To think nothing does actually tame frizzy hair?

[cultkid]

I have fluffy type hair and it only ever looks truly smooth if I go to a hair salon
Ive recently had a blunt cut and I would like my hair to look more tidy.
What can I use? I've tried quite a lot of products
Ive also got extensions in to add to the drama

Thank you

I had an entire thread about my impossibly frizzy hair only a short time ago (under another name).

Keratin treatment is definitely a game changer if you can afford £180 for something that might only last 6 weeks or can be bothered to do it yourself - but apart from that I have found NOTHING effective over 5 years of attempting to embrace the texture, including the CG method.

Only tonight I've had another go with the Only Curls range, which was quite good first time round, and I've been faffing around and now feel like I just have a sticky rats nest on my head. So annoying, I've had a really good curly cut as well so it actually looks shit straightened anyway. I've got no in between now.

I might try a DIY keratin treatment, just for smoothing. If I was a chiselled beauty I'd shave my head, but sadly I'm an old and fat space hopper.

I use either a leave in conditioner or a hair mask. I put in on my hair liberally when it's wet and let it dry naturally. Don't brush while dry. This method turns my frizzy hair into neat ringlets and waves.

I have got thick, coarse hair. It has a wave to it but because my hair is so heavy any wave drops out. It goes very frizzy.

Things that help:
Using a mask/heavy conditioner
L'Oreal hair oil
Lee Stafford anti-humidity spray

I mixed up my travel toiletries and accidentally used Dove body lotion on my bush hair thinking it was leave in conditioner. OMFG! Now I use it all the time on damp hair and my hair is amazing and full of curls. May be worth a try.

My hair used to be frizzy (it's also wavy but only underneath and at the back!).

I've been sleeping with a silk hair wrap for the past year and it's never looked better or shinier. Total game changer!

Oh and as others have said, never brush when wet. I use my tangle teezer after washing and then just a wide toothed comb once a day. Only wash my hair once a week.

I've ordered a proper silk pillowcase - but doesn't a silk hair wrap just slip off your head?

I'm also not sure I could stand the piss-taking from my DH.

I use cheap, own brand hair mousse which works well enough on my frizzy hair. Helps it stay as corkscrew ringlets rather than flying up into the atmosphere!

@FlorallyBankrupt

I've ordered a proper silk pillowcase - but doesn't a silk hair wrap just slip off your head?

I'm also not sure I could stand the piss-taking from my DH.

Mine stays on. It's more a bonnet with an elasticated bit than a wrap, but you have to get the right kind. I personally think mine is quite glamorous but I wouldn't expect a man to agree 😆

I just tried Aveda curl cream on the recommendation of a friend and I no longer have frizzy hair, but I do have very limp hair now! So you win some you lose some :)

Ghd styling products are the best I have found.
Also not tested on animals.

I second the suggestion of lube. It really works.

I use Lush henna and then once or twice a week do a treatment with either Lush Roots or Lush Jasmine and Henna Fluff-Ease. Fine frizzy hair normally but much smoother and shinier with this.

For taming curls, this. £1.99.

Someone on MN recommended it to me, it has a cult following.

I learned to blow dry mine straight, no more straighteners. That has made a huge difference, and once a week I do a deep condition.

@delilahbucket

I learned to blow dry mine straight, no more straighteners. That has made a huge difference, and once a week I do a deep condition.

I just got the comb attachment for my Dyson Hairdryer it does a good job. My hair was frizz free.

I have always had horrendous frizzy hair. I did used to do hairdressing so I learned how to get it very smooth. Wash then mix Olaplex oil and blow dry cream together in your hands then apply when still wet. Then blow dry very closely downwards with a round brush. The gamechanger for me although it was expensive was my steam pod. It just glides through my hair makes it so sleek! It lasts until you next wash it and is less damaging than straightening. I couldn’t live without the steam pod I’ve had it 3 years and best money I’ve ever spent! Mind you, I was at a water park on Saturday and we all went for dinner after and I honestly looked like I’d been electrocuted!

Sebastian Potion 9.

You’re welcome.

Urgh me too. It was lovely when I was younger, bum length, sleek and shiny. Now I’m older it’s gradually gotten courser and more wiry. If I brush it it’s literally like a triangle shape round my head. I’ve tried every product going it seems, I have a huge box full of stuff. Nothing makes it look nice unless I straighten it.

@tillytown

If you have wavy, frizzy, fine, fly away hair try Schwarzkopf Gliss leave in conditioner. It costs £2 in Wilko and is amazing, it has completely changed how I do my hair, just spray on towel dried hair and brush through, that's it. If anyone is going go try it, I use the liquid silk one in the pink bottle.

That gliss stuff is amazing. I use the shampoo and conditioner in the brown bottle. I have really long hair and it’s never tangled and tear washing.

Kevin Murphy shampoo, conditioner, oil, spray in conditioner, and weekly treatment.

Dyson Airwrap, obsessed with the straightening brush - hair looks like a blow out everyday (lots of comments from work colleagues on teams). Hair quality/frizz has improved significantly since stopping using hair straighteners.

It needs moisture.
I suppose your hair is wavy or curly.
My daughter's is. And it gets dry, it actually feels dry!
So, after fighting for a good while, I read all google articles about hair.
There is a chart to rank your curl type.
Then, you have to keep the curl/ wave, and moisture in your hair.
I do spray my daughter's hair when brushing (daily). Never ever brush your hair dry.
Then apply an oil ( coconut used to be great for hers, but now that she has grown a bit, her hair has turned drier, and argan oil is working better. Argan oil hair spray is the best, and it makes her hair shiny too). You have to find which oil is best for you.
Apply it when your hair is damp, after washing it. In my DD's case, I even apply it daily when brushing. Her hair can take lots of oil without feeling greasy at all. It is like magic. I do not apply close to the root. Only 1 or 2 inches from her scalp.
There are special products that encourage waves/ curls to form. These you can apply to the hair that you have damped a bit after brushing. They also help to keep moisture on the hair.
There are masks and serums to restore moisture on your hair. Try leave in masks, and leave it overnight. Again, argan oil is great.
It takes a while though. You have to keep going till the hair has enough moisture in the strands, specially if you have long hair. Then it will curl, keep the curls or waves, stay non- frizzy, and shine.
For my DD, I have to do it daily, or her hair gets fluffy, first, and frizzy next.
Also, hair has to be damped daily with a spray for her, and oiled. Still, it never feels oily! Her longest strands feel actually really dry at the ends at present. I have to work on those.
She washes her hair every 3 days or so.
It is so different from mine.
I do have wavy hair, yet it is oily, so I wash it daily. It does not tolerate any oil (even any trace left on my hands will turn my hair into a sticky flat mess)

I agree with the PP. You need to lock moisture in.

My hair is quite frizzy and to be fair, I don’t mind, it adds volume! But for many women as their hair goes grey with age the texture changes and the shine disappears. It’s life! My advice is a heat protecting spray to comb through after wash/condition. Then scrunch a curl product through using an old tea towel.

Mine is happier with Cantu products and Philip Kingsley elasticizer. I just don't have the time and money to do it regularly.
Never blow dry, colour it or brush it when dry.

My hair is fine and curly and full of frizz and I always straighten it, mostly because it stops the frizz. Another fan of Elasticizer Extreme here, although I can’t afford to use it every wash. Definitely worth a go. It’s a pre-shampoo treatment and I don’t usually need conditioner afterwards, however that’s mainly because size I hate using products on my hair at all because everything weighs it down and it becomes greasy quickly.

I still haven’t really found anything to stop it going big in rain or humid weather though.