Hi!
I thought I would give my tips on frizzy hair.
I have VERY thick somewhat coarse long curly/wavy hair. I hate wearing it curly/wavy. It is curly around the head and then wavy in the middle-back. So, needless to say I straighten it whenever I can.
I have been straigtening it for so long now, that I can get it almost perfectly straight with only a good brush. When I first started doing it in my teens, I would have to use a brush and a curling iron (flat irons werent the "thing" yet). Now, I just use some good straigtening product (I like Redken), a good round brush (it pays to pay more money for this), and a little shine product at the end to grease up the hair a bit and calm it down so it is shiny (I like Bed Head product for this).
Once in a while if I cant get it perfectly straight that day (you know how finicky hair is) I will use a flat iron.
It is sooooo important to get regular trims when you do this much damage to your hair. It makes all the difference. I go no longer than 6 weeks in between trims. And you only need to get a little bit of the ends snipped off each time, just to keep it fresh.
Another tip is the one that hairstylists have been telling me for years-if you straighten, dont wash your hair everday! When I was in my teens I could go every other day without washing, and it would actually look better on the in-between day. Now that I am in my late twenties, I think my hair or body has changed, because my hair just gets too greasy to not wash every day (or maybe the different products I use now). But if you can, dont wash your hair every day, that will save on time, energy, and your hair condition.
Also VERY good conditioner helps. But I dont think it necessarily helps with actually putting vitamins and stuff back in your hair, but for me it just helps make my hair has silky as possible-making it easier to blow out my hair.
And where I live in the summer-it gets hot and humid, and basically, I have come to an understanding with my hair, that it is not going to be straight throughout much of the summer-that is just the fact! So, I have accepted that (LOL) and just grin and bear it with the curly hair for most of the summertime. Of course, you get a few not-so-humid days in there, and I live for those!!! LOL
Good luck-let me know if you have any questions for me, I would be more than happy to answer them. I am obsessed with this topic!
~H
