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Hello gents, wanted to say thanks for all the tips you gave me a couple weeks ago. I have successfully convinced my wife to switch and buy us sulfate free shampoo and conditioner and have been using it for a week now! Also I got some of that Garnier pure and clean styling paste, it seems to work for the majority for the workday before my hair finally breaks free of it's hold, so whomever suggested that thank you!
I guess next on the list is to find a leave in conditioner for the days I don't shampoo/condition my hair? I am shampooing/condition every 3rd day and the days in between just getting my hair wet while in the shower and doing a quick run through to get any obvious dirt out of it. I've also read of people using oils like coconut or jojoba oil on the off days instead of a leave in conditioner. Not sure which way to go at this point, any feedback from those who've tried it?
Finally, I was curious so I measure my hair and found that the sides above my ears are just over 6" long, however the top/front is only 5". This is especially odd because the last haircut style I had was a fade with 1/2" sides and 2" length on the top. That means my top hair has only grown 3" over the past 7 months yet the sides have grown around 5 & 1/2"! How does that make sense?
Hi Tom,
There are several types of oils that you can try to condition your hair. In general they work a lot better than a leave-in conditioner. I tried several leave-in conditioners and none of them worked as good as oil.
You can try jojoba, coconut, olive oil. Just try them out and see what works best for you.
The way I use oil is the following (I've been doing like this for a couple weeks now) and is very simple. Just apply one little spoon of oil in your hands and rub them. Once your hands are fully oiled just apply it over the ends (because they tend to be drier than the rest of your hair. You can apply it over all your hair as well, depending on how dry your hair is). After applying comb your hair with a wide-tooth comb, and that's it.
If you're afraid of your hair being too oily after this, I would suggest you do this during the night -before you go to bed-: wet you hair, once its damped apply oil, let it dry a bit, then go to bed. Next day wet your hair again with hot water, let it dry and comb and see how great it will look.
I've done it both ways and it looks great as well. The heavier the oil is, the more it will condition, the less "poofy" or "frizzy" your hair will get.
I have very frizzy hair and live in a very humid city down in south america, so I cannot NOT USE oil to keep the frizz under control. Also, conditioning your hair and scalp help your hair grow more and healthier.
Using oils is also a remedy for split ends. Many people say that once your ends are split you have to cut them off if you want your hair to grow more. That is completely false. Why? Because hair grows from the top (from the roots) not from the ends. So having split ends in no way will interfere with your hair's ability to grow. If you cut your ends, you will probably take longer to grow your hair rather than growing it faster.
Using oils is better because is all natural (You won't have to worry about chemicals or harsh products) and also is inexpensive.
If you have curly or wavy hair, by using oils your hair will look straighter. Why? Oils condition your hair. Curls and waves are produced by dry hair, when hair is dry you get curls or waves. If you keep you hair conditioned, your hair will be straighter. It may get a few waves, but not many.
So I really encourage you to try this out. I have really dry and wavy hair, and have tried several products and wasted tons of money trying to find THE product to help my hair but none of them worked as well as oil.
Sorry about the lenght of my post, but I think that if people knew about the pros of using oils, they would stop wasting so much money on useless products.
Also try to google this topic or youtube it, you will find a lot more info.