I get asked so much about my hair and my experiences with different shampoos/conditioners/products etc etc so I might as well do a post about it to stop all the questions!
When I left school two years ago my hair was in such bad condition, it was like elastic from constant dying and heat (with no heat protect) because to be honest, I had no clue about products and what my hair needed. Even when I showered i'd get clumps of hair in my hands and all my split ends would just snap out so imagine brushing it! it just all broke off. I pushed myself through the salon doors and I knew that they were going to cut it allllll off. And they did. in a way i'm happy they did! but back then I was devastated. The length before it got cut was past my collar bones then when I came out it was just under my ear. I think the change just shocked me so much and I had no confidence whatsoever. I couldn't even tie it up because it was so short. The next day I made my mum buy me extensions because I just couldn't go out looking the way I did. I didn't even care about the health of it.
Ever since then i've just been letting it grow with the occasional haircut. But I get bored of my hair so easily, I just like to play around with different colours and styles. It's been two years later and my hairs just about fixed, I've bleached and dyed it since but nowhere near as much as I did before. My hairs just below my collar bones again but I wear extensions because they just give me the confidence I need.
This is what my hair looked like before it got chopped off, you can see just by how the colour fades from my hair how bad condition it was, I mean the ends look like straw. It probably was the best decision i've made.
I use alot of products and different types of conditioners to keep it healthy. I always buy the Aussie's but only when they're 3 for 2 because the offer is amazing. They also last so long, It depends on what my mood is to how long they stay on, I know some only say 3-5 minutes but only you know your hair and if you want to leave it on for half an hour or even an hour it's not going to kill your hair is it? It all depends on how your hair feels like if it needs a deep treatment or not. I absolutely love Aussie though, not too expensive and they're the only conditioners that I see results for.
For Christmas I got the Evo shampoo and conditioner. I cannot describe how good they are! They're alot more expensive than a normal shampoo and conditioner but you can really see the difference. The conditioner leaves your hair so soft and silky. I only use them once a month to treat my hair but you can use them as everyday use. I want to try and save them for as long as I can because i'm so tight with my money that spending over a fiver on shampoos and conditioners is ridiculous to me but I think when these run out i'll treat myself.
The only other conditioner I use is my diluted hair dye, I only use it once a week for half an hour each time. I just buy Directions and mix it with a ton on conditioner from tesco. Not much I can say about it really.
These are all the products I use on my hair after I wash it. I use:
Aussie, Take the heat heat protection
Aussie Miracle Recharge Moisture
Lee Stafford, Leave in hair growth treatment
IC Hair polisher
They're all amazing products to use, I use them all of towel-dried hair apart from the Hair polisher. I just put abit on my fingers once its dried to give it a shiny effect.
This is what my hair looks like now, for me it's the best condition it's been in for years! I can run my fingers through it without having to fight through clumps of hair, I only dye it with directions so it isn't harmful. And I leave my roots for as long as I can, as you can see (cry) but i'm quite proud of myself for not fucking it up again.
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