My hair is bleached white and over winter it's got so so dry. I co-wash most of the time (unless I'm shampooing out bleach or need to tone) and I use a Garnier Ultimate Blends conditioner as my wash conditioner.
I got some of the Dumb Blonde Reconstructor as I need something heavy to put some moisture back into my hair and I have K-Pak as my protein treatment.
I've found that after using the Dumb Blonde, my ends feel pretty dry and cheaper thinner conditioners give me a better end result. Which got me thinking, although it's a 'Reconstructor' I always thought that Dumb Blonde wasn't really a protein treatment as such as was more of a intense conditioner.
Am I getting the dry hair feeling because it's actually got too much protein or is it just not that good at conditioning?
Posted : May 17, 2016 2:15 pm
There's a really good chance you've over done the protein.
The reconstructor has as least two forms of protein. I have no idea how much that really means though! Anything called a reconstructor tends to have a fair amount of protein though. It also has two forms of silicone too...
I can tell you though, be careful. I knew that my hair can't take much protein and I recently over did it. My hair went really dry and started breaking off so much. It might be worth washing your hair with a clarifying shampoo a few times and giving it a good deep condition to see if that helps. That helped me a lot.
Posted : May 17, 2016 3:17 pm
That reconstructor is definitely a protein treatment
Posted : May 17, 2016 3:45 pm
That might explain it then, I've been using it each time I wash my hair (once a week) as my finishing conditioner.
My hair is bleached to death though so I guess I assumed it would need the protein if it were a protein treatment. I'll stick to my normal conditioners for now then.
Posted : May 17, 2016 5:50 pm
Yeah, my hair is highly damaged, but if I carefully use protein once every few weeks it works well. More than that and I'm in breakage city! It took me a while to work out a few years ago that I had to be sparing with it. I've never used conditioners with protein in them. Before I used olaplex I could hardly use it at all, some how the olaplex has made my hair able to take it and have benefit from it. But still very sparingly!
Posted : May 17, 2016 7:07 pm
Protein should always be followed by a moisturising treatment.
Some hair types respond well to protein, others do not despite being bleached/damaged. Too much protein can definitely cause brittleness and breakage. You need to find the right balance of protein to moisture
Posted : May 17, 2016 9:03 pm
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