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Vaseline in Hair !
Q : A mom wrote to tell me that her 15 year old daughter had used Vaseline to create faux dreads on her gorgeous waist length hair.
The good news was that the faux dreads turned out great. Unfortunately, the bad news was that the Vaseline could not be removed from the hair. Nothing worked. After many unsuccessful shampoo attempts the mom decided that the only option was the scissors. Is there a way to remove Vaseline from the hair without scissors? Yes, absolutely.
Answers :
STEP 1: Take a paper towel and blot as much of the Vaseline from the hair as possible onto the paper towel. Do not rub as this can damage the hair. Blot and pat carefully.
STEP 2: Apply a little cornstarch or cornmeal powder (do not use baby powder as it can be harmful to the lungs) to the sections of the hair that contains the Vaseline. Blot or pat the cornstarch onto the hair. Again, do not rub. Make sure that the entire area of Vaseline is covered with a light amount of the cornstarch or cornmeal powder.
STEP 3: Once the hair has been completely covered step into a warm, not hot, shower. Apply a good clarifying shampoo to the palms of your hand and then apply to the hair.
STEP 4: Shampoo twice to make sure that all the cornstarch and the Vaseline are removed from your hair.
STEP 5: Rinse with warm water until clear.
STEP 6: Apply a good rinse out conditioner to your hair. This is important since the two applications of clarifying shampoo will tend to dry out most hair.
STEP 7: Rinse well and do a cool or cold water final rinse.
STEP 8: Towel blot hair. apply detangler, pick out tangles and then let the hair air dry.
If all the Vaseline is not removed during the first treatment, do another treatment in 24 hours. That should successfully eliminate all of the Vaseline residue.
Why do you have to use cornstarch or cornmeal powder? The cornstarch binds with the Vaseline and allows it to be carried out of the hair by the shampoo. Without a binding agent (like cornstarch or cornflower) the Vaseline just remains attached to the hair cuticle.
Although some visitors have reported success with white flour and other similar binding agents, the best results seem to be guaranteed with the cornstarch or cornmeal powder.
Disaster Story
My hair is natural medium brown and I
had blonde highlights. I went to a salon because I wanted to go all over blonde. I told
the stylist this and he said ok and went to go mix the color. I was sitting in the chair
and he was doing somebody else and I was noticing that the ends of my hair were still the
same dark color and the top was turning this neon orangey gold color. He came over and was
like " Oh, thats weird." He tried to put a toner on it and it just turned a color I would
describe as the crayola color marigold at the top with the ends still being darker with
blonde highlights. I told him I did not like and he said he didn't think it was brassy at
all.
I went home and my 10 year old sister was asking me why I died my hair red. I
was irate that I was allowed to leave the salon looking the way I did. I called and the
manager said he'd fix my hair for me. When I sat down in the chair I told him what the
problem was and when he got finished he said he thought it looked good but unfortuantely my
hair is now just a lighter brassy red-blonde color. It looks hideous and unnatural to me .
I spent all my money at that stupid place, I can't afford to go anywhere else now, and I'm
definately not going back there. I'm ashamed to even leave the house now and I not sure
what to do about this mess I have right now.
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