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How often do/should you cleanse?

HarpersWENning — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:15:15 GMT

When I initially began using WEN, I started with the TT cc and I cleansed my hair everyday for one week. Then once my hair was used to the WEN, I tapered off to every other day and sometimes every 3 days. With this process, my hair still loves WEN and is flourishing (my postpartum shedding is lessening with time also), so I was wondering, is there anything wrong woth cleansing daily. I mean, I understand that with WEN, most are able to cleanse less per week than they did with shampoo, but I just enjoy using the product and cleansing my hair. Its the one thing I get to do during the day to feel pampered and the scents from the Dec TSV are so enticing lol. I definitely don't NEED to cleanse daily, but I just WANT to...just wanted to know if there was any reason that I shouldn't? Thanks!

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cosmic1 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:18:26 GMT

I cleanse every day because I want to. I love how my hair feels when it's been cleansed.

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HonnyBrown — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:28:38 GMT

You can use Wen as frequently as you wish!

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quadmimi — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:29:42 GMT

I cleanse everyday because my hair looks better the way I style it, and I love picking what I am going to use/combine, it's fun to see if I get a better "do" than the day before!...

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HarpersWENning — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:31:48 GMT

Thanks ladies! Makes me so happy to hear these responses!

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Chicago-girl — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:41:13 GMT

The one point I would like to make is that if you style/use hot tools after shower, you might be damaging your hair more than you need to. I flat iron after each cleanse, so I try to postpone cleansing as long as possible, twice a week ideally.

Re: How often do/should you cleanse?

HarpersWENning — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 03:50:22 GMT

On 11/29/2014 Chicago-girl said: The one point I would like to make is that if you style/use hot tools after shower, you might be damaging your hair more than you need to. I flat iron after each cleanse, so I try to postpone cleansing as long as possible, twice a week ideally.

Yes, that is definitely a good point to make! I, however haven't used a hot tool with the exception of a blow dryer in over 6 years, and I haven't used a blow dryer in over a year and a half.

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BootLvr — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 04:59:03 GMT

I cleanse every morning, but I have very fine hair and prefer it freshly washed.

Because it's every day, I only do one cleanse. My hair looks fine that way, and my stash lasts a lot longer!

Re: How often do/should you cleanse?

LyssaLynn519 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 17:27:57 GMT

I agree with the others, Wen is made to be used as often as you like! Chaz has mentioned many times it is gentle enough to be used daily; my only issue here would be I would run out faster! I LOVE wash days, but I do try to tough it out for 2, sometimes 3 days so my stash lasts longer. I would use it every day otherwise. The only thing I like about going a couple days without cleansing is I do less heat damage to my hair since I blow dry and straighten it.

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Shellbell79 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:15:02 GMT

Ladies who don't cleanse daily how do you wear your hair to bed at night? I don't need to cleanse daily but i do because my hair is awful after sleeping on it I've done pincurls but it doesn't always turn out right and it takes a while to do i just don't have the time. I have a satin pillowcase which helps. You ladies are so helpful with things like this thanks in advance for your responses!

Re: How often do/should you cleanse?

LyssaLynn519 — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 18:42:38 GMT

On 11/30/2014 Shellbell79 said:
Ladies who don't cleanse daily how do you wear your hair to bed at night? I don't need to cleanse daily but i do because my hair is awful after sleeping on it I've done pincurls but it doesn't always turn out right and it takes a while to do i just don't have the time. I have a satin pillowcase which helps. You ladies are so helpful with things like this thanks in advance for your responses!

I just quick throw it in a bun on the top of my head. When I spray my hair with the RTM it goes back to looking fairly straight. I usually end up throwing it in a pony tail by the end of the day.

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77yangya — Sun, 30 Nov 2014 20:34:50 GMT

The more you use Wen the BETTER! It's just that Chaz tells us and I found this to be true, is that you CAN skip a day because the next day it simply isn't necessary and I have extremely oily scalp but I can skip a day. I cleanse every day but on certain days in the week I'm very busy, I skip and spritz replenishing spray in my hands and apply to hair, run it through and fluff it up and hit it with the blow dryer a few seconds and that's it. The more you use Wen and the longer you leave it in the better. I found this to be true. My hair has a deep luster to it and it just keeps getting better.

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katwalker — Mon, 01 Dec 2014 07:28:40 GMT

My hair is very fine (but I have lots of it). The RTM doesn't work for me as it just makes my hair look oily and weighed down. To get my hair to behave (those with fine hair know what I'm talking about - you wake up with "dents" in your hair from where you slept on it. Even better, I get extra dents from my CPAP mask.), it needs to be wetted with water and blow dried straight. So, I just shower and wet my hair like I would if I were going to wash it and blow dry every morning. I cleanse with WEN every other day or else it gets too oily. I don't cleanse every day because 1) it saves time, and 2) it saves product. I have so much hair that I have to use a ton of WEN to properly cleanse. I wish I could stretch longer than 2 days, but fine hair looks oily so fast, plus my scalp already tends to be oily. I already use CA most of the time. Before WEN, I had to wash every day, though.

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Susan25 — Tue, 02 Dec 2014 03:20:58 GMT

On 11/30/2014 katwalker said: My hair is very fine (but I have lots of it). The RTM doesn't work for me as it just makes my hair look oily and weighed down. To get my hair to behave (those with fine hair know what I'm talking about - you wake up with "dents" in your hair from where you slept on it. Even better, I get extra dents from my CPAP mask.), it needs to be wetted with water and blow dried straight. So, I just shower and wet my hair like I would if I were going to wash it and blow dry every morning. I cleanse with WEN every other day or else it gets too oily. I don't cleanse every day because 1) it saves time, and 2) it saves product. I have so much hair that I have to use a ton of WEN to properly cleanse. I wish I could stretch longer than 2 days, but fine hair looks oily so fast, plus my scalp already tends to be oily. I already use CA most of the time. Before WEN, I had to wash every day, though.

I don't really have fine hair but I also don't wash my hair everyday and shower and wet my hair as if I was going to wash it. I find it much easier to wet my hair when I shower anyway. I have tried to just shower and not wet my hair but this doesn't seem to really work. I still have to blow dry my hair and use a styling product but I find that just using a small amount of the styling creme and RTM works for me on days that I don't cleanse my hair. I also washed my hair everyday prior to using Wen. I definitely don't need to using Wen.

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40nu20 — Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:54:48 GMT

I wash every other day and sometimes every three days. On the days I dont wash, I use the rtm. It works great for me and never makes my hair flat or weighed down looking. My hair is long, just past bra strap. The rtm freshens it up nice. As far as dents or bumps from sleeping, my hair has a wave to it so its fine. Once in a while I will use the perfector to put a little curl in it when I'm in the mood. Wen really does keep hair cleaner longer. On the days I dont wash, I put my hair in a shower cap when showering and it works fine. Spritz with rtm and use a wide tooth comb and I'm good to go.