View Full Version : Frizz ball!!
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 01:24 AM
My hair has been a frizzy mess for years, i have tried everything, the only thing that works is straightening it, which I only do every 3 months ish, has anyone got any tips so i can stop using heat?
I braid it at night and use garnier ultimate blends sleek perfector oil with pure coconut oil and is washed 2 times a week ish, depending if i have gotten hay or horse feed in it
diddiedaisy
December 2nd, 2015, 03:07 AM
The brush is the main enemy of curlies. Do you leave your hair to air dry? If im wearing my hair curly any sign of a brush or hair dryer leaves it frizzy.
Wosie
December 2nd, 2015, 03:15 AM
It does sound like you might have wavy or curly hair... Brushing it and straightening it will only worsen the frizz problem. What is your hair type?
Arctic
December 2nd, 2015, 03:17 AM
Ladies above took the words from my, erm, keyboard, but I wanted to say, that on those bad hair days, maybe try messy buns, they work awesomely well when hair is big and voluminous :)
Chocowalnut
December 2nd, 2015, 03:19 AM
I had the same problem for a long time. Is your hair heat-damaged very much? Try washing it and using a good coney conditioner and then letting it air dry without touching it at all.
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 05:56 AM
It does sound like you might have wavy or curly hair... Brushing it and straightening it will only worsen the frizz problem. What is your hair type?
I only brush my hair when necessary (before and after washing) otherwise it spends a lot of time in braids, it is very wavy and i love that which is part of why i hate straightening it
Arctic
December 2nd, 2015, 05:58 AM
Try not to brush after washing; it will only break the wave/curl pattern and cause frizz.
lapushka
December 2nd, 2015, 06:45 AM
I have wavy hair as well. What helps is carefully combing it with a wide-tooth comb (WTC), then with a brush *before* a wash. Then when my hair comes out of the towel (damp), I only go over it once with a WTC! Then I use styling products (LOC method, good for fighting frizz, see signature) and leave it alone. This is key! You cannot brush it anymore once dry, or you will disturb the wave pattern and you will get frizz. You are not supposed to ever comb or brush wavy/curly hair once it's dry.
spidermom
December 2nd, 2015, 06:49 AM
Rubbing a small blob of styling gel between wet palms, then over the surface of my hair as the last step in styling really helps to tame those surface frizzies. It works as long as I don't mess with my hair or get hit by wind.
Obsidian
December 2nd, 2015, 08:12 AM
Maybe try plopping to help define the curls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mInPt4-_Dyc
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 08:34 AM
Thanks, i do use a WTC normally but straightened my hair last night because I couldn't find it anywhere and my hair got all matted
And sorry for the ignorance but what is LOC?
lapushka
December 2nd, 2015, 08:35 AM
Thanks, i do use a WTC normally but straightened my hair last night because I couldn't find it anywhere and my hair got all matted
And sorry for the ignorance but what is LOC?
It's a styling method. The link is in my signature. ;) Follow it, it will explain it there. :)
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 08:42 AM
Sorry just realised it was a link in your bio
lapushka
December 2nd, 2015, 10:27 AM
Sorry just realised it was a link in your bio
My bio? ??? No it's beneath every post I post. ;)
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 11:09 AM
My bio? ??? No it's beneath every post I post. ;)
Sorry again, I'm too used to instagram!
gthlvrmx
December 2nd, 2015, 11:25 AM
Maybe the straightener is making your hair get frizzier from the heat damage. I remember reading someone was in this cycle of straightening their hair to get rid of their frizzy hair and have straight hair again, but the heat was causing too much damage that was showing up eventually which caused them to have frizzy hair later on.
Ponymad21
December 2nd, 2015, 03:15 PM
Maybe the straightener is making your hair get frizzier from the heat damage. I remember reading someone was in this cycle of straightening their hair to get rid of their frizzy hair and have straight hair again, but the heat was causing too much damage that was showing up eventually which caused them to have frizzy hair later on.
But would using it every 3 months make such a huge difference? It really is only if i am going out to a wedding or something
gthlvrmx
December 2nd, 2015, 03:24 PM
But would using it every 3 months make such a huge difference? It really is only if i am going out to a wedding or something
You said you have had frizzy hair for years, so that's about 4 times a year that you straighten it. If you haven't cut off the damage yet, it's still in there. Hair grows about 6 inches a year on average.
Have you tried clarifying and then using a drop of baby oil on your wet hair to retain moisture? It may help with the frizzy hair.
lapushka
December 2nd, 2015, 03:35 PM
But would using it every 3 months make such a huge difference? It really is only if i am going out to a wedding or something
Every 3 months may not seem much, but every pass a hot tool like that makes over a strand is possible damage. Check your hair for white dots (up the shaft, not at the ends). If those are in there, that is heat damage. It *could* potentially attribute to the frizz factor, but if you are treating your hair as straight when you're a wurly, is most likely what's the root cause in that case.
Ponymad21
December 3rd, 2015, 03:13 PM
No white spots on the shaft
lapushka
December 3rd, 2015, 03:20 PM
No white spots on the shaft
OMG, you are *so* lucky! :D I'm glad.
If I were you I'd experiment a bit with adding more moisture to the lengths (things like CWC or WCC methods for washing), and then styling as per the LOC method (don't use too much product, though, just a tiny bit of each is *plenty*).
jeanniet
December 3rd, 2015, 04:37 PM
If your hair is "very wavy" and frizzy, I'd bet you are really a brushed-out curly. Try only detangling in the shower when your hair is drenched in conditioner, using a leave in, and drying without touching. If you see clumping and some curl formation, keep at it. It can take some time for the curls to come out. You can try CO if you're up to it, but you can have curls successfully with shampoo as long as you put conditioner back in. You probably also have some damage from straightening, but based on what you've said I suspect your texture is curlier than you think. I went for years thinking I was a frizzy wavy, and when I started treating my hair as curly it turned out it was really very curly--and it's a lot easier to deal with now.
Ponymad21
December 4th, 2015, 01:02 AM
I had curly hair when i was little but they got cut out and it was never curly again after that
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