Kazazi
January 12th, 2011, 09:05 AM
I am desperately looking for new ideas and advice to keep my ends & length moisturised better as current attempts don't seem to be working to well.
For the past year, I have switched over from washing every other day to washing just once a week and using dry shampoo (mostly Dr. Hauschka or Lush powder) on my scalp in-between. This works really well for avoiding greasies and having an overall happy scalp, but now that it's winter and my hair is quite long (longer BSL) for the first time, I am really starting to struggle with dry ends.
I alread mist and oil my ends nearly every evening, mostly with plain distilled water and either with Fox' Shea Butter cream or some kind of good hair oil like jojoba, coconut, argan or camellia. This doesn't really seem to do much for the ends though, which get dryer and parchier as the week progresses.
I get the same (non-)results with commercial or coney leave-ins and moisturisers.
At night, my hair is always up in a bun, with the ends moisturised as decribed above, and I sleep on silk.
I also do a deep oiling or treatment before washing every week, ie slather on loads more of the abovementioned goodies on damp hair the night before, or morning of wash day, plus sometimes a SMT or similar concoction an hour or so before the wash.
The wash itself tends to involve a mild shampoo, mostly conditioner on the ends and sometimes a catnip or acid rinse.
Do you have any ideas how I could keep my ends in better shape throughout the week?
Also, as they don't seem as dry right after washing, should I consider completely wetting the hair or at least ends down more often? I am a bit reluctant to do that, as the weekly wash with dry shampoo in-between works so well for my scalp, it's convenient and I thought I was doing my length a favour by not getting it totally wet so often, too.
But I am willing to try something new if it is promising...just completely wetting the ends? Completely rinsing the hair without any product? Rinsing and conditioning? CO wash (tried in past with so-so results)? Other ideas?
Many thanks in advance!
For the past year, I have switched over from washing every other day to washing just once a week and using dry shampoo (mostly Dr. Hauschka or Lush powder) on my scalp in-between. This works really well for avoiding greasies and having an overall happy scalp, but now that it's winter and my hair is quite long (longer BSL) for the first time, I am really starting to struggle with dry ends.
I alread mist and oil my ends nearly every evening, mostly with plain distilled water and either with Fox' Shea Butter cream or some kind of good hair oil like jojoba, coconut, argan or camellia. This doesn't really seem to do much for the ends though, which get dryer and parchier as the week progresses.
I get the same (non-)results with commercial or coney leave-ins and moisturisers.
At night, my hair is always up in a bun, with the ends moisturised as decribed above, and I sleep on silk.
I also do a deep oiling or treatment before washing every week, ie slather on loads more of the abovementioned goodies on damp hair the night before, or morning of wash day, plus sometimes a SMT or similar concoction an hour or so before the wash.
The wash itself tends to involve a mild shampoo, mostly conditioner on the ends and sometimes a catnip or acid rinse.
Do you have any ideas how I could keep my ends in better shape throughout the week?
Also, as they don't seem as dry right after washing, should I consider completely wetting the hair or at least ends down more often? I am a bit reluctant to do that, as the weekly wash with dry shampoo in-between works so well for my scalp, it's convenient and I thought I was doing my length a favour by not getting it totally wet so often, too.
But I am willing to try something new if it is promising...just completely wetting the ends? Completely rinsing the hair without any product? Rinsing and conditioning? CO wash (tried in past with so-so results)? Other ideas?
Many thanks in advance!