Besides Aveda's version, what are good anti-humectants?

[Glib Gurl]

Suggestions please

Aveda's isn't so bad . . . but I don't like the texture . . . or the smell

 

[BlackHairDiva]

Suggestions please

Aveda's isn't so bad . . . but I don't like the texture . . . or the smell

I love aveda...I discovered it ever since the postal system over here went on strike. Which is annoying cause no one is getting their mail. I was originally going to use Obediance " B straight products"

http://www.obedienceonline.com/styling-product/b-straight-4oz

I never got to try it but I heard its good.

Here is a clip about the product:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhcBkH6-zvY

 

[g.lo]

i have never used aveda product, but i read that coconut oil and shea butter are natural anti-humectant! it kinda makes sense to me because, from my experience i can't use coconut oil or shea butter during the winter time, because it dries my hair badly

 

[Glib Gurl]

I love aveda...I discovered it ever since the postal system over here went on strike. Which is annoying cause no one is getting their mail. I was originally going to use Obediance " B straight products"

http://www.obedienceonline.com/styling-product/b-straight-4oz

I never got to try it but I heard its good.

Yikes - for $50 foro 4 oz it better be!!!!

i have never used aveda product, but i read that coconut oil and shea butter are natural anti-humectant! it kinda makes sense to me because, from my experience i can't use coconut oil or shea butter during the winter time, because it dries my hair badly

Of course! I have both of these, but never thought to use them in this way. Thanks!!

 

[JayAnn0513]

My hair was straightened with Aveda's anti humidity line in my avatar and it lasted 7 days in Houston humidity in May. I've yet to find anything that comes close to that.

 

[darlingdiva]

Sabino Moisture Block performs well, although it leaves behind somewhat of a dry feeling on my hair.

 

[BlackHairDiva]

Yikes - for $50 foro 4 oz it better be!!!!



Of course! I have both of these, but never thought to use them in this way. Thanks!!

there is a smaller bottle for twenty something dollars... That is the one I ordered.

 

[MyAngelEyez~C~U]

BlackHairDiva, how is the Obedience product working for you? If you haven't used it yet, please post a review when you do. Thanks!

 

[BlackHairDiva]

@BlackHairDiva, how is the Obedience product working for you? If you haven't used it yet, please post a review when you do. Thanks!

I haven't received my package yet. I'm in Canada and our canadian postal service is on strike... a nationwide strike. Im not sure when we will start getting mail again. Since I will not get my order in a long time. I opted to go to the mall and by aveda anti humectant.

 

[Nonie]

i have never used aveda product, but i read that coconut oil and shea butter are natural anti-humectant! it kinda makes sense to me because, from my experience i can't use coconut oil or shea butter during the winter time, because it dries my hair badly

@g.lo I don't follow the bold. I thought humectants (not anti-humectants) were the ones that dry hair in the winter by drawing moisture out of your hair since there's none in the air?

Anti-humectants, from my understanding, are products like serums that block out moisture and prevent your hair from asborbing moisture from the air in humid conditions so that your hair does not get frizzy, especially if straightened. If your hair isn't moisturized before you apply them, your hair will be impossible to moisturize until you wash off that seal, so that is the only way I see them being drying. But that has nothing to do with the weather/season. It's got more to do with your hair's moisture content before you apply them.

In response to OP, I love the John Frieda Frizz Ease line.

 

[Kurlee]

coconut oil is awesome on my flat ironed hair. got three weeks out of it

 

[g.lo]

@g.lo I don't follow the bold. I thought humectants (not anti-humectants) were the ones that dry hair in the winter by drawing moisture out of your hair since there's none in the air?

Anti-humectants, from my understanding, are products like serums that block out moisture and prevent your hair from asborbing moisture from the air in humid conditions so that your hair does not get frizzy, especially if straightened. If your hair isn't moisturized before you apply them, your hair will be impossible to moisturize until you wash off that seal, so that is the only way I see them being drying. But that has nothing to do with the weather/season. It's got more to do with your hair's moisture content before you apply them.

In response to OP, I love the John Frieda Frizz Ease line.

@ nonie, i understand what you are saying! i read somewhere on the net that coconut oil and shea butter are anti humectant oil.
i can't explain it but i can't use any of those oil in winter, anything else is fine but not them two!

 

[PlatinumBronze]

ORS has an anti-humidity blocker serum that I really like. It's way better than Aveda which I don't care for and all of the anti-humidity blocking sprays that I bought.

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[pookaloo83]

Shea butter. My hair will not revert at all when I use it. Just now that me hair feels kinda dry right now. Nonie thanks for reminding me to moisturize first, cause I never thought of it as a sealant. I thought it was a moisturizer. I like how my hair is not reverting, but I feel like I have to wash this out and start over Nonie

 

[Nonie]

pookaloo83, to me a moisturizer must contain water or something moisturizing like aloe. Shea butter was never a moisturizer to me. I do believe it can prevent moisture loss from skin and therefore keep skin from drying...but as far as adding moisture, I think it fails miserably.

 

[Nonie]

@ nonie, i understand what you are saying! i read somewhere on the net that coconut oil and shea butter are anti humectant oil.
i can't explain it but i can't use any of those oil in winter, anything else is fine but not them two!

g.lo I'm not denying that they are anti-humectants coz I don't know, but what I'm saying is that you seem to be confusing them with humectants. It is humectants that can lead to dry hair in winter. Anti-humectants just seal hair so what's going on weather-wise shouldn't have an effect on how they perform.

In other words, you hair felt dry in winter not because you used anti-humectants but rather your hair just wasn't moisturized well before you used them, IMO.

 

[pookaloo83]

Nonie so if I moisturize first with a water base and seal with shea butter, my hair should not revert right? I'm gonna try this on wash day. It's like why seal my hair? When I moisturize nothings gonna penetrate my strands since the shea butter is on top.

 

[Ms Lala]

I've gotten good results from FX Silk Effect Silk Drops http://reviews.walmart.com/1336/104...-drops-hair-serum-4-fl-oz-reviews/reviews.htm

and Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Serum. I have used both of these, but only after properly conditioning and moisturizing my hair. You don't want your hair to end up super dried out or worse breaking. I sused the FX product on a twist out, my hair got lightly rained on that day and it didnot frizz, usually it would have been a mess.

 

[Nonie]

@Nonie so if I moisturize first with a water base and seal with shea butter, my hair should not revert right? I'm gonna try this on wash day. It's like why seal my hair? When I moisturize nothings gonna penetrate my strands since the shea butter is on top.

pookaloo83 If it is true it is an anti-humectant as folks say, then that should be how it works.

Alternatively, you could just DC your hair very well and then just use it to seal in the internal moisture.

If I had to choose between Shea butter and coconut oil, I'd go for coconut oil. I find it to leave hair feeling softer than Shea butter does. And I'd use it alone on well DC'd hair--but that's just me. Not a fan of oodles of product on my hair.

 

[g.lo]

@g.lo I'm not denying that they are anti-humectants coz I don't know, but what I'm saying is that you seem to be confusing them with humectants. It is humectants that can lead to dry hair in winter. Anti-humectants just seal hair so what's going on weather-wise shouldn't have an effect on how they perform.

In other words, you hair felt dry in winter not because you used anti-humectants but rather your hair just wasn't moisturized well before you used them, IMO.

@ nonie, ok m'am, you are probably right, maybe my hair wasn't moisturized enough to start with. i will do another experience this coming winter
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