VERY fine hair - advice

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I am afflicted with very fine hair. Have been all my life. This time of the year is a nightmare, static, wind, rain, tangles. It;s straight and its just below shoulder length at the moment.

I was growing it for a wedding I was at in Sep and now I dunno what to do with it.

I have had bob after bob after bob and to be honest I am bloody sick of bobs.

Help me..... pleeeease!

I need ideas for treatments, shampoo, conditioners, hairdressers ANYTHING!!!!

Every so often I put conditioner on my damp hair, put on a bath cap and leave it for hours - certainly helps with the condition!

Will the conditioner and no shampoo thing help for fine hair that gets greasy by the end of the day? I have baby hair too :(

I have fine hair and have admitted defeat, I now have a short haircut aka Michelle Williams. I get loads of compliments about it and it takes about 2 seconds to do in the morning!

I'm in the same, sad, sorry boat! Have had pixie, and now back to bob (good old bob.) I've also gone for a plummy coloured block colour, and am surprisingly happy with how it looks.

But, it is the daily washing that is doing my nut in- especially as it is so cold that it is sometimes still damp when I'm dropping DS at preschool. (And with hair this fine I'm too lazy to blow dry!). Any less and I look like I've been dunked in the deep fat fryer. The cheaper the shampoo the better though... IMO. Given up on the posh stuff.

Late to thread but I have recently bought the Tresemme 24 hour body shampoo, and it is the best thickening shampoo I have used.

I have the same hair but had 10 years of lovely hair extensions to hide it. I finally decided that I had to break the habit and have gone on to a graduated bob. Aveda volumising spray is amazing but pricy, buy the very best product is texturising powder.has anyone else used it? You can buy it in the supermarket and there are lots of different brands. It's perfect for fine hair and seems to last all day.

Singsong... oooohhhh... tell me more about extensions. I've never braved it- but how much does it cost? Does it wreck your hair?

OK had my hair dyed today (to hide the growing white stripe at my roots... I'm only 35!!) and so my hair feels very dry, but full of body!

Going to experiment by leaving out the shampoo on the weekend and just conditioning it... I will report back.

Interested to hear more about texturising powder... doesn't it weigh your hair down and make it feel gunky?

Same question for the Tresemme 24 hr thickening shampoo - don't you get a build up?

I too have cotton wool hair. My BigHair dryer is very good for adding a tiny bit of volume. But I have a bob that I'm sick of, I have to have it highlighted to stop it looking greasy

Not sure I'm brave enough for a short style, I always end up growing it again

Hm root perm and hair colour, perhaps a hair appt is called for!

rumple Hair extensions are fine if you have good ones! I had micro rings and really lovely quality hair and absolutely would recommend them (apart from the cost!).
cosy no build up so far with the powder, it's dry rather than sticky, so perfect for fine .hair

Been reading this thread with interest. I'm also cursed with horrible fine hair. Its been in a bob for ages now but lately it seems to have been lanker and finer than ever. I might try some of the texturising powder stuff though. I've seen it in the supermarket but wasn't sure what to do with it until now. I also find some of the creamy shampoos weigh my hair right down. The Pantene clarifying shampoo is good as it removes all the build up from all the crap you have to put in fine hair to make it look halfway reasonable. In another life I want to have long, thick glossy hair, a bit like Duchess Kate.