Okay, sharing my very favorite finds from this past year. Yeah, I’m a little late to the game, I keep forgetting (it’s age related) 🤨 We can’t be like Maxine and wear a ball cap, there has to be a better way, well there is and I found it!
First is dry shampoo. This stuff is seriously, seriously awesome. I first started using it last fall when I purchased Herbal Essence Dry Shampoo. I was using it on day old, or two day old hair since I no longer shampoo my hair daily like I have all my life. Shocking, isn’t it, but now that I’m older, it’s dryer, the texture is different and I just don’t have to. When I started using dry shampoo I immediately noticed my hair looked thicker and it smelled wonderful. I have tons of hair in the back, it’s just the top and the sides that are thinning. You know how it is, your part just keeps getting wider and wider. And you think it’s hopeless, but it isn’t. Read on...
We were on our way to Lexington to visit Ryan’s family and I realized I had left my Herbal Essence at home, so hubby took a quick detour, I ran into CVS and they didn’t have it. So instead I grabbed a bottle of Beach Babe and it was a total game changer.
It smells like coconut, and at first it was overpowering, and like perfume, use it a few times and you barely notice it. But using this dry shampoo gives you so much oomph, yep, thats the only way to describe it, your hair looks thicker and it has oomph. I quickly went from using it the next day to using it on wet, freshly shampooed hair. Then I dry it and I spray even more on it. And wahlaa, no more limp straggly hair, I use a root booster first on my wet hair, then spray the front and sides liberally with Beach Babe and my first day hair looks decent, the next morning I spray again before styling and it looks even better. The third day, spray again and it’s FANTASTIC!
This is the root booster I’ve been using, it’s a good one, I’ve tried a lot of them and when I use this with the dry shampoo I think it’s magic. But wait, I forgot a step. When my hair is freshly shampooed the first thing I do is to apply Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oi & Restore Leave-In Conditioner.
I did a review of this, and here’s the link for you. You might want to click on my link and watch Elle’s video, she explains it really well. At first I only applied the Shea Moisture to my ends, thinking that if I put it all over it would make my hair flat like conditioner tends to do, but one day I took a walk on the wild side and applied it to the top of my hair and sides as well. And it didn’t make it flat at all, it just made it feel thicker. After doing this I used the root booster and my holy grail Beach Babe Dry Shampoo and it looked even better than when I didn’t use it. So now that’s the first thing I do, and I apply it liberally. This Shea Moisture might not work for you if your hair is very fine, but if it isn’t, give it a try and see what you think.
I know, this is a lot of product to put in your hair, but it’s totally worth it. Be realistic, this isn’t going to make your hair look like it did when you were young, but it will make what you do have look noticably thicker and not be limp and flat. Hubby took a new Facebook picture of me yesterday, and you can see that the top of my hair doesn’t look too bad. But if you could see my hair without any product in it, you would quickly understand what this does. This is second day hair, I didn’t do much with it, just twisted it up, and also my hair is really long. Middle of my back long, and I debate daily as to whether or not to cut it. I would never wear it down, I look like a hag, but it’s so quick and easy to just put it up and go, and it’s off my face, I look at pictures of myself from five years ago when I had a bob and I realize that this makes me look older, it’s not trendy, but I am older now. And that bob with bangs didn’t look so great either, Abby would always tell me, “Grammie, your hair is floppy.” Out of the mouths of babes...
These products are very inexpensive, you can purchase all of them for under $25. If your hair is driving you crazy, too, give this a try, I bet it will work for you, too. ~ Jan
Oh, links, I have links for you.
Shea Moisture Jamaican Black Castor Oil Leave In Conditioner
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