Type 4b hair and no shine Help!
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MeccaMedinah
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Are you natural? How do you wear your hair most days?
Isis
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Ths is my challenge also. I've learned that 4b hair doesn't reflect light like other hair types do. Rollersetting my hair to airdry seems to give it more shine.
I also add shine (I must do this more often) with products like Aveda Shine Spray. I try to stay away from products with cones (only because of buildup) like IC Fantasia but they give shine too.
I also add shine (I must do this more often) with products like Aveda Shine Spray. I try to stay away from products with cones (only because of buildup) like IC Fantasia but they give shine too.
MomofThreeBoys
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I have dull looking hair w/o without using products specifically for shine. I use coconut oil, have you tried that?
MomofThreeBoys
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All over! Not much, I put a quarter size and rub until it turns liquidy and distribute through my hair.
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Cowgirl
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My 4b hair does not have a natural shine or sheen to it either. What I am attempting to do for the long haul is take flaxeseed oil capsules so that my "new growth" will hopefully have a better shine to it. In the short term, the only things that I have found to impart shine without weighing my hair down is coconut oil (as Natalied stated), or NTM healing shine serum (love, love, love).
MomofThreeBoys
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OOPS...forgot to answer that part. No it doesn't weight it down at all. Its very light esp. compared to EVOO and Castor.
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bluwatersoul
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Hey
I have type 4a/b relaxed, and I adore the Aveda Brilliant shine and control for coarse hair. It is light and moisturizing, dosen't build up, smells GREAT and shines for days. I have gotten comments (for real!) like "your hair looks like glass" and "you look so sleek" and "how do you keep it like that...". I do not use heat at all, just rub some between my palms and rub it over and thru my hair.
Now if I could get some length with that shine, I'd be SET!
(sigh)
the prize is the journey
Blu
I have type 4a/b relaxed, and I adore the Aveda Brilliant shine and control for coarse hair. It is light and moisturizing, dosen't build up, smells GREAT and shines for days. I have gotten comments (for real!) like "your hair looks like glass" and "you look so sleek" and "how do you keep it like that...". I do not use heat at all, just rub some between my palms and rub it over and thru my hair.
Now if I could get some length with that shine, I'd be SET!
(sigh)
the prize is the journey
Blu
Isis
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Blu, I use and love Aveda products, the Brilliant line. Is yours actually called "Shine and Control for Coarse Hair"? I have the "Aveda Brilliant Spray On For Hair" made with essential oils, silica and other ingredients including the good kind of alcohol, which is ok except I forget I even have it. It smells like a nice smelling hair spray. Yours sound like a pomade and I haven't seen that one in my Aveda catalog. I want it!!bluwatersoul said:
Did you get yours from the Aveda salon or on-line?
Oh, and welcome to LHCF Bluwatersoul!
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bluwatersoul
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Isis said:Blu, I use and love Aveda products, the Brilliant line. Is yours actually called "Shine and Control for Coarse Hair"? I have the "Aveda Brilliant Spray On For Hair" made with essential oils, silica and other ingredients including the good kind of alcohol, which is ok except I forget I even have it. It smells like a nice smelling hair spray. Yours sound like a pomade and I haven't seen that one in my Aveda catalog. I want it!!
Did you get yours from the Aveda salon or on-line?
Oh, and welcome to LHCF Bluwatersoul!
[Hey Isis, thanks for the welcome! LHCF is already becoming an addiction for me.
OK, the tube says "Aveda Brilliant Universal Styling Creme....definition, moisture and shine for coarse hair". Its a white cream in a tube, and I think I paid about 16. for the 5 oz tube. Expensive, but that tube lasts me about 3-4 months. And the shine is great, no grease at all just moisture. I wish I had it when I was natural. I am stretching out my touch up for the first time (I am at 8 weeks and about to lose my MIND
) but it keeps even the new growth sealed and shiny. And I LOVE the way it smells!I actually got this in Duane Reade drugstore, they have a *few* Aveda products there. Although; there is a main branch of the salon near my job, and its the same price.
the prize is the journey
Blu
Isis
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Yours is in a tube? I may have tried this before in the past, not in a tube but in a jar. I thought it was best for natural heads. Hmmm... I'll do some more research on this one. Maybe it was the Aveda Humectant that I tried, not the Universal Styling Creme.bluwatersoul said:[Hey Isis, thanks for the welcome! LHCF is already becoming an addiction for me.
OK, the tube says "Aveda Brilliant Universal Styling Creme....definition, moisture and shine for coarse hair". Its a white cream in a tube, and I think I paid about 16. for the 5 oz tube. Expensive, but that tube lasts me about 3-4 months. And the shine is great, no grease at all just moisture. I wish I had it when I was natural. I am stretching out my touch up for the first time (I am at 8 weeks and about to lose my MIND
I actually got this in Duane Reade drugstore, they have a *few* Aveda products there. Although; there is a main branch of the salon near my job, and its the same price.
the prize is the journey
Blu
I use the Aveda Brilliant Anti-Humectant Pomade which does give shine, not as much as you described though. Most of the shine comes from the castor oil in it and it is very light. I use it mainly to seal moisture in and keep outside moisture out so it won't frizz as much. Thank you! I may stop in the Aveda salon tomorrow. The owner will let me try it before buying.
Thanks ladies for your suggestions. This is a great 'supportive' forum.
I'll try that coconut oil today. To:MeccaMedinah, I am completley natural and I wear my hair in two stand twists or when I have the time I roll it on perm rods for tiny spiral curls, it's really cute but time consuming.
I'll try that coconut oil today. To:MeccaMedinah, I am completley natural and I wear my hair in two stand twists or when I have the time I roll it on perm rods for tiny spiral curls, it's really cute but time consuming.
kristina
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Hi, I posted something similar awhile back and got some really useful responses---
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=48998
what I've tried that's worked so far is moisturizers with glycerin with a bit of oil.
http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=48998
what I've tried that's worked so far is moisturizers with glycerin with a bit of oil.
bluwatersoul
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Isis said:
I have the Aveda anti-humectant pomade, and while it did add *some* shine it made my hair feel a little greasy and attracted some dirt. I am not crazy about it - in fact if you want mine you can have it! But yeah, its in a tube. Here is a link from Drugstore.com [
Aveda Styling Creme
MomofThreeBoys
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Did you try the coconut oil on the length of your hair yet?
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MeccaMedinah
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sspc said:
Sounds like you wear you hair just like mine. I think I'm 4a but I'll tell you what I do and you see if it works for you.
1-2 times a week (conditioner wash)
I conditioner wash, band, moisturize w/ creme mix below[finger tip full on length-I add a tad more to the ends of each twist(still have 1 inch relaxed ends)].Twist and set on perm rods. I wear twist outs. I use surge mixed w/ castor oil on my edges. I shampoo once in a blue moon.
No heat at all.
Hollywood beauty's carrot creme w/Africa's Best herbal oil. Surge w/ castor oil(hairline only).
Conditioners for con washes:Giovanni's 50:50 remoisturizer & VO5's Kiwi & Lime,V05's Oasis Lavender, Pantene Relaxed & Natural.
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