Beauty

[Jhincher]

I have been using Wen for five years...POM. I had a stash of seasonals and I though I would try them. I gave several a try, but they leave my hair feeling like a film is on it and it is flat. I thought I could no longer use Wen, so I went back to regular shampoo...bad idea. After three week my scalp was dry, itchy, and dandruff everywhere. I went back to Wen and pulled out a bottle of TT, the first cleansing made a big difference. Maybe I need to stick with POM and TT???

[HonnyBrown]

That sounds like a great idea!

I love TT. I'm glad they are working well for you.

Seasonals, for me, take too much experimentation. By the time I figure out how they work best for my hair, I'm 2/3 of the way through the bottle.

[Susan25]

It definitely sounds like the seasonals aren't good for you. I love the seasonals and use them often. Did you take the recommender on the Chaz Dean site? I found this to be very accurate.

[ical]

I tried WEN, and I thought, wow! This stuff is cool, it really works without bubbles and stinging my eyes if I wash my hair in a hurried shower. So one day, I thought to myself, "Gee? I wonder if I just used my regular conditioner and just skipped using any regular bubbling shampoo at all?" So I dug out one of my conditioners and washed my hair (not with WEN) but with the conditioner. I treated the regular conditioner as if it were shampoo. I put some on the ends, put some on top, rubbed and let my hair wash itself in pure conditioner. Then I thoroughly rinsed and WOW!!! It was great! So nice! So shiny! And healthy! No dry scalp! Fullness!

So I don't buy WEN any longer.

I hope you try it. Now I am sure some faithful WEN followers will come in and say "blah..blah…and it didn't work for me…blah blah…made my hair woof…blah blah blah…"

But try it, try it on a weekend. Just treat your conditioner as if it were shampoo, wash your hair top to bottom letting your locks bathe in the conditioner, rinse thoroughly, and you will see!"

In my opinion, of course.

[Susan25]

ical, A lot of people have used conditioners to wash their hair instead of shampoo. Their is a difference between using a conditioner and a cleansing conditioner. If you use a conditioner to cleanse your hair, you will eventually have a build-up on your hair. If you don't want to use Wen you should try a cleansing conditioner instead. If you google cleansing conditioners you will get a variety of cleansing conditioners that you can try in various price ranges.

[Wen_Woman]

On 9/16/2014 ical said:

I tried WEN, and I thought, wow! This stuff is cool, it really works without bubbles and stinging my eyes if I wash my hair in a hurried shower. So one day, I thought to myself, "Gee? I wonder if I just used my regular conditioner and just skipped using any regular bubbling shampoo at all?" So I dug out one of my conditioners and washed my hair (not with WEN) but with the conditioner. I treated the regular conditioner as if it were shampoo. I put some on the ends, put some on top, rubbed and let my hair wash itself in pure conditioner. Then I thoroughly rinsed and WOW!!! It was great! So nice! So shiny! And healthy! No dry scalp! Fullness!

So I don't buy WEN any longer.

I hope you try it. Now I am sure some faithful WEN followers will come in and say "blah..blah…and it didn't work for me…blah blah…made my hair woof…blah blah blah…"

But try it, try it on a weekend. Just treat your conditioner as if it were shampoo, wash your hair top to bottom letting your locks bathe in the conditioner, rinse thoroughly, and you will see!"

In my opinion, of course.

My daughter who is 18, does this. She is happy with it but I think her hair looks coated and weighed down. I guess its like anything else, it will work great for some and not for others.

OP, I love the seasonals but the core formulas are there for a reason. If those are what work, then stick with it. What you may find at some point is that your hair will change and start liking a different formula. Its happened several times now with me. SAM is now working like magic for me and I used to end up with a frizzy mess after using that one. Lav used to be my best formula and it now seems drying. If you have seasonals left that aren't working for you right now, put them aside and give them a try later.

[quadmimi]

Found my WEN answer, I use shampoo, then leave my FIG in for the rest of my shower, only for my hair, instead of rinsing it all out and adding some back in, I just don't quit rinse it out..then I use the SC on the ends, spritz a bit of VTS at the roots, and blow almost dry, not quit..best hair ever...but I have to say for me the FIG and SHP are the best combo I have found...

[HonnyBrown]

quad, I use a sulfate shampoo twice a year. This way, my Wen is always at it's best!

ical, rinse out conditioners replace what shampoos remove from the hair. Since nothing is being removed, your conditioner is building up on your hair. Keep that in mind.

[okiebug]

OP, I'm glad you tried WEN again after finding out shampoo was too harsh on your hair and scalp. Tea tree is the best for your scalp. I don't use the seasonals, I always do my first cleanse with TT, then I use either fig or SAM. TT and POM should work for you fine. I've used WEN for over 8 years and never had to use shampoo to make WEN "work better".

[FLsunlover]

I don't get good results with the seasonals either. I've stopped buying them and stick to TT, Fig and SAM with a little 613 mixed in from time to time. That's what works best for me and there is no sense in wasting my money on something that doesn't perform for me just because I want to try a new scent.