rocksmom
August 2nd, 2011, 12:54 PM
I just introduced myself in the introductions forum, but could really use some thoughts and/or advice on the problems I've had with my hair as well as my plan I have for it going forward. I'll start with a little history on my hair.
My hair looked it's best in high school despite the abuse I put it through. I used cheap sls shampoos with the coordinating conditioner and heat styled every single day with a hair dryer and a large barrel curling iron. I don't think I used any products at that time. Maybe a coney cream when I was done styling. I also dyed my hair pretty often, including going blonde one time from my normally medium brown. Fast forward to after I was married I started using salon products and wearing it up constantly because I was just too lazy to blow dry and style it. Still colored occasionally.
Now, the last month or so I've been reading about hair care both here and on a curly hair forum. In that time I've tried co washing with a few different conditioners. I tried bars which I think led to a lot of breakage. All of a sudden I have short little hairs everywhere! I tried cone free products. I tried oils. I tried protein. Etc, etc. I've come to the conclusion that my hair didn't really like any of it. Now my hair is looking pretty rough and even after a DT it's not too happy. I know it's mostly from washing too often and trying out too many things, so here's my "k.i.s.s." routine that I plan on making myself follow for at least 2-4 weeks:
1. CWC using a coney conditioner and a cone free, sls shampoo.
2. Go as long between washes as possible to give hair time to recover.
3. DT once per week after a shampoo.
My hair just didn't seem to like being cone free, which I'm guessing is attributed to it's high porosity. It would dry fast becoming poofy and frizzy and then soak up every bit of moisture in the air since it didn't like any oil on it to seal it. I figure I'll go back to cones for awhile and now that I know about build up I should be able to manage them better.
Any thoughts on all of this? I know I wrote a book, and I apologize. there's just so much to learn here. :o
Oh, one more thing. I'm considering using henna + indigo down the line to cover some old highlights and deepen up my "mousy" hair. Do you think this will help the condition of my particular head of hair (as far as porosity, texture, etc)?
Thanks!
My hair looked it's best in high school despite the abuse I put it through. I used cheap sls shampoos with the coordinating conditioner and heat styled every single day with a hair dryer and a large barrel curling iron. I don't think I used any products at that time. Maybe a coney cream when I was done styling. I also dyed my hair pretty often, including going blonde one time from my normally medium brown. Fast forward to after I was married I started using salon products and wearing it up constantly because I was just too lazy to blow dry and style it. Still colored occasionally.
Now, the last month or so I've been reading about hair care both here and on a curly hair forum. In that time I've tried co washing with a few different conditioners. I tried bars which I think led to a lot of breakage. All of a sudden I have short little hairs everywhere! I tried cone free products. I tried oils. I tried protein. Etc, etc. I've come to the conclusion that my hair didn't really like any of it. Now my hair is looking pretty rough and even after a DT it's not too happy. I know it's mostly from washing too often and trying out too many things, so here's my "k.i.s.s." routine that I plan on making myself follow for at least 2-4 weeks:
1. CWC using a coney conditioner and a cone free, sls shampoo.
2. Go as long between washes as possible to give hair time to recover.
3. DT once per week after a shampoo.
My hair just didn't seem to like being cone free, which I'm guessing is attributed to it's high porosity. It would dry fast becoming poofy and frizzy and then soak up every bit of moisture in the air since it didn't like any oil on it to seal it. I figure I'll go back to cones for awhile and now that I know about build up I should be able to manage them better.
Any thoughts on all of this? I know I wrote a book, and I apologize. there's just so much to learn here. :o
Oh, one more thing. I'm considering using henna + indigo down the line to cover some old highlights and deepen up my "mousy" hair. Do you think this will help the condition of my particular head of hair (as far as porosity, texture, etc)?
Thanks!