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Mixing Hair Care Products : My Favorite Thing to Do!

January 30th, 2007

I’ve been dabbling in mixing hair care products for a little while, and I think I came up with a good


combination that works well for if you want to blow your hair straight.  I’ve mixed some hair cremes and gels before, but usually got so-so results.  I really tried to do it to get extra control, straightening power, anti frizz power, or whatever the product may be.  Heck, I’ve even combined a volumizing root serum at the roots with a straightener on the rest of my hair if I want a little more lift to the roots, but straight hair all the rest of the way down.

It works well if you do want straight hair, but still want a little lift at the root.  I’d recommend that you use a volumizer on the tip of your hair dryer, sometimes called a diffuser.  They usually come with multiprongs, that you kind of massage at the base of your scalp as you are blowing out your hair.

The latest combo I’ve tried is one that I think I really like.  I combine a little bit of Aveda’s Be Curly Curl lotion and some of the Brilliance Universal hair styline cream in my hands, rub it together so it’s all evenly distributed in my hair, and rub it on my hair from root to tip.  My hair is currently just a little longer than shoulder length, and I use quite a bit of each hair product, so that it evenly saturates every inch of my hair, especially my bangs, which tend to run wild if I don’t put a lot of controlling lotion or gel on them. 

This combo works great.  I come out of my blowout with smooth, shiny and manageable hair.  It even seems to work for a few days (I don’t wash my hair every day). 

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