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Verb Ghost Shampoo, Conditioner and Oil is amazing. Making my hair super shinny and tangle free. Yay!! 😊😍
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I wanted to share my Amika Polished Perfection Straightening Brush experience. Of course I will also be leaving a review but I have seen a couple of people ask about it so before the upcoming November sale I wanted to just share here as well :-).
So I have been flat ironing my hair for over 10 years. I think I have been doing it for so long now that it is kind of my identity - but as I've gotten older I kind of wanta more natural straight look as opposed to the stick straight look I get with a flat iron and I was also hoping to find a solution that would take less time.
I used the Amika Brush on dry hair and I set the temperature at 400 degrees.
Pros: The major pro for me is that using the Amika brush over my flat iron definitely results in less heat being delivered to my hair. Using heat on your hair can be really damaging so obviously the less heat the better. I also find that it is less work overall to use - like I can just casually brush through sections as opposed to all the clamping and such that is required with a flat iron. I also think its safer - I an touch my hand to top of the bristles for at least 5 seconds before it feels too hot for my skin (you probably should not actually be touching it haha) and as someone who has burned themselves with a flat iron as a teenager the safety factor is nice.
Cons: It did not actually save me any time - maybe if you had wavy hair it would but as someone with very curly hair I still had to go piece by piece so it took the same amount of time. Additionally - I felt like my hair was a little frizzier than it would have been with a flat iron- like maybe with less heat locking my hair in it just puffs up more. Its ok going into the colder months but I imagine during more humid times I would need to find some kind of product to deal with that.
Final thoughts: I like the brush for an every day look and since I find it easier to use I'll continue using the brush for work days and such but I think if I had a special event I would probably still want the more polished look my flat iron provides. https://www.sephora.com/product/polished-perfection-straightening-brush-P414654?skuId=1842491&icid2=...
I did a thing and am about to start using silver shampoo to bring my hair to a charcoal shade:). It should be where I want it in a few weeks!
My hair has finally grown out to the point I can put it in a ponytail (albeit a frizzy straggly one) i am now able to pretend I am normal people from straight on:). Soooo close to my charcoal goals. 
i never brush my curly hair out when dry, but i am dying it at home and so a dry brushing needed to be done. i look like my uncle circa 1974 !
also, my hair dryer i've been using for approx 15 years broke mid-use this week. i have a lot going on and didn't have the cash to really invest in a new dryer. but i got the CONAIR infiniti pro from target for $30, and i really like it ! very pleased--works faster than my old model which is a real plus.
I don't know how if wouldxaafect grays but john Frieda has a color deepening shampoo for brunettes.
i've had the same hair dryer for about a decade. i also had short hair for around a decade, which i would straighten. so the subtle differences between hair dryers (how much heat the exude, ion-whatevers) never made a difference to me.
i've had a sense maybe my hairdryer was dying, and a friend gave me theirs. then i had about 10 days of dryer looking hair. i finally realized it might be the hair dryer ! i don't know if the new-to-me one i was using blew that much hotter, or the 'ionized air' of my old dryer actually DOES make a difference (i always thought it was more or less marketing b.s.), but i'm having a good hair day today after going back to my old dryer.
i'll put my high maintenance yet effective routine in the spoiler 🙂 i hate having a high maintenance routine, honestly. i want hair that is carefree and easy going ! but what i do love about this routine and these products is that my hair looks like i don't put anything in it. it looks carefree and easy going. which i suppose is the next best thing ?! ha
Spoiler
AVEDA co-wash (i use either this or devacurl no-poo. i love both equally)
DEVACURL heaven-in-hair conditioning treatment. left this on for a little over and hour, then rinsed
DEVACURL one condition. rinsed then a bit left in
DEVACURL supercream. raked through soaking wet hair
DEVACURL be'leave-in. scrunched at roots for lift, then raked through
DEVACURL ultra defining gel
i then gently squeeze hair with the devacurl microfiber towel, just to ease the excess water and product
after letting it air dry for about 20 min (it's still very wet, just not dripping), i blow dry, with a hotsock diffuser. this takes forever and is annoying. i prefer blowdrying with a diffuser to air drying, though, as i get more uniform curls. i recommend netflix binge with subtitles while doing this 😉 . i find i usually get bored and stop when it's about 90% dry. when i wake up my hair lacks body and all the curls are clumped together, but a good shake and my hair bounces to life and curls separate, any gel cast that was left over is gone. if any curls are curled under/upward, i take my hair straightener and very very lightly run it through the ends so they fall correctly.
DEVACURL heaven-in-hair conditioning treatment. left this on for a little over and hour, then rinsed
DEVACURL one condition. rinsed then a bit left in
DEVACURL supercream. raked through soaking wet hair
DEVACURL be'leave-in. scrunched at roots for lift, then raked through
DEVACURL ultra defining gel
i then gently squeeze hair with the devacurl microfiber towel, just to ease the excess water and product
after letting it air dry for about 20 min (it's still very wet, just not dripping), i blow dry, with a hotsock diffuser. this takes forever and is annoying. i prefer blowdrying with a diffuser to air drying, though, as i get more uniform curls. i recommend netflix binge with subtitles while doing this 😉 . i find i usually get bored and stop when it's about 90% dry. when i wake up my hair lacks body and all the curls are clumped together, but a good shake and my hair bounces to life and curls separate, any gel cast that was left over is gone. if any curls are curled under/upward, i take my hair straightener and very very lightly run it through the ends so they fall correctly.
