JUST WASH AND GO!!! (Hair Tips & Advice)

Member Name: leeanne

Product:	Hair Tips & Advice
Date:	15/02/02 (866 review reads)
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Advantages: Works for me

Disadvantages: none for me

Having what you might call difficult hair I have tried and tested a lot of products and now THINK I know what is best for my pride and joy.

My hair is quite thick and most people say I am so lucky to have thick hair. This isn’t the case. It tends to look like it needs cut more often and can look bulky.

So this is my list of tips on how to make the most of your hair and how I try to make the best of it.

First of all have regular haircuts. I get my hair cut at the local college and for £2.50 I have it washed, cut, dried and styled. At this price I can afford to go very often and think of my new hairstyle as a necessity instead of a luxury. I have heard you should have you hair cut every 6-8 weeks. I don’t stick to this, but tend to know when a cut will benefit my mop!

If you have anything special done to your hair you should look after more. My hair gets thinned every time it is cut. This means when it grows back in it is bulky and heavy, so I have to keep getting it thinned. Also my layers take a lot of trimming up all the time to make them look presentable.

Ask your hairdresser’s advice and it might help you. I considered myself to have typical greasy hair, which needs washed every 2 days. However my hairdresser said my hair was greasy, but I had dry ends. I never thought this and was glad I asked for her advice.

Find a few good products to use and it will benefit your hair. My personal favourite is

Charles Worthington – I use the pink bottles, which is for combination hair – greasy roots and dry ends.

I also use Umberto Giannini occasionally – Sleek and Chic and once every few week I use Toni and Guy. The Toni and Guy range seem to be very rich and moisturising, so this is a treat, which makes my hair great.

The products, which I have mentioned, aren’t the cheapest. They all retail around the £4 mark for 250ml. A little does go a long way, as
the liquid is quite thick and foams up well. I have used cheaper brands and they haven’t done as good a job as these products have. Besides the more expensive ones are always on offer in Boots.

I always tie my hair up when I go to bed. I brush it, and then fix it firmly with a covered bobble and that is it until the morning. It saves my hair getting tangled in the night and I wouldn’t like my hair all around my face during when I am sleeping.

Don’t use too many harsh styling products all the time. I use mousse occasionally when I have washed my hair, but only a golf ball sized blob – and I have longer than shoulder length hair. I use hairspray when my hair is tied up, but this is usually when it looks a bit greasy. I just have a quick spray.

The normal one – don’t blow-dry your hair too often! I am lucky if I dry it twice a year, because I always let it dry naturally. Occasionally I am in a hurry and going out I will dry it and it gets a nice shine on it, but I know if I done this too often it would be a different story.

So nothing new here – just all the old favourites. But it just goes to prove – the old remedies are the best.

If any of you have hints on how to manage thick, greasy hair I am open to comments!

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