@itiswhatitis wrote:
@ItsME wrote:
Twenty years ago, my hair was very dry, like straw. Back then, I used to wash every day. I had never heard of sulfate free products, but I looked for products that said said they were moisturizing, and cut back shampoo to every other day, while using conditioner only on the off days.
My hair was much better, but still terribly dry. By then, I'd heard of sulfate free products, and started using them. Again, better, but not good enough. It was bad enough that someone stopped me in a store and recommended a repair product (Ojon).
it's been a process and a battle to find products that work. I've tried a products through the years that left my hair in better condition, but not behaving well. About a month ago, I found a product line that I love (so far)! (Hask Argon Oil shampoo and conditioner).
For the past several years, I also go longer .... two to four days .... without shampoo or conditioner ... Depends on how sweaty my head gets when I walk and exercise. My hair is in much better shape now.
Reading these posts, I've decided to again use only conditioner for every other wash, and see how that goes.
(Wen made my hair fall out.... couldn't use it. BUT I'm very sensitive and/or allergic to a lot of things.)
I'm inquiring now because my hair in its natural state, takes a lot of work to keep it moisturized. I have very little sheen to my hair and I need some help!!!! LOL
I would bet the majority of posters grew up using Prell or Breck or something like that because there was not an entire drugstore aisle of products to choose from, and many of us used Johnsons No More Tangles afterwards to "condition" our hair. And I would also bet we had shiny, manageable hair. And that we swam in chlorinated pools and lakes and oceans and did not damage our hair so as to have to buy tons of products to heal it.
I think people jump on bandwagons and always come up with more and more products convincing us we need them or we won't have the desired effects we hoped for, or had when we were kids.
Well, the truth of the matter is that hair, just like skin gets older as we do. Did you know the oldest part of your hair is the ends? Hair grows out of the scalp so if you don't cut your hair, your ends may be years old. The best way to take care of your hair is to keep the ends trimmed regularly and keep the scalp in good condition.
IMO. all these trends are unnecessary. WEN began because as Chaz said he saw women losing their haircolor soon after coloring because it got stripped away by shampoo. I have no research on this but I would think that if you color your hair and wash it everyday, even just with water, you are diluting that color day by day.
Of course as women we are always looking for the latest and greatest products that will hold off Father time. Good that we have choices. I don't color my hair so I have no need for a product like WEN. I use a good shampoo (Acure) and once a week conditioner. My hair looks healthy and shiny. And I do get dry ends cut regularly. Not rocket science. But to each his own as to what works for you.
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