hair frizzy curly fluffy not straight and shiny help please.

[sue1386]

hair frizzy curly fluffy not straight and shiny help please.

i am thinking of looking for a blowdryer with a brushattachment on the end to help straighten my hair.

whenever i wash it, it still comes out dry, frizzy, fluffy boofy, rather than nice and flat and straight and shiny.

any suggestions please. i am using a shampoo and conditioner and defrizz from hair dresser but ti still turns out terrible and is so much work. if it was so much work but turned out nice it would be fine.

i have a ghd my hair still is dry and straw like instead of nice and soft and shiny.

hairhouse warehouse said the shampoo and conditioner i use will make the biggest difference but i got mine from my hairdresser and it hasnt done the trick

[melhoneybee]

Can you afford to buy a decent straightener? That will take off the frizz and smooth your hair. Also make sure your shampoo and conditioner is moisturising. I have frizzy hair and changed to one that makes a big difference to the texture of my hair when combined with blowdrying and straightening so i don't need to use much product at all on it

[christy]

I have curly frizzy hair but I don't straighten it. I find 3 things helpful in keeping frizz away. 1. don't blowdry (of course if you want to straighten your hair that may be hard...) 2. use a good product after washing to help weigh down your hair. I use an organic leave in conditioner that is like a thick cream. 3. Wash less. Frizzy hair actually needs oil. So I was told by hairdressers to wash my hair once weekly. Once I started doing that, my hair texture improved greatly.

Having said all of that, I don't blow dry or straighten, so I can't help much with that side of things.

[CharlieBrownGirl]

GHD saved my life. Topped off with some anti friz serum and you're set.
It's a great investment.

[sue1386]

i have a ghd my hair still is dry and straw like instead of nice and soft and shiny.

[PumpkinZulu]

I have curly frizzy hair but I don't straighten it. I find 3 things helpful in keeping frizz away. 1. don't blowdry (of course if you want to straighten your hair that may be hard...) 2. use a good product after washing to help weigh down your hair. I use an organic leave in conditioner that is like a thick cream. 3. Wash less. Frizzy hair actually needs oil. So I was told by hairdressers to wash my hair once weekly. Once I started doing that, my hair texture improved greatly.

Having said all of that, I don't blow dry or straighten, so I can't help much with that side of things.

Very good advice there. Does your hair have a natural curl (albeit a frizzy one)? And do you want to wear your hair curly, or dead set on straight? I find that nturally curly/frizzy hair doesn't really need the shampoo (common misconception that not usig shampoo makes your hair 'dirty'). I stopped shampooing my hair a while back and stuck only to a conditioner and a deep conditioning treatment, and my hair has never been softer/less frizzy/more managable. I still give it a good scrub in the shower, but only use the conditioner. I wear my hair curly after years of attempting to keep it straight, it looks fantastic, although you could just use conditoner and straighen, it just makes our hair type so much healthier iykwim?

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I loveeeeee the curls so much more! Good luck

[CharlieBrownGirl]

i have a ghd my hair still is dry and straw like instead of nice and soft and shiny.

Do you colour your hair? When I was lighter my hair was drying with each colour. Now I'm darker and my hair hair returned to shiny and soft. I also get a treatment with each colour. Also, the hairdressers have changed their product to organic and the colour lasts longer!

[Miss K]

There is a product called moroccan oil and I swear by it in my hair salon it works wonders in dry frizzy and curly hair and also straight and frizzy hair! You can also add it to your conditioner to make a treatment use it after straightening for a sleek shiny look and before blowdrying and straightening Also if you colour your hair you can have it added into any hair colour to protect the hair and add shine

[sue1386]

thanks for that
alot of people add back more conditioner or oil but i find it makes the hair look stiff or oily then too soon after washing

i went to my hairdressor who put some serum into my hair and it did make it so much nicer immediately. she said other oils stay on the surface but this one is absorbed intot he hair. so maybe its a bit similar to what you are talking about

hair house warehouse sold me a fortune in shampoo, conditioner and deep conditioner.

i havent tried them yet

thanks so much

[Willow]

Do you want your hair straight all the time? If so, I can recommend a straightening processed called Latino - Google 'latino hair straightening'.

A few of my friends have had it done. It keeps your hair straight for about 3-4 months at a time. And this is not like the old school chemical straightening, it is a protein treatment - their hair is very soft and shiny.

It is expensive but one of my friends had hair like yours all her life, but very 'fluffy' too and we cannot believe the difference.

She's going to have it done for the second time in a few weeks because it does wash/grow out but the more you have it done, the longer it lasts.

[sue1386]

thanks
i dont know the differences between the different types of straightening

i do know a wealthy friend who has her hair straightened nearbye , for about 6 months at a time it lasts and it costs maybe $500. does that sound like the same thing? it might be worth it for me seeing how much work my hair is but i cant see myself spending that although its probably cheaper in the long run. i recently paid $40 to have my hair blowwaved straight as i didnt have time to do it and i had a situation i needed to look good for fast. it does cause me alot of hassles so it probably would really help me to do that.

[Willow]

Where do you live? The salon's in the city here (Sydney) charge that much, but the ones out here closer to home (western sydney) charge a few hundred less. My friend paid $300, that was for the latino straightening, cut and colour.

If you have the money, I'd definitely recommend it. She literally gets up in the morning, washes it (you do need to use a special keratin based shampoo I think) gives it a quick dry with the hairdryer and she's out the door. She can even let it air dry if she's just at home - UNHEARD of for her.

[Junglemum]

i have curly frizzy hair.

I wash and condition it in the shower and brush it at the same time. i never brush it dry, unless i want it frizzy.
Then i get out, i don't towel dry it i just leave it to dry, when it's not dripping i put in some product and just leave it. I use frizz free balms, curl products but generally a creme works best in my hair.

If i straighten it all the time it goes frizzy. The hair dryer and straightener dry it out. So i learnt to embrace the curl and have it straighten from time to time. Although i have just cut it all off really short so it's not so surly now!

[*becstar*]

I too have learnt to embrace the curl

BUT when I did straighten my hair I would wash it at night, let it dry naturally, then straighten in the morning. That worked well for me cos then my hair was dry and ready to straighten but I also second that a blowdryer is a big no-no!

Are you using a heat protectant serum? if you straighten every day then you'd need this to help protect your hair from burning. Maybe your setting is too high too???

Good luck!! I gave up, it takes too much time!!

[Visitor7]

Another frizzy haired girl here as well It seems the lighter my hair is coloured, the harder it is to maintain. I do what Beck has just said, I wash only at night time, I NEVER blowdry my hair, and I straighten in the morning. I too hair a GHD (well 3 now), it's the best thing I've ever bought! It's taken a bit to find the right shampoo & conditioner for my hair. I also use a treatment every 2 weeks and I use a straightening balm before using the straightner.