I’m cursed/blessed with thick hair. I say cursed or blessed because it depends on how you look at it. If you have fine, lack-of volume hair, you’d think that my hair’s a blessing. If you have thick, coarse, frizzy, lots of split ends and unmanageable hair without a flat iron, well, welcome to my world.
It’s unfortunate that I don’t look after my hair as well as I do my skin. It’s my crowning glory; yet I do not give it the love it deserves. I’ve been looking after it better the past few years. There’s a significant improvement, but it’s still very thick and frizzy if I don’t manage it with hair products.
Other than shampoo and conditioners, the products I use in my haircare routine are pretty much the same. Like shower gels, I like switching shampoos and conditioners. I’ve discovered a lot of shampoos and conditioners that work for me, plus my hair isn’t fussed during the change. Thank goodness it doesn’t break out like my skin would if I did that!
- Shampoo & conditioner of the moment: Clairol Herbal Essences None of your Frizzness (smells so yummy)
- Dry Shampoo: CEDEL Dry Shampoo
- Hair mask: Pantene 3 Minute Miracle Weekly Intensive Treatment (of all the hair masks I’ve tried, drugstore or salon-end, I always go back to this one)
- Hair styling prep: Aveda Smooth Infusion Style Prep Smoother (before blow dry) / L’oreal Professional Mythic Oil + Toni & Guy Glamour Moisturising Shine Spray (excellent hair products for all hair types, especially dry and coarse hair)
- Heat protection: ghd Style Heat Protect Spray
- Hair serum: Paul Mitchell Super Skinny Serum / Toni & Guy Classic Shine Gloss Serum (the Paul Mitchell one makes my hair sleeker, the Toni & Guy one makes my hair shinier. Pick my battle?)
- Hair styling: Clairol Herbal Essences Tousle Me Softly Spray Gel (I don’t use this on a daily basis, but when I need to curl the ends of my hair, I use this to set the hair after I’ve run the flat iron on it to create the curls)
- Hair tools: Breville Avanti Salon Styling hairdryer (not pictured) and my baby, the Cloud Nine Wide Flat Iron. Pricey but worth every cent. Absolutely love this one.
Enough about me. What’s your haircare routine like? If you have really frizzy hair, teach your young Padawan here on how you tackle it, pretty please? 🙂
I belong to your world~ I had thick and frizzy hair as well. I always keep looking for products to tame my hair but it seems like the improved condition did not last long on my hair. But recently my hair’s condition did improved a lot compared to last time. I’m currently using the Tsubaki Damage Care shampoo and conditioner. I must thanks to my hair serum!! It’s the Aromatic Silk Elastin Prevents Split Ends Hair Cream. My friend recommended this to me and I found that it works well on my hair =D
Michelle: I’ve been wanting to try Tsubaki haircare products for ages. It was impossible for me to buy them from Malaysia when I was back for a holiday because of how big and heavy the bottles were. I finally saw some for sale here, and the price was ridiculous.
I wonder if Sasa.com stocks them. Will check them out. Thanks for the recommendation, especially the hair serum 🙂
It seems like the prices for Tsubaki products must be quite expensive in Australia. You are most welcome Tine =)
I’m on the opposite side of hair world – flat, thin, limp, dead straight softness hahaha but I’m not complaining really… the only down side is that it doesn’t hold style long. It tends to go flat, so not looking for anything too “softening or silkening” stuff haha
Paul Mitchell has some nice products 🙂 I’ve only tried their serum too and it smelled like watermelon! I love the scent of TiGi BedHead Some Like It Hot serum though, coconut and the smell of holiday and beach!
Recently I’ve been enjoying Cedel Dry Conditioner and loves its smell!!
For shampoo I have been enjoying a little luxury but it works out well since I only need a quarter size compared to normal shampoo. It’s Lush Rehab Shampoo. I only need about 20-50cents size for the 1st wash, then about 10cents size for the 2nd wash! ^__^
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Dana: How about products with silicone? That should hold the hair down a bit, if it’s applied only at the ends and not the whole hair.
There’s this TiGi product I used for many years, but at this moment, I can’t remember what the name was. Pink cone-shaped bottle with a green pump? That was a good hair serum 🙂
Glad to know that the Cedel Dry Conditioner works for you!
hmm, in my case, I have flat, limp but thick hair. My hair usually takes ages to dry, even if I blow dry. My scalp is always oily and my hair always looks like I have not washed it for weeks. I tried shampoo for oily hair, dry hair, limp hair, etc and it still looks the same. Some advise me not to wash too often, so I try to wash every other day and it still looks the same.. What can I do?
Eunice: Gosh Eunice you’ve stumped me there. I’m afraid I don’t know all that much about oily scalp. How about using products without sulfate, would that work? (Loreal has a range of sulfate-free products) Or dry shampoo in between washes? The powder in dry shampoos will help to absorb the oil from the scalp.
Good luck!
Love the Aveda Style Prep serum. It is the bomb diggety.
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Tegan: You got that right, sister. It’s fantastic stuff!
I’m intrigued with the L’oreal Mythic Oil as they are available in our local market! I can’t wait to read your reviews on it! 🙂
I love your routine, I guess I have a complicated hair routine too! 🙂
Nikki: Hahaha I thought I’m putting too much stuff on my hair! What’s your complicated hair routine like? 😉
for me ur lucky but yes, I know how irritating unmanageable hair can get…I used to have that at one point of time and now I have fine hair which gets weighed down by the evening!!! sigh…I hardly know how to manage 🙁
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Swati: Less silicones. Try silicone-free haircare products. Avoid stuff like argan oil. If you do use argan oil or silicone products, only apply at the ends of the hair. This should prevent the top bits from getting weighed down 🙂
thanks Tine 🙂 do silicones weigh the hair down??? didn’t know that thing!!!
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Swati: Almost all styling and prep products contain silicone in them (check for dimethicone, or something-something-cone). They give the hair that silky smooth feel and shine. Most conventional conditioners have silicone too. That’s why for these hair products, you only apply them half of your hair downwards to the tips, and never the roots 🙂