QuoteReplyTopic: Static!!!! Posted: May 12 2008 at 11:16am
Ok, so any store I've worked in retail is always SUPER dry and it always has made my hair staticy. This new store I am working in is EXTRA super staticy lol. I mean you just walk across the carpet and touch something metal *ZAP* lol. So needless to say my hair flys all over the place. It looks horribly dry and frizzy when it's staticy. I heard somewhere to rub lotion between your hands and lightly rub the top of your head. Kind of like smoothing it down. That works for like 5 minutes. I give up! Then I heard you can make this spritz with fabric softener. Or you can use fabric softener SHEETS. Well, none of this helps while I'm out on the sales floor! None of the other girls have staticy hair. There has GOT to be something I can do. (Like maybe BEFORE work) It drives me INSANE! Would frizz ease work? I mean.. I don't have "frizzy" hair. But it seems like it would help? Please. Any advice is great. I'm going out today and was going to stop by Wal-Mart to look for new hair stuff. But I don't want to go w/o knowing what to look for!!! My other issue is that I need a new hair style lol. I've had the same thing for like 10 years. *sigh* But I will address that AFTER I fix this stupid static problem! Grrrrr.
Oh, also, maybe some shampoos/conditioners that will help this as well? In addition to whatever product I can find to help the static. I am totally clueless as it is in what type of shampoo/conditioner I should be using. Right now I use this T Gel almost every other day b/c I have horribly dry scalp. Mega dandruff. But the T Gel helps a lot. And on days I don't use that, I use Tresemme (I just started using it, a friend of mine recommended it to me) Because everything I have used before makes my scalp itchy and what not.
For me the biggest bother about static is the getting shocked, not so much the hair (I Hate getting shocked!). There are few things you can try. For your hair, if you use concentrated shampoo (straight out of the bottle) try diluting it instead. Get a small bottle to mix it in (don't keep it sitting around diluted), make up just what you'll need for one wash. Try half and half water with shampoo, you may find you can use even less shampoo than that later. Use enough of your mix that you still get suds. This will help many things, it will dry out your hair less because shampoo tends to be too concentrated, (that may help with your static by helping weigh your hair down slightly more. Your scalp will also produce less oil, and if you've ever had any dandruff, this can fix that too. You may even be able to go an extra day between washing because your scalp won't be as overdry, and your hair will still look clean.
I've learned how to avoid getting shocked. The most important thing is the fabric your clothes are made of, and also the soles of your shoes. (If I remember right from last winter, rubber soles like tennis shoes are better), but this may not even be important if you wear only natural fabric and nothing manmade. Synthetic fabrics seem to set up a charge in your body and get you zapped. I've noticed I don't get zapped if I don't wear synthetic fibers. Here's a list for you: Synthetics you'll get zapped wearing: Acrylic (made of natural gas and petroleum) Nylon (made from petroleum) Polyester (made from coal and petroleum)
Rayon (I think its a synthetic, but its made of cellulose, which is more natural, I'm not sure if it would shock you or not) Acetate (same thing, is man made, but made of wood fibers, cellulose)
Natural fabrics that you shouldn't get zapped wearing: Cotton (plant fiber) Linen (plant fiber) Silk (protein from caterpillars) Wool (animal hair)
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