Last year I did a lot of color in bottom layers of my hair while leaving the top layer bleached white, as you can imagine, I had to bleach often to keep the colors that would occasionally bleed into the blonde out. It has now been 4-5? months since I stopped the bleaching and crazy colors but my hair is still damaged and I know this is because I straighten it at least twice a week. I have two inches of new growth and as it goes I'm trying to snip my damaged ends to get it back to a healthier state without all those bleached ends. Anyways, I don't need help with nourishing my hair and I have patience untill it's all my un-bleached hair again, but I want to get away from the blow dryer and the straightener however, my naturally dried hair is terrible! So I'm looking for some suggestions.
I don't want any crazy styles really, I usually just like my hair down or pull it up in a pony tail, what I want is a product that will help either give it some curl or something.
So my naturally dry hair...the bleached section, which is most of my hair, goes straight but very poof, while the section of my normal hair is slightly curly and frizy, then there is the back!! its a mixture of all of that combined. So just letting my hair dry and going out, is a bad idea.
Coconut oils don't like my hair, it either looks very oily, even when I use very little, or I have the coconut milk leave in product and it makes my hair so thick I can't brush it easily. I normally just use a bit of argan oil and stay at home for the day. I have tried a couple gels and hairsprays to try and rid the friz and poof but it just doesn't work out well at all. While other sprays may add a bit of curl so that my hair isn't two different styles, it makes my hair easily tangled and unmanageable by time I'm home. I really just want to be able to add a bit of product, and let it dry.
Posted : February 7, 2015 5:54 pm
Do you put oil on your hair when it's still damp or when it's dry already? some people notice a big improvement by applying a couple of oil drops on damp hair.
I like to use Lush sea salt spray on my hair. I've tried other sea salt sprays but so far, this one is the best: doesn't dry the hair up, smells nice (big plus for me) and no stickiness. It definitely adds body and texture to the hair but it's still very light, it doesn't feel like you've put a ton of products.
Posted : February 7, 2015 6:08 pm
Coconut oil is the best product for smoothing and defining curl on damaged hair IME. It shouldn't look greasy if you use the correct amount, you need a pea sized piece melted in your hands and smoothed through the frizzy areas. If you add it to wet hair it helps to hold curl. You can set your hair on large rollers, plait it or twist it if you want more movement.
You can try silicone based serums, but they are heavy, so tend to make the hair straighter rather than defining curl.
Posted : February 7, 2015 6:17 pm
Do you put oil on your hair when it's still damp or when it's dry already? some people notice a big improvement by applying a couple of oil drops on damp hair.
I like to use Lush sea salt spray on my hair. I've tried other sea salt sprays but so far, this one is the best: doesn't dry the hair up, smells nice (big plus for me) and no stickiness. It definitely adds body and texture to the hair but it's still very light, it doesn't feel like you've put a ton of products.
Sometimes I apply both when damp and dry depends on how dry it feels that day, but usually always just when it's damp. I have looked into the salt sprays, but I thought they were for adding volume? I don't really need any volume, or have I been mis-understanding what the spray do?
Posted : February 7, 2015 6:45 pm
Well they should add some volume too indeed, but in my experience the hair gains volume because such products help in creating waves in it, not because of the product itself. But they're mostly for styling, to get that "beach hair" look..So not really defined curls or waves like you could get with rollers or curling wands but a more natural one.
I've read about curly haired people that use sea salt sprays to keep the hair somehow tamed. I don't know whether it depends on the kind of curls or what else, though... my hair is straight.
Posted : February 7, 2015 7:37 pm
How long is your hair?
You can style your hair while damp then sleep on it for waves/curl the next day - big chunky braids will add waves, a sock bun for curls. There's also curlformers, twists, rag rolling etc.
Alternatively you could wear your hair up more.
I don't know anything about sprays or styling products but I also advocate applying a few drops of oil to damp hair, but not near the scalp, just the lengths & ends.
Posted : February 10, 2015 11:50 am
Have you tried jojoba oil on your ends? I like to apply it after a leave in conditioner it seals I the moisture from the condish and can help the appearance of hair, what about letting your hair air dry and the using something like Velcro rollers?
Or let damp hair dry in pin curls, pillow rollers, or sponge rollers?you can get cool beachy waves by making rag rollers by cutting an old t shirt into one inch strips and wrapping damp hair around them sleeping in them, or wrap snap and ho rollers which are a simmilar idea
Posted : February 21, 2015 10:07 pm
Well they should add some volume too indeed, but in my experience the hair gains volume because such products help in creating waves in it, not because of the product itself. But they're mostly for styling, to get that "beach hair" look..So not really defined curls or waves like you could get with rollers or curling wands but a more natural one.
I've read about curly haired people that use sea salt sprays to keep the hair somehow tamed. I don't know whether it depends on the kind of curls or what else, though... my hair is straight.
I'm wavy curly, and the salt sprays are great, but can be drying if you already have dry hair, I do however like the loreal txt it spray, i layer it with spay on leave in condish and scrunch and it gives some body and wave definition
Posted : February 21, 2015 10:10 pm
Yes, I've tried different salt sprays and found almost all of them too drying, or too sticky. The Lush one is so far the only one that doesn't dry my hair but gives texture keeping the hair soft
Posted : February 21, 2015 10:35 pm
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