In today’s next installment of Reader Mail Thursday:
Hi BS,
I’m interested to try the Fekkai spray, being a wavy-haired lady myself. But I also want to share my own miracle product, as well as ask for some advice…
The product I’m raving about is Natural Instincts Shine Happy. I think it’s a gloss treatment? It was $10 at Walgreen’s. I used it, not knowing what to expect—maybe some shiny hair? But I got much more than that. I have weird hair—it’s kind of thick, but not so thick I need a flat iron, kind of wavy, but not so wavy I can style it that way. Anyway, I have been struggling with my hair lately because I don’t know how to make it look the way it looks when I come out of the salon. One particular salon. No other place can do it the way they do.
Anyway, this glossing treatment made my hair super soft, but with tons of body, and shiny, and very easy to blow dry. I guess that’s normal, but this was the first time I’d done a glossing treatment. I had THE BEST hair day ever the first day, and now I’m on my second shampoo, and my hair still looks pretty good—but I’m scared it’s going to go away. Is there anything else one can do to preserve this great texture? Would a professional glossing treatment work better? And how often can you do them? If you can do them once a week, I would definitely pay the $10 a week for the glossing treatment and do it.
Again! We have no idea. We’ve only had a glossing treatment once, and it was amaaaaazing, but then it went away, and we were poor, and our hair has never been so glossy again Has anyone out there had one, and have any suggestions about how to maintain it? Comparisons between at-home and salon glossing treatments? Fill us in, people.
Above: Clairol Natural Instincts Shine Happy, $8.29
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I love that stuff, I’ve used it a couple of times and now I will bust it out a week or so before a big event (wedding or whatever) so I can have glossy hair for pictures. It really does give you more lift and body and just shines everything right up. I don’t know about salon glossing treatments but this one seems to last pretty well for the first couple of weeks.
I’ve used the John Freida color gloss (red for me), and it helps keep color and shine going, but now I’m going to try Natural Instincts (which is what I use for color, anyway). You can use the Freida gloss once a week (it’s in a shampoo-size bottle, and you don’t use it all at once). I don’t know if that’s true with N.I. gloss, though, but maybe you can do it every couple weeks.
You could also try Nice N Easy ColorSeal, which is sold by the haircolor, and is a non-coloring shine treatment. I’ve had great results with it, and you can use it once a week. I’ve tried the John Frieda shine stuff, but did’nt get great results, and also – does anyone else find it to be rather… stinky?
Does glossing your hair damage it? I have non-color-treated hair.
Hey! I have this bought have never used it. I’m scared that it will make my hair brittle/dull after the shininess subsides. I have tried and loved the john Frieda AND Color Seal (nice ‘n easy) color seal is cheap…but my absolute favorite treatment is Bumble and Bumble treatment, in the white little circular container.
-Mabel
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