Hair Care...Wen Girl for Life!

Hair Care products I use:

Wen Cleansing Conditioner, Cucumber Aloe is my go to scent, but I love all 4 of the seasonal scents as well, I didn't care for the smell of the pomegranate one, but it worked just fine for my hair, I use the sweet almond mint on my dog so I tend to not use it on myself because now I associate the scent with my dog and my first failed attempt at Wen (see below), but I have and it also works great, I'm going to try Fig next as it is supposed to be good for coarse/wavy hair.

Wen Styling Creme - Cucumber Aloe

Wen Finishing Treatment - Pomegranate

Wen Oils - As a night time treatment (2-3 times a week)

Wen Re-moist Hydrating Mask - As a night time treatment (once a month)

I just had my one year "Weniversary". I love this stuff. Total addict. It's funny because I ordered this stuff back in the day, tried it once and HATED it...didn't work, my hair (which leans towards oily anyway) was a greasy mess and I could not leave the house with out re-showering and washing my hair. So I was skeptical to try it again, but those QVC infomercials will suck in even the biggest skeptic. So I gave it another try in January of 2012. Shampoo has not touched my hair since. It's amazing what happens when you actually FOLLOW THE FREAKING DIRECTIONS. But I mean seriously, it was "shampoo" I didn't really think I needed instructions. However, when used appropriately "Wen take 2", as I call it, was a "game changer". My hair which had always been a tangly mess after showering that required a good 20 minutes of combing out all the tangles now just glides through with a widetooth comb in like seconds. I'm talking legit 30 seconds of combing and my hair is tangle free. Plus it's super soft, and while I do not care for volume at all and would prefer stick straight hair, this stuff has given my hair a ton of volume, don't worry, I counteract it with a straightening iron. Regardless, I know some of you people are into that volume business, but trust me, when you live in FL and have hair prone to poofing out, there is no need for any extra volume. Anyway, I digress. This stuff is great for your hair and it while it took some trial and error to determine my best formula and number of "pumps" for my hair, I've got it mastered now and love love love it!

So after washing my hair with a cleansing conditioner, I use about half a pump as a leave in conditioner and towel dry. Then I use the styling cream, about a dime size amount before I blow dry my hair or to combat frizz if I'm going to let my hair air dry (this only happens if I've hit snooze like 7 times). I add a couple of drops of one of the wen oils to the styling cream before I apply it, rub it together in my hands and then apply from like midshaft down avoiding my roots. Then I blow dry with a diffuser, I tried to ween myself off the straightening iron because I know it's bad for your hair, but I just can't, until I can afford a salon professional to live with me and blow out my hair on a daily basis I just cannot make my hair look the way I want it to without the extra heat tools...sorry hair, just be thankful I stopped shampooing you and embrace the heat!

Anyway, after I blow dry and straighten my hair, it's time for the finishing cream, if it is a particularly humid day in FL I add another couple of drops of the wen oil to the finishing cream, rub it together and apply it again midshaft down avoiding my roots. And that's it I'm out the door!

If you read closely above, you saw I do a couple of "deep conditioning" treatments with my hair, I'll put some of the wen oil in my hair at night before I go to bed and leave it in overnight and wash it out in the morning a couple times a week or whenever I remember...I also do this sometimes before I work out because the heat adds an extra conditioning element and I am obviously going to shower after!

I received the re-moist hydrating mask as part of a kit and I've only used it once or twice, it's not a product I feel like anyone "needs" and I won't buy it again when I run out, I prefer the oils and really the cleansing conditioners themselves can be used as a leave-in treatment, but I did it this weekend and it definitely works, my hair is very silky soft, so maybe if your hair is super damaged from chlorine or color treatments this would be a must have, but for me it's just kind of a perk :)

Wen also has several other products that I don't use so therefore can't endorse, a replenishing treatment mist that is supposed to be for your hair and skin, but really the ones I got I use on my dog *shrugs*, they also have a texture balm which would be great for short hair...which I don't have...and I'm sure other stuff I'm forgetting, but you know, I'm only going to talk about the stuff I've used enough to offer experience on!

Oh, one other thing, I've read a lot of comments online about Wen making your hair fall out...well I can't really speak to this as I've been using it for a year and still have entirely too much hair for my liking, but if you comb out your hair in the shower with the Wen like the instructions say (which I do) I have noticed my hair tends to fall out in the shower rather than when I'm blow drying it like it used to. Many people recommend not combing your hair in the shower as your hair is more fragile when it's wet, so if that's a concern for you, I'd skip that step, but like I mentioned, for me I'm not losing any MORE hair a day than I was before, just at a different stage. So that's my take on Wen, any other Wen girls out there? Love it, hate it?