Posted on September 15, 2010 with No Comments
Lets face it frizzy hair sucks, its like walking around with a wild animal on your head and if one more person asks if you stuck your finger in a light socket you are going to snap. There are many reasons you can have frizzy hair. Some are due to the enviornment like humidity, extreme heat, cold, or wind. Frizz can also be due to a terrible 
hair cut and product gunk that builds up. Using the right products for frizzy hair can leave you with soft shiny hair. So what products are we talking about you may ask? A good shampoo and moisturizing conditioner and leave in conditioner or oil will make a huge difference. By adding these few things to your everyday routine your hair will transform before your very eyes.
Here are a few helpful tips to help keep your hair under control. Don’t wash your hair everyday, this will dry it out, but you should use a leave in conditioner or treatment daily this will help deep condition your hair keeping it soft. If you have wispy hair use a light conditioner to keep it from looking flat. If you have thick hair use a heavy conditioner.
Try to use a deep conditioning treatment once every 7 days. This will help regulate your hairs moisture levels and make it stronger and healthier. A good recipe for a homemade treatment is:
- 1 avocado
- 1/4 cup mayo
- 1 banana mashed
- 3 drops of emu argan, jojoba or olive oil (your choice)
Directions: Mix ingredients together until smooth. Massage into your hair and let sit for 30 min, then rinse in warm water. Let Air Dry.
This will leave you with smooth frizz-less hair, that is soft and well conditioned. The trick you need to remember is finding a product that will work with your hair type and location. If you live in a humid environment find a product that targets humidity. If you live in a dry environment target a product that hydrates the hair. Cream based products are great for hydration and they fight frizz, but make sure they don’t weigh your hair down.
Finally stay away from strong styling products which are made with alcohol. This will dry your hair out and make your frizz 10 times worse. Avoid hot oils which can burn your hair and leave it damaged which will make it frizzy as well.
Posted on November 23, 2009 with No Comments
With cold, dry weather comes the annual mecca for frizzy hair help. We, our customers, and co-workers see a dramatic increase in questions about how to deal with hair that is overcome with frizz, static electricity, and damage.
Tame Frizzy Hair
For most of us in the industry and for most anyone who is fairly serious about their hair, we know that dry air (lower humidity), wind and cold depletes oils and moisture. The dryness makes hair less resistant to humidity, decreases moisture content, and becomes harder to control, style and manage.
Frizzy Hair Help - For Beautiful Hair
There are several things we can do to reduce frizz and get your locks the help they need.
- I always recommend switching to a moisturizing shampoo during the fall and winter if you do not use one on a daily basis. Shampoo/conditioner combos generally work well but are often hard to find – at least good ones that don’t weigh down your hair or leave it feeling “too silky”. Most folks’ hair works well with a good emu oil shampoo for improving moisture. We’ve written several blog entries for emu oil, its impact on the follicles and scalp, so I won’t go into detail (though there is a link above). As a side note, its good for scalp health and works well for treating any flakiness or dry scalp you may be having also.
- Watch the use of heat appliances. Flat irons, blow dryers and curling irons can wring the moisture our of most styles very quick. Besides the resulting frizziness, this is one of the leading contributors to hair damage. Weakening the follicle shaft causes breaking and split-ends. Use a thermal protectant. Most are leave-in conditioning sprays that can be used before heat is applied. They help coat the follicle shaft and make the shaft “slippery” so they don’t snag on flat irons and break. They also help seal-in moisture.
- Try an oil treatment. A couple of good ideas are Jojoba Oil, Argan Oil and Emu Oil. I recommend using Argan Oil. Argan oil is natural (unless combined with something not natural) and increases drying time and conditions. For the money, its a great investment for treating dry, frizzy hair – you don’t spend as much time styling and you get conditioning and protection. MoroccanOil is a very popular name-brand as is Marrakesh Oil, and Agadir. All are 100% argan oil and/or have been supplemented with Vitamin E or Hemp oil. On a personal note, Marrakesh is my favorite…I love the smell.
- From a styling perspective, you can cut-down on frizz and fly-away using styling aids. Gels, hairsprays, mousse, pomade, et al are good for holding a style in place. Make sure they don’t contain alcohol and that you don’t allow product residue to build-up. This can increase dryness and promote scalp problems like psoriasis, dandruff and associated symptoms like scalp flakes, scabbing, inflamed scalp tissue and itchy head.
Getting successful frizzy hair help is often just paying attention to how and when your hair frizzes. Noticing time of day, products you are using, temperature, can give you some clues as to how to tame frizz and get your hair behaving.
