My natural hair is on the oily side, it is totally straight and very thin. I guess this is what makes it soft, shiny and naturally frizz-free. I blow dry my hair only on special occasions when I want some extra volume at my roots and I'm very moderate in using high temperature tools too. On a casual daily basis I only go for overnight curling techniques that do not involve heat and I believe this really helps to preserve my hair healthy. At the moment my hair is shoulder length, so whenever you see it long and thick, I'm wearing Glam Time clip-in hair extensions.
I was born with dark blonde hair... I havn't seen it for ages but from I remember it is quite similar to the color on this photo
I've already tried most natural and unnatural hair colors one can imagine (blue and green are the only ones left behind), and till I started having my hair bleached to platinum blonde around a year ago, I never even had to use a hair conditioner, it would simply overload my hair. I would still apply it every once in a while just on my ends, just for the sake of it :)
Now that I have my hair bleached and toned every 5-6 weeks, everyone asks me how do I keep it in such a good condition despite all the strong chemicals and stuff. I have two answers to that.
One, a good colorist. My colorist is a GOD :) Once I tried to bleach my hair myself and it was a total disaster... then I've also modeled for different hairdressers and they too abused my hair to the point I decided I won't model for colorists ever again! When they'd try to do my roots, they would always fail to match them with the color of my remaing hair - my roots would either end up brassy yellow or greyish white. I don't know what is worse... yellow looks cheap, while white is oh-so-damaging for my poor hair! And when they'd try to tone my hair down, they'd make it look all dull and lifeless. Apparently matte (=dull) hair is a big hair trend these days that they were showing off on my hair, but it's so far from what I consider beautiful...
Once my hair is bleached, I have it toned with L'Oreal toners. Every month I seem to try a different shade mixing and testing toners P0, P01 and P02. Once I find my perfect shade, I'll let you know :)
Two, my hair type. As I mentioned before, my hair is naturally quite oily. Bleaching does dry it out a little bit, but to the point where I actually like it :) It does change the texture of my hair making it more rough, but this is the texture that I prefer. This "damage" gives me some volume and makes styling way easier. I guess my hair type is just bleach-friendly :)
But I do feel a little bit guilty that I make my hair go through all that peroxide abuse... Somewhere very deep inside of me I know it must be "unhealthy" or something. So to make it up to my hair a little bit, I pamper it with deep conditioning treatments. It's rather preventive than curative, but in any case it seems to work very well for me (after a year of bleaching, I'm very happy with the quality of my hair). So every time I wash my hair I use one of the following products:
1. L'Oreal hair conditioner that comes with Récital Préférence hair dye. It's my mom who buys it, she doesn't need a conditioner, so she gives it to me. I madly love this product for the comfort of use and for the results it has on my hair. I wish it was possible to buy it separately from the hair dye, but unfortunately L'Oreal doesn't seem to hear my prayers. They have other products that I use (the two listed below are quite good), but still not as good as this one.
2. L'Oreal Force Vector hair mask.
3. L'Oreal Absolute Repair hair mask.
4. L'Oreal Shine Blonde hair conditioner. This one comes in purple color and it does work really well on my hair removing eventual brassiness and giving my hair a delicate perl shade.
5. John Frieda Sheer Blonde conditioner for lighest blondes. I don't see how it affects my color, but I quite like the texture of this product.
6. L'Oreal Fiberceutic. This one deserves special introduction. Not only it conditions, but also it texturizes my hair in a semi-permanent manner. I can pretty much skip my styling products when I use this Fiberceutic thing. I got a version for thin hair in a local store with professional supplies for hair salons. It's quite pricey, every application is ~3€, but you don't have to use it every time you wash your hair. This product is now heavily advertised as a "botox for your hair", in salons they charge ~20€ for it and even though I wouldn't ask for it in a salon (overpriced!) I'm very happy about what it does for ~3€ :)
I started from hair conditioners and not from shampoos because I can never notice any particular effect of a shampoo on my hair. I simply choose any that foams well and these days it's John Frieda Sheer Blonde that I use to wash my hair every 3 days or so.
If I plan to style my hair and want to make it easy, I texturize my hair with one of the following products. For people with soft and silky smooth hair like mine, they are life savers :)
1. Wella SP Volumagic. This product is my No.1 Must-Have. I apply it on towel-dried hair and then blow dry my hair with my head upside down. This gives an incredible lift to my roots and a perfect texture for styling. I just love how it gives the feeling of volume and thickness without overloading my hair.
2. Schwarzkopf Professional BC Bonacure Volume Boost Volume Lotion. I use it just like Wella SP Volumagic and it also gives fantastic results.
When it comes to hairsprays, I find it very important to use rather light and flexible ones that look natural (invisible), do not glue my hair together and are easy to brush out. These are my favorite ones:
1. Schwarzkopf Got2B Happy hour.
2. L'Oreal Infinium Queen.
Hope this info helps, and do let me know what are your favorite products and hair tips in the comments below!
Hugs,
Lilith.
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My hair tends to be more on the dry side. I actually have to buy the smaller sized shampoos ans conditioners and switch them out with different brands once it duns out or ny hair gets used to the formula in them and dries my hair out something fierce. I've tried to go a honey blondeuuust quite a few times, but I can never get my hair to lift just right.
i love all your youtube tutorials!!
Def love all your video tutorials. Found your blog very informational. My hair is a lot like yours in the way that it is very naturally straight, and I do mean straight... I find it very interesting that you bleach your hair so often and it still looks gorgeous. I myself have just recently started dying my hair, while pregnant my naturally bleach blonde hair turned dirty dish water/light brown. I actually do it myself. I have had some terrible experiences at salons so I hardly go anymore. Luckily my best friend is almost finished with beauty school and knows just what I should buy and now I love my hair color. I have tried coloring products from the store, but they died my hair Orange! And I do mean Orange. But now I buy my products from a salon product store and I love it.... Wow blah blah blah. Sorry! Love you tutorials and enjoyed your blog... I too use a shampoo after dying my hair that keeps it from become brassy, i cent remember the brand, but it is purple and not just the bottle. The shampoo is purple too... I'm gonna have to try out the styling products you recommend, I have a hard time getting my hair curly and staying curly
I'm so glad you are writing a blog! I have used many of your tutorials and you are wonderful!
Hey girls! Thank you for your feedback! :))
I hear your voice when I'm reading it, I love your accent :) Greetings from Poland :)
Thanks for all this info, it's very useful!
Hi I just found your videos and find them very helpful. I was wondering though what the brand is for the sponge/foam rollers you use. I've never seen them before and I like the idea of being able to curl my hair while I sleep.
Hey I am so excited to follow your blog:)
Do you only wash your hair every 3 days? You said you used your shampoo every three days, so do you use dry shampoo or anything the in between days? I have extremely thick hair and could defiantly go three days before washing but usually thin hair like yours becomes very oily.
lilith , i love u and i love ur first blog
Hi Lilith, I follow you on YT and I love your haistyles!
You're very lucky you hair is oily and doesen't get damaged from such a lot of peroxide ;)
My hair is very dry so I can use only natural coloring products (such as henna) but I'm never happy with the color result :(
Hi Lilith,
I have very very long medium thickness,slightly dry, dyed hair. I myself love the Herbal Essences Hello Hydration shampoo and conditioner. My hair looks much healthier and smoother using it and I have used it for sometime.It smells good too. I have tried other shampoo's and conditioners but none seem to compare to this one for me. I always go back. But I do agree with wanting the conditioners that only come with the hair dyes. The conditioner I use now is the closest I have found to that same effect.
I am also a huge fan of your youtube channel. You make me want to cut my hair so I can do more of your hairstyles. I find it too hard with the length I have now ( almost to my waist !) Keep up the good work ! We are loving it ! I know you only have so much time to make your videos but I agree with the women who are requesting you to do make-up tutorials. I have seen a few but would love to see you do more of those also. Take care !
Dear Lilith,
First off, thank you so much for all your videos, thanks to you I now have many new hairstyles to show off. I was wondering if you could expand a bit on Thr l'Oreal Fiberceutic treatments. Are they really very good? Can you tell a significant difference in the texture of your hair since you started using them? Your hair does look wonderfully healthy, so I'm guessing yes, but... would you say they are Holy Grail hair stuff?
Thank you so much! A
hi lilith
came across your videos on youtube. loved all your hairstyles.
i needed your advice. i too have very thin, straight and silky hair but i have hairfall problem. i tried many things but none helped. if i part my hair at certain places a lot of scalp shows. can u suggest me something to help me with my hairfall problem.
and i would also like a tutorial on french knot for long hair. i have waist length hair, i love french knot but am never able to do it.
So awesome to see you have a blog! I, too, am reading it in your accent, and it is greatly improved :) Being of the dry, dry -driest- hair camp, and thin, also, there is one conditioner I use that apparently works well on thicker and oilier hair as well. It's called Baba de Caracol, or Snail Conditioner. It makes my hair much softer, and seems to quiet the frizz just a bit. If you don't mind putting snail goo on your hair, it should work for you, too!
I am still looking for good hair masks for dry hair, so if anyone knows, recommend some, please! You can buy the Baba from Amazon, but I don't find it in drug stores here in the U.S.
Good luck Lilith, I love your channel!
Wad up chick!
You def deserve to be paid for taking your time on helping all of us out haha. On that note thank you for all of your time yo and mad congrats to all of your achievement's.
P.S. If you can you should def hook it up with some more shorter hair tutorials if you can.
Thanks again yo and take care!
So happy you started a blog! I hope you keep writting on it. I am looking for a good flexible spray, ill try your suggestions.
For other girls reading this, who have thick dry hair: i have found a magic conditionner! I used Bain de Terre's 2 minute conditionneur in jasmin. This is the beefed up version of the regular conditionner. The shampoo and regular cond. are nothing special, but this 2 minute one had an effect no other conditionner has. It made my hair soft and glossy. Used almost no styling products and got big fat curls, no frizz. Again, its the blue tube, written 2 minutes, and you really have to leave it in 2 full minutes to get the effects.
oh thanks lilith for everything that helped me alot :)
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