Hi Everyone,
I have extremely thick curly hair and I want to move away from conventional hair product I can't find a good subsitute. For years I used a ton of gel in my hair. Thankfully, I have been gel free for a few months now!! But i still use a serum in my hair (http://www.sallybeauty.com/Olive-Shine-Serum/SBS-425025,default,pd.html). I wash my hair about once every week with Dr. Bonners and rinse it everyday. I have a strong feeling that the serum is causing some of my facial acne (i dont get red pimples just little skin colored bumps and blackheads) But i dont know what else to use. I have tried olive oil, coconut oil, and avocado oil. All of them are too liquiding to keep my hair together and i look like a human Q-tip when i use them(right now my hair is a little pass my ears).
I am open to any suggestions!!! Any oils or maybe some product that isnt completely horrible for me. Thanks!!!
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Try nothing!
I've also got curly hair, and started out trying to work with just baking soda and apple cider vinegar...but they were really a huge pain in the butt.
What I ended up with was a good detangling comb and a boar bristle brush. I detangle my hair each morning, then give it a number of good strokes (not 100 like they used to say, but maybe half that) from scalp to ends. When in the shower, I just rub well with my fingertips, and flip it upside down and detangle again on the way out of the shower (so my curls aren't pulling down, you know).
I've been doing this since the middle of May, with no problem. No bad smell, my hair is very shiny and soft, and it REALLY keeps the curls better than when I used to shovel the product on it. Greasy hair hasn't been a factor since the first couple of weeks that I used the baking soda...not that it was because of the baking soda, but because my hair was getting used to no product.
Side note: I have used hairspray (and mean the BAD, 24-hour hold stuff) a couple of times for special occasions. The next day, I washed my hair with my regular bar body soap (natural tea tree oil, nothing fancy) and had no problems with rinsing it or excess oil.
Good luck!
I have extremely curly, thick biracial hair...i hardly ever wash my hair with shampoo, and tend to opt for more conditioning rinses. After i have "rinsed" my hair, i spray on a lot of my own hair serum which is based on aloe vera gel, water and avocado oil. I just mix it all up in a pump spray can and spray away.. other than that, I occasionally also leave thick conditioners in my hair after i have rinsed it. Choose an organic conditioner which is heavy and with a significant amount of shea butter in it, for example. Hope that helps...