Beauty

[PINKdogWOOD]

I just put 'some' in my hand and go - I don't use the pumps b/c they just don't work right and at the end of the bottle you can't really get it all out with the pump.

I wash once - I've never washed twice with any shampoo.

Maybe I should elaborate on the 'some' - about the size of a quarter or half dollar, no more. I have really short hair so I don't need much. I spread it around on my hair/head, scrub my scalp, run my hands thru my hair. Sometimes I'll leave it on while I shower then rinse, sometimes I'll rinse most right after I wash it, shower then rinse out then remaining. It always feels clean and rinsed.

[okiebug]

Did you put the leave in on soaking wet hair or towel dried hair? It needs to be worked into your hair while it's soaking wet, same with the styling crème.

[bebe777]

On 3/31/2014 WenGirl42 said:

On 3/31/2014 hyacinth003 said:

I think the gumminess has to do with using some as a leave in. I hated the feel of it.

But I didn't style it, so maybe it would have looked good even if it didn't feel good!

Hyacinth

I don't know about this...I always use fig as my leave-in and "gummy" is not a word I'd use at all. My hair has felt "gummy" when I used too much SC. Or recently I had to use aerosol hairspray and a lot of it for a couple days in a row, and I could tell I hadn't cleansed it all out because my hair felt gummy after it dried. So that makes me wonder if maybe it wasn't fully rinsed or you didn't use enough (regardless of one cleanse or two). But do you use a leave-in conditioner when you don't use WEN?

hyacinth, I have thin/fine, shoulder length hair. When I first started doing a leave-in, I used 1 pump CC and 1 pump SC. This left my hair feeling a bit sticky, so I reduced the leave-in to 1/2 pump CC and 1/3 pump SC. You might try playing around with how much product you use for the leave-in.

And like WenGirl42 mentioned, you really need to spend a a few minutes rinsing the CC out of your hair, otherwise it will feel gummy.

-- bebe

[vermint]

I only do one cleanse most of the time--using half the pumps. I have fairly thick, chin-length, highlighted hair.

What I think is critical (and what the back of the bottle really does not say) is to use more than a splash of water to really froth the CC up, scrub your scalp using the pads of your fingers, and rinse til your hair squeaks!

My process is:

1. Wash face - wet hair thoroughly, apply 8 pumps (for me, from a 16 oz. bottle)

2. Work through hair down to scalp, using pads of fingers, add a little water, work in some more, scrubbing scalp.

3. Bathe the rest of me, stick head under shower briefly, work up a good froth, adding more water if necessary, scrub scalp a little more.

4. Shave legs, stick head under shower again, work CC thru hair, scrubbing scalp some more.

5. Rinse, while running fingers thru hair and rubbing scalp, until hair squeaks, then use my WEN comb under the running water.

6. Turn off water, apply styling creme (and sometimes just a "quick" pump of CC) to hair. If I use both, I mix them together in my hand.

Working up that froth with enough water (more than a splash), scrubbing the scalp and rinsing thoroughly are SO important, IMO. "Splash" of water is a little misleading, so is "massaging" the scalp. Don't make your scalp sore, of course!

It all sounds time-consuming, but the more I do it, the faster it goes.

[bebe777]

I don't have to use that much CC. My hair still "squeaks" cleans pretty easily, but I do massage the CC into my scalp pretty thoroughly for a good two minutes. I think a thorough scalp massage is an essential cleansing component.

-- bebe

[bebe777]

hyacinth, I was wondering if Wen was working any better for you this time?

-- bebe