Highlights feel like straw! Conditioner advice please

etymon

Hi all

Few sneaky grey hairs detected so it's sadly off for a lifetime of regular blonde highlights. Distraught especially as in the past I have noticed how dry the blonde bits go. Any advice on a good conditioner or haircare to minimise this? Thanks

boogle

I've got highlights and hair that tended to be dry and frizzy, then discovered this stuff. http://www.nialloreilly.ie/schwarzkopf-bonacure-repair-rescue-conditioner/rrcpd.html

It's brill, I get a huge 1 litre bottle in a hairdressing supply place for about 20 euro. This, teamed with Moroccanoil is a godsend.

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Coconut oil used as a treatment! Amazing

Meangadh

Kerastase Masque Nutri-Thermique is brilliant for dry hair, my hair is so silky smooth after it. I have highlighted curly hair so it's very dry and this is one of the few things that really works. It's dear enough but cos it's so thick a little goes a long way so it lasts ages. I'm all out at the moment, I must stock up!

tigerblob

+1 for the coconut oil.
Also heat up some olive oil and whack it in your hair, don't waste your money on those little vials of oil, they do the same job
Argan oil is very good, but coconut and olive will do fine if you find argan oil too expensive.
Try not to blow-dry your hair or towel-dry it roughly.

boomkatalog

I love the Nice n Easy conditioner from Clairol. IT comes with the dye, byt you can buy it on its own in now too. I've seen it in Tescos and that big Chemist in Dundrum who's name I've forgotten...




Also loving argon oil for improving hair condition! It's very cheap in Penneys and you only need a little bit at a time.

To keep the blonde in good nick too, use a purple shampoo/conditioner. I use pro:voke, I find it really good. Keeps it from going brassy.

Honey-ec

MoroccanOil brushed right through to the ends of your hair and slept in once a week. Then a little bit of it on the ends before you dry it every other time you wash it.

Also, when you get in the shower, wash your hair immediately, put the conditioner in and then wash your face/shave yours legs/do your body scrub/whatever before you rinse it out; leaving it in the extra few minutes can make all the difference.

And as someone else said, don't "scrub" it with the towel afterwards - I wince when I see people doing that. Just gently squeeze the excess water out of your hair with the towel.

etymon

Thanks all!

Tayla

Philip Kingsley elasticizer is amazing, it is expensive but they sometimes do good deals on the bigger tubs and bottles. They also do an extreme version but the original is wonderful as it is.

I used it after repeatedly bleaching my hair over a couple of years and it made it feel like super healthy normal hair again.

http://www.feelunique.com/p/Philip-Kingsley-Elasticizer-150ml

Tayla

tigerblob wrote: »

+1 for the coconut oil.
Also heat up some olive oil and whack it in your hair, don't waste your money on those little vials of oil, they do the same job
Argan oil is very good, but coconut and olive will do fine if you find argan oil too expensive.
Try not to blow-dry your hair or towel-dry it roughly.

I'm a huge fan of coconut oil but I don't like it as a hair treatment at all, I bought Argan oil aswell and was disappointed using it as a treatment but they work brilliantly as a pre colour treatment that you leave on to protect your hair from damage, you can bleach or dye with the oil still in your hair.

I do really like Leonor Greyl palme oil for hair, expensive but lasts for a long time and is great for the beach or pool as it has uva/uvb protection and also protects against chlorinated water or seawater.