DIFFERENCE TO MY HAIR SINCE WEN

• more manageable
• doesn't tangle therefore...
• ...I don't lose as much hair
• When combing, hair isn't a tangled mess
• I can run my fingers from the roots down to the tips without much trouble
• My hair falls flat - it's not puffy
• It moves
• Looks darker
• no frizziness
• soft
• Shinier
• It's no longer coarse. It's such silky soft. It's so soft that my hair doesn't stay up in a ponytail
• isn't hard to manage after washing
• it's manageable in the morning, not coarse, crunchy and shedding
• I don't wake up with a bed full of lose strands of hair
• With shampoo - I would lose hair before, during, and after washing my hair. IT was such a painful process
• Heat transforms my hair
• I WILL NEVER GO BACK TO SHAMPOO AGAIN

HAIR STYLING

• Wash with Wen
  • Twice rince
  • Focus on ends
• Put styling creme to wet hair
• The key is to let your hair mostly air dry then apply a heat protectant and blow dry in sections.
• Take sections and blow dry with a rounded brush.

HELPFUL TIPS

• Don't wash your hair every day. Dries it out. Space out hair washes. Let the natural oils release. Every few days is fine.
• PRE-WASH :-
  • Apply Hair oil a few hours before washing and keep under shower cap so it really absorbs under the heat.
  • The oil makes coily, kinky, coarse hair smoother.
  • Apply oil in sections, particularly on the top layer which is more dry and needs a lot more moisture.
  • Don’t over apply and go overboard with too much oil either.
  • Onion juice to the scalp
  • Egg treatment mask - 1 egg, honey, coconut oil -- the egg really coats and moisturizes and the honey adds shine
• DURING WASH :-
  • Shampoo scalp to clean.
  • Let conditioner sit for a few minutes to absorb.
  • Cold water in the end to close the cuticle.
  • Make sure to completely rinse/wash out all the product off the hair by the end - both the Shampoo & Conditioner.
  • Once hair is washed out, don't linger in the shower. Is the moisture causing my hair to frizz?
• POST-WASH - WET HAIR CARE :-
  • Wash hair few hours before going to bed so you have time to let it air dry.
  • Don’t fall asleep with wet hair. Scalp gets flaky and creates buildup. Also, wet hair is more fragile and prone to breakage
  • Don’t brush through wet hair. Will cause more breakage and hair fall.
  • Don’t keep touching hair, especially while it's wet and drying.
  • Don’t freak out if it’s poofy straight after washing. Day 1 is always like that. It’ll calm down by Day 3.
• Applying heat always seems to give me really frizzy, dry hair after.
• Tangles = hair fall.
• Get regular trims. Keeps it fresh and clean. Also reduces hair fall bc fewer tangles.
• Consider a deep conditioning mask every once in a while.
• Since my top layer is the problem hair by being extra frizzy, apply a deep conditioner to just the top layer.
• Can take sections of top layer of hair when it feels especially frizzy and apply a mask and let it sit and then rinse it off.
• Reconsider your shampoo and conditioner.
  • Don't use anything astringent that will strip your hair of moisture.
  • Sulfate free products only
• Don’t use Dry Shampoo - causes hair fall. My hair doesn't generally need it anyway, unless I'm really pushing out my hair washes.
• Defined curls = moisturized hair. Frizzy = dry.
• JULY 2020 UPDATE
  • looks nourished and shiny vs dry and parched for moisture
  • looks darker
  • definitely feels softer
  • not as many loose strands and hair fall
  • there's movement