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Honored Contributor
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When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

I use only WEN and love it. My hair is very long (28 inches), thick and coarse by nature, with a natural wave/curl and colored. I love the mist but it seems to act like a hair spray on my hair. Is that normal? Yes, it's feels slightly coated and my ends get tangled/knotted. It also makes my thick hair feel/appear thicker.

Am I doing something wrong?

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Registered: ‎03-12-2010

Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

If you are talking about the Revitalizing Treatment Mist, then yes, that is exactly how if feels on my hair! I use it on my face and skin, it is very refreshing when it is hot out and I love most of the scents!

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Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

When I use the replenishing mist on my hair, I spray, let it sit for a few minutes and work my fingers threw it before I brush. I use the replenishing mist constantly all day and every day on my skin and hair. I never get a "gummy" feeling from them.
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Registered: ‎11-23-2013

Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

Yes. I use it to refresh 2nd or 3rd day hair. The first day I use it is fine, but over that and my hair is gummy.

Get your flu shot...because I didn't.
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Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

Are you using the RTM or the other spray? Because the latter (I think it's called volumizing spray) is meant to work like a hairspray.

I don't get gummy results with RTM at all--it makes my hair quite soft. I usually use it on second and third day hair when I first get up and also after my workout, if I'm not cleansing that day.

Do you have other styling products on your hair when you spray it in? Maybe it is reacting with a gel or balm or whatever? (I have to cleanse the day after using other kinds of styling products.)

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Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

Yes the key is that you say it makes your hair feel thicker. That is exactly what it does and for my baby fine hair, that is great. You might do better to spray plain water.

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Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

Hi and thanks everyone for your feedback. : )

Yes, I am using the RTM (I was typing from my IPhone and, well, there it is, lol). Not using any other products other than my Watermelon CC with the Peach as my second cleanse but not on the scalp and then a blop as a leave in; that's it.

Honnybrown, exactly!!! My hair feels soft at first (and feels soft throughout the day) but then feels coated and my ends get tick/knotted; perhaps because the RTM triggers my hair to curl...I don't know.

I just received the Lavender styling duo and will use that next time I wash but wasn't sure if the RTM did this not anybody else. Guess it does, lol. LOVE how it feels on a hot day, that's for sure, and the scents are wonderful (using Peach today).

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Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

I don't really like the RTM on my hair (though sometimes I'll spritz it all over my hair before bed just for some extra moisture). It leaves it feeling kind of weighed down and not clean.

I love it for my face, though!

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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

I love and use these mists every day, and my kids do, too. I have never had this problem. However, I mostly use for a refresher on my skin and face. Smiley Happy

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Registered: ‎11-01-2013

Re: When using the Refreshing Mist, does anyone else find their hair getting gummy/feeling coated/develops tangles?

I use the RTM on my face every day and love it! However, I find the core RTMs and the 613 RTM are drying on my hair, whereas the seasonal RTMs make it soft and full. I haven't tried the BGT RTM yet.