o.k. My Hair is Starting To Look Too Greasy! What Happened?

I find that my scalp and hair must be completely creamed up and I need to cleanse rinse and repeat because my scalp is extremely oily. My hair is very long so I MUST use 24 pumps for each cleanse. I know that's a lot but without doing that my hair will not get clean. Also, too much leave in may not be good. How long is your hair and what kind of texture? Mine is fine so from it being very short to shoulder length I only needed a pea size of leave in and one pump of styling creme. I find that the mousse is good for shine and bounce and my hair holds the style no matter what until I wet it again. I see you've been using Wen for three years so your hair may be growing and you need to use more for a good cleanse. That happened to me. I was thinking the same thing like, hey what's going on here? I realized I needed to use more for a good cleanse. From Scalp to ends everything must be saturated in Wen. I also comb it through and let it sit there for the entire shower. I know this may sound odd but using the oils on my scalp over night helped too. I'm sure other posters will have good ideas too. Don't give up! I had many twists and turns too.

Nope, I haven't noticed that. What were you using before the seasonals? They're all soy-based, so if you were using wheat-based formulas and moved to soy, that could be it.

I use fewer pumps when I use a seasonal, because they're SO creamy.

You may also want to try a scalp exfoliation. I mix 1 tablespoon of brown sugar into with 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil and massage that into my scalp before I shower, then wash as usual. (I do this inside the tub, so that the sugar fallout lands in the tub.) If you don't have grape seed oil, you can use other oils (olive, jojoba, WEN) OR you can use 2 tablespoons of WEN and a small splash of water with the 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.

I like to do this the morning after an overnight oil treatment with WEN oil or my own oil blend, which also includes jojoba oil. The jojoba helps break down any scalp build up overnight and then the sugar scrubs it away to wash down the drain when I wash my hair.

On 1/7/2015 sjk73 said:

I find that my scalp and hair must be completely creamed up and I need to cleanse rinse and repeat because my scalp is extremely oily. My hair is very long so I MUST use 24 pumps for each cleanse. I know that's a lot but without doing that my hair will not get clean. Also, too much leave in may not be good. How long is your hair and what kind of texture? Mine is fine so from it being very short to shoulder length I only needed a pea size of leave in and one pump of styling creme. I find that the mousse is good for shine and bounce and my hair holds the style no matter what until I wet it again. I see you've been using Wen for three years so your hair may be growing and you need to use more for a good cleanse. That happened to me. I was thinking the same thing like, hey what's going on here? I realized I needed to use more for a good cleanse. From Scalp to ends everything must be saturated in Wen. I also comb it through and let it sit there for the entire shower. I know this may sound odd but using the oils on my scalp over night helped too. I'm sure other posters will have good ideas too. Don't give up! I had many twists and turns too.

My hair has never been oily, not even my scalp. But since it is in such good shape from using WEN all this time, I have been cheating on the pumps, and sometimes I don't even wash it twice because after just one cleansing, it feels soft and squeaks when I rinse it. My hair is long, thick in volume, but somewhat fine. I never combed through like they do in the presentations. Perhaps I should go back to using twice as many pumps again and then doing the second wash. BTW, I no longer need to leave in product on the ends. I never blow dry my hair--use sponge rollers mostly--and rarely have dry or split ends anymore. Thanks for the suggestions.

I'd go back to the formulas that worked well for you. I know I can't use fig as often as I use to because it is too heavy now for my hair and can make it look flat and kind of greasy. It is too much moisture now for my hair.

On 1/7/2015 ChynnaBlue said:

Nope, I haven't noticed that. What were you using before the seasonals? They're all soy-based, so if you were using wheat-based formulas and moved to soy, that could be it.

I use fewer pumps when I use a seasonal, because they're SO creamy.

You may also want to try a scalp exfoliation. I mix 1 tablespoon of brown sugar into with 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil and massage that into my scalp before I shower, then wash as usual. (I do this inside the tub, so that the sugar fallout lands in the tub.) If you don't have grape seed oil, you can use other oils (olive, jojoba, WEN) OR you can use 2 tablespoons of WEN and a small splash of water with the 1 tablespoon of brown sugar.

I like to do this the morning after an overnight oil treatment with WEN oil or my own oil blend, which also includes jojoba oil. The jojoba helps break down any scalp build up overnight and then the sugar scrubs it away to wash down the drain when I wash my hair.

Ohh, I LOVE the idea of a brown sugar scrub (not sure why I never thought of it for my scalp!) Thank you!! I am so doing this Saturday night!!

Some women have mentioned that every once in a while they need to use a regular shampoo. I used a regular shampoo two weeks ago followed by Wen. My hair went back to normal. Although my problem is dry hair and not oily hair. I have found that my hair gets less oily and I can go longer between cleansings.

On 1/7/2015 catladyinCA said:

On 1/7/2015 sjk73 said:

I find that my scalp and hair must be completely creamed up and I need to cleanse rinse and repeat because my scalp is extremely oily. My hair is very long so I MUST use 24 pumps for each cleanse. I know that's a lot but without doing that my hair will not get clean. Also, too much leave in may not be good. How long is your hair and what kind of texture? Mine is fine so from it being very short to shoulder length I only needed a pea size of leave in and one pump of styling creme. I find that the mousse is good for shine and bounce and my hair holds the style no matter what until I wet it again. I see you've been using Wen for three years so your hair may be growing and you need to use more for a good cleanse. That happened to me. I was thinking the same thing like, hey what's going on here? I realized I needed to use more for a good cleanse. From Scalp to ends everything must be saturated in Wen. I also comb it through and let it sit there for the entire shower. I know this may sound odd but using the oils on my scalp over night helped too. I'm sure other posters will have good ideas too. Don't give up! I had many twists and turns too.

My hair has never been oily, not even my scalp. But since it is in such good shape from using WEN all this time, I have been cheating on the pumps, and sometimes I don't even wash it twice because after just one cleansing, it feels soft and squeaks when I rinse it. My hair is long, thick in volume, but somewhat fine. I never combed through like they do in the presentations. Perhaps I should go back to using twice as many pumps again and then doing the second wash. BTW, I no longer need to leave in product on the ends. I never blow dry my hair--use sponge rollers mostly--and rarely have dry or split ends anymore. Thanks for the suggestions.

you've basically just figured out why you're having problems and what you need to do to fix it...