Very dry hair :-( Can you recommend any products?

juliettet

jenniewb wrote: »

If money is no object, both Kerastase and Phillip Kingsley make really good masques, the Kerastase Masquintense is a great one to use once a week, and the Elasticizer by Phillip Kinglsey you can get away with using once a fortnight.


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I Second elasticizer. I leave on overnight.

AbbieCadabra

shows we're all different, i used elasticizer, left it on for at least a couple of hours, & no difference whatsoever!

garner21

I use pure coconut oil. I've just finished by qualification in holistic therapy and by doing Indian head massage we learned all about the best oils for hair. I recently asked my hairdresser and she said pure coconut oil is the best thing. Smells nothing like coconut but it works wonders!

mellymoo74

Coconut oil and happy hair day do a serum thats loooovely

shandyclover

After a nasty hair dying fiasco, that necessitated me stripping my hair, I've been using these products on my straw. After 3 uses my hair is soft and silky again - yeay! First 3 were bought in Savers for less than a fiver. The Gliss anti split ends leave in conditioner was from an old stash of mine, sadly seems to be discontinued now, it smells amazing!
. along with it's matching shampoo, and Dove's intensive repair mask...

Finishing up with this leave in conditioner...

brightlikeme

OInly Regular Application of castor oil can help for Dry Hair

FizzWhizz

Have you always suffered with dry hair or is this a new problem? Do you colour your hair or use a lot of heat to dry/style it?

You could try washing your hair with conditioner rather than shampoo; the vast majority of shampoos have high levels of Sodium Laureth Sulphate (or one of her sisters!) and while this is an excellent degreaser (same compounds are in washing up liquid), it can be too effective in some cases. I won't bore you with the sciencey bit but if you google "conditioner only washing" or "CO Washing" you will find a wealth of useful information.

Alternatively you could try a shampoo with a lower SLS component, such as Tresemme Naturals, or a sulphate free shampoo like L'Oreal Ever______ or Naked from boots. Any of these should give your hair a fighting chance of holding on to its natural moisture rather than stripping it all off and trying to replace it with product.

Hope that helps!

Fen1

If you are getting greasy roots and dry ends it probablyeans that you are applying the product to your scalp as well as the hair. Only apply the product to the hair: leave a two inch gap between the scalp and the hair to be cosseted. It might be easier doing this by tying your hair into mini bunches, then only applying the product to the loose hair. This way you avoid putting product too close to the scalp.
Put the mini bunches in whilst hair is dry. Take each mini bunch and run your hand through the hair with a little water so that the hair is slightly damp. Apply product. Put a plastic hair bag on and leave for as long as possible. Wash the hair and allow to dry. Then take out the mini bunches. Trying to take out the bunches whilst wet is a fiddle.

gardengull

Have you tried this leave in conditioner? Brilliant if your hair is so dry it's brittle. Apply to the ends when it's dry. Very little goes a long way. Currently £2.29 in Boots for 500ml.

http://www.boots.com/en/Vitapointe-Leave-In-Conditioner-50ml_872217/

faerielight

my 2 top brands are kerastase and Aveda, both seem to be properly absorbed and don't feel siliconey