I am having an issue with the dryness of my hair this season.
Plus, I cannot replicate how my hair comes out at the salon and when I do it.
I have the same products at home-shampoo, conditioner, Biosilk, hair straightener, ad nauseam. My hairdresser gets it really smooth.
When I do my hair, I’m Albert Einstein! I have a lot of fine hair but it looks really thick. In this dry weather, it is worse. Last week, she did a beautiful job. I don’t know why I can’t do the same thing at home.
The only thing I don’t have is her professional ionic hairdryer.
Has anyone used these?
Ours is pretty old (8 years?) but the description mentions “ionic generator”, whatever that means.
I use the regular hair dryer to partially dry my hair, then use my hair dryer/volumizer, which is a round brush and dryer combination, to finish up.
Also, I was advised by a hair stylist that most of us don’t use enough styling product in our hair (he wasn’t selling any products). So I am more generous with the amount of product I use. With the cold dry weather it helps prevent static.
Several friends swear by the airwrap, but boy, are they expensive! I would definitely want to test drive before buying. But they all rave and claim the difference is noticeable.
I have an older hairdryer that is really powerful; I don’t think it’s Conair. I have the airbrush Revlon thingy.
I’m trying to get my hair to go to “limp” from a thick, bushy thing all over my head.
I’m going to check out the ionic hairdryers on Amazon. I understand Dyson makes one but I don’t think I can justify spending that kind of money for just my hair.
I use the brush/dryer combo from Sephora, made by Amika. I had a coupon, my birthday, whatnot and it was not that expensive and at the time it was the highest rated one. I love it. I am a klutz but even I can get a fantastic blowout and my hair is kinky/frizzy and very thick. I don’t love the Amika products that came with it, so unless you get the “gift set” on deep markdown (which I did) not worth it in my opinion…
But what makes the difference is the Trader Joe’s hair serum which costs 8 bucks and is the best styling product I have ever used. You put it on while your hair is wet, comb it through, dry it, and then use a drop to smooth down flyaways and unruly ends. I can go a week without washing it (doesn’t get greasy) and the frizz won’t come back unless I get caught in the rain.
I went to my hairdresser this morning and she “fixed it”.
Going to do the coconut oil again. This extremely dry weather has wreaked havoc on my hair.
I will look for hair serum at TJ’s. Thanks @blossom. My hair is very thick a result of a LOT of fine hair that gets frizzy.
@deb922 I use the exact shampoo she uses at the shop: Biolage by Matrix (Purple). It’s not a problem any other time of year. I just look like the Scarecrow!
Yes, I have an ionic hairdryer. It was almost $100 for a travel size (!), but worth the money. I have thin, limp, crappy hair, so I am willing to spend a little to make even a small improvement. The biggest plus for me is that I can dry my hair in less than half the time, which means less heat damage. It’s really pretty amazing.
I have a Dyson hair dryer. I have very, very thick curly hair just below my shoulders, layered around my face. I can get my hair pretty smooth by drying in sections with a large round brush. I’m not totally convinced it’s worth the $ but I got tired of other dryers breaking so thought I’d give it a try since I like my Dyson vacuum.
We have the Dyson Airwrap - it’s expensive but we used AmEx points to buy it last Christmas. worth every penny. I would consider buying even if I had to pay cash for it!
@Poochie21 , If I have chin length hair, will the one for long hair be awkward to use? That’s the only one available. Figuring Id wait, but maybe it doesn’t matter?
I notice that the difference is the length of the barrels, not the diameter…
aunt_bea - I posted on another thread but the old-school, Conair flocked, large hot rollers are so, so easy and smooth out frizzy hair so quickly! They literally take me 5 minutes in the morning and my hair is halfwaydown my back, sort of thick, wavy, and very, very dry.
I’ve had hairstylist friends try to teach me to use a hair dryer to style - just can’t seem to manage the whole ‘round brush with one hand, dryer in the other’ thing. Curlers (2 inch big) are so much easier I gave up on hair dryers completely, lol.
Interesting, Bunsen! I finally looked at the Dyson airwrap. it does look good and kinda easy. But…$600. I need to save that for my LED home laser treatments LOL!
Jolene, I’m uncoordinated with rollers. Thanks for the suggestions but with rollers, I always end up pulling my hair.
I just got back from Bed, Bath and Beyond (they are closing all of the stores in our county except the one, dead center, in the county, It’s half hour away from us!) Anyway, I went to the styling products section and picked the only one that was there. There are no returns, so I’m hoping the thing works!
I need to save that for my LED home laser treatments LOL!