humidity = frizzy hair = HELP!

[Anonymous]

The humidity is over 90% today and my hair is a frizzy WRECK. I've tried different frizz serums in the past but they only work for a few hours. I went for a walk outside at lunch time and now I look like a wild witch. Help! What should I put on my hair?

[Anonymous]

I totally feel your pain; I look like a character from Fraggle Rock today

[Anonymous]

You have to put product in your hair so that it will hold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: You have to put product in your hair so that it will hold.

What does "so it will hold" mean? Is there a special way of applying it?

[Anonymous]

My hairdresser uses a treatment by Rusk which relaxes the hair and takes out the frizz. I love it. I hate it last week NO MORE FRIZZ. The salon is Zohra and the ownwr is Offer. The number is 301 299 3100. Also Sephora sell a product called Frizz with a line through it> it sells for $24 but it is good. I feel your pain

[Anonymous]

I use Joico Design Collection Humidity Blocker. My stylist recommended it and I think it actually works pretty well.

[Anonymous]

I use the Frizz product from Sephora too. It makes a difference but doesn't take ALL the frizz out on days like today.

The only thing that worked 100 percent for me was Brazilian Straightening.

[Anonymous]

I find that most of the anti-frizz products just make my hair feel greasy and heavy. So my remedy is the infamous ponytail and bobby pins.

[Anonymous]

aveda hang straight

[Anonymous]

The Frizz (with a line through it) product at Sephora is awesome...it does not make hair greasy or sticky because it has no silicone in it. I love it! Aveda Hang Straight made my hair sticky.

FWIW I am from Houston (hel-lo humidity) and short of a professional straightening treatment, there is not much that can be done when the humidity is 90% plus. It's ponytail/bun all the way... Hate summer weather!!! Hate!!!

[Anonymous]

I have VERY curly hair which just soaks up moisture. All these products are fine, but after years of battling the weather, using all the products, wearing a ponytail whenever it rained, I just got tired of dealing with it (plus, I work out almost every day, so there was that hassle). I got a short cut that's perfect for my kind of hair, and now I never have a bad hair day. Plus, I've never liked stick straight hair.

[Anonymous]

I'm having the same problem. I don't resort to a ponytail, but I do an "up-do".

[Anonymous]

My hair is most frizzy if I brush it and try to style it on high humidity days - however, if I let it dry naturally and use some anti-frizz product (but don't brush it, run fingers through) it does not frizz and the curls look a lot better than the frizzed out hair. Even the ponytail/up do looks good like this. Try it sometime -even if you don't like your wavy hair, you may be surprised.

[Anonymous]

I found that when I got my hair cut in layers, it frizzed up more often than it had in the past. I've tried naturally drying, and the frizz just seems to worsen. One side frizzes up faster than the other,while the other stays partially flat. When I use the defrizzing shampoos they make my hair feel greasy and sticky. My hairstyle of choice is a pony tail, and it still doesn't seem to work. Are there any methods I should stay away from?

[Anonymous]

Do you wear your hair curly or wavy?

Here are some tips, but another great resource is naturallycurly.com:

1. Don't shampoo daily. Rinse with water and condition your hair, so that your hair will not need to take in the moisture from the atmosphere. (I wash once a week, but you have to figure out what works for you.)
2. While it is still very wet, use a good gel product with some "hold" in it. I like Devacurl Arc Angell. The Curlisto products are good as well, but I have only found them online around here. You may need to experiment.
3. Blow dry with a diffuser to set the curls/waves. If you leave home with damp hair, you'll wind up a frizz ball.
4. Finish with a pomade-type product to seal in the moisture, so that your hair won't suck in the humidity.

I have lots of very fine curly hair that gets VERY frizzy without the right products.

Check Naturallycurly.com, and there are also a few good books out there about techniques for frizzy/curly hair (I'm sure if you plug it into Amazon.com, you'll get there).