Beauty Shout Box: MY HAIR DETOX {TBT AUGUST 2014}

I have just, this week, put my hair on a bit of a Detox and I remembered

that I wrote a post about it way back in August 2014, so I thought I would re-post

as part of my #TBT feature.

Thankfully there are now more products available to help

detox your hair, whether it be a scalp exfoliator, shampoos to deep clean the hair in order

to remove any product build up, but I have to say my way below is till working just fine.

*Please note that some of the product prices in the Pink Links below will be out of date

or possibly no longer available and in some cases the packaging could have changed.*

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Having been a huge fan of good salon hair products for as long as I can remember,
I recently put my hair through a "Conditioner Detox"...

(not sure if there is such a thing but there is now).

Considering that I am in my mid 50's I realized that I have bombarded my hair,

for over 30 of those years, with treatments of all kinds.

Even though my hair is trimmed and highlighted every six weeks I have an obsession, as I think most women have, with keeping my hair in tip top condition in order to counteract the damaging effects from both chemical and heat treatments.

Even though I spend a fortune on my hair products, I never really question the amount that I spend, as in my mind, they are all needed and doing my hair "good".

I had noticed for some months that my hair was feeling soft, but also heavy and

looked flat and lank very quickly after styling, but my mental reasoning for this due to either my age, menopause, change of products and possibly the fact that my hair was longer and therefore heavier and straighter, not at any stage did I consider that I was overloading my hair with conditioning and treating products, as they all pretty much claim to not make your

hair feel heavy or oily.

I agree with their marketing claims for the products being used on an individual basis,

but the layering of several products, as most of us do, I believe can lead to an

"overload".

It recently took an empty conditioner bottle in my shower to make me "wake-up" to the fact that I may have been over conditioning my hair.

I can't ever..remember not using a conditioner after washing my hair, so getting out of the shower without using on this occasion filled me with absolute dread, as to the thought of trying

to comb through my long, highlighted and often tangled locks left me cold.

Careful towel drying and a wide toothed comb did the trick, followed by my usual use of a

hair dryer and my GHD.

The only product that I used other than my shampoo was the

Kerastase Nectar Thermique heat protector.

I was shocked by the results of no conditioner, as my hair had volume and a lightness to it

that I hadn't experienced for years, which proves to me that over conditioning

was the cause.

Some of my current products that I use 2-3 times a week

I have since washed my hair "conditioner" free..three more times and my "Conditioner Detox" has been relatively easy and successful.

I am now going to re introduce my treatments slowly whilst being mindful that my hair does need a break every now and then.

Now I am not recommending this for everyone,but if you recognize some of the same issues that I have described, then maybe you also need to detox your locks.