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I just realised, I should have asked you Belinda if it were ok I posted a thread about you! Just you seem to have the best answers in the two hair threads and the best comments compared to the rest of the Internet. You posted a reply to I think it was SimplyShe about hair masks it made me want to ask you a hair question. And then chuckled saying it’s like ask Belinda she’s the hair guru! And the thread was born.
Dear Belinda,
For the past couple of days, my hair has been limper than usual and a little more problematic at the ends (mainly from rolling around in bed or wearing a hat, usually my ends pose no problems unless they are dry and the hair people say my ends aren’t dry and refused to cut). It’s still very shiny and soft.
I’m out of my usual hair mask, and figured I’d ask you for a hair suggestion before I make some more.
Penny
PS- my hair is straighter and finer than Jennifer Garner.
Thank you for the compliment! As some of you know, I’ve done a lot of research on hair, trying to figure out how to deal with my own hair, so I have learned a lot! Ask away! I’m here to help!😄
My first thoughts… you’re in a dry, winter climate, which is drying to hair. You’ve been spending more time in bed? Cotton sheets absorb moisture out of hair, so it is better to sleep on a satin pillowcase that doesn’t rough up the hair or absorb moisture out of it. Hats…what type of fabric or material? Rougher wool hats will also absorb the moisture out of your hair. Try wearing a hair with a satin lining in it for the same reason as using a satin pillowcase.
You also mentioned that your hair stylist wouldn’t cut your hair because it was not dry. Trimming the ends every three to four months is actually a good idea if you want healthy hair and especially if you’re trying to grow length (not that you said that, just throwing it out there). “Dusting” the ends every few months allows you to get more moisture in your hair, which is especially crucial in dry winter months. It also takes off the oldest part of your hair, which will be weaker and more prone to breakage.
Finally, if you haven’t done it in a while, do some type of deep moisturizing treatment. It will be especially effective with a plastic cap and heat. I have a hooded dryer, but a towel wrapped around a plastic cap will work just as well to “heat” the conditioner so it will penetrate better. Marie’s Marula Hair Mask sounds like it would be a fabulous treat for the hair! Which reminds me of another way to condition your hair. If you know you will be shampooing the next morning, an overnight moisture treatment is a good choice too, if you can stand to sleep in some sort of a hat or hood to keep it in your hair.
I hope these tips help!
Great! Ok. I have to wash my hair daily as my scalp is on the oily side of things. My pillow case is cotton, but it feels like satin. It’s glorious! I’ll give it a go! Thank you muchly!
Barb, try switching to a low-poo shampoo. You will still cleanse your oily scalp, yet it is much gentler on your hair and not strip it of moisture like a regular shampoo will.
My husband has very oily scalp and has to wash daily. I started making his shampoo, a low, poo, and his scalp is much happier. This winter, he’s been having some issues with is hair being “wispy”, which I told him was dryness. He needs to use a little conditioner on his hair to get some moisture back into it. He won’t do that because he’s been oily all his life and he equates conditioner with oily. So, I reformulated his shampoo and put more oil into it. Guess what?? No more wispy hair, and he didn’t turn into a grease pit!
I think everyone gets used to their hair being one way, but it changes as we get older. I know mine did, and still is changing. Some people don’t want to make a fuss over their hair. Hey, it’s your hair not mine, so do what you want. I do know, though, when I started taking the time to be nice to my hair, it started acting much better. Now it’s healthy and gets the proper balance of protein and moisture so it stays that way. Yes, it takes a little more time, but think about it. We spend time making sure our face is clean, doesn’t break out, making and using good makeup, etc…so why wouldn’t you treat your hair to the same kindness? I’m not saying you don’t, but I do know people who are like that. I have a friend who bleaches her hair blond, keeps it long, and won’t use conditioner on it. She complains she can’t even comb it when it’s wet because it’s so snarled and tangled, so she waits for it to dry, then finger combs and untangles her hair. I keep telling her to condition her hair and use a protein and deep treatment on her hair to help with that. She just looks at me and says “I’m not doing that”. Really?? She can take the time to have it highlighted or whatever she does, but she can’t take the time to condition her hair?? I hate to tell her, but hair can only take so much abuse, then it’s going to start breaking off. It’s just a matter of time.
So, in conclusion (oooo, I sound so serious!!), I think your hair is just a little dry on the ends, a reaction to the winter climate most likely, and needs some TLC. Maybe a little “dusting” trim if you haven’t done that in a few months. Oh, another thing that might help. This is going to sound weird, but lots of curly girls do this. After you wash and condition your hair and comb/brush it out, while it’s still wet, take a few drops (3 drops to start off with) of a light “hair” oil (argan, avocado, Abyssinian, camellia come to mind), rub your hands together, then “iron” it onto just the very ends of your hair to seal it. Curly girls do this to keep the moisture in their hair. Even though your not a Curly Girl, from what it sounds like, you’re experiencing a little dryness. Try this for a few days and see if it helps your ends to behave better.
I actually made Marie’s hair balm with oodles if grapefruit essential oils as I liked the idea of just swiping my fingers over and controlling the amount I take from the oils rather than drops which I always seem to get too much in one spot and none elsewhere and I did feel it helped. And use my wooden combs and natural (clean) brushes only on my hair. I usually add the oils though to my hair when it’s dry, so will give it a go on wet hair.
And speaking of wet hair and combing it, I’ve been told by every western hair shop because my hair is so fine, never ever comb or brush it when it’s wet as it will break it. I usually do as the one thing I don’t usually suffer from is split ends.
I’ll nip into a different hair place and get a trim and another head massage this weekend.
Now Lady Hair, please talk to me about this husbands shampoo low poo. My favourite handmade shampoo and conditioner from Shangrila has decided to stop making their beauty line and focus on honey. So, I ordered the last two bottles of each of their stash, so in five months, I’ll be out of shampoo and conditioner and need a replacement.
I prefer low maintenance when it comes to taking care of my skin, face and hair. My hair, I tend to cater to it a little more for as soon as I notice something is “off” I need to figure out how to correct it because I love my hair. Hate it, but love it. It’s so soft and shiny and does weird things with its cowlicks all over the place (lol! Another reason I have to wash daily). And if the lower poo shampoo is a homemade option and might be a better option for my hair, I’m game to try it. I tried the cp shampoo and acidic rinse for many months with no success and no amount of trying to convince my hair about how good it was for it worked.
Pretty please recipe share? And a conditioner share recipe if you’ve got one.
The original came from Susan’s Point of Interest blog. She was doing a dupe of DevaCare’s Low Poo. I don’t know if this is the exact recipe or not but here it is…
20% chamomile hydrosol
20% rosemary hydrosol
40% water
10% cocamidopropyl betaine
3% glycerin
1% water soluble oil
1% PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate
.5% polyquaternium 7
.5% polyquaternium 10Cool down phase
.5%-1% preservative
1% fragrance
Up to 2.5% CrothixThis is the second one I made, to add some moisture and conditioning. I didn’t want to up anything too much in case it did make his hair greasy.
20% chamomile hydrosol
20% rosemary hydrosol
32% water
20% cocamidopropyl betaine
2% water soluble oil
2% PEG-7 glyceryl cocoate
.5% polyquaternium 7
.5% polyquaternium 10.5% liquid germall plus
2.5% crothixHe says he likes this version better. It bubbles more and his hair is not as wispy. Not that bubbles actually clean your hair, but he seems to like it bubbly! Haha
This is a conditioner I made. It was pretty nice but was a little heavy to use every day.
58.5% water
5% peppermint hydrosol
10% aloe vera
2% glycerin
2% panthenol7% BTMS50
3% behenyl alcohol
2% jojoba oil
2% coconut oil
1% avocado oil.5% liquid germall plus
2% hydrolyzed rice proteinI think this would be nicer if the water were infused with marshmallow root.
I found this hair mask on Curly Nikki’s website. She has a lot of DIY stuff for curly hair on there. This sounds interesting but I have not tried it.
2 Tbsp carrier oil
1 tsp glycerin
1 tsp sea buckthorn oil
1 cup full fat Greek yogurt
4 Tbsp aloe gel (raw)
2 Tbsp rose powder (optional)
4-6 drops peppermint essential oilBlend together in bowl. Apply to damp hair from roots to ends. Great detangler! Wrap hair and leave mask in without heat for 20-30 minutes. Rinse well with lukewarm water. Do final rinse with cool water.
Do bi-weekly or monthly for stronger softer hair. Also good for scalp.
I have not tried this so I can’t verify any of this. I just wrote it down because it sounded interesting and it had sea buckthorn oil in it.
Here’s another conditioner I made for someone with dry hair. Several of my friends got some and everyone liked it.
7% BTMS50
2% coconut oil
2% argan oil
2% avocado oil
3% cetyl alcohol56.5% water
10% Rose hydrosol
10% aloe vera juice
2% panthenol
2% silk amino acids
2% glycerin.5% liquid germall plus
1% fragranceThe water was a decoction/infusion made as follows
3 cups water
1 Tbsp slippery elm
1 Tbsp marshmallow rootBring to a boil, then simmmer for 10 minutes. Take off heat and add 4-6 Tbsp of herbs and let sit until cool. I added nettle, calendula, chamomile, oatstraw, and rosemary. I think I put the herbs in a tea bag you could heat seal first, then threw in the slippery elm, marshmallow root, and water decoction. I got this idea from The Hippy Homemaker’s website. She does decoction/infusions for the things she makes for hair. I thought it would be nice to add to a conditioner. Straining the marshmallow root and slippery elm out of the decoction/infusion is a pain, though!! I strained it four or five times and there were still tiny bits and pieces in the conditioner. That was exciting!!
Has anyone tried the ones Marie has posted? I have been looking but don’t have the ingredients yet to play with hair creations
I made one similar to one of hers. It was pretty funny, she posted the recipe right after I had made mine. It was pretty eerie….
I’m flipping through my book of notes, and I think it was Marie’s Olive and Jojoba Silk conditioner that was similar to one I had made around the same time. That one would be a really nice one for hair. For me, I’d decrease the AVJ, maybe replace with a hydrosol, and add argan or Abyssinian oil to it. But that’s just me!🙂
how funny. That’s the one I chose to make today. Using it later to see if my hair will perk up. Its wonderfully thick feeling without a hint of curl, just frizzy on the ends. I might just wet my hair and use this as a rinse tonight.
Awwwww! We love you too Barb!❤
Great minds think alike, Connie! I think that’s a good idea, using it as a rinse. Maybe putting some moisture and conditioner back into your hair will perk up the curl and calm the frizz.
Hey! My cocomide betaine arrived today! When I looked it up, it said the cocomide betaine is basically the same as cocamidopropyl betaine. But that cocamidopropyl has replaced the cocomide in day to day stuff. My translator says they are the same.
So, I’ve no idea which one I’ve got! Is there any way to figure out which I’ve got? Or can I just use it the same?
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