Although August has already come and gone, I'd like to clue you all in on some of my favorite products and techniques I used throughout August and really, all summer. In summer, hair tends to be less dry however if you have a pool, chlorine will definitely have a negative effect on your hair. So here are some favorites:
1. Au Naturel
While this is not exactly a product, it was my theme for most of the summer. Why? Because hair needs a break and what better time to give it a break than when you spend a lot of your days working or doing nothing at all? I avoided heat almost all summer including, no blow drying, no straightening etc. Another way to keep in natural would be by only showering every other day to avoid drying it out completely. Whilst dry hair is worse in winter, if you're not careful it can creep in during summer as well. If you can figure out a way to make your hair look reasonable without actually doing anything with harmful product or heat, go for it! This could be showering before bed or having to wait until morning. Maybe french braiding it before bed could give you cute waves as well!
2. Dove Nutritive Solutions: Leave-In Smoothing Cream
Boy was this ever useful this summer! I did purchase some leave-in conditioners but they do virtually nothing compared to this great product! I bought it near the beginning of summer and still have some left, I used it quite frequently. I was a bad girl this summer and highlighted my hair, but this product really helped my hair out during this time. Basically any time I went into my highly chlorinated pool I put in about a quarter-sized amount of this miracle worker in my hair after. If I would forget my hair would be very puffy and dried out looking. But as soon as I rubbed this stuff throughout my roots it would automatically add oils to my hair, making them look silky and healthy once again. Not only that, but in the morning when my hair was crazy I'd just distribute the product throughout my hair and it would help it nicely curl. Almost like a curl enhancer would do.
3. L'Oreal Kids: Tangle Tamer
This is a very important thing, and I'm sure I've said it more than once on this blog but it continues to be an important part of my hair care routine. My hair gets very, very tangley throughout my day. I'm not sure if it's just my type of hair or the fact that it's getting really long but without detangler I would probably be bald. As you may have noticed, I use the kids detangler. This is simply because it smells glorious and I find it does the best job of detangling my hair. I spray it in my wet hair if I need to brush through wet hair. Because wet hair is very weak and needs a little extra help if I'm gonna be trying to tear it out with a brush while it's in this fragile state. Anyway, I feel like this product has been a huge contributor to the health of my hair and I would highly recommend it. Especially to anybody that has problems combing through their super tangled hair!
4. Infusium 23: Moisture Replenisher Leave-In Treatment
Earlier in this post I mentioned not being super impressed with any of the leave-in conditioner I got, remember? Yeah, well I still stand to the fact that my oils are far more effective but this product was really nice to have around in the summer. For one if you're in a rush and don't want oily hands and just want to give your hair a quick spritz before you leave the house, this is great for the job. It just adds that extra bit of shine to get your hair through the day. Also I found it great for a pre-swim. You always want to go in a pool with already wet hair so your hair doesn't soak up so much chlorine. But sometimes showering seems like a lot of work just to jump in a pool. That's how I feel anyway. So I would simply spray in this lovely product. It's very easy to just quickly dampen your hair with so that your hair won't take in all the chlorine. With this pre-swim product along with the oil earlier mentioned that I used after my swim, my hair was well looked after throughout the summer.
So those were some of my favorite products, not only for August but all summer. Although there were few, they were all really effective in making my hair as healthy as it could be. I hope these help you out, as you too try to keep your hair moisturized and beautiful throughout the year. Questions? Comments? Ideas for future posts? Please feel free to email me at the email listed below!
-Ashley
damagebegone@hotmail.com
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Thursday 4 September 2014
Wednesday 3 September 2014
Interested in Writing Articles?
Are any of you out there hair experts? Hair dressers? Just have cool hair ideas that have not already been posted on my page? Any hair tutorials you'd like to promote?
If you're interested in any of the above I'd love for you to contribute to Damage-B-Gone. It would be great to get a lot of reader feedback and if you guys could send me any questions you have that would also be much appreciated! I love getting to know those of you who read my blogs and anyone who would like to become a part of it would be even better!
Am I missing some key things to hair styling? Any genius tricks that have been passed down your family? How about homemade hair mask recipes? I, and all my readers would love to be clued in on some ideas that I may be missing.
Interested in helping me out with keeping DBG going? Please email me at the address below with a hair tutorial video, a blog post or any questions and ideas you may have! It would be greatly appreciated. All of your feedback helps me keep my blog up to date. Thanks for your time and consideration!
damagebegone@hotmail.com
-Ashley
If you're interested in any of the above I'd love for you to contribute to Damage-B-Gone. It would be great to get a lot of reader feedback and if you guys could send me any questions you have that would also be much appreciated! I love getting to know those of you who read my blogs and anyone who would like to become a part of it would be even better!
Am I missing some key things to hair styling? Any genius tricks that have been passed down your family? How about homemade hair mask recipes? I, and all my readers would love to be clued in on some ideas that I may be missing.
Interested in helping me out with keeping DBG going? Please email me at the address below with a hair tutorial video, a blog post or any questions and ideas you may have! It would be greatly appreciated. All of your feedback helps me keep my blog up to date. Thanks for your time and consideration!
damagebegone@hotmail.com
-Ashley
Thursday 8 May 2014
Follow Up on John Frieda.
If you haven't read my last post I'd suggest doing that before this one. Just as a quick intro, I was using John Frieda Go Blonder Controlled Lightening spray to lighten up my roots. I was fairly pleased with the product to begin with. In the last few days I have a bit of a follow up to do.
When they say not to use it on brown hair... they mean it. It's not that it did anything terrible to my hair, my roots are just more of an orange-y color now while my highlights are ash tone. Overall I'm not a super big fan of orange hair on myself so I'm not too pleased with that. Since I noticed a fairly good rust color beginning in my hair I haven't used it again. Because I am not sure whether it will make it even more red, or if it'll actually blonde out for me. I'm afraid to try because I'm broke and may not have money to fix my mistakes.
As far as damage goes, I have been noticing a fair amount of damage. But my hair wasn't super healthy lately before I started using this. So I can't confirm that this product is completely to blame. I do know that sometimes my hair feels a little straw like right after I spray it in but it seems to soften out as I blow dry. I wouldn't say that this product did any intense damage to my hair, but it probably at least dried it out a bit.
I'm sorry that this has to be so vague but overall I wouldn't suggest using this, even on light brown hair. Unless your hair is very dirty blonde or blonde, it's not worth it. It just makes it a rusty orange color. However the orange color does kind of make my roots look better because it's at least not a brown color. If you're super worried about damage also don't use the product. To my hair it didn't cause obscene amounts but it will probably cause a bit as it contains hydrogen peroxide. So if you're blonde and okay with a bit of damage, go for it. If you're brunette or very concerned about damage, you can do without it.
If you want other alternatives I do have a post about highlighting your hair or how to bleach and dye it causing the least amount of damage. You can find them all on this blog. Good luck everyone!
-Ashley
When they say not to use it on brown hair... they mean it. It's not that it did anything terrible to my hair, my roots are just more of an orange-y color now while my highlights are ash tone. Overall I'm not a super big fan of orange hair on myself so I'm not too pleased with that. Since I noticed a fairly good rust color beginning in my hair I haven't used it again. Because I am not sure whether it will make it even more red, or if it'll actually blonde out for me. I'm afraid to try because I'm broke and may not have money to fix my mistakes.
As far as damage goes, I have been noticing a fair amount of damage. But my hair wasn't super healthy lately before I started using this. So I can't confirm that this product is completely to blame. I do know that sometimes my hair feels a little straw like right after I spray it in but it seems to soften out as I blow dry. I wouldn't say that this product did any intense damage to my hair, but it probably at least dried it out a bit.
I'm sorry that this has to be so vague but overall I wouldn't suggest using this, even on light brown hair. Unless your hair is very dirty blonde or blonde, it's not worth it. It just makes it a rusty orange color. However the orange color does kind of make my roots look better because it's at least not a brown color. If you're super worried about damage also don't use the product. To my hair it didn't cause obscene amounts but it will probably cause a bit as it contains hydrogen peroxide. So if you're blonde and okay with a bit of damage, go for it. If you're brunette or very concerned about damage, you can do without it.
If you want other alternatives I do have a post about highlighting your hair or how to bleach and dye it causing the least amount of damage. You can find them all on this blog. Good luck everyone!
-Ashley
Thursday 24 April 2014
John Frieda Controlled Lightening Spray Review & Instructions
So I've recently done something, not great for my hair. I started using John Frieda (sheer blonde, go blonder) controlled lightening spray. On the bottle it suggests to only use with light brown to blonde hair and not on dark hair. This is important as it could turn dark brown hair to an orangey colour as opposed to blonde. So please keep that in mind, it's not to bleach dark hair only to lighten already light hair.
So I've done this about 3 times in my hair so far and I haven't noticed obscene amounts of damage besides what was already there. The spray bottle says you should see a difference of color between 3-5 times of use. I can confidently say that I think I see a difference. It is really hard to tell as I already have highlights and the summer sun begins to lighten my hair as well. But I definitely do think it has made a difference. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it is. For now I am quite pleased with the product. After 10 uses they say that's the lightest your hair will get.
The bottle itself is quite cheap in my opinion, it's around 10 dollars at most drugstores. I've seen it at almost every drugstore I've checked in Canada. The downfall is that the bottle is quite small so if you're doing very long or thick hair you may run out quite easily. The product does smell nice in my opinion. Maybe slightly acidic but also very clean. I know that's a strange combination.
So far the product has done a lot less damage than I would have thought it would do as it contains hydrogen peroxide. Although I have taken cautionary steps (some from other blogposts) to keep damage minimal. See below:
1. You're to use the product on towel-dried hair so I start with a shower. During this time I condition my hair TWICE instead of once just to be sure it's lathered in as much moisture as possible. Also you'll want to apply it on as clean hair as possible. When conditioner is in run your fingers through your hair to eliminate most tangles.
2. Once I'm done showering you're to towel dry your hair and then spray in the product. You can either spray it in sections to create highlights, I just spray overall. I concentrate on my roots as my highlights are growing out.
3. Then it instructs you to comb out your hair. I'm sure to use a wide tooth comb while doing this as it will be more gentle on your hair. I also quickly spray in some detangler just to reduce the pulling that goes on.
4. Last but not least you are to blow dry your hair, and when doing this I do have my blow dryer on the warmest setting as that is what will actually cause your hair to lighten. However the lightening spray does have a heat protector in it, so you'll have a bit of protection.
5. Once the hair is completely dry, before I style I always apply Moroccan Argan Oil to the ends to help put the moisture back into them.
6. Also on days where I don't use the product I try to not use heat on my hair and leave it natural. This just gives it a bit of a break after all the strain on 'blondifying' days. And if you want to be extra careful you can also cut off any split ends you may notice
Pros:
>it truly lightens the hair
>doesn't cause too much damage
>easy to use
>smells good
>cheap (I got it for $9.99)
>found in most stores
Cons:
>itchy scalp
>creates slight damage
>less noticeable than getting highlights at salon (this could be a 'pro' for some)
>must be done more than once
>small bottle
So I've done this about 3 times in my hair so far and I haven't noticed obscene amounts of damage besides what was already there. The spray bottle says you should see a difference of color between 3-5 times of use. I can confidently say that I think I see a difference. It is really hard to tell as I already have highlights and the summer sun begins to lighten my hair as well. But I definitely do think it has made a difference. I'll let you know in a few weeks how it is. For now I am quite pleased with the product. After 10 uses they say that's the lightest your hair will get.
The bottle itself is quite cheap in my opinion, it's around 10 dollars at most drugstores. I've seen it at almost every drugstore I've checked in Canada. The downfall is that the bottle is quite small so if you're doing very long or thick hair you may run out quite easily. The product does smell nice in my opinion. Maybe slightly acidic but also very clean. I know that's a strange combination.
So far the product has done a lot less damage than I would have thought it would do as it contains hydrogen peroxide. Although I have taken cautionary steps (some from other blogposts) to keep damage minimal. See below:
1. You're to use the product on towel-dried hair so I start with a shower. During this time I condition my hair TWICE instead of once just to be sure it's lathered in as much moisture as possible. Also you'll want to apply it on as clean hair as possible. When conditioner is in run your fingers through your hair to eliminate most tangles.
2. Once I'm done showering you're to towel dry your hair and then spray in the product. You can either spray it in sections to create highlights, I just spray overall. I concentrate on my roots as my highlights are growing out.
3. Then it instructs you to comb out your hair. I'm sure to use a wide tooth comb while doing this as it will be more gentle on your hair. I also quickly spray in some detangler just to reduce the pulling that goes on.
4. Last but not least you are to blow dry your hair, and when doing this I do have my blow dryer on the warmest setting as that is what will actually cause your hair to lighten. However the lightening spray does have a heat protector in it, so you'll have a bit of protection.
5. Once the hair is completely dry, before I style I always apply Moroccan Argan Oil to the ends to help put the moisture back into them.
6. Also on days where I don't use the product I try to not use heat on my hair and leave it natural. This just gives it a bit of a break after all the strain on 'blondifying' days. And if you want to be extra careful you can also cut off any split ends you may notice
Pros:
>it truly lightens the hair
>doesn't cause too much damage
>easy to use
>smells good
>cheap (I got it for $9.99)
>found in most stores
Cons:
>itchy scalp
>creates slight damage
>less noticeable than getting highlights at salon (this could be a 'pro' for some)
>must be done more than once
>small bottle
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