Best (value) products for damaged hair

~*Plushroom*~

At the hairdressers near me they do henna wax treatments for dry/damaged hair (Never minded doing that when I worked there as it's a great conditioning treatment for your hands too!), essentially buy a pot of henna wax - it's about 99p in Savers, wash your hair and towel dry off the excess water until the hair is just damp and then cover the hair in henna wax - wrap with cling film and put a warm towel over it and leave for 30 minutes or however long you can put up with, then wash out. Hair ends up soft and shiny, smells nice and is very good for tangled hair.

Plus once you've put it on the hair use the excess on your hands to rub into your skin and cuticles, really helps with dry or sore patches.

Hairdressers charge a couple of quid for this usually, which still isn't bad but you can do it at home for less.

FelinePrincess

How do you get all the coconut oil out your hair after? I applied it to the ends of my hair last night and left it for a few hours then washed my hair twice thinking that would get it all out but I woke up this morning with greasy hair which I have had to try and hide with a generous layer of dry shampoo!

I'm also thinking of trying the henna wax treatment, this wont discolour my blonde hair will it? My only experience with henna is the dye and I don't want to end up with red hair!

~*Plushroom*~

FelinePrincess wrote: »

How do you get all the coconut oil out your hair after? I applied it to the ends of my hair last night and left it for a few hours then washed my hair twice thinking that would get it all out but I woke up this morning with greasy hair which I have had to try and hide with a generous layer of dry shampoo!

I'm also thinking of trying the henna wax treatment, this wont discolour my blonde hair will it? My only experience with henna is the dye and I don't want to end up with red hair!

It was usually on dyed blonde hair we did that treatment at the hairdressers due to the drying nature of the bleach, never changed the colour of their hair, just made it soft and shiny so you'll be fine.

System

tracyk wrote: »

Where do you get coconut oil from please?

You can get it in an asian shop, it's approx £1.49 for 500ml pot. I also got some mustard oil which is very good for your hair apparently - 99p for a smaller bottle

geri1965_2

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

I second the aussie products. I have both the 3 minute miracle conditioner & the leave in conditioner.

Me too, and they are often on offer, 2 for £5 or whatever.

jenniewb

Well I can't advise best priced treatments, but I have tried many

(Pantene which left my hair worse then when I started after stopping using it- I learned this was the silicon added to the product which over time dries out your hair strands and leaves your hair reliant on heavy amounts of silicon to feel ok), John Freida Frizz Ease is great, but for me, not enough, I need something stronger. I have also tried Aussie, (and including the hair miracle which I tried leaving on for anything from 5 minutes to 2 hours to see if it made any difference. There was no dramatic difference in the time). Other non lhair changing ranges I have tried (and for atleast 6 weeks at a time BTW) have been Charles Worthington, Umberto Gianni, Andrew Collinge (though not the new green one) and various other highstreet brands.

The products I did find made a difference were far more expensive and birthday gifts, freebies in goodie-bags or ebay finds. If you want the names, let me know, but they aren't cheap and you do have to keep using them to keep up the good condition- hair is dead once its about a few mm from your scalp, onces its dead you cannot bring it back to life by coating it in things, you have to keep coating it in things to keep up the good condition -it wont do it by itself if that makes sense.

A few things I can suggest are:

• Not washing your hair in very hot water- as cool as you can tollerate will be best as hot or even just too warm water can dry out your hair.
• Brushing your hair before you shower, then when you've have your shower, combing it with a wide toothed comb. Remember, your hair is at its weakest point when wet.
• Try not to wrap a towel around your hair- it zaps the water from your hair- and the moisture from your hair with it. If you have to wrap a towel round your head, apply a hair oil or leave-in conditioner or leave in treatment while doing so.
• Try not to rub the towel through your hair, it messes with the folicles and tangles it making moe work for the hairbrush/comb.
• If you use a hair drier, lower the heat settings.
• Try to mimimise any straighteners or curling tongs- once a week is still enough to cause damage if you blow dry every/other day.
• Leave your hair to dry naturally is the best way to get it dry, but if you have to use a hairdrier, try not to brush as you dry- wait for your hair to cool, and try to leave it as long as possible before you dry- i.e if your getting ready for work in the morning, shower, then dry and get ready with wet hair, put on make-up and etc, eat breakfast, get work bag ready then dry your hair. Gives your hair some time to dry itself and less time under the hair drier.
• When brushing, start at the ends of your hair, get out the tangles and work your way up as soon as your done with the tangles at the ends...till you reach the roots. Starting at the roots and working your way down will cause you to break more hair strands and add to frizz.
• Use a hair treatment or deep conditioner for 20 minutes or more, once to twice a week depending on how bad your hair is and how many times you wash. If you want even better results, after washing out the treatment, use a wash-out conditioner (before rinsing), makes a difference to my hair anyway!

Wine_of_the_World

I have really dry hair - which can get really notty. I find that combing it though while you have conditioner in it helps to spread it through all the hair. I also use Aussie stuff - of course not the cheapest but I only wash my hair twice a week. Also the normal Aussie conditioner works well if you leave it to soak in for a few minutes.

I tried the olive oil, but it didnt work very well.

no.1swimmum

I have really dry and frizzy naturally curly hair, and have tried many things over the years, on top I have sensitive skin so some products especially those that need to be left on the hair for some time leave me with a red itchy face and scalp.

I use olive oil (I usually buy a small bottle in the 99p shop) warm it a little in the microwave - not hot but warm, massage into the hair, then plastic bag and warm towel and leave for as long as possible. It works well on my hair.

I also like the Charles worthington range - I bought it in the 99p store about a month or so ago - not sure that funds could stretch to it at normal price but do keep an eye open in poundland and 99p as they often have brands there.