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I'm curious to hear from those who use gel, mousse, hair spray or other hair products to control frizzies/fly-aways, especially in the context of keeping your hair neatly laying down or restrained in a professional environment.
My two basic question are:
1) Do you wash/rinse these products out on a daily basis, or just in accordance with whatever wash schedule you follow anyway?
2) How does your hair feel after using one of these products, and then later letting your hair loose (i.e., is it sticky/oily or whatever, or does it flow naturally)?
Thanks in advance for any infom
Frodo
I usually put a small amount of Jojoba oil (wax) on my hair after shampoo/conditioning which helps the frizzies with no oily residue....on the rare occasions that I tie my hair back and use pomade on the sides....at the end of the day when brushed out, my hair is quite straight and frizzy-free; however it does need to be washed out soon as it attracts dust, dirt, grease.
At the risk of horrifying some of our members;
...after a shampoo/conditioning, if you put your hair in a tail and gently use a straightening iron on lowest setting, the frizzies stay controlled until the next shampoo without any added gels, etc. Don't attempt to straighten your hair with this, just "capture" the fly-a-ways...
Good question, Frodo
Walter
I have to be carefull to always rince out products. My hair is waivy, course and porous, so stuff litteraly gets in it. I mean bad too.
So I do a condition wash every day to remove the gunk.
I have been using Dove, Pantene, or any hair spray marked "flexible hold". I wash my hear twice a week. I use the spray to keep the whispy shorter hairs from sticking out, mostly around and behind my ears (with my hair in a tail or braid). Since most of my hair doesn't get any spray, it feels fine.
Lately I've been trying a new spray from Garnier Fructis that has a different formula from the others. It is water-based, not alcohol-based like the others, so it takes a little longer to dry. But it feels better when dry, and holds just fine. I think it's called "Flexible Curls" or something like that.