It’s been a good while since my last post! Honestly, I have been working my fanny off at the old day job, and I’ve just been too exhausted most nights to write. All the extra work paired with the horribleness that March always brings (my ho-hum adult birthday, followed by my beloved and dearly-missed daddy’s birthday, the death star pollen, and the “ides of March” reminding us that taxes are due soon), easily pegs this month as my least favorite of the year.
But, I digress.
I wanted to share something with you all that I recently discovered, and was really quite shocked to find.
First, for those of you who don’t see me on a regular basis, I have to start by telling you that I have long hair. Like all the way down my back long. It’s longer than it’s ever been, and not really on purpose. After childbirth, when every last strand of my hair seemed to be falling out, I thought I might actually end up a bald eagle. But once my hair finally returned, it came back with a vengeance. It grew thicker and longer than ever before, much faster than this tired working mama could manage to tame in any manner outside of a mom-bun. So there’s that.
Now for the skinny.
All of a sudden one day, my super long hair started tangling a lot, and very easily. It was particularly difficult to brush out while wet after being washed. (I do use good quality shampoo and conditioner, and none of that has changed.) So my first inclination was to try a detangler. Once upon a time, I had used the Suave Kids Apple Detangler Spray, which you can find at Walmart. So I decided to give it another go. However, I quickly found that something had obviously changed with the recipe since I had last bought and used it.
After just a few days of using this Suave mess when brushing out my wet hair, it actually made things worse! With each passing day, I had more and more tangles than ever before, and I could literally see the damage it was doing to my hair. What a brilliantly deceptive product they’ve created; use this stuff to detangle your hair, which actually makes your hair more prone to tangles over time, which means you’ll need to use/buy more detangler. Genius!
But as my Grandma used to say, I didn’t fall off the turnip truck yesterday.
So I gathered my mama-wits about me, and remembered something I once used every day when I had the time to flat-iron my hair. Lanza Healing Oil. This stuff is LIQUID GOLD! After finding my long lost bottle of it and using just one dime-sized application on my wet hair, my wetbrush glided right thru without any snags. And after my hair had dried, it was shiny, healthy, and beautiful! Sha-zam!
After adding this product back into my routine a couple times a week (post-wash), my hair has been exceptionally gorgeous. And no more tangles! 😃
Do yourself a favor, and get a bottle of this magical oil. Even if you use it every single day, you only need a small (dime-sized) amount each time. So it will last months and months, and your hair will thank you!
Blessings,
Emily