive oil in their hair overnight, others try to wash less frequently... good luck!
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ReplyDeleteIt's common for your hair to "shed" more after you have a baby. You don't shed that much during pregnancy so your body is making up for it. (And yes, it can take a couple months for this to start happening). When I got really sick and hospitalized in 2009 I was malnourished and lost half my hair... 4 months later!! This is also a bad time for hair in Utah. I keep mine pulled back more because of it. Look for products that help with frizziness. I also aim to wash my hair about every other day (not every day) to help with the shedding, dryness, and frizziness.
ReplyDeleteDitto what Summer said about the hair shedding...unfortunately there's nothing you can do about that. For the frizzies, I love Paul Mitchell's Smoothing Super Skinny Serum.
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I'm not the biggest fan of their shampoo and conditioner, but I really like their serum (but only use a couple drops). I actually only wash my hair twice a week so it doesn't dry out so much.
Okay. girl. Listen up!
ReplyDeleteStatic is caused by a lack of moisture in your hair. Winter typically exacerbates it. The atmosphere tries to draw moisture from your hair, and especially if it's already too dry in the first place this osmosis causes the hair to fly up and around.
Lack of moisture also contributes to the frizzy, non-smoothness of your hair because of the design of the hair cuticle (the outer-most layer of each strand). Remember those pantene-pro-v commercials that zoom in on a strand of hair? Hair is sort of scaly... each strand has shingles that run downward... if you run your fingers upward a strand of hair, you will feel the friction versus the smoothness if you run them downward. Imagine those "scales" happy and fully hydrated, nice and pump. Now, imagine them dehydrated, sucked dry, peeling up and curling at the edges.
Lack of moisture will keep that strand from feeling smooth, as well as not blow drying it correctly. When you blow dry, you want to run your round brush downward in each motion so you aren't "roughing up" those scales. Does that make sense?
The solution?
1) A weekly deep conditioner (try mine). Do not use on the roots or it will weigh your hair down.
2) Blow dry correctly. Use a round brush as you go (some people like natural boar bristle brushes which draw your natural hair oils from your scalp downward... I've liked synthetic better and so think I have less static from synthetic) and use an ionic blow dryer (I don't have one because I don't get static, but it is a major solution for hair static).
H20 has a positive charge, and standard blow dryers release positive ions... there is no attraction between the two. However, ionic blow dryers release negatively charged ions which are attracted to the water molecules, thus breaking them up into smaller particles and drawing them out of your hair after a shower (this has nothing to do with heat) more quickly so that you don't have to use the hair dryer as long and expose your hair to the heat that dries out the hair in a damaging way.
Lastly, take advantage of the cool dry button on your hair dryer. Warm air opens the scaly hair shaft, whereas cool air closes it and draws those scales back in. The cool dry button is meant to apply a quick shot of cool air to “set” your hair in the preferred style and smooth the shafts.
3) Minimize heat damage, ESPECIALLY from flat irons. Heat causes water to evaporate, thus drying out your hair further. You can avoid the excessive heat caused by hair dryer plus flat iron by just blow drying.
If you still like your straightener, at least try to apply a heat-damage product first. Tresemme has a decent one.
What you really should do is go visit a Sally Hansen location. Have you ever been to one? It’s a salon for the public who aren’t licensed. Someone there can walk you through various products (conditioners, heat damage sprays, round brushes, hair dryers, etc.) I use cheap conditioner, but did buy a really nice $20 brush there.
I think the one closest to you is:
5642 S. 900 EAST, UNIT 5
MURRAY, UT 84121-1173
Phone: (801) 685-7227
Or they have a ton of stores in Japan!
Wow! What great feedback already!!! Thanks for your advice.....Kris I totally blow dry my hair upside down so I think I am brushing it the wrong way....makes sense cause every time they do it at the hair salon they use a round brush and it looks so good!
ReplyDeleteI'm relieved that I'm not going bald....I was seriously freaking out.....I'll just accept whats going on and try to get over it.
I'll look up some of those hair serums and give them a try. I just can't afford anything too expensive. Do you think going for a few weeks without straightening or blow drying my hair would help it heal?
I had my little guy three months ago and I am shedding a ton, too. My hubby hates it! As for dryness and static, I stopped blow-drying my hair and it helped a TON. I just let it air dry. I also use pantene pro-v shampoo and a little conditioner cuz it helps the tangles. I think it cuts down on my brushing time by at least 75 percent. Also, I use an oval, padded vent brush instead of a soft bristle brush. That helps with the static as well. The soft brushes just make it more frizzy. Finally, if I am wearing a certain shirt that makes it static-y, I just put some lotion on my hands, rub it in so there is just a tiny bit of residue, then run my hands over the static-y hair and it helps calm the static down temporarily...
ReplyDeleteI agree with the paul mitchell smoothing super skinney serum. I also love the new conditioner by Paul Mitchell Awapuhi Wild Ginger Intensive Treatment. It is AMAZING! it has helped my hair a ton.
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