Help - hair advice needed!

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Every winter I get a really dry scalp, from the central heating and cold weather, and as usual my shoulders look like it has been snowing from the dry skin flaking off ...

I usually wash my hair every other day with Aussie Mega shampoo and use their leave-in conditioner, but I am thinking that I need to change products for something more moisturising? Or will that dry my skin out further?? My hairdresser said to put warm olive oil on it but with a 12 week-old baby frankly I haven't got time to do that sort of thing at the moment...

Any suggestions gratefully received! x

Bumping for you.

good old vosene

Tgel is good

Doesn't half stink but it will sort your scalp out (get some nice smelling conditioner though)

Cheers for the suggestions (and the bump PuzzleRocks), ladies! I remember trying TGel years ago and you're right - it stank!

I agree about Tgel, but if you do one Tgel wash and then another with your normal shampoo and conditioner the smell goes.

most/alot of high street shampoos and soaps (including baby ranges) contain a chemical called Sodium Lauryl Sulphate or sls for short - it is a really harsh chemical used to clean industrial oils and greases

if you look carefully at ingredients you can find products without. Boots do a 'naked beauty' range which doesn't contain it. I'd use a SLS free shampoo and see if that helps by not striping and drying out your scalp.

They usually brag they are sls free on the front

Top tip Furball, perhaps I should use my daughter's baby shampoo!

God I LOVE the smell of T Gel!

not if it's johnsons or similar boolean!

Don't they say to give your hair a break from your usual shampoo and conditioner and use something else for a bit to get the hair responding well again, to do with built up of products I think. I would probably just not use the leave in conditioner as it doesn't get absorbed by the hair, just coats it I think, I'm not sure just guessing, and maybe the cold weather and moisure loss from indoor heating makes the residue more brittle on the hair surface and it breaks off?

I get exactly the same in winter - I find swapping shampoos regularly helps. Have a few different brands on the go!

ive been using a moisturing deep conditioning treatment like a normal conditioner (time limited too) along with a dry hair shampoo everybody comments on my glossy hair and my scalp feels so much better too.

SLS in Johnson's! Darn...oh well, gonna get me to Lush, reckon this is a good excuse to treat myself

hate to say this - but check the ingredients, some lush products contain it too!

Boots have a range that is called naked.

Good price as well, they also do soaps and conditioners in that range