QuoteReplyTopic: Mayo on the hair feels very very weird Posted: May 16 2006 at 4:32pm
Yes, I tried the mayo treatment last night. I wasn't sure whether one applies it to dry or wet hair, so I did the dry application, glooped mayo into the hair and scalp, wrapped my head in saran wrap and a towel and then dripped oil for two hours.
The other threads mentioned something about mayonnaise clarifying hair. Well, if clarifying means making one's hair feel like straw after washing the mayo out, then I guess I got clarified. LOL I shampooed and intensely conditioned afterwords, and surprisingly enough, my hair was very manageable afterwards. Course I am uncertain how much the mayo or the conditioner has to do with that. I gently combed it out wet because I feared possible knots might form.
Now did someone say that one should not shampoo after using mayo? If so, I was afraid not to shampoo mainly because since I technically had had food on my head, I did not want to attract bugs or something the next day.
I let my hair dry itself and noticed the next morning that it had lot less frizz on the more damaged ends and formed some nice waves and some defined curls. The ends do not feel dry, but again, that could have been the conditioner.
Should I have applied the mayo to pre-dampened hair? And will repeating this benefit my hair? I am uncertain how much the post-conditioning had to do with it. And if one does not shampoo and only conditions afterwards, will the hair smell like a sandwich?
Weather Forcast - With high humidity in the air, expect general hair frizziness to continue :-/
Current Length: 30 inches or so from the front
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I always shampoo and condition after mayo. It gets rid of the smell for a start and if I don't I would have straw hair. I have the same issues with henna and have to do a deep condition after hennaing or my hair is AWFUL!
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When we do Jennifer's hair, I always apply it to her hair when it's dry. It absorbs the oil and protein much better if it's dry. We usually shampoo and condition both afterwards, but we have also done CO and her hair didn't smell like mayo at all. But we did use a fragrant conditioner (Suave humectant). I really think the nice results you mentioned are from the mayo and not from the conditioning. Jennifer's hair is exactly as you described after we do her hair. It shouldn't be necessary to do your hair again for 2-3 weeks. It shouldn't hurt to do it more often, but I don't think you'd see the noticable difference that you saw if you do it more regularly. We enjoy that WOW factor the day after doing her's. We're glad you gave it a try. Do you think you'll do it again?
Yep, clarifying does make one's hair feel like straw! I always
condition very well after a clarifying for that reason, and even then
it sometimes takes until the next wash and conditioning before my hair
feels really moisturized and not tangly again (that's clarifying with a
shampoo though, not mayo - which should be a little less harsh than a
shampoo).
I both shampoo and condition after mayo too.
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I think I will try it again. I noticed on day two (I usually wash/condition my hair every other day), that my hair felt very soft still, so the mayo might just be the thing. And there seems to be less fly-away hair as well, along with more defined waves.
The best conditioning treatment I ever had was a thermal clay treatment I got at a salon to get rid of a particularly bad incident of the winter dry frizzies. The mayo treatment was not that effective, but perhaps with repeat treatments, it will be. And happily, there are no hair-stylist costs associated with it.
Weather Forcast - With high humidity in the air, expect general hair frizziness to continue :-/
Current Length: 30 inches or so from the front
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I still find it funny that a product meant to be used as a condiment can leave hair feeling better than any hair product you can buy. How can this be? What does Kraft know that the hair companies don't and why don't the hair companies make a product like mayo that is extremely high in protein and oil for extra deep conditioning?
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I definitely like the "natural" concept of using mayo (really it's just eggs, vinegar, sugar and salt, right?). I just haven't taken the plunge 'cause I'm doing WO right now, and also because of the smell. Maybe in a few weeks........Thanks for all the info Tyranna and TDouty!
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Sunday morning, we didn't have much time. We were going to get ready for church and still had to get kids ready, but we wanted to mayo Jennifer's hair. We decided to put mayo on for just an hour and then shower. I did her hair quickly and didn't keep working it until it transformed into an oil like I usually do. I thought that the heat from her head would do that. I wrapped her hair up in saran wrap, it was still very white. An hour later, when we took it down to shower and wash her hair, it hadn't changed to an oil and in fact, it never really penetrated to some of her hair underneath. Usually I work it in until it's an oil and work it all through her hair to the scalp. Well, it was obvious that just the heat from her head didn't do the trick. We washed it out with just conditioner (which does work by the way and shampoo wasn't necessary because she didn't smell like a salad afterwards). The bad part was that her hair didn't feel much better then it did before. I'm assuming that was because the mayo never turned to an oily substance. We're going to try it again soon as an experiment to see if that's what it was. We'll also let it on longer. We'll let you know.
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We did do another mayo treatment again late last week. This time, I worked with it until it changed into an oil and then we left it on Jennifer's hair several hours. The results were totally different. Her hair felt wonderful afterwards so it's very important to work with the mayo until it changes from white to an oily substance and let it one a while.
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I might try a longer stint as well. I did two hours on the first treatment. It did not take it too long to turn to oil. And I do notice less dry frizz just after the one treatment.
Weather Forcast - With high humidity in the air, expect general hair frizziness to continue :-/
Current Length: 30 inches or so from the front
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