Any suggestions?????

[rlise]

here is my sooo ingenious story! well back a couple of months i had to just have platinum blonde hair. so i bought some at home bleach stuff and went at it, well it didnt lift enough so i waited a week and bleached again, well my hair just wouldnt lift past orange, so my mom tried to highlight it to maybe a very light strawberry blonde sorta, well that didnt work. so i just waasted time and money and the health of my hair to just dye it dark brown, and just a week ago i had to dye it again. now ladies herre is where your input would be of great help!

i have talked to stylists, people at sally's and they all say mask, treatments, blah blah blah, and that will help in the long term, but i have been using all sorts of prducts for the past 6 months and my hair hasnt in the slightest become more manageable, softer. it still feels like STRAW when my hair is wet. OMIGOD help me! just to add, i never blowdry my hair EVER. i flat iron maybe 2x a week, maybe.

 

[Dragonfly]

Once hair is really damaged, there are only a few options. You can't repair damaged hair but you can make it more manageble with emollient products - Neutrogena Triple Moisture shampoo and Deep Recovery Hair Mask.

As well, a good trim every 6 weeks, until the damaged hair is finally cut off.

 

[Aquilah]

Have you tried HealthySexyHair? That would probably help as well. They have a Soymilk shampoo and conditioner, as well as a leave in conditioner. Janelle recommended for me to use a Biolage treatment that comes in capsules (I've forgotten the name), which helps with the dry and damaged split-ends.

 

[rlise]

im getting ready to get a trim , i just need something to make it more softer and easier for the once a week i do flat iron!

 

[Minako]

You know, be careful about bleaching hair. I had a friend who bleached hers 3 times in one week. Her hair literally FELL OFF like she had undervent kemo

 

[Anna]

definantly keep up with the leave ins and deep conditioner. trims regularly. have you tried something like bed heaeds after party? it makes hair feel so silky and shiney

 

[rlise]

nope i havent tried anything by bed head! i have got a few different queen helenes hair masks, ion mask, treatments and other from sallys! just nothing is working! i just bought the VO5 stuff for flat ironing, havent got a chance to use it yet! so we'll see

 

[LisaBoliaris]

I know how you feel with the really damged hair, just keep trying the conditioners and keep cutting it!! =)

 

[PlatinumGirl]

I've been bleaching my hair myself for over seven years now. Here's a couple of tips:

*massage olive oil into scalp and saturate hair. Put a cap on, and leave it on as long as you can (overnight if possible.) Also, it works great if you can sit under a dryer for a bit. Shampoo at least twice, and then use your normal conditioner.

*Silk Elements MegaSilk Moisturizing Treatment is one of the best products I have ever used. It's available at Sally Beauty Supply.

*I use a little Infusium 23 each day. Another leave-in conditioner would work similarly.

 

[rlise]

thanx alisak! will go to sallys and look it up!

 

[I_sparkle]

Wow, I really know how you feel. Just don't loose hope. Keep up with a lot of conditioning and DON'T PUT any chemicals on it for a long time!! You just have to be patient!