Keeping off The Frizz

[Deleted member 12480]

okay. i'll try it out this morning! **

 

[DaisieWilde]

Please post how it works...I'm still learning the best technique for brushing!

I have a bristle boar hairbrush with a wooden handle, but it doesn't seem to get all the way through my hair when I brush through. I gave up and threw on a snood today.

I'll get it sooner or later...tonight I'm going to try finger waving

 

[Deleted member 12480]

echh,
i tried it - not no avail.

it looked horrible - frizzy, as usual and i had to put it back into a roll/bun thing that fell out three times.

horrible hair today. am about ready to give up!

 

[AllaboutEve]

Hi Annie, I have horrendously dry hair that frizzes out and I have had good results with using pure jojoba oil, in conjunction with MOP conditioner.

I usually leave the jojoba oil in for a couple of hours or over night then shampoo as usual and use MOP C-system conditioner (you can get it online or in John Lewis) and it is very good at dealing with very parched frizzy ends.

 

[Deleted member 12480]

i'll check it out although if its sold in john lewis i'm not sure how 'in my price range' it will be, but thanks for the tips!

how do you style your hair after you do this? And what does it look like?

(as in, is it shiny with 'thicker' looking strands or matte with thin strands - like mine!) **x

 

[Deleted member 12480]

also i'd like to tell everyone what i've done tonight. Misted it down with diluted setting lotion, combed in a big blob of gel and a big big blob of frizz ease serum in desperation, then blowdried it - i'm not sure why, another act of desperation perhaps? it was still a bit damp and i brushed it.. Then i rolled it up into victory rolls and they look surprisingly alright. now i have pincurls in the back and i'll see what happens.

 

[December]

That's because Frizz Ease is amazing!

I know it's expensive, but I will only use the Frizz Ease range on my hair. Nothing else. That includes shampoo, conditioner, moose, gel and serum.

Oh, wait, I use Elnett hairspray...

But my hair is much more manageable since I started using it. I'd tried everything beforehand and this is the only one that has worked for me.

 

[AllaboutEve]

I find Frizz Ease serum nothing short of horrid! I suppose everyone has different hair though.

My hair is fine, and frizzy and is a beggar to do anything with.

I have decided through much trial and error that pin curls are definitely out for me as they are too tight which always results in a mass of frizzy ends.

If I want to do a down-do, which is rare as it's such an ordeal, I usually opt for sponge rollers and rely on a good conditioner when I wash my hair to knock it back a bit.

Failing that I'll buy a blessed wig! lol

 

[Octavia]

Well, I just started pincurling and I'm still learning but - having problematic thick, curly hair myself - I can definitely vouch for blow-drying before pincurling to smooth things out. A few days ago I tried blow-drying with only this. It's a tad expensive but this stuff works like a dream…I’ve never had luck blow-drying my hair before I started using this. It seals the ends well, makes it so incredibly smooth, and gives it a brilliant ice shine. I've gotten much better pincurls since I've started doing this.

 

[Deleted member 12480]

interesting!

yes i've had the serum for a long while and use it from time to time, and i've had a fair bit of luck with my victory rolls today - they are recognisable!

I'm thinking of finding a 'goopy' product as was recommended in the curly girls post but i'll have to wait til next month rolls around.


Love
**xxxxxxxxx

 

[lolly_loisides]

I recently bought a bottle of glycerin (to use as a moisturiser for the skin around my eyes) anyway, my hair was really frizzy yesterday & in desperation I rubbed a few drops of glycerin into my hair - wow! The frizz disappeared. It works just as well as John Frieda's frizz ease & at $7 a bottle it works out a whole lot cheaper.

 

[GoddessMama]

Ok my widlchild hair is horrid and youjust can't do pincurls with it the way the lucky girls with straight hair do. This is what I finally came up wuth that works.
1. Wash hair is a good shampoo. I only shampoo once a week but I condition 2-3 times a week. When you have your conditioner in your hair comb through it .
2. 5-1 dilution of lotsobody and smooth with a nickle size amount of a good shine serum. Brush through hair to evenly distribute.
3. Pin curl or foam roll in 1 inch sections making 1.5 inch pincurls or using 1.5 inch curlers or larger. I've learned the smaller the curler/pincurl the bigger the frizz!
4. Allow to completely air dry.
5. Use a pick or wide tooth comb to carefull and gently comb through curls.
6. Ad shine serum again as needed.
7.Style

All that gets me to this point, I'm still working on styles, but I don't have massive frizz!

 

[Deleted member 12480]

hey it looks great!

I've been having a breakthrough. If i apply some serum to damp hair, and then brush through it with my barrel brush continuously until it dries. It stretches the curl out and dries very much like a pincurl set. Its usually best after i've slept on it and brushed it out again because the natural oils tame it a bit. **x

 

[LadyL]

I've been using a plain paddle brush with plastic bristles, but I think I'm going to try a natural bristle. I have a tough time using them mostly because my hair is so thick, the bristles don't "cut" into it enough to do anything other than brush over the top layer of hair.

There are different levels of stiffness with boar bristle brushes. Definitely go for medium or stiff. I have thick hair too and the medium brush gets probably 70% of the way through it, but I've been debating a stiffer one to get all the way through. What I do now is brush out the top layer of my hair first, this smooths everything out near my part and down to about ear level. Then I brush starting the strokes around ear level, focusing on the layers beneath. My hair is a bit longer than jaw length and cut in a middy inspired style. I have to brush pretty vigorously to get through it, and do the brushing in two parts like this or I don't get to it all. Another option is to take small sections and brush against the palm of your hand.

 

[Jasmine Jolene]

i have discovered the beauty of pin curls and usually do them from soaking wet then sleep on them. i unpin them before work, if they are still damp dry with a diffuser dryer then use my fingers to loosen the curl.

i do brush but it takes such a long time - i have to separate out every ringlet or it brushes out too much of the curl - i like a proper curl as opposed to a wave!

(this is probably because i can't get lovely Lauren Bacall waves no matter how hard i try *sigh*)

 

[cashun]

HELP ME FIGHT THE FRIZZ! PLEASE!

Sorry for the all CAPS, but I'm getting desperate. I've tried to follow the pin curl instructions, I've tried to use anti-frizz products, I've tried rollers of every shape size and texture, and nothing has worked to eliminate the frizzy head of hair I end up with.

Let me explain. I have a head of hair that is somewhat frizzy, not a problem when I try to do a modern hairstyle. I use my hair dryer, big round brush, and lots of product. Needless to say I'm not going for a curly or wavy style. It holds it's shape pretty well unless there is any humidity, then it starts to frizz. (I live in Arkansas, and right now it's summer....and humid, not fun for the hair).

Anyway, even with the modern advances of hair products, blow dryers and sprays, my hair on occasion is not always well behaved. My hair is weird, it's frizz prone BUT extremely soft, so holding a curl of any shape is a challenge. Putting any antiFrizz product on my hair (before or after wet hair, before or after hair set, before or after final hair arrangement) makes my locks slippery and greasy at the roots (even though I apply a small dollop to my ends only). This is obviously very frustrating when trying to construct a simple hairstyle, now imagine trying to create a beautiful retro configuration. It makes me want to pull my hair out and cry.

My hair is cut in a very simple layered chin length bob (slightly longer than chin length). It's very thick, so I had layers cut in to remove the bulk (no razor cutting, just the use of the scissors.) Using setting lotion on my damp hair I set the pin curls the night before, and take them out in the morning. The problem, begins when I attempt to style the curls. With minimal fussing I attempt to comb them into place (It works for Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes lots of combing in the second scene, no frizz) My curls do one of two things, they either frizz up, or the curl is completely pulled out. And it always happens that one side of my head ends up frizzy, and the other side ends up with no curl at all. How weird is that!

I've tried rag ties, pin curls, curling irons, hot rollers, velcro rollers, the net rollers my grandmother used that you sick a pin through, and even foam rollers. And I've gotten a lot of different variations of really bad hair: frizzy-troll-light-socket-hair, corkscrews-sticking-straight-up-and-out-hair, Jew Fro, flat-on-top-frizzy-on-the- bottom-hair, no-curl-but-over-all-straight-*****-frizzy-that-cracks-when-you-smoosh-it-together-hair, and plain flat hair that falls after out immediately after a curl is created (specific to using curling irons and hot rollers, even when pinned and sprayed into place).

I'm at my wits end. Am I just doomed to have frizzy hair for forever? Must this be endured? Is there nothing I can do to create the beautiful hair of Gene Tierny in Laura, Rita Hayworth in Down To Earth, Marilyn Monroe in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, or any of the numerous photos I've seen of Elizabeth Taylor, Heddy Lemar, and Vivian Leigh?

Anyone else have these hair follicle follies? Any help would be most appreciated?

 

[Thistleclover]

I have never been able to brush through my curls, I always have to finger comb. For the frizzies, how often do you ladies blow dry your hair?
Also, I second whomever said they love Jojoba oil (I think it was allabouteve). Oiling your hair can really help. I also know of ladies who use the tiniest amount to smooth down frizzies when they have styled their hair. If you use a lot of product, you have to use something clarifying once in a while to get all the ***k off your hair, and then your hair may end up too dry! Maybe a good oiling once in a while is in order. (Back to lurker.)

Just my two cents.

 

[Deleted member 12480]

you mention that you use a hairdryer?
I used to blowdry my hair into curls (i used to sport a big, loose afro halo of curls type thing) and i had to do this to make it voluminous enough.

I did notice once i left my heat tools well alone it had a waxyness (?) to it that made it a heck of a lot less frizzy **.

 

[Deleted member 12480]

thistle clover - how might one oil the hair?
**x

 

[Deleted member 12480]

thistle clover - how might one oil the hair?
**x