What kind of shampoo and conditioner do u use

avlucia wrote: »

I don't shampoo but once every other month or so, and my conditioner varies, currently it's either Shae moisture or not your mother's. I always pick sulfate and silicone free products cause curly. *I don't recommend going without shampoo unless you have soft water.

Out of curiosity, how do you keep your hair from getting greasy? Especially when working out and such. I really wish I could schampoo less, for the sake of my hair, but I find my hair getting greasy really fast if I don't. Tips appreciated!

asliceofjackie wrote: »

avlucia wrote: »

I don't shampoo but once every other month or so, and my conditioner varies, currently it's either Shae moisture or not your mother's. I always pick sulfate and silicone free products cause curly. *I don't recommend going without shampoo unless you have soft water.

Out of curiosity, how do you keep your hair from getting greasy? Especially when working out and such. I really wish I could schampoo less, for the sake of my hair, but I find my hair getting greasy really fast if I don't. Tips appreciated!

I wash my hair maybe once to twice a week!
I have super curly hair so it doesn’t really get greasy fast but when I straighten it, I’ll use baby powder in my hair or dry shampoo

asliceofjackie wrote: »

avlucia wrote: »

I don't shampoo but once every other month or so, and my conditioner varies, currently it's either Shae moisture or not your mother's. I always pick sulfate and silicone free products cause curly. *I don't recommend going without shampoo unless you have soft water.

Out of curiosity, how do you keep your hair from getting greasy? Especially when working out and such. I really wish I could schampoo less, for the sake of my hair, but I find my hair getting greasy really fast if I don't. Tips appreciated!

*Takes a deep breath* So here's the thing, odds are you use a sulfate shampoo, sulfate strips the natural oils from your scalp that your scalp wants to be there. So the more you do this the more oil your scalp will produce meaning you get a greasy scalp faster (there's a gray area here for people going through puberty where it doesn't matter what they're using or not using the scalp is producing a lot of oil in general). In order to reduce the amount of oil your scalp produces you need to do a couple things: stop using sulfate shampoo, and deal with it - the greasy scalp that is.

I transitioned to water washing several years ago which is essentially just massaging your scalp under warm water (MUST BE SOFT WATER). I think I spent two weeks to a month in a state of greasy hair before my scalp regulated and now I don't get greasy hair anymore, ever.

Alternatively using shampoo that is sulfate free and pushing your wash days apart can help but you'll still run into the problem of having greasy hair until your scalp regulates, I don't know how long it takes in this case.

If you decide to do either of these a couple of additional things to know. If you use a conditioner with silicone you will develop build up in your hair. Most silicones in hair products are not water soluble so you need a sulfate to get it out. Thus why if you go sulfate free you need to go silicone free too(I've found a lot of people don't like the feel of their hair without silicone in it just fyi). And I don't recommend using dry shampoo while transitioning, it's still confusing to the scalp as not having the oil it wants there, causing the same problem of over production. If I really needed it I would use it only on the visible part.