hi-i'm asian too. i have thick, coarse, frizzy, wavy, shoulder length hair. i use a hair straightener on my bangs everyday to smooth out the unruly wave. are there any products out there that might help me tame the wave in my bangs and the rest of my hair?! its becoming a nuisance to do my hair, yet i refuse to go out the door w/out straight bangs. can someone give me advice?! thanks!
Walmart sells LouAna brand coconut oil in the vegetable oil section of their food store. It's really cheap. I prefer a more natural oil, because I like a real coconut fragrance, but this is a real bargain.
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Judging from your avatar, your hair looks like my hair back in the old days, before I stupidly subjected my hair to dyes and straighteners.
I grew up with the best straight hair ever, and it had a beautiful natural blue tint to it and little frizz. I never blow dryed it, straightened it, or dyed it. But 2 years ago, I cut off all of my hair for a chance (Stupidest hair blunder ever!), and since then, even though I grew all of my hair back to the original length, it just will not be as beautiful as before. So what did I do? I dyed it, I cut it again, and I straightened it a lot.
I've been seriously debating over how to get my natural hair color back without dealing with the half black, half red situation. And I really would LOVE to have my nice straight hair back without all that maintenance and worrying that comes with a straightener.
Is there any chance that I can ever get my childhood hair back? Today, I went through and snipped off a lot of split ends that I had found throughout my hair. Tomorrow, I will be buying some type of oil for deep conditioning. Would places like Walmart sell coconut oil, or should I try places like Sally's? We don't have real health stores around here.
I remember reading that you have never dyed your hair before, but do you know if there is any healthy way that I can get my natural color back without going through a year's worth of root color differences?
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PS- I have gone through some research about Locks of Love, and I discovered some unusual differences. Such as they said that they do not make wigs for chemo paitients, and then later on, I found a place that said they did. It was very unsual, so I will continue my research. Thanks for the heads up. =)
PPS- E-mail me or IM me at Serene Star 9 (AIM) sometime. I would love to chat with you, Anais!
(1) a light and cheap prewash conditioner (1) or prewash oiling with coconut oil (about a teaspoon of oil for anywhere between BSL and waist length) (2) Kirkland Marine Algae Shampoo from Costco (appropriate drugstore substitutes are Paul Mitchell Awapuhi shampoo or Salon Selectives shampoos. They contain gentle cleansers) (3) diluted apple cider vinegar rinse (weekly). It's about 1/2 cup diluted in a 20oz soda bottle of water. (4) Suave Professionals BioBasics conditioner (contains silicones)
Lately I've been doing step 1 oiling only once a week since oiling is too heavy and time consuming for me to do every wash. My new routine involves a "prewash conditioner" to make my routine a CWC (condition, wash, condition-- method invented by Martine) This prewash conditioner is anything light and silicone free (free of any ingredients ending in "cone" or "conol" and the exception "cyclopentiloxane" which is also a cone). This includes V05 conditioners like Strawberries and Creme and Tangerine Tickle, which are cheap enough to glob on before shampooing. The Suave Naturals line is also cone free.
Though not all Asian hair is alike, I think this routine should help you just as much as it helped me.
Good luck and happy hair thoughts, Anais
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If you don't want to lose your length, you can search out and snip off all the splits individually. Do be sure to use VERY sharp hair scissors or embroidery scissors.
Having "Asian hair" doesn't necessarily call for straightening, and having "Asian hair" doesn't necessarily mean frizz. The best thing to do is give up heat tools completely-- using heat will increase the chances hair protein will warp, dry unevenly (causing frizz) or go dry and split. I don't use heat at all for my Asian hair and opt for other ways to control frizz.
The first thing I do is snip the frizzy ends off (a lot of Asian frizz is due to individual strands' twisting during the wash and during combing/brushing. On frizzy strands, the 5-6 inches closest to the head is often not frizzy. Twisting can be prevented by keeping scalp scrubbing to a minimum while washing) Others may disagree, but I'd rather put up with a little frizz than everything that comes with straightening. Conditioning twice (condition-wash-condition) has helped me greatly. and last but not least I've made peace with my hair.
I understand Locks of Love is a personal choice (and a very open-hearted and generous one) but I've heard a lot about their "questionable practices". I'd advise you to do some background research on them first in terms of their honesty in business.
Alright, so I just got my hair trimmed 2 weeks ago in NYC Chinatown. The only problem is that the person who trimmed it shortened my top layers to above my shoulder, while my longer layers reach to my waist (or even a bit past).
I straighten with a Jilbere de Paris Porcelain Iron. I don't have curly hair or anything, I straighten it to just make my hair smoother and less frizzy, since I have thick Asian hair. I use a Spray-On Leave-In conditioner for my hair before and after I straighten it.
Now 2 weeks after a trim, I discovered that I had split ends. There aren't very many, so I'm guessing that the person who trimmed my hair missed a few or something. I'm afraid of trimming my hair again, because my layers are so varied in length as it is, and I'm too afraid to loose length because I am growing my hair out to at least past my butt (the long layers that is) before I cut it off for the locks of love.
Is there any way I can save my ends without loosing length? And how can I keep my ends nice for longer? I don't really think I could ever give up my straightener just because I love how manageable my hair is afterwards, but if there are ways I can have beautiful, silky hair (I do condition already, but that doesn't help the frizz), I would appreciate suggestions!
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