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Hi, you may remember me from some earlier threads.
So, does humidity really affect hair that much? I thought it was only if you straightened or curled it. I live in a really humid state, so I'm just curious.
Hi Nathan,
It varies with the individual, and for some people, especially those with straight hair, humidity makes no difference. However, for people like me with wavy hair, my hair tends to be both curlier and frizzier with increased humidity.
Hope this helps,
David
I have dry, fine hair and live in the desert....and my hair usually stays relatively straight, but when I travel to the coast or other humid areas, it practically turns into a "Fro".
Oh yes, I have straight and fine hair and up here in New England the weather is quite bi-polar. On days that its very humid my hair goes from gorgeous indoors to frizzy and messy once i step outside. Very humid days call for hair in a tie for me.
Well I guess these posts explain a lot. I live in Texas, and it can be very humid here all year 'round. I guess that's why when I went on vacation up to Oregon my hair was better there than it was here! Is there any way to help control this?
Well, I really hope my attempt at growing long hair turns out well. I'll be bummed out if it doesn't, because I've been wanting it my whole life but thought I didn't have the right kind of hair for it. Oh well, at least this site has given me some kind of hope. I'll check back every now and then and look around, and maybe post some pictures if I do get long hair.
There's stuff you can buy and put in your hair--sprays and gel type things. Obviously you can stay inside where there's air conditioning and the air is therefore dry (or use a dehumidifier and get the same result) so I'm assuming you want to know about going outside where you have no control over the humidity. The "anti-frizz" sprays don't work all that well for me. The thing I have found so far that works the best, is the Aloe Vera Gel, Carol mentioned a couple of weeks ago. The brand I found is Lily of the Desert, which is made in Texas by the way, so you should be able to find it, Lily of the Desert Aloe Vera Gelly which is pretty much a tube of Aloe Vera and dimethicone. After you shower and your hair is damp, spread a little glob on your hands and work it through your hair, and comb or whatever you normally do and let it dry. you'll have to experiment to get the right amount. I'm not entirely sure if the Aloe Vera is the key ingredient, or the dimethicone is, as far as frizz control is concerned. I found this product at natural food/organic/healthy living type stores. Meijer also has it -- Meijer (pronounced "My-yer") is a chain of these giant everything under one roof open 24 hours type stores; I don't know if you have one near you or not.
Thanks Rob! I'll take note of this and check it out. I've been looking at some of these products on the internet, and is this the right one?
http://www.vitacost.com/Lily-of-the-Desert-Aloe-Vera-80-Aloe-Gel?csrc=NTDC-026395471621
Also, is it the kind of gel that gets hard in your hair? Because if it is, sorry, but I wouldn't like it.
No, what you found looks like a dietary additive you put in food. The product I use is for skin (as a moisturizer) and can be used in hair and isn't intended to be ingested. Here it is:
http://www.vitacost.com/Lily-of-the-Desert-99-Aloe-Vera-Gelly
I'm not sure what you mean by "get's hard" -- if you mean does it make your hair stiff and spikey, the answer is no, it makes it smooth and does a bit of straightening out if it's frizzy. You have to watch how much you use. When I first got it I liked it so much I used it a couple of times a day and used too much and that caused too much buildup and the usual problems of gunked up hair. Just spread a little bit like a blob the size of a sugar cube on your hands and work them through your damp hair and that should be enough.
rob
Aloe Vera Gel
Ha, yeah, that was a bit stupid of me to get something you ingest. I've noticed how people seem to be using it for skin care, but I'm not doubting you on this. I'll ask my mother if she can look for it the next time she goes to the store.
Cheers,
Nathan
One other thing: The product from them that I buy locally clearly lists dimethicone as the second ingredient after aloe vera, but on the web every incidence of the aloe vera gelly they sell makes no mention of it. Instead the ingredients list something else. I don't know about you, but I _want_ dimethicone to be in there since I use this stuff in my hair. The dimethicone is helps make it smooth (less tangles) and gives it some body. I don't know if they changed the ingredients and I'm buying old stock, or if what I'm finding is new. You might talk to them on Monday before you buy anything. They list phone numbers on their web site which I think is linked below:
Lily of the Desert
I have wavy hair and humidity tends to make it curlier and frizzier. Now that it's longer, I just put it in a tail and once in a while slick a little gel onto it (not very often, but if I feel like I want to look a little more professional). When it was longer but couldn't be tailed well, I just put up with it and told my co-workers that my hair was "doing its own thing."
Mouse