STRAW HAIR? Why your hair feels like straw and how to fix it

Struggling with straw hair that's hard to manage? I've been there too. Here's the reason why your hair feels like straw and what to do about it so your hair feels soft and silky again. Hope this helps your dry, damaged hair and there's more over at www.hairromance.com
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[@thej.asminej]

I have never coloured my hair, yet it feels like straw. I barely use heat. I apply oil, I apply hair mask and still it feels like hay.

[@janinedear-barlow]

How often are you washing it?

[@thej.asminej]

@@janinedear-barlow 2-3 times a week but since i exercise everyday i run water though my hair everyday

[@janinedear-barlow]

@@thej.asminej rincing it is fine but you are washing it too much. You shouldn't wash it more than once a week at the most as this strips the natural oils from the hair and over stimulates the sebaceous glands in the scalp. That's what's causing the problem.

[@thej.asminej]

@@janinedear-barlow oh alright, thanks! Ill reduce my washing to once a week, hope it'll help :)

[@janinedear-barlow]

@@thej.asminej if you still find that it is still very dry you could try a humectant. But you should find that the washing will work. Also have you tried a hot oil treatment? That oil moisturises hair. Let me know how you get on.

[@yinniferdurmyd]

Hey! I just discovered your channel recently and I have to say that I love your videos! Your explanations are always so clear and helpful, thank you so much. Do you have any tips on making curly hair shiny?

[@mmlsweet]

The title caught my eye I’ll be applying some of your tips thank you. The location was so clever and refreshing!!!! Well made video. Thank you.

[@jeannesnodgrass8073]

Lovely scenery! Really enjoyed this video even if my hair has never been like straw(yet).💕

[@TAG919]

Thank you so much. Great tips, this happened to recently, I was washing my hair too frequently and not using much conditioner as it was making my hair limp. Switched up my shampoo and conditioner and eliminated heat for a while. Beautiful location 🤩

[@elizabethb6]

Thank you for another great video.... beautifully shot and you look gorgeous 🌷Going to try some of these tips on my curly hair.

[@Hairromance]

thank you 💕

[@DiamondVeena]

The tips are really useful! I'm glad she didn't spend 3min talking about one tip and went straight to the next one

[@magdelinechin5491]

Just found your video. fantastic tips. Thank you.

[@KittenCasserole]

Thanks so much for the Terax Crema recommendation. I really love the product, it works so well on my bleached hair 😁

[@karine8738]

I am looking at Terax Crema, is it a conditioner ? And she suggest another product when she mention the Terax one, you know witch one please ? Thanks

[@KittenCasserole]

Karine Bérubé Terax Crema is a conditioner

[@karine8738]

@@KittenCasserole thank you so much 👌

[@karine8738]

Wow your hair are gorgeous in this video, they are perfect 👌 would love your hair they look so healthy too. I am trying new things like water rise treatment, and flaxseed gel, I just love flaxseed gel, I you ever try it ? I am trying naturals alternative because it is natural but because of my financial budget. But I just discover you and writing down tips you give and products you use like Olaplex 3, terax crema etc thanks so much 🌈💐

[@christinemadrazo6755]

Thanks for sharing.

[@About36Greekss]

Thank you so hot water could also play a role ? I usually just wet my hair when showering with the hot water and the texture is awful for a few days then goes back to normal until I wash it again

[@Partypartyyeah613]

My hair feels like straw and I haven’t done any of these. I used to put my hair up in a pony tail but I don’t anymore. I only wash my hair once a week as it could damage you hair if you wash it to much, though I might just start watching it twice a week~

[@althealthworks]

My hair has been super dry and I've lost a lot of it since COVID. It does grow back often but I have a few tiny areas where I can see the scalp/bald spot at times through my hair which has been SUPER thick my whole life. I've been cutting it myself during this time (I am now 39 years old) and sometimes I feel like I haven't cut it properly, and that may be affecting it at the roots and/or scalp. The middle part of my hair doesn't feel nearly as thick as it did. I refuse to believe in "male pattern..." that sounds like giving up to me. Epigenetics>>>>Genetics! I'm really healthy generally but I feel like there's something missing emotionally or nutritionally or in my environment (my bathroom is kind of too humid because the fan broke and my landlord refuses to replace it [mold!!?], that may be an issue). Anyone have any tips?

[@kadirtuncel9396]

If you are one of those who say that “my hair feels like straw”, check these major factors that cause this situation: > Frequent washing of hair > Hairdryers > Using side hair care products > Use of shampoo with chemical content > Diet > Chlorine > Hair cut > Hair dye > Combing > Wrong hair care Source: Cosmeticium

[@traceyannsteele]

I permed my hair it’s like stiff straw, perm never took , when wet it’s gummy 😭 I’ve done a protein treatment, apohogee , and a 1 hour olive oil treatment, it’s still stiff all over , any ideas what else I can do , only washing with conditioner,

[@kx4654]

My hair has been feeling like straw for the last two years I have tried everything from no using heat on my hair. Washing my hair to once a week, using hot oils such as olive Argan and coconut oil to even avacado and jobaba oil and nothing has worked. I don’t know what to do I try use serums to maintain it but it still becomes crispy and straw like.

[@truehope287]

Me too ☹

[@dreambrush7251]

also use satin/silk scarf or bonnet to protect your hair when sleeping, i discovered that my cotton pillowcase was making my hair a frizzball :(

[@heidiullrich966]

Years of highlighting my hair has left it like straw. I've started embracing my curls, stopped with any heat, so hope you can give me some tips! 😊❤

[@Hairromance]

Heidi Ullrich the more you wear your hair curly, the better it will feel ❤️❤️

[@heidiullrich966]

@@Hairromance Agree 100%. My years of straightening and blow drying are over. I don't know why I did that for years. Appreciate your tips so much! ❤

[@dylanl3623]

So to sum it all up by just having hair it’s going to feel like straw?

[@DorothyGreeninger]

Just came from salon and got my red stripped/bleached and colored blonde... I cant even run my fingers through it, it's so bad what do I do?

[@JustMe-gs9xi]

OK! Finally a hair channel with a BLONDE Haires woman...I have been LOOKING!,,, OK, My hair used to be JUSt like yours,,, Im 63 now. And i still have it like yours, but NOT thick like it used to be. Now i can tell you were born blonde with ligher blonde in the summer. And Im sure i do what you do,,, I just gently color my hair back to the color when i was young...Golden Blonde but other places come out bleach looking now (losing the color)... So,, Blondes have More Hair,,, but MUCH thinner strands. Also blonde hair is Naturally Dry. Blonde hair is Very Unique hair.. Im doing all the things this and other channels share to try and remoisturize. i need a color and trim to feel myself again. OK i have to do i t myself (i went to hairdressing sdhool),,, i'll follow the vodeo Just need these sttches in my finger to calm down...I also feel comfortable with you,,, No Uppity BS.... im in a like 2 monthis freaking depression,, it'lll im prove.

[@ladystrange4769]

The outside layer of my hair is a stew field. Lol. I need to go back to the 80s n get my old hair cut but nobody knows how to do it

[@MegaMissfitz]

Seriously this humidity is playing havok with my straw hair & my mood swings 😤😤😤

[@herminenazari1855]

Classy lady thanks 🙏🇦🇲

[@truehope287]

I don't dye my hair. I don't use any heat I brush very carefully I only wash my hair twice a week I never go swimming Hair feels like straw with or without a cut. I don't eat poorly I am not on any medication

[@hoshitanikuro7340]

same here =((

[@nhattmynguyen3180]

Hii , I’ve been a swimmer for a couple of years now. When I just started swimming, my hair was transitioning from straight to curly. I didn’t know that back then, now that I’m older I started notice why my hair wasn’t as straight anymore. So I started to reduce heat on my hair and use the methods I’ve read, it made my hair way better but it never gave me the “perfect” results I wanted to see. So I started thinking about why it wouldn’t and it’s definitely because I swim a lot. I’ve been on a break for a couple of weeks now. It started out amazing but now it just looks dead and feels really dry and even painful. Does anyone know what I should do? ( English isn’t my first language so sorry if the grammar isn’t used properly😅)

[@janinedear-barlow]

Have you done anything else to your hair that it could be painful? Dyed you hair? How often are you washing it and how much and how hard are you washing your hair?

[@mzladytroublez]

My sons hair used to he curly as baby and I cut it and now his hair feels like straw and not curly lol

[@Imawatches]

I bleached my hair twice only, and it feels soft but when its wet whenever i brush it it sounds like literal paper and i dont know why???

[@janinedear-barlow]

Damage

[@jillelainejones]

I have natural curly hair & it has always been extremely thick I also Don’t have any oil in my hair. So my routine is I wash it once a week I use a leave in conditioner the one you recommended by Shea moisture? I do olapex as well cause my hair is dry, frizzy but just the top layer? The underneath is soft and willing to curl, idk how to make the top layer to curl like the underside? Also my hair is down to my waist, will the weight stop it from curling?

[@karine8738]

Same problem here hummm

[@clairecathey823]

i also have this problem, the top is so damaged looking but i don’t use color or heat. the underside is soft and curly

[@handsomebynatasja2947]

What about overmoist! Thats also a raison and an important one!!!

[@Hairromance]

Handsome by Natasja interesting point! I find my hair is more limp when it’s over moisturised vs too much protein which makes my hair brittle and straw-like x

[@handsomebynatasja2947]

It’s all so confusing for meHair Romance😥 I follow kzbin.info/www/bejne/rZDQhKFsnrKYi6M and she have issues I have too! Open cuticles, less curls, lots of tangles. I don’t know what to do with my hair anymore🤯🥺

[@xojasberry90]

My hair feels like straw when I use too much protein, I never had it with moisture.

[@handsomebynatasja2947]

Jas and what about your curl pattern? Searching for what's going on🥺 I am so looking for the solution for my hair problems ..

[@xojasberry90]

@@handsomebynatasja2947 I have thick hair and 3a curls. When my hair is suffering from too much moisture, it feels like algae when it's wet. Too soft and slick, when that makes sense. And it looks flat and gets greasy really fast.

[@lianlianmo2261]

Is this only for females?

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Your forgot menopause and lack of oestrogen can make your hair dry and brittle More I go with out a hair wash more fry and frizzy my hair becomes

[@OpalMoonstone247]

And hard water and extreme humidity and heat climate combined. I'm never cutting the length of my long hair, but I would like to have less of a battle with tangles. My long, wavy hair is a symbol of my freedom from a malignant narcissistic mother. She can't take this away from me anymore. I wish I could find a product that works as well as my sea salt texture spray, but nothing gives me the perfect mermaid beachy waves(2b/c) quite like it. And it's been discontinued. There are just so many factors. You mentioned menopause, and I'm entering into it. I'm also chronically ill, so I have to take medications to survive. KZbin is great, but it's also depressing because we'll never have the perfect hair we see these influencers with. Things are so expensive. I hope your well though. I'm reading comments at 6 am trying to get to bed😩

[@reeceheaton5515]

I'm a lad and watching this because a girl in school felt it and said and quote... "We it's like straw"

[@janinedear-barlow]

Chlorine does not and cannot increase the coarseness of hair!

[@lisafanucchi5939]

Janine Dear-Barlow doesn’t seem like you listened to her!!!

[@janinedear-barlow]

@@lisafanucchi5939 yeah I did...

[@YurinanAcquiline]

I think too much chlorine can damage hair which causes that feeling.

[@janinedear-barlow]

@@YurinanAcquiline yeah it does. If the cuticles on the hair shaft are not closed from damage, this will make the hair feel rough but it can't physically change the thickness of the hair itself.

[@TheSideShowBlob]

First first first 💕

[@Hairromance]

🥇🏆💕

[@rgwf1908]

O&M is a bad link.

[@rgwf1908]

terax is out of stock.