Easystraight will destroy your hair

[KittySkyfish]

Hi NYAngel98 - nice to see you again! You look great in both pics you posted. I love that look you're giving Elvis - LOL! I'm sure in time you'll see those curls again, but I know the wait is really frustrating. All I can say is thank God hair grows. Slow as it is, at least eventually your hair will be back to normal. I just would like it to be tomorrow for you!

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 Hey Everyone,Haven't been on in awhile... but I've missed you all!

Just wondering how everyone's hair is coming along? It's been about 3 months (give or take) since my ES disaster - I really haven't cut off much of the length... maybe about 3 inches or so... it's about 'bra strap' length now... I've just been keeping up with little trims on the tips to keep the split ends away, which seems to keep the length about the same, just a little healthier looking. I'm just curious as to how they can say that ES only "lasts 3 months" - you are changing the chemical & physical composition of the ENTIRE length of your hair! It doesn't just magically change after a certain amount of time... or just fade away! It's been 3 months for me, and the ends of my hair are still stick straight, still have that crimpy frizz look if I let it dry on its own, and still is pretty much now what it was then. It looks shiny and healthier now (with blowdrying it with a round ceramic brush- so much for not having to blowdry your hair straight after using ES! lol) But the only part of my "Pre-ES" hair that I see is about from the root to about 4 inches down. Guess that's the new growth since I've used it. So pretty much I get waves just above my temples in the humidity, and everything from there down is still ES mess. I actually tried to scrunch-curl it the other day like I used to be able to ... just for laughs... lol the top 4 in. pretty much looked like the old me... but from there down... UGH!! It looked like a rats nest! lol looked like pin straight hair thats been in 100% humidity, slept on and coated with 10 lbs. of gel... so gross! So i guess that answered my question as to whether I'd be back to my normal self in the 3 months that ES said it would take. I miss my old hair so much now that I've been forced to dry it straight everyday for the last 3 months... I can't even leave it wet and just tie it back... b/c when it dries, the ends are frizz sticks, and looks horrible. The only way to get it smooth and shiny is with the brush & dryer (and john frieda's 5 minute manager & wind down cream) I miss just curling it in the days I only have 10 min. to get ready! lol Maybe by next summer I'll have that option again!?!? lol Oh well, I've rambled enough for one night... just wondering how your updates are coming along

I've uploaded a pic of my hair before ES (with the wavy/curls I'll probably never see again!

) and a pic that was taken on labor day at the wax museum in NYC - (Blow dried of course!) I'm new at posting pics, but if they come up you'll notice that I had to re-dye it dark to match my roots and cover the reddish mess that ES left me with!

I hope some of you will post pics of how your do's are coming along, especially if anyone is getting back to their normal hair and can give me some hope! lol

Take Care all!

I can't see the damage! Go figure. I am not one of the people who used ES, but I must say that you made your hair look fantastic after all that you said it's been through. It's black and thick and shiny like model hair. WTF. LOL.. Seriously.. you are doing a SUPERB job! Wowie!! Very good looking NYA. And btw w/b nice to see you!

 

[NYAngel98]

Thanks and it's god to see you too!

actually my hair is like med. brown... looks REALLY dark in the pics though lol

but since I was a hairdresser, I've learned some tricks to fake nice hair! lol

Too bad it's only a quick fix! lol

 

[NYAngel98]

I mean "good" to see you too.. "its so god to be boofoo!" huh Cali? lol

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 I mean "good" to see you too.. "its so god to be boofoo!" huh Cali? lol Hahahahahhahahahaha. LOL! You obviously donnot need a new boofoo. What the heck was I thinking that day... my fingernails are long, but that ridiculous! LOL!! Speaking of boofoo, is he treating you better? And do you use shine syrum, pomade, or what on your hair? I'm sold.

 

[NYAngel98]

yeah things are a lot better with "beaufoo" lol As far as the hair goes... I always use the john Freida "5 minute manager" spray (you spray it on wet hair... helps speed drying time and seals the hair to keep out frizz) I also like his "wind down" cream or Straightsexyhair's Power Straight Straightening balm. So I just use the spray and either of the 2 straighteners to keep the frizz at a minimum

(Then blow dry with my Vidal Sassoon Ionic Ceramic dryer & a large ceramic round brush with plastic/nylon? bristles)

 

[HarleyMom]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 Hey Everyone,Haven't been on in awhile... but I've missed you all!

Just wondering how everyone's hair is coming along? It's been about 3 months (give or take) since my ES disaster - I really haven't cut off much of the length... maybe about 3 inches or so... it's about 'bra strap' length now... I've just been keeping up with little trims on the tips to keep the split ends away, which seems to keep the length about the same, just a little healthier looking. I'm just curious as to how they can say that ES only "lasts 3 months" - you are changing the chemical & physical composition of the ENTIRE length of your hair! It doesn't just magically change after a certain amount of time... or just fade away! It's been 3 months for me, and the ends of my hair are still stick straight, still have that crimpy frizz look if I let it dry on its own, and still is pretty much now what it was then. It looks shiny and healthier now (with blowdrying it with a round ceramic brush- so much for not having to blowdry your hair straight after using ES! lol) But the only part of my "Pre-ES" hair that I see is about from the root to about 4 inches down. Guess that's the new growth since I've used it. So pretty much I get waves just above my temples in the humidity, and everything from there down is still ES mess. I actually tried to scrunch-curl it the other day like I used to be able to ... just for laughs... lol the top 4 in. pretty much looked like the old me... but from there down... UGH!! It looked like a rats nest! lol looked like pin straight hair thats been in 100% humidity, slept on and coated with 10 lbs. of gel... so gross! So i guess that answered my question as to whether I'd be back to my normal self in the 3 months that ES said it would take. I miss my old hair so much now that I've been forced to dry it straight everyday for the last 3 months... I can't even leave it wet and just tie it back... b/c when it dries, the ends are frizz sticks, and looks horrible. The only way to get it smooth and shiny is with the brush & dryer (and john frieda's 5 minute manager & wind down cream) I miss just curling it in the days I only have 10 min. to get ready! lol Maybe by next summer I'll have that option again!?!? lol Oh well, I've rambled enough for one night... just wondering how your updates are coming along

I've uploaded a pic of my hair before ES (with the wavy/curls I'll probably never see again!

) and a pic that was taken on labor day at the wax museum in NYC - (Blow dried of course!) I'm new at posting pics, but if they come up you'll notice that I had to re-dye it dark to match my roots and cover the reddish mess that ES left me with!

I hope some of you will post pics of how your do's are coming along, especially if anyone is getting back to their normal hair and can give me some hope! lol

Take Care all!

Hi Angel, Welcome back! Good to see you, literally I mean, you are so pretty and your hair looks great! I am glad that you are coming through the easystraight mess and doing OK. I got my hair cut off not too long ago, it fried my hair so bad that it pretty much became my only choice to start over, unless I wanted to keep forking over big bucks for all the stuff I needed to make it look half way normal. Anywho, I'm glad you came back to update us.

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 yeah things are a lot better with "beaufoo" lol As far as the hair goes... I always use the john Freida "5 minute manager" spray (you spray it on wet hair... helps speed drying time and seals the hair to keep out frizz) I also like his "wind down" cream or Straightsexyhair's Power Straight Straightening balm. So I just use the spray and either of the 2 straighteners to keep the frizz at a minimum

(Then blow dry with my Vidal Sassoon Ionic Ceramic dryer & a large ceramic round brush with plastic/nylon? bristles)

I'd like to try that John Freida stuff now. I think I will. You should do a commercial.Glad your beafoo is beacool now!

Cali

My SO has been misbehaving here and there, but mostly he's beafoo too.

 

[NYAngel98]

Maybe I should ask John Freida to be put me on his payroll? lol Thanks for the nice comments guys... (Hi Harley!) I dunno - I've been using the JF line before ES - and it worked well, so I figured I'd continue with a good thing!

Even the old stuff he has (Frizz-Ease Serum) is good - I have some of the "lite" formula... but with that you have to use VERY little - and only on the ends. Otherwise your hair will look somewhat greasy. You have to be sparing with the wind down cream also... but it is much less greasy than the serum. But I have somewhat oily hair (only by the scalp now thanks to ES lol) so I really dont' put anything near the roots except for the 5 min. manager spray. Being you only use a small amt. of his stuff, it lasts a long time, and it's relatively cheap. Try the spray & the cream - see how it works for you. Use the spray all over (and underneath) and about a dime-to-nickle size of the cream... Start with a dime size, and if anything, use a little more if you need it. His stuff is nice because you only need one or 2 products to replace the millions of other things that we've been shelling out big $$ on.

Let me know if you try it cali

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 Maybe I should ask John Freida to be put me on his payroll? lol Thanks for the nice comments guys... (Hi Harley!) I dunno - I've been using the JF line before ES - and it worked well, so I figured I'd continue with a good thing!

Even the old stuff he has (Frizz-Ease Serum) is good - I have some of the "lite" formula... but with that you have to use VERY little - and only on the ends. Otherwise your hair will look somewhat greasy. You have to be sparing with the wind down cream also... but it is much less greasy than the serum. But I have somewhat oily hair (only by the scalp now thanks to ES lol) so I really dont' put anything near the roots except for the 5 min. manager spray. Being you only use a small amt. of his stuff, it lasts a long time, and it's relatively cheap. Try the spray & the cream - see how it works for you. Use the spray all over (and underneath) and about a dime-to-nickle size of the cream... Start with a dime size, and if anything, use a little more if you need it. His stuff is nice because you only need one or 2 products to replace the millions of other things that we've been shelling out big $$ on.

Let me know if you try it cali

Ok, my shopping list has- 5 minute manager J. Frreida

- wind down cream J. Freida

- milk

- Rolos

- Rice cakes

- Ibuprophen

on it. Cool. I'll let you know. It might be a while. Thanks for the tips. If you can make your hair look that good after E.S. then Joh Freida ought to be able to tame my flyaways!

Go John, go!

 

[NYAngel98]

For flyaways? I'm SURE it'll have that under control! If it can help ES hair, flyaways are no problem! lol You'll also probably like "Smooth & Seal" by StraightSexyHair (sexy hair concepts) It's an aerosol mist that you spray on after your done drying and styling... then just brush your hair... it makes is shiny and smooth.

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 For flyaways? I'm SURE it'll have that under control! If it can help ES hair, flyaways are no problem! lol You'll also probably like "Smooth & Seal" by StraightSexyHair (sexy hair concepts) It's an aerosol mist that you spray on after your done drying and styling... then just brush your hair... it makes is shiny and smooth.

You need to be a hair board mod! I'm going shopping today. I'll see if I can get the J. Freida stuff. Money is tight so will hold off on the high end products and get the drugstore ones!Tx

Cali

 

[NYAngel98]

Sounds good! You'll probably be just fine with the Freida stuff... the StraightSexy spray is like $12-$14 (around there) - they have that at Ulta and wherever they carry the other sexy hair concept stuff... I've just gotten mine there, so I'm not sure what other stores carry it. But the Frieda you can buy anywhere - and it's pretty decent stuff for the money.

Let me know how ya make out!

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by suzes111

Hey everyone, remember me... said I loved easy straight? Well its been a few months now and I do have to do I have run into some trouble. At first it was okay but as I went to redye my hair because the roots were coming in.. The first time I tried dying it the color didn't really take and I was left with basically the same color as before (I was dying it a different color then it was previously) So I waited a while and tried dying it again.. this time.. my roots ended up blonde for about 2 inches while the rest of my hair remained brown... So basically my roots are 4 shades lighter then my hair and have an orange/red tint to them. Not only that from the beginging I could not just get out of the shower and let it blow dry, I still had to straighten the entire thing and then flat iron it. But after about a month my hair started to get really dry and frizz out a lot. I had hoped easy straight would be a good fix for my hair but no way has it been. I just want me curly-- easy to do out of the shower- look back! So if anyone else is still out there who is thinking about it-- It will take a long time until you get your regular hair back. Hi there, Suzes.Thank you for your honesty and for taking the time to let others know about your experience. This is exactly the type of thing users need to know. Can you please review this product on our Product Review Center board?

People really need to be warned and informed.

Once again, we are sorry that so many people have been emotionally upset with the results of EasyStraight.

Sincerely,

Cali and MuT mods/ES users

 

[NYAngel98]

Sorry to hear about that Suzes - what you got when you colored your hair the second time is what they call "hot roots"... which I've gotten before and can be quite a problem for us dark haired girls

Its because since the root area is virgin hair - and is close to the heat of your head... for some reason, it soaks up all the peroxide in the dye... the only way I got back to normal was to just use a dark brown again.... and this time, leave it on the roots only for about 30 min. so that the color pigment could all be absorbed. That seemed to work. Ask around, maybe you can get some more Ideas on what to do (unless you want to go ALL blonde, but i dont' think that your ES ends would like that too much!)

 

[NYAngel98]

Hey Cali! Did you try out the Freida stuff yet?

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 Hey Cali! Did you try out the Freida stuff yet?

Hi NY,Good to see ya round and about. Yes... well no. Here's what happened.

I went to Longs Drugs where they now have a pretty good mixture of high to low end products. I wrote down the ones you suggested and they did not have the quick drying one. The other two you recommended were for course or curly hair. I have neither!! Sigh.. what's a curl ta do? But... I did buy their anti-frizz hairspray and it has great hold and works VERY Well. Check out my hair- I can't find anything coarse, thick or wavy about it! LOL!

 

[NYAngel98]

You're hair is so straight and silky! You don't need a relaxing "anti-frizz" cream!

(but the cream comes in a 'lite' formula also, I believe)

 

[Californian]

Originally Posted by NYAngel98 You're hair is so straight and silky! You don't need a relaxing "anti-frizz" cream!

(but the cream comes in a 'lite' formula also, I believe) Well thanks ... BUT sometimes it gets this nasty little fly away thing going on. I like to use Tigi cream on it. Also... when it gets static-bound or dry looking, a teeny tiny bit of lotion does the trick to slap it back in place.
If you had my hair, you'd feel bald! LOL, it is fine. I miss it long though. Think I'll grow it back out. Right now I am going through a dorky bang stage where I am growing out my bangs and they are in the way and I look like little LouLou with them hairclipped back. Heh heh. Tell you what, it's like automatic birth control.

It's either Marci or Peppermint Patti ... but I think they can relate to having bang issues too.

 

[NYAngel98]

Little LuLu - You are too funny... LOL

Could be worse! Could be Darla! lol