Chem straightened and dyed hair - man needs help!
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Topic: Chem straightened and dyed hair - man needs help!
Posted By: sirscott111
Subject: Chem straightened and dyed hair - man needs help!
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2011 at 7:02am
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read this!
I am a Caucasian male, with extremely think, wiry and curly hair - I always get a comment from hairdressers about how they've never seen hair like mine before!
Anyhow, I've been straightening my hair with PhytoSpecific Index 2 - which apparently uses plant extracts to straighten like a chemical would, but is kinder to your hair.
I have two problems... the first is that although my hair is straight now, it is still very think and frizzy, and I can't grow it as long as I'd like. It's currently about 2 inches long, any longer than this and it becomes too 'big' and uncontrollable. Ideally I'd like to grow it to 5 or 6 inches. Is there anything else I can do to help thin it out and make the hair a bit more flexible?
Also, since straightening it, my hair has lost it's colour slightly. It was dark brown and it went light brown/ginger. In an attempt to rectify this I tried to dye it dark brown again, with a standard dye from the supermarket. Although it got darker, I now have a horrible red tint to it, which it amplified when standing under lights. It is really horrible! Is there anything I can do to keep it dark brown and stop the red tone?
As you can probably tell, I don't have much of a clue, so any help would be greatly received.
Thank you!
Scott
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Replies: 1
Posted By: sirscott111
Date Posted: Dec 12, 2011 at 7:02am
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for taking the time to read this!
I am a Caucasian male, with extremely think, wiry and curly hair - I always get a comment from hairdressers about how they've never seen hair like mine before!
Anyhow, I've been straightening my hair with PhytoSpecific Index 2 - which apparently uses plant extracts to straighten like a chemical would, but is kinder to your hair.
I have two problems... the first is that although my hair is straight now, it is still very think and frizzy, and I can't grow it as long as I'd like. It's currently about 2 inches long, any longer than this and it becomes too 'big' and uncontrollable. Ideally I'd like to grow it to 5 or 6 inches. Is there anything else I can do to help thin it out and make the hair a bit more flexible?
Also, since straightening it, my hair has lost it's colour slightly. It was dark brown and it went light brown/ginger. In an attempt to rectify this I tried to dye it dark brown again, with a standard dye from the supermarket. Although it got darker, I now have a horrible red tint to it, which it amplified when standing under lights. It is really horrible! Is there anything I can do to keep it dark brown and stop the red tone?
As you can probably tell, I don't have much of a clue, so any help would be greatly received.
Thank you!
Scott
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Posted By: Ericachristina
Date Posted: Mar 13, 2012 at 8:53pm
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Hi Scott, Well since you got no suggestions for your issue I
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