hair protection in cold weather

Welcome back, Strawberryfine!  Even though your avatar pic is small, I can tell that your hair has grown longer.  Yay!  (I use tinypic, FWIW)

Good idea to protect that wet & damp hair from the freezing cold, gossipqueen!

Sunsailing, I haven't heard of (or seen the ad for) the "winter protection" line of products.  I'd like to know specifically how and why they make their claim that it's better than other company's products.

Sunsailing, I've seen that commercial!  I wish I trusted Pantene products more though.

As for the frozen hair thing, it's happened to me before and it's not pleasant.  Fortunately, mine never broke off, but I wouldn't suggest chancing it to anyone.

Dave, thanks for that information on hair freezing and breaking off!!! I had no idea, never really thought about my hair breaking off like that. I live in Toronto and we get some cold winters def won’t be heading out with wet hair.

AnaisS!!!

Thank you so much!  I read this post yesterday and took very special precautions today because we are expecting snow and I'm going out Christmas shopping.

"The steps I took":

1.  Phytojoba shampoo ala Dave's Dilution Solution

2.  Extra Biolage Conditioning Balm in shower

3.  A little more BCB left in

4.  Jojoba oil on top layer and ends

5.  Scarf

6.  French beret with my hair twisted up inside in a loose bun shape (all hair covered)  so that when I pull it off my hair tumbles down; feels sooo good!

Trying to get a new avatar pic; forgot the websites I uploaded to:

what do you use?  Miniphoto, photobucket or other? 

TIA!

SF

Yep,

It will freeze right off!  Lots of jojoba and monoi tiare oil, lots of Biolage conditioning balm left in, braid and cover with hat or hood or scarf.

Look at Anais' beautiful hair!  Take no chances!

SF

maye726,
Hot oil treatments aren't actually oil.  When you oil your hair with jojoba or the like, you are doing something different than when you use "hot oil" (unless you've made the hot oil yourself and actually put some oil in it that is).  The ingredients of VO5 hot oil are:

Water, Cocotrimonium Chloride, Aloe Barbadensis Gel, Acetamide MEA, Polyquaternium -10, Hydroxyethyl Cellulose, Pei-1750 Hydrochloride, Oleth-20, Disodium EDTA, Methylparaben, Fragrance, FD and C Yellow No. 6

Mostly water, no real oil.  If you use jojoba or another type of actual oil, you can leave it in your hair (you would use very little, like a couple of drops so it doesn't make it look oily or get on anything - if you want to wear an oiled updo, you can use more since it wouldn't show anyway).  Most people oil from the ears down to avoid the scalp looking oily. 

Conditioning treatments at salons are often silicone conditioners, which make hair feel soft but must be clarified off on occasion to avoid damaging the hair. 

Hope this was helpful.

Hellfrozeover.......how FANTASTIC is your hair???? So thick and shiny!! It's like chocolate fudge syrup   You should be so proud of how it looks, its testament to your careful treatment and pampering of it. Well done girl!! 

My hair also dries out more in the winter months, I have tried the hot oil treatments they work for a couple of days and that is about it.  My hair is waste length and it looks dried out.  Any other sugggestions?  I have had a moisterizing treatment at the local beauty salon which helps but is not cheap.

susan, I think you  may be onto something maybe my hair doesn’t like humidity. I wear my hair straight but its naturally curly so when I go out it just curls up while some may stay straight and on the most humid of days it use to look like I got hit by lighting ( that was before I discovered the wonders of a flat iron) but as soon as the weather cools off I have the best hair days ever! The colder the better for my hair.

Perhaps your hair doesn't like humidity?