Humdity...and other problems

I have moderately thick shoulderlength hair with bangs and layers. Every time there is even a a LITTLE humidity...my hair poofs up...or the layers flip out and I start to look like country singers (no offesne...they jus thave a lot of the flips in their hair). Plus my bangs decide it would be fun to drive me crazy and curl into a wave. I HATE dealing with this! I blow dry &straighten my hair...I change my shampoos and conditioners a lot. I try to dry my hair as much possibel and save the straightner for finishing touches as it does less damage. I am SO upset that this happens...sometimes even when it's not humid it freaks out and curls or thickens at the most random times. Once in a blue moon my hair is straight, and STAYS that way! I protect my hair and try not to damage my hair too much by not adding to many products to my hair. I don't want to try any permanents straghteners...does anyone have tips to seal in the locks so they REMAIN straight>??? Cuz I am so through with all of <<this>>

Edited by palikane - July 25 2006 at 3:27pm

OH, and what is your hair type?

Ok, you definitly need a better iron. The Solia is great and compare to others, very affordable. I myself own a Sedu. But I tried my friends Solia and loved it.  It is heavier than the Sedu, wich to me is a good thing. The Sedu is a little too light for my taste, but it does work wonders. It also gets way too hot on the outside, and the Solia doesn't.

That being said, you need to use better products. When you heat style your hair, you have to take extra good care of it. I wrote down my hair regimen on a previous post. It is titled "the fight against humidity". If you click on the Straight Talk forum and go to page number 3, you should be able to find it. It is too much information for me to write it all down again.

I know initialy is going to be an investment, but trust me, it is worth it. Your hair is your most important accesory, so treat it right.

You're very welcome, do keep me posted. I'm don't give up. You won't have beautiful hair over night, but it will happen.

Honey I feel your pain. I am a hairdresser who was embarassed to tell anyone my profession during the summer months! Gosh what a frizz ball my hair was UNTIL I started getting Thermal Reconditioning. I started with an Optismooth TR with the flat iron, and now I get the Optismooth cold to give me some body since I have fine hair.

Oh! it makes me so happy to hear that! So glad it worked for you as good as it has for me. Another fellow puffy head saved LOL, makes jump with joy. Remember the smooth down line is heavy, so you need to clarify at least once a month to prevent the build up from ruining your beatiful look.

The Hair Redken cleansing cream is great, however a little too good LOL. If you color your hair you can not use it. It even says it on the bottle. It will strip your color right out. So, if don't color, I say use it for sure, but if you do, get something gentler. Back to basics or Paul Mitchell Shampoo two.

Okay well I got some Pantene Classic Clean Shampoo lying around so I'll keep that dully noted...I still gotta get that heat glidee....

Why don't you try what I did?