Question Regarding WEN - Page 2

kze · ‎03-09-2010

I've used WEN for about 20 years and my hair has never looked better. I have fine, dry, frizzy hair and have found Tea Tree and Summer Honey Peach to be the best. One thing I learned is that on Tea Tree if I didn't use a lot, my hair would be greasy. It doesn't make sense but it's true. You need to massage your scalp and make sure there isn't a residue that you can feel. The best time to try it is when your hair is not in the best shape.

hullie · ‎03-28-2010

I have long hair. When I got over 65 years old my hair started feeling dry and not looking shiny. I started using wen and it helped immediately. I'm 74 now and used it during chemotherapy and it has continued to help my aging hair. I still have my long hair due to a wonderful oncologist.

CamilleP · ‎03-09-2010

@12andcounting I have used WEN for years, since he introduced the first Seasonal, Fall Ginger Pumpkin. I have found that I get my best results from the Soy based formulas, but my eczema reacts to any formula with the trimonium honey compound in it, so I am only using 319, Fall Ginger Pumpkin, and Winter Vanilla Mint. I can also use Spring Orange Blossom and Winter White Forest, but I recently cut my hair quite short, a pixie cut, so I am using so little WEN that I only bought one gallon this year, a 319, as I will have enough cleansing conditioner to last me a couple of years from now! I have very fine, dark blonde hair going grey, and I cleanse every day, since I exercise and my scalp sweats, so I cleanse in the shower and go to bed clean. I am also washing out the huge amount of allergens my hair picks up from being outside in the state I live in, the pollen capital of the USA, so I don't rub them from my hair onto my pillowcase and then all over my face. (Learned that from an immunologist I used to work with, shower and wash hair before bedtime so you don't take the allergens to bed with you!) I also agree with many other WEN users, you have to experiment a little to find out how much works with your hair and scalp, what other products you might want to use, etc. I mostly use just cleanser and styling creme if I know I am going to heat style the next day. I remoist once a week, most weeks, but with hair this short I almost doesn't need it, I get it cut so often. Hope this helps you decide.

12andcounting · ‎03-10-2010

@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I went into using WEN with every good intention. It did not make my hair fall out, nor did it clog my drain. Sadly I never got great second day hair, no matter what I did. My hair was long at the time and Day Two would always be a dry shamooo and ponytail day. I gave it a very long trial, used different formulas over the period of a few years and nothing changed. I eventually moved on to Tweak'd and it's been much better for me.

@JeanLouiseFinch Would you mind telling me which Tweak'd items you use?

Boehm Collector · ‎03-09-2010

I used WEN for years. Never had any problems. But I stopped using it years ago because of the expense. My hair looks just as good, if not better, using drug store shampoo.

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

@Boehm Collector wrote:
I used WEN for years. Never had any problems. But I stopped using it years ago because of the expense. My hair looks just as good, if not better, using drug store shampoo.

@Boehm Collector

I may be heading that way myself.

Do you mind sharing which drug store brands you've found good results with?

wagirl · ‎03-09-2010

It made me itch--on my head and even on my body when I would rinse it off in the shower.l

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

@12andcounting wrote:
@JeanLouiseFinch wrote:
I went into using WEN with every good intention. It did not make my hair fall out, nor did it clog my drain. Sadly I never got great second day hair, no matter what I did. My hair was long at the time and Day Two would always be a dry shamooo and ponytail day. I gave it a very long trial, used different formulas over the period of a few years and nothing changed. I eventually moved on to Tweak'd and it's been much better for me.
@JeanLouiseFinch Would you mind telling me which Tweak'd items you use?

A lot of them, @12andcounting. I've been using Tweak'd products for about five years.

shampoo

conditioner

cleansing treatment (smooth kind in a tub, not the scrub)

revitalzing treatment mist

xxxl CLEANditoner

chiuri styling creme

2xl fiber lift and style foam

I use shampoo and conditioner 2-3 times a week.

The cleansing treatment is roughly once a week or so.

The revitalizing treatment mist is a pre blow dry spray but is also a detangler and next day refreshener if I have bedhead.

The fiber lift is what I apply to the roots and the styling creme on the rest of my hair prior to blow drying.

The cleanditioner replaces dry shampoo for the I'm between days. There are complaints about the bottle/delivery. I've experienced them to so I transfer into another bottle.

I have body wash and body lotion that I'm sitting on, while I use up some other things.

I have the all purpose rescue cream too.

drizzellla · ‎03-14-2010

I tried Wen, numerous times. Everyone had raved about it and I thought I would give it a try.

I have fine wavy hair. No matter how much I rinsed and rinsed and rinsed, I ended up with greasy looking flat hair. It got to the point that I would use it and then use regular shampoo afterward.

So I would stop using it and then try again a few months later. I finally just gave up. I use regular shampoo and am happy with the results.

Shanus · ‎05-17-2010

@12andcounting wrote:
I am tempted to try WEN cleansing conditioners. However, my hair is not in the greatest shape right now, so I don't want to make things any worse.

Have any of you experienced any problems or adverse effects after using WEN products? I am not in any way saying that I think this would be the case. I just thought I would ask this question of people who use the products. Thanks in advance for any responses.

@12andcounting My hair is thick and curly/wavy. I tried WEN many years ago and although many love this, it didn't do any favors for my hair type. It weighed it down, couldn't get a curl (over conditioned) and I certainly couldn't go a suggested week until next wash day. My hair felt sticky and dirty in two days.