tigereye
January 1st, 2017, 10:53 AM
Hi everyone, it's been a while since I posted over in these parts of the board because I was mostly happy with my routine.
However, I moved a year and a half ago to Yorkshire, and my hair has steadily got worse - frizzy, not soft, not smooth. I considered it was products, tried clarifying (didn't work, and my skin was hellish afterwards because sulphates don't agree with it), and eventually just accepted that manipulation from French braiding it every day for work was taking its toll on my past-classic hair (I wear a respirator at work that means I need to do a low bun, and if I don't pin said bun to a French braid, it pulls and gives me a headache).
The other day, I came back home to visit my parents and grandparents in Scotland for new year, and washed my hair while I was here. My hair is immediately back to soft, smooth and wavy (not frizzy) - i.e. how my hair used to be.
I wondered if it was the water, so I looked online at the water data for the two postcodes, and turns out, home is very soft - only 8mg/l calcium on average. My postcode in Yorkshire is still not bad (27mg/l calcium) but harder than I'm used to.
Im wondering if a water-softening shower head could help. I live in a rented flat, so I can't put in anything more permanent, and I don't even know if the shower head would be worth it.
Chelating shampoos all seem to have sulphates in them, which my dermatologist has advised to avoid where I can (specifically SLS and SLES). What about regular rinses? I have heard stuff about citric acid, and though it's fairly hard to get hold of here, I still have some left over from making elderflower cordial in summer. Any thoughts/experiences?
However, I moved a year and a half ago to Yorkshire, and my hair has steadily got worse - frizzy, not soft, not smooth. I considered it was products, tried clarifying (didn't work, and my skin was hellish afterwards because sulphates don't agree with it), and eventually just accepted that manipulation from French braiding it every day for work was taking its toll on my past-classic hair (I wear a respirator at work that means I need to do a low bun, and if I don't pin said bun to a French braid, it pulls and gives me a headache).
The other day, I came back home to visit my parents and grandparents in Scotland for new year, and washed my hair while I was here. My hair is immediately back to soft, smooth and wavy (not frizzy) - i.e. how my hair used to be.
I wondered if it was the water, so I looked online at the water data for the two postcodes, and turns out, home is very soft - only 8mg/l calcium on average. My postcode in Yorkshire is still not bad (27mg/l calcium) but harder than I'm used to.
Im wondering if a water-softening shower head could help. I live in a rented flat, so I can't put in anything more permanent, and I don't even know if the shower head would be worth it.
Chelating shampoos all seem to have sulphates in them, which my dermatologist has advised to avoid where I can (specifically SLS and SLES). What about regular rinses? I have heard stuff about citric acid, and though it's fairly hard to get hold of here, I still have some left over from making elderflower cordial in summer. Any thoughts/experiences?