My hair from about Jr. High to mid College was the WORST! It was always short because it was always damaged and breaking. I would try to grow it out but by the time it was barely passed my shoulders my mom would give me the firm but loving "your hair looks like dead straw and it's time to cut it" talk. It wasn't until college that I started taking care of my hair enough to grow it out. And by "taking care of my hair" I mean, I died it brown instead of platinum blonde, started "deep conditioning" (aka, leaving Pro V in my hair overnight) and didn't rip it in and out of messy buns all day. The result I got was the mid back length that I wanted but it was still thin, dry and ratty at the ends.
(High School Hair - Please excuse the chubby face and posture...)
Fast forward 6 years, 5 moves, 2 kids, 2 states, 1 dog and 1 husband later...
I'm back to blonde, it's the longest it's ever been but it's still dry, stringy and dead at the bottom.
My two beautiful best friends make me crazy! They are the kind of women that have the long, amazing, shiny, straight hair that grows grows like a weed! They never style, never color, never straighten and they look gorgeous every day!! I, on the other hand, come in with the thick, frizzy, wavy hair that HAS to be styled every-single-day and cut every 3 months or I look like big foot! One night I asked them both, "what do you guys do to your hair to get it SO healthy!?" to which one of them replied "well, I'd say the biggest thing I do is, while I'm in the shower, I put my conditioner in and then I just leave it in while I shave and do everything else..." to which I replied with a dumfounded look and my mouth wide open! I have been doing that for 15 years! It LITERALLY says to do that on every shampoo bottle!! I have been doing that since I could read and wash my own hair!?! WHY is their hair SO healthy!! I have been buying product after product for years, asking all my stylist friends for advice and trying all the Pins Pinterest has to offer! They don't even care about hair care! They just wash it and let it air dry everyday!!
Then it hit me ....
------ they NEVER put heat in it!!-----
They curl their hair every once in a while for church or a date but other than that, they just air dry everyday! This was my exact thought following that discovery: "Yeah, but my hair air dries like a Star Trek cast member because it's too damaged... but maybe my hair is damaged BECAUSE I never air dry!!" I figured, maybe the more I air dry, the more healthy my hair will get and the better it will start to air dry!
I remembered reading a blog post years ago about a girl who did, what she called, the No Heat Summer Challenge (and I cannot for the life of me find that post again!). Basically she just didn't put heat in her hair AT ALL for 3 months, I blew right passed it because I could NEVER air dry my hair and go out in public. I remembered what I could from her post and decided I was going to do it!
I did it for 4 months and I had AMAZING results you guys!!! I am about to reach my year mark of going 90% of my days with no-heat and it's been awesome! Now, when I do style my hair, I can go to bed with it wet, wake up and it takes me 2 minutes to straighten! It's thick all the way to the ends AND SO SOFT!!! It's so healthy, when I run a straightner through it (again, for like, 2 minutes) it'll stay that straight for DAYS!!
Here are the rules!
1- Absolutely no blow drying! NONE! zip! zero! If you're gonna cheat, don't start with the blow dryer!! It's horrible for your hair!
2- Obviously no curling irons or straighteners either.
3- You may only do your hair with heat for special occasions like weddings, dates, and occasionally church. (The grocery store is NOT a special occasion!)
4- NO pony tails! ... YUP! you heard me! Hair elastics are so damaging to your hair! Resist the urge! Don't pull it up! If you HAVE to pull it up, do a loose, straight pony tail. No messy buns and ESPECIALLY no wet hair pony tails!! Your hair is at it's weakest when it's wet, so you don't want to make it suffer in a tight bun when it's at it's weakest.
5- Endure to the end!! I promise, it'll be worth it!
Here are the steps!
Step 1- Take a "before pic" of your hair!
Step 2 - Make a note of how long your hair is but don't stop measuring at the very end of your hair! end where the damage gets really bad! My biggest improvement I saw is my hair is now thick all the way to my ends and that counts as growth! My hair grew 5 inches total in 4 months but the overall length of it only got 3 inches longer (if that makes sense?) Meaning it filled in 2 inches of thickness at the ends too!
Step 3- Stay Strong! Don't give up!
There were days when I wanted to give up and just style my hair! I got so sick of my husband coming home to Beaker from The Muppets everyday. I got so tired of trying to find ways to do my hair even to go to Walmart!
I promise it will be worth it!
After a month or two your hair will start to air dry naturally and with out all the damage, it will dry smoothly. I did the Challenge for 4 months and I've kept doing it for almost a year now! The craziest thing is I actually prefer my hair air dried now over curling or straightening! It feels so soft and natural when it's air dried and I can feel the damage in my hair the minute I put heat in it!
The best part is, now when I do straighten it, I air dry it 90% of the way, blow dry for about 2 minutes, touch up the top with my straightner and it's done!! 3 years ago it would take me 40 minutes to blow dry and straighten all of my hair!! I ALWAYS get comments on my hair when I straighten it now because it's so tick and long!
Other hair-care tips
Tip 1- Over the years I've found two game changing hair products! They have both completely changed my hair and I tell everyone about them!
(Keep in mind, I have thick, wavy, dry hair! If you have thin, fine hair these products may not work as well for you!) (Tip 2 - understand your own hairs needs!)
When I get out of the shower I towel dry my hair, flip my head forward and apply the It's A 10 leave in conditioner to my ends, then I do the same thing with the Moroccan Oil! Do it, it'll change your life! You can buy them both on Amazon and both bottles will last me around a year!
Tip 3- Don't brush your hair when it's soaking wet, remember, thats when it's weakest!
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