hair miracle

I think I found a miracle product that turned my hair promblem around, it's like totally different hair, no tangling going on today.  I heard alot about the pureology hair line and decided to give it a go,  and it was the Shinemax, it is awesome stuff!!  My hair is so soft and smooth, and not weighed down like some of the other products I've tried!  THe Hydrate shampoo and conditioner are also awesome!  I'm so glad I tried, it just sucks that the stuff is so expensive!

love pureology-

most products that make shiny or straighten the hair contains silicone.

Krimsa has good info there.  Much hair for hair extensions is heavily treated with Silicones to provide the silky slip and shiny appearance. If the hair is in poor condition, it will give you quite a suprise when the Silicones wear off.

Silicones are not bad, no.
What they WILL do that can be bad is build-up on your hair. If you use silicone shampoos, conditioners and shine treatments, then eventually they will build up and actually cause more frizz and a rougher texture than before use. So- occasionally doing a clarifying shampoo and going 'cone free for a few washes, then you can safely return to the 'cones.
Silicones molecules are too large to pass into your body through your skin, so they do not pose a danger in that fashion. Many soaps and lotions also contain silicones so create a silky smooth layer on your skin.

The main reason I personally stopped using silicones was because I really wanted to remove build-up, and I found that I like my more wavy hair once I had removed the 'cones. The silicones straightened my hair a bit after years of use. The condition of my hair has improved in the last year, so I really do not need the silicones. But all in all, they are not bad, no.

Let me add this..

Just because hair has been chemically processed (for color and/or texture) does not make it bad. Not all extensions hair that is processed for color and/or texture is drenched/coated in silicone. If one is trying to match a particular texture/curl pattern, virgin hair may not be the right option. For example many African American relaxed textures can only be achieved by processing the hair to achieve the texture. There are no virgin options for these textures. Another example: many of the curly textures on the market (particularly the SUPER curly textures) are also processed to achieve the texture.

The idea that processed hair is bad hair or automatically coated in silicone is far from true. There are LOTS of good vendors who provide high quality processed hair that is not damaged or coated in silicones.

Edited by Divavocals - October 22 2007 at 3:18pm

krimsa, how do you know that the hair that you have is virgin hair? How do you know that it wasn't processed to emulate fine textured hair? How do you know that it came from a caucasian Russian-national?

  It's only a war if you make it one. The point I'm trying to make is that just because some processed hair has been damaged and silicone-coated doesn't mean that ALL processed hair is damaged and siliconed-coated.     Just because some hair is coated doesn't make it crappy hair. Take Bohyme for instance. The hair is reportedly coated with something but it doesn't mean that it's silicone and even if it is silicone, Bohyme isn't crappy hair.

hello there, I don't care what kind of hair it is, I just don't want a tangled mess! lol

I’m just becoming frustrated that it seems I and some other posters can’t seem to discuss ANY topic without it becoming a "Russian/vs. Indian" slander fest. I am not interested in that. I was speaking DIRECTLY to the topic of silicone being used to mask damage to extension hair. ANY extension hair.

I NEVER said that all processed hair was coated in silicone. I said A LOT of it is. EVERY batch of hair that I have ever worn in all of the years I have been wearing extensions was processed, silicone coated hair at install. So it does indeed happen and often. If you want to argue that point, fine go ahead.

It has been MY personal experience (how many times do I need to say this) that processed, silicone coated hair, loses sheen and becomes a matted mess after a few washes due to the fact that the silicone layer is dissolving an exposing the damaged hair.

I DO NOT CARE where my current install came from. If it had arrived in the mail and was damaged or coated, I would have promptly returned it. Like I have stated time and time again, if this hair came off the shaved backs of llamas in Peru, I would love it and buy it again, PROVIDED it was virgin, non coated hair that was a match to my own. For MY particular case, since I do have fine, silky textured thin hair, VIRGIN, NON SILICONE coated hair has been the absolute optimum for ME. If ANYONE else on this board wants to try Russian, why should you care?? If anyone wants to try Indian, Asian, Bohyme or ANY other type of hair. Why do you need to fuss so?? Let it go woman.

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Edited by krimsa - October 23 2007 at 11:08am

I'm sorry krimsa. It's not you or Russian hair. I believe that we have great, honest vendors here that sell quality Russian hair, mokipono for one. It's just this one particular vendor that sets me off with his lies that all hair other than Russian is crap and he's the only one who sells it that irks the crap out of me. I don't want people to fall for what he's saying and become afraid to buy other types of hair.