Hair and Humidity

flirt5721 · #1 06-10-2013, 12:29 PM

I will be traveling to Atlanta on Wednesday and wondering if any one can give me advice on how to control my hair in the humidity. I have never been to a place where there is that much humidity.

Xidelt · #2 06-10-2013, 01:12 PM

Try a smoothing serum. Is your naturally curly? If it is, just wear it curly. Don't waste your time trying to fight it and straighten it. I live in Atlanta and have very thick, naturally curly hair. I learned pretty quickly to just work with what I have. I swear by devacurl products.

agzg · #3 06-10-2013, 01:44 PM

If it is curly, consider using just a little bit more conditioner or a leave-in conditioner. I find that when my hair is really dry, it's harder to fight the humidity.

ASTalumna06 · #4 06-10-2013, 02:03 PM

My hair is wavy (not in a good way), so I blow-dry it and straighten it every day. It's also very oily, so I can't use serums. If I do, it will look like I haven't showered in a week. My hair is A MESS in the humidity.. it frizzes and curls. I had tried every product on the block trying to find one that worked, and my search intensified after I moved to Houston this past winter.

And then I found Tresemme's Climate Control mousse. It's worked wonders for me! I suggested my mom try it, as I clearly inherited my hair from her. She text me last week when she was visiting my stepbrother in Florida to tell me how awesome the mousse is, and that for the first time ever, she hasn't worried about her hair in the humidity.

Keep in mind that the type of hair you have might determine what works best for you, but this mousse definitely worked for me.

ETA: I just re-read what I typed, and it sounds like a straight up Tresemme commercial. LOL

Xidelt · #5 06-10-2013, 03:50 PM

Tresemme, Tresemme, ooh la la!

FSUZeta · #6 06-10-2013, 03:56 PM

Aveda makes a anti-humictant product that works really well, but a little goes a long way.

adpiucf · #7 06-10-2013, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Aveda makes a anti-humictant product that works really well, but a little goes a long way.

I have it, and even though I use the tiniest amount possible, it still makes me head feel greasy!

IUHoosiergirl88 · #8 06-10-2013, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by adpiucf

I have it, and even though I use the tiniest amount possible, it still makes me head feel greasy!

Try using their heat protectant spray AFTER you blow dry/style! It works wonders on my hair

flirt5721 · #9 06-10-2013, 04:04 PM

Thanks for the advice.

BraveMaroon · #10 06-10-2013, 04:36 PM

I grew up in the ATL with very thick, wavy, coarse hair - it gets huge and out of control in the summer there.

I recommend wearing it back or up if possible, and as natural as you can. Don't try to fight it.

IUHoosiergirl88 · #11 06-10-2013, 05:49 PM

Here in DC, it depends on the humidity--if there's rain in the forecast/it's rained in the past 24 hours, fuhgettaboutit. If it's regular humidity, a Chi straightener does wonders. My hair has never stayed so straight in my life

AGDee · #12 06-10-2013, 05:56 PM

I wish my hair would curl in humidity. I have the opposite problem. It gets totally straight and limp. My bangs have been in my eyes all flippin day making me crazy.

ASTalumna06 · #13 06-10-2013, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by AGDee

I wish my hair would curl in humidity. I have the opposite problem. It gets totally straight and limp. My bangs have been in my eyes all flippin day making me crazy.

Not if it "curled" the way mine does. It's horrific.

For those with natural curls, though, it can be easy to manage it, as long as you're willing to embrace the curls.

BraveMaroon · #14 06-10-2013, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

For those with natural curls, though, it can be easy to manage it, as long as you're willing to embrace the curls.

I think of all the time I've saved in the last 25 years not fighting my hair, and I'm glad I don't straighten it that often.

In fact, I got married in Atlanta, in August. I had the stylist do my hair big and curly... why fight it?

AGDee · #15 06-10-2013, 06:08 PM

Yeah, people with straight hair always want curly hair and people with curly hair always want straight hair. I think if mine was curly, I'd try to find a good stylist who could give me a cut that would work with the curl for the summers. My hair is so straight and plastered to my head when it is straight that no cut works with it. And I have to have bangs because I have the ugliest forehead on the planet.

Humidity stinks for all hair I guess!