So in my last post I wrote about the state of my hair after using LVPNG. Yesterday was much, much worse! It's still hard to believe that my hair reacted that violently to the small amount of protein in that conditioner. I mean, I know I'm protein sensitive, but I've never had that severe of a reaction.I had to get up early to go to tutoring for one of my education classes, so I didn't have time to shower. My hair still looked pretty good from the night before, but it was definitely very poofy. I have thick hair to begin with, but the width of my ponytail doubled in size! I think I got one good picture before things went downhill, and it's on my other computer (which is still at home; I really need to send it away to be fixed).
Lately it's been very bright outside, so I've taken to wearing my sunglasses a lot. I don't take them off when I go inside, just perch them on top of my head. For some reason, this loosens things up a bit. Add that to the fact that my hair was becoming increasingly dry and tangly, and things start to not look so great. Last night I decided to scrunch in some FOTE for moisture. BAD IDEA!! My "curls" immediately got crunchy and even more tangled. We're talking rat's nest, which I haven't had since seventh grade (funny story, but I'll tell it later).
To make a long story short, I came back to school/work today with shorter hair that looked horrible. I had it half-up in my flexi-8, but I'm pretty sure there was some damage/breakage as I had to rip tangles apart just to get it up. I spent about ten minutes in the shower tonight detangling. KCKT alone doesn't cut it anymore, so I added GVP CB and brushed through with my Denman. I'm really hoping tomorrow works out better.
I really think this was just a combination of using protein with the icequeen clumping method. Doing everything upside results in curls in weird places - they don't lie down as they normally do and catch on each other. Would things have been better if I had only used one of these? I have no idea. Not sure I'll be finding out any time soon, either.
So bottom line: whether this was because I had used it after so many harsh shampoos, or just because my hair really doesn't like it, I'm not using protein for a long time! Lesson learned!
2 comments:
I don't know what the dew points are like where you are, but have you considered that it's the glycerin in the LVPNG that your hair doesn't like? I have had a very bad experience with LVPNG like you did, and it was the same scenario: I used it two days in a row. My first day was great and so I was very happy and used it again. It was a disaster: dry, coated-feeling hair that was very tangly. I couldn't even run my fingers through my hair! Or maybe the glycerin builds up when it's two days in a row? I've used protein in a conditioner (Joico K-pak generic at Sally's) with good results, so I think it's likely the glycerin. (And you're right...the protein in LVPNG is so low, it's the last item in the ingredients list! So it does seem ridiculous to have that tiny amount of protein cause such a problem.) I'm waiting for higher dew points to break out the LVPNG again and see if it does better. Good luck figuring it out! HTH :o)
That's an interesting point. It's weird though, because it worked well for me (although for about a week) in December when we had very low dews. They've been in the 50s and 60s for about the past month or so, and I'm not having any problems with glycerin in other products. I'm using Suave Green Apple right now for my co-wash, which has glycerin high up in the ingredients list.
I just realized I didn't write this in my original entry, but the second I put it in my hair that day, it got dry and tangly. So it was in line with a protein sensitivity. I also haven't used anything else with that particular protein ingredient (isn't it pearl? or something like that?) so I don't have much experience with that. I ended up giving the rest of it to my sister, who has finer hair that loves protein.
Anyway, thanks for pointing this out. Good luck with it when the dews get higher!
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