Hard Water

You Might think this is nuts...but it works for me. i ordered a reverse osmosis water filter for my kitchen sink. A GE Smar******er filter. it removes 99 percent of pretty much everything from your water. You can order it off the net too and it is fairly easy to install yourself (my husband did mine). Kind of expensive, but the water in my town has a lot of chlorine and stuff and i didn`t want my kids drinking it. Now I wash my hair in the kitchen sink and barely need to put conditioner in it. It feels great.

Hope this helps.

jacqui

Amanda; Ask your Stylist to recommend the correct shampoo for you.

You Guy`s just because one poo & conditioner works well for one person doesn`t mean that it will work on another...Hair and skin types are vastly different, throw in different water, chemical processes, environmental effects and a persons general health and you end up with a hundred different recommendations.

Your right Amanda, Clarifying and Chelating shampoos are not great on colored hair, in most cases, but then mineral buildup is not good either. The minerals will jam itself into hair, kicking everything else out, especially color. Getting a sealer after your color can help.

The best thing would be a water filtering system. This can be expensive but as conserned as you guy`s seem to be about your hair maybe even taking the time to wash with bottled water could be an option??? :)

I left Germany 7 months ago and know exactly what you mean. I used a combination of clarifying and tea tree oil shampoos, and used a rich conditioner after every wash. I also used Weleda sweet almond oil for hair oil.
For local brands, look for Guhl - good stuff - especially the coconut conditioner, also,Timotei which is a good all round shampoo.

The buildup of calcium, lime and minerals on shower enclosures, in washing machines, and electric kettles is amazingly fast - and there`s all sorts of products to get rid of it.

Lastly, if you can get access to a condensing dryer - a clothes dryer that doesn`t need a vent - the water from clothes all winds up in a tank - use the water from the tank - it`s the last rinse water left in your clothes - and it has almost all of the minerals taken out - it was the only water I would use in my iron.....

Anyway - hope this helps -
Gren

Lyris gives EXCELLENT advice. A sure sign of hard water is your shampoo stops lathering as it once did.

A friend recently tried the Robert Craig travel kit and raved about it. She must travel frequently for work and this neat little kit includes test strips that allow you to test the water and match your shampoo to its mineral content. Very clever and it worked very well for her. You might try it ($19.95) and see if your hair will respond to a cleansing shampoo. I have never been disappointed in any Robert Craig product.

http://www.robertcraig.com/water.html

Good luck! ;)

I live in Germany right now, and I will be here for the next two years. The water is really Hard here, and I know that it has taken some effect on my hair. Can anyone recommend some treatments to help my hair? Thanks