flourish
October 1st, 2011, 11:26 AM
I have frizzy thick 2b-3a hair- some ringlet curls, some waves, and a lot of slightly waved poof. I'm trying to grow my hair to waist length and am currently stuck at just below shoulder length. This tends to be my problem length- I hit this point and then spend months and months here without much discernible change.
I have absolutely no idea what to do with my hair to cut down on frizz and increase moisture. I've tried co-washing, no poo, using natural shampoos and the more common drugstore brands, tried deep conditioners (olive oil, placenta, weekly masks, leave-in conditioners, etc), and have stopped using any heat styling. I've also tried using combs and fingers intead of brushes. (Though at this point I'm so tired of the ungodly ugliness of my snarled air dried hair that I usually brush it out and pull it up in a ponytail/headband.)
My hair stays the same, though. The only difference I've found after using these different routines is that after using conditioners/deep conditioners my hair might feel softer but it is still frizzy and feels greasy/weighed down. If I use combs/don't touch my hair it still dries into a snarled tangled mess of frizz/half-heated waves. I have chemically dyed my hair in the past month or so, but this problem started long before that.
Any advice? I'm at my wits end here. I just want shiny (well, shinier), soft, less frizzy long hair and I don't see that happening anytime soon. :(
I have absolutely no idea what to do with my hair to cut down on frizz and increase moisture. I've tried co-washing, no poo, using natural shampoos and the more common drugstore brands, tried deep conditioners (olive oil, placenta, weekly masks, leave-in conditioners, etc), and have stopped using any heat styling. I've also tried using combs and fingers intead of brushes. (Though at this point I'm so tired of the ungodly ugliness of my snarled air dried hair that I usually brush it out and pull it up in a ponytail/headband.)
My hair stays the same, though. The only difference I've found after using these different routines is that after using conditioners/deep conditioners my hair might feel softer but it is still frizzy and feels greasy/weighed down. If I use combs/don't touch my hair it still dries into a snarled tangled mess of frizz/half-heated waves. I have chemically dyed my hair in the past month or so, but this problem started long before that.
Any advice? I'm at my wits end here. I just want shiny (well, shinier), soft, less frizzy long hair and I don't see that happening anytime soon. :(