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writes:My hair is getting me down.Ok - so my hair has never been my best asset - it is long, uncontrollable - never goes properly straight etc etc. But just recently - I have noticed it is REALLY frizzy and to me is very annoying as it just looks awful!What could be causing this frizziness? - I do use straighteners every other day - but then so do other people and their hair looks ok. I am getting a trim at the end of the week - but still don't know if that will help either.Advice please??! Reply to this Question |
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reader, anonymous, writes (1 July 2009): I just have to add this in - I strongly recommend never letting a hairdresser use thinning scissors on your hair!! I have a lot of very fine hair, so it can get really frizzy and a hairdresser once (several years ago) used thinning scissors on it. For about 3 weeks it was great but after that it was twice as bad as usual for at least 2 years. Think about it - thinning scissors cut some hairs at a time, randomly, at different lengths, so you end up with shorter hairs randomly dispersed which, once they get even slightly damaged, just stick out all over the place. My mum had a hairdresser use them on her a few months ago and although she's never had a problem with frizz, she's now asking me all the time for my best de-frizzing products.
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reader, QuirkLady  + ♥, writes (1 July 2009):
 I usually use a good moisturizing conditioner, a leave-in conditioner and a potion called Hask Straight Solution. It's made for use with flat irons and such and helps protect your hair from heat damage. I straighten my hair in the winter and they will have to pry my Straight Solution from my cold dead hands. It's sold at beauty supply stores, like Sally's, and it's about six or seven dollars well spent.
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reader, anonymous, writes (30 June 2009): Oh gosh... like yourself, i have this problem everyday. I can't just wake up in the morning and brush my hair and leave it down. I could literally have it in an afro if i wanted. Some girls say 'oh my hair is so thick and frizzy' which makes me laugh because compared to mine, it's really not. Back at christmas time, I saved up £120 for my first pair of GHD's [may i just add that they were pink! hehe] and they are fantastic. They really work, and enable me to wear my hair down. They are a bit pricey but i wouldn't trust any other make. I've had remington, Wahl, kudo, tre semme, babylyss and wella, and none of them [even though they claimed to] strightened my hair =[ if you do decide to buy a pair of GHD's avoid buying them off ebay as there are alot of fakes around, and you can never be certain if the one's that you are buying are genuine. As for hair cuts, everybody always says to get layers. I found that this didn't work for me, because when i got a bit of rain or water on my hair 'poof!' my hair was up on end even when i was wearing it up. If you ask your stylist to thinnen it out with thinning scissors, this helps a lot. As for hair products, i'm still yet to find something that does what it claims. Just remember to use a heat protection spray when using any heat on your hair. Something which i have found helps on a bad hair day is hair pins. They pin up all my hair [although on a normal day i use about 20 to keep it all down] they work great. I hope this helps. Just ask if you have anymore questions! xxx
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reader, satindesire +, writes (30 June 2009):
 Heat styling your hair is what's damaging it. Especially if you color it, too. Do you get frequent trims? Perhaps you don't get it cut enough to remove the old, dried ends.Leave your hair ALONE! Let it be -natural-, embrace the curls, use a curl serum and curl-enhacing shampoos and conditioners to tame the curls into a beautiful head of spirals instead of trying to force your hair into something it's not by crushing and burning it between two 400-degree metal plates!!!Have you ever seen bacon cooking on a skillet on the stove? That's what you're doing to your hair! And you wonder why it's so frizzy?!I have very wavy hair, which I leave -totally- alone. I neither heat style it nor do I color it. I may not have the trendy bleach-blonde stick-straight locks that most women strive for, but my waist-length, glossy auburn and totally natural waves are the envy of many!The good news about leaving your hair natural is the fact that you can grow it much longer without having to constantly cut it off. The ends stay healthier and don't split nearly as fast. If you leave it natural, you can grow it pretty much as long as you want!Beautiful hair doesn't necessarily mean trendy hair. Beautiful hair is well kept hair. Stop using chemicals, and stop drying the poor hair out with hundreds of degrees of heat, and you'll be surprised how much better it'll look.I don't usually do this, but let me put my two cents in on this product:http://www.folica.com/CHI_Silk_Infusi_d2300.htmlChi's Silk Infusion serum.I don't know how it works, or why it works, but let me tell you...Two years ago, I colored and heat treated my hair, blow drying and curling or straightening it every single day without fail. My hair was a complete mess, frizzy, dull, dry as straw, prone to breakage and split ends. Once I realized the damage I was doing to my hair, I stopped coloring it, stopped straightening it, everything. I started using Dove shampoo and conditioner (works like a charm and SOO affordable!) and Chi serum, and within just two months my hair was totally different. Now, at two years, I don't go anywhere without someone saying something nice about my hair.Trust me, if I can transform my frizzy dried-out mess, so can you.
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reader, eyeswideopen +, writes (30 June 2009):
 Humidity in the summer months can really cause the frizzies. When all else fails, tie it back with a pretty ribbon.
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reader, mediocreland +, writes (30 June 2009):
What really helped me with my hair being frizzy/wavy instead of straight and pretty is buying an expensive salon straightner. I usually just got the cheap $40 ones at the store, but my stepmom has access to a beauty supply warehouse, so I got an expensive one and it really did the trick. It's worth investing in.
There are also certain products you can use that will prevent damage or frizz to your hair before you straighten or style it.
Do you blow-dry your hair or let it air dry? I know that makes a difference on frizziness too. But a trim will probably help if it's been a while since you had one.
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