Less is more????

[Iluvsmuhgrass]

I posted about buying a maxiglide MP and loving it and the products that came with it.

I had a hair epiphany. I use way too much product for my shoulder length hair. I'm heavy handed and although I don't mean to, I tend to fall into the mindset that the more the better.

I used a quarter sized dollop of shampoo, a palm full of conditioner (combed through with my detangling comb) and used a small bit of styling product. My hair had SWANG! I'm getting to understand that heavy products (and/or heavy application of lighter products) is too much for my hair. I don't need to use so much.

Has anyone else experienced this? How did you cut back? Is it possible I just used the wrong things, too much of the wrong things, or too much of the right things?

 

[melissa-bee]

Yes. I noticed this aswell. I have been rollersetting then air drying my hair for the past 7 months. After washing i towel dried then i put the ors carrot oil on then olive oil to seal. Then i would go ahead and roller set. The last time i roller set about 3 weeks ago, my carrot oil was really low. So after washing and conditioning i just sprayed in aussie leave in conditioner the hair insurance one. And when i air dryed and removed my hair was so light and bouncy, it was the best rollerset i'd ever had.

 

[Bublin]

Yes, less is more but its just so hard to control the amount - especially when you're a pj and have all those products hanging around.

 

[Irresistible]

Less is more when you want 'swang'

 

[Miss*Tress]

Don't forget too that shoulder-length hair is not very old, i.e. less "worn" and dry than longer hair, so as a general rule should be fairly healthy. That also means that hair doesn't need as much moisturizer and protein.

 

[SistaSista]

I'm still trying to grasp this concept. I'm also VERY heavy handed with my products. Hopefully I'll get the concept soon....

 

[destine2grow]

Since I have fine hair I notice that my hair can not handle a lot of heavy products. I have to use o little bit or my hair will feel heavy.

 

[darlingdiva]

Since I have fine hair I notice that my hair can not handle a lot of heavy products. I have to use o little bit or my hair will feel heavy.

The same is true of my hair. I realized that I was using too much product when I saw how little product Macherieamour uses on her hair.

 

[Kranbery]

I almost stopped using Cantu Shea Butter because I thought it was making my hair hard, but it was how I was applying it. Now I put on about a 1/5 of what I usually use and my hair loves it. I was SOOO off.