This whole split end thing is driving me crazy. My hair was 24" and the ends were frizzy because I was growing out a perm. I trimmed 1-2/" off the dead ends and they looked so healthy. NOW I have lots of split ends again! That was 5 weeks ago when I was going out on job interviews.
For those of you who do not cut your hair, how healthy can it be? How on earth do you comb it if you never have split ends. Maybe you DO have them and just leave them. I guess I am not following here... Do you style it? I wear my hair down the majority of the time and it is important to me to have healthy ends. However, I am not obsessed spending hours each day taking care of it. I wash every other day and am gentle when combing. I actually did go from end to end for a period of 2 months cutting the split ends. This got tedious as it was a never ending ordeal as my hair is not thin. NO I dont use Pantene hahaha. PS Please lead me to info to take care of preventing split ends, assuming it is possible. Thanks!
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I would never, ever have it near my hair! First of all, I would want my hair to be trimmed of perpendicular to the hair strand to get as little of the fragile, inner parts as possible exposed to wear and tear. Even in the over-glamorous ad, it shows the hair getting cut of at a pointy angle And also- I seriously hate the idea of actually applying force to the hairs while cutting it- you'll most likely end up ripping it over, especially when the blades have been used!
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I'm sorry, I'm a bit confused... are you telling us that you have used the split-ender?
Clearly you are frustrated with split ends. My advice would be to go to a trusted stylist and have them trim 1/2" from the ends only, a blunt cut (and if you've used the split-ender tool, don't use it anymore). Ask the stylist to use a very sharp pair of scissors (that will help keep the ends from splitting soon).
Do you color your hair? If so, coloring can stress your hair and make it more prone to splits.
Deep condition your hair with a reconstructor. They're supposed to help permed hair. Growing out a perm where the ends keep splitting off is proof that perms are harsh to the hair. I'll bet that once the perm is entirely grown out, your hair will split a LOT less.
I saw the advert for the split ender while watching the shopping channel. After seeing the advert a few times, I thought about getting the split-ender for 4 days and then I decided to order it after seeing the commercial/advert twice more. As far as I was concerned, if the split-ender didn't live up to my expectations, I was going to send it back (they have a 30 day money back guarantee). I live in the UK and it cost �55.85 altogether including P&P, and I got a free revo styler with it.
I've had many bad experiences with hairdressers cutting my hair when I ask for a trim, so for the past 3 years, I have resorted to home maintenance for my hair.
I ordered the split ender and it arrived y'day. I have just used the machine and I have to say that my hair feels a lot smoother, and the ends aren't wrapping around the other hairs and causing tangles as my hair usually does. It still looks full (lion's mane) after washing, conditioning, blow drying and then using the split ender.
Lately, my hair has been thru alot, I have texturised it, coloured it with permanent colour and I blow dry every week to have a straighter look. I have to say that after using the split-ender for the first time today my hair seems to be less fried looking, it also feels a lot softer and smoother than it has done for a long time.
Only a few little hairs 1/8 of an inch have been cut off the ends, although my hair has been badly split up the hair shaft I would have liked for more to have been cut off the hair, but I suppose I will wait for about 4 weeks b4 I use the split ender again. In the meantime, I have recently started taking some hair supplements which seem to be helping with my nails as well.
One more thing, I am black in origin with texturised shoulder length hair (approx. 12").
Thank you for the review, Skinbeauty. Anyone else have a review? I would like to try it, but $60 seems too much. I'm assuming it will end up being sold in drugstores, like the revostyler, for much less. That is when I plan to try it.
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