Beauty And Styles: Frustrated with my fine, limp hair

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wendylai is offline Member Join DateApr 2012Posts77

Ouch.. Winter is coming, and for some reason my hair feels limper than for ages! I managed to strech washed during summer, but now even on day 2 after wash my mane seems greasy and.. limp. This results to a constant urge to bleach ( yes!!) my hair, although I have at the moment 28.3 inches (72 cm) lenght of virgin hair. I bleached my hair maybe 6 years ago, (not done by a professional..) but I can remember it made my fine hair damaged and fragile and it was a pain in the butt to grow out. Yet I feel I could use some drastic measures to get over this depressing situation.
And for the record, this is not something I imagine. Yesterday I visited my parents, the night before that having washed with clarifying BC shampoo (first time for maybe over a month) and my mom told me I should wash my hair more often
Anyone else experiencing this right now? I live up north, have scandinavian hair texture and could at the moment KILL for more structured locks. Anyone has found a way to overcome this? Even my updos seem miserable, as the limpness makes my hair pack so small. I just measured my circumfence at 3.0, as during the summer it was 3.3 or so

New Member Join DateDec 2009Posts22

Hi, sorry to here you are having a bad hair day/s.
I have suffered the same limp syndrome that you are discribing, and honestly, I have found that more is less with my hair. I wash every third day and have switched to head and shoulders shampoo and am really liking the texture and body it gives my hair.
I only ever leave conditioners on for a few seconds as I find, even when well rinsed they make my hair limp. At the moment I am experimenting with clarifying my hair due to hard water issues.
I think you would regret blenching your hair, rather, why not put it up in a bun and forget about it for a while? Even if the bun itsn't big and makes your hair look shorter than it is, it will give you a break from negative hair thoughts.
My hair also looks tiny in a bun I think, but at least it allows me to foget about my hair until I am ( or it is) in a better mood.
Good luck!

Member Join DateApr 2012Posts77

Bonjour Billy - and thank you for your kind words Maybe I was being overly dramatic, but anyone with a perioid of bad hair moments knows what I'm talking about! Especially, as I try to use as few products as I can on my hair, as the quality is pretty good at the moment and I try to protect my ends towards trying out - and then going for a visit and see all these people with shorter hair pumped up to the notch with products.. argh !
Maybe it will became my life long quest to devenlope a mist or a product that coats you hair, protects it and gives it more volume without drying it out. I kind of like Tigi's salt spray, but it devenlopes tangles so I try to steer away from it. I also wish we had those japanese geisha/ egyptian pharao wigs one could just pull on when we're having miserable hair days

Member Join DateApr 2012Posts77

That's good point, bunzfan ! Maybe I will try it next time, I use Body Shop's Nettle Balancing sls-free poo, so it shouldnt be too drying even if I dont condition after washing. Although I already only use the conditioner on ears down. I also tried co wash at some point but it made my hair.. you guessed it! .. limp. I'm sure you both know what I mean when I say the hair it just so slippery and "even" on the surface that it sort of drowns itself. Maybe I'll just bun up and see next spring how I feel about it :/
Another question.. if any fine haired growers are reading this.. Dying / highlights is actually an option to my, but preferable once I have reached my goal which at the moment is hip/waist (they are not very far from each other on my body type). Has anyone got experience how it works out to color virgin hair that is so long? Has it turned out to be disastrous?

Last edited by wendylai; Today at 08:08 AM.

I have quite the same problem since recently, but I've read that shampoo bars might help giving the hair some volyme and body. I think I'm going to try that soon. I've been CO'ing since February and I know that's what makes my hair most smooth and sadly limp aswell.