QuoteReplyTopic: S & Cs Help Please (aggrivated!) Posted: June 27 2005 at 5:09pm
Hey all!! I have gotten two great compliments in the past two days about how my hair has improved. I was soooo excited. Well, I'm running out of shampoo and I want something new. I had been using Big Sexy. ...It works great...I just always like to try new things...always looking for something even better!
So yesterday, I went to a hair salon in the mall in hopes to find a great new S & C. -Totally Lost- I asked for help. As I'm sure you all know.... with sooo many S & C's it can get quite overwhelming! I explained to her how my hair is very fine/thin/straight and how I wanted something for moisture because I use a flat iron as well as body because my hair is thin and lays flat. The lady begins going around the store and suggests the matrix amplify. I explained to her that I didn't want to try that because I heard it swelled up the root and could possibly dry out hair and break it. I also told her I wasn't a fan of paul mitchell. All the lady did was go around and look for things that say for limp flat hair. I seriously felt as if I knew more about shampoo and ingrediants than SHE did. I picked up a Redken set (light moisture) because I figured it might be light enough for my hair considering it is so thin PLUS put a lil moisture in it. She was like SURE. Didn't hesitate at all...she was really no help at all.
After aggrivating my boyfriend -- he had sat there for a good 20 mins -- I then just put everything I had in my hands down and said forget it. I left so frusterated because I really wanted something good! You would think hair dressers would KNOW what is good for fine and thin hair plus SOMETHING about ingredients and so on.
Anyways, I was hoping before I went to another place to try again if you all could recommend any good S & C for FINE and THIN hair. I don't want anything that will weigh it down.... no cones preferably....something kinda of natural. You know...the GOOD stuff for hair. Something that leaves my hair soft!! Any help would be MUCH appreciated!
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It doesn't really matter what brand of shampoo you use. Here's the deal: there are three kinds of shampoo
Shampoos that don't clean well enough
Shampoos that clean just right
Shampoos that clean so well they strip the hair
As long as you've chosen one of the infinite number of shampoos that will get your hair clean enough, you're all set. It's the conditioner that makes the difference.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
I don't necessarily agree with you though. For instance, with my hair....with biotin shampoo I have found it makes my hair kinda fly away even though I still use the same great conditioner.
So shampoo is def very important ...at least for my hair.
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That particular shampoo may be one that cleans your hair too well, so well that the conditioner can't compensate for its stripping. I would class it in the third category.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
That particular shampoo may be one that cleans your hair too well, so well that the conditioner can't compensate for its stripping. I would class it in the third category.
hmm Makes sense...
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Why not give the Condition-Only method a try? Jennifer and I were
very skeptical about trying it, but after not using shampoo now for
about a month, we don't plan to start using it again any time
soon. Jennifer's hair is much softer now and looks better than
when she was using shampoo. Shampoo tended to dry her hair out
and made it look and feel like straw at time. Mayonaise would
help it, but only for a few days. The Condition-Only cleansing
method has worked very well for her and we didn't make any kind of a
progressive move towards it ... just quit using shampoo and didn't have
any problems other than the dry scalp issue I posted about. That
was resolved with scrubbing the scalp better with the first conditioner
application. It might not work for you, but it can't hurt to give
it a try for a couple weeks.
I can only share my own experience with you here. You might like
Avalon (my favorite!). I pitch it so much here I'm afraid you all
probably think I work for them, but I really don't!
It doesn't have sulfates, and the conditioner is mostly soy protein and
jojoba oil and is very lightweight. In fact, for my hair, its
even too lightweight. I use it first, then use a heavier
conditioner with a little cone in it afterwards to make my hair tangle
less. I also dilute the shampoo to avoid overcleaning.
I bought some recently through the mail and I wound up with a bottle
that has mica in it, and that I'm unsure about (never tried before -
seems like it would be scratchy - I'll see). But I've bought
before the Thyme - Mint one, the Lavendar, and the Rosemary, all of
which never had mica before, and I was very pleased with the natural
ingredient list (and I use the Lemon Verbena flavor as my
clarifyer). You can get it online, or sometimes at the GNC store
(and probably other organic type stores too).
Nature's Gate is another I've tried that is lightweight. It has a
lot more chemicals in the ingredients than Avalon, but nothing bad. I
found the two brand's conditioners feel pretty equal on my hair (and I
use a heavier one after both).
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Hello Amber
I have very fine, fly away hair as well, blond and broken! I use C-Systems by MOP (Modern Organic Products) I use the one for dry hair. It is organic and smells great. The first ingredient is water and goes on to list a great list of good stuff.. for example Mixed Vegetables, Coconut Oil, Coconut/Palm Oil, Papaya Fruit Extract, Grapefruit seed oil, Madarin Orange peel Extract......the list goes on. It is a great shampoo and conditioner.
Now if i need just a little bit of a more intense conditioner, which i usually do I choose the one and only
TERAX CREMA, you can find it on Sephora, it will tell you all about it because I am not sure the indredients in it, I just know it makes my hair feel like No other conditioner I have ever used, i leave it in my hair for a couple of minutes. I can feel it reconstructing my The moment I put it in my hair. It is fantastic
I hope this helps.
GOOD LUCK
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I wet my hair by pouring over 1/2 cup of vinegar mixed with 1 quart of water. I don't do this every time, but at least once a week.
Completely saturate with Suave Daily Clarifying Conditioner. Scrub the scalp really well.
Repeat step 2, this time only saturating the scalp, not the length.
Squeeze out my hair and apply Suave Humectant which I have mixed with fractionated coconut oil (you could probably use almond oil) and jojoba at a rate of 1 tablespoon each per bottle of conditioner.
Leave this on for 5 minutes.
I apply Pantene or Fructis Long and Strong for gloss and combability.
I've never had any problem with silicone buildup, even though my last conditioner is always a strong conditioner. I figure this is a result of regularly clarifying, and only applying the silicone conditioner to previously conditioned hair.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
Hello Amber I have very fine, fly away hair as well, blond and broken! I use C-Systems by MOP (Modern Organic Products) I use the one for dry hair. It is organic and smells great. The first ingredient is water and goes on to list a great list of good stuff.. for example Mixed Vegetables, Coconut Oil, Coconut/Palm Oil, Papaya Fruit Extract, Grapefruit seed oil, Madarin Orange peel Extract......the list goes on. It is a great shampoo and conditioner. Now if i need just a little bit of a more intense conditioner, which i usually do I choose the one and only TERAX CREMA, you can find it on Sephora, it will tell you all about it because I am not sure the indredients in it, I just know it makes my hair feel like No other conditioner I have ever used, i leave it in my hair for a couple of minutes. I can feel it reconstructing my The moment I put it in my hair. It is fantastic I hope this helps. GOOD LUCK
Hi...and thanks for your reply...where can I find this c-systems at??
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Hi amber,
I am not sure....I would try just phoning some beauty supply stores and asking if they supply this brand.... I know the company is called Modern Organic Products, try to search it out on the net, and get some distribution info from the site?
Im sorry I can not help more with locating it for you!
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It takes a loooong time to adjust to CO, or CCOWC either for that matter.
The first time I did it I used an unsuitable conditioner, one that I happened to have at home, and my hair was simultaneously greasy and dry. For the second time I went out and purchased one of the conditioners that was recommended, it was successful and I've never looked back.
So there are conditioners that are absolutely unsuitable, and then there are those that will work only for some people. Plus, I suppose there's an adjustment period for some people, too. I just didn't experience that.
Just looking for a few good hair slaves - is that too much to ask?
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