Sick of my frizzy hair!

[Frenchboat]

I have naturally very thick (yet fine) curly, dry hair. It's hard to look after.
I'm a my wits end trying to get rid of the frizz. Help!
Any recommendations please? Miracle hairdryers, shampoos, oils, gel etc - anything which has helped to banish the frizz?
Thank you!

[Pupsiecola]

I've stopped using products with keratin and sulphates.

I use either Pureology or Living Proof (co-owned by Jennifer Aniston) products (shampoo, conditioner and styling cream). I also sometimes use the Liz Earle hair oil (amazing) and have a Parlux.

I have a huge amount of hair, but the individual hairs are not very thick. It's wavy rather than curly but has a tendency to frizz, especially at the back. When it grows it seems to grow out as much as down. Not sure what style your hair is but I now have the length of my hair cut every other time only, and in between I have weight taken out of the back. This has made a huge difference to the manageability of my hair and I can't believe no hairdresser has ever recommended it before! (Hair is shoulder length but am growing it so this approach is helping with that too).

[TheFuckersBitingMe]

I've recently discovered Orofluido and love it for de-frizzing my hair. It's got quite a strong smell (a bit like Gaultier's Le Male, which I love, but some might hate) but it is amazing and leaves my thick, frizzy hair sleek and beautifully conditioned.

[Pisssssedofff]

That fries your hair then coats it in alcohol 😳

[TheKingAndI]

This is the BEST thing for frizzy hair - Brazilian Keratin Treatment - Home Hair Straightening Kit 100ml. It's brilliant. Yes, it takes a while to do, I'm rubbish at hair styling but even I can do it. The results last around 3 months. You need to make sure you use shampoos without sodium chloride (salt) afterwards, and conditioners, although almost all conditioners don't have salt in anyway. The company produces a shampoo which is great (look on Amazon), but if you look hard you can find salt-free shampoos in the high street (try Lush). This is the only product that has ever worked for me and several other people I know are also converts.
www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B003YUEF7C/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

[LumpySpacedPrincess]

But how do you get your hair dry post plop?

[DerelictMyBalls]

Plopping: www.naturallycurly.com/curlreading/curl-products/to-plop-or-not-to-plop/

[Stellar67]

Watching with interest.
What is plopping?
I have recently been using John Frieda tamer and that's been great although my hair feels a bit lank. Maybe that's what it'd be like if it wasn't curly

[LumpySpacedPrincess]

Trouble is with not touching it while it dries is that hair takes hours to dry, I'd end up going to work with wet hair.

[paddlenorapaddle]

Organic kukili conditioner is amazing for frizzy hair and perfect for plopping for the children I've just started using ultimate blends oat milk that seems to make a huge difference

[Lollylovesbones]

What is plopping?

[DerelictMyBalls]

Stop using towels. Plop with a big old cotton t-shirt instead.

Stop using shampoos containing sulfates. Use a sulfate-free shampoo or consider using a co-wash instead.

Avoid conditioners containing silicones.

Rake through a curl cream when your hair is sopping wet. Don't comb it after this stage. Don't touch it while it dries.

Moisturise daily with a spray-on hair milk such as Davines OI.

[Jmangel]

I find that on soaking wet hair, add loads of leave in conditioner, then a big dollop of glycerine, followed by big dollop of argon oil followed by loads of curl control cream then loads of curl control mousse - Trevor Sortie one good and doesn't go crunchy.
Frizzy hair is not damaged. My 4 year old has curly hair that frizzes without argan oil and has obviously never had heat on her hair to damage it. Very ignorant to say frizzy hair is damaged.

[lifeistooshort]

I use this towel to plop and it is great. Dries the hair better than a T shirt but avoid the frizz

www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_c_0_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=aquis%20hair%20towel&sprefix=aquis%20%2Caps%2C241&tag=mumsnet&ascsubtag=mnforum-21

RunningGinger do try the silk pillow case. Even if I don't do anything else to my hair, it makes a massive difference frizz-wise

[Lollylovesbones]

My hair is thick and curly with a tendency to be dry and frizzy - it has improved considerably since I've started using paraben and silicone free shampoo. I also use almond oil as a leave in conditioner.

[anotherbusymum14]

Argan oil. Everyday. It works I've just started doing this. Add to dry hair in your frizzy/dry bits. It seems to make a difference. Hope that helps.

[Whyhellodaffodil]

Plopping has made a massive difference for me - I just use an old cotton t shirt and leave it on my head for 15-20 mins then run my fingers through it, works curly or if I then straighten it

[unimagmative13]

Frizz is a side effect of tight curls and thick porous hair

So what about people with straight frizz hair


Frizz is actually the lack of keratin bonds in hair, hence why there is so much emphasis on keratin products.

[RunningGingerFreckleyThing]

I 'plop' using a pillowcase. Don't use a normal towel. A friend swears by sleeping on a silk pillowcase, like lifeistooshort suggests. I must get one.

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

My mum does curly girl and works great for her.

I tried no silicone for THREE months, oh dear God my hair was like straw not doing that again!

[LimpidPools]

Crikey, massive post.

See? Evangelical!

[LimpidPools]

You sound like a great candidate for a curly girl, no poo, silicon free regime.

The theory is that harsh cleansers (all the sodium laureth sulfate type detergents) strip the natural oils from the hair and then silicone stops it from reabsorbing moisture, so it frizzes because it's reaching out, trying to find moisture in the air, like a plant reaches towards sunlight.

Reformed curly girls can get a bit evangelical about this, and in fact I've just, very tentatively turned a friend on to the idea because every time I saw her, her hair looked dry, frizzy and perfect for it. Luckily I way right and she's been really grateful. I was scared, because she hadn't asked she could have felt so differently about it!

It's got to be worth a try though. There can be a bit of trial and error involved in finding what works for you, but once you do it's bliss! And if you can't, then go back to trying other kinds of things.

There are some great groups on facebook, as well as naturallycurly.com

[specialsubject]

Cobblers. Frizz is a side effect of tight curls and thick porous hair.

[FannyFanakapan]

I put coconut oil through the hair of my kids - oldest has very dry frizzy hair. SHe washes in a keratin shampoo and conditioner, and after its dry, I melt small qty of coconut oil in my hand and rub through her hair - it looks oily for the first 12 hours (so we do this of an evening) but then it looks lovely and controlled with big shiney waves rather than frizz. We do this once a week for the wee one, as her hair is very fine, and twice a week for the oldest.

When she wants curls, we use phil smiths curly locks leave in spray

[DameDiazepamTheDramaQueen]

Nope, that's bollox.

[Pisssssedofff]

It's clearly not in great condition because it frizzes lol