Split ends!

Faith

I have highlighted hair that's a couple of inches past my shoulders. I get it cut every 8 weeks, and it's pretty heavily layered. I use very good quality shampoo and conditioner (Tigi Urban Antidotes, recommended by a hairdresser I really trust). I only wash my hair every 3 days, which means it's blowdried quickly only every 3 days, and I very rarely use heated appliances or product in it. And despite all of that, I have a heap of split ends at any time. Is there something I'm doing wrong, or something I could improve to stop my hair splitting?

I have the same problem. I've started using a Lush balm for split ends. Not sure how much it helps but there is a bit of an improvement and I know other people who swear by it. Do you wear your hair down a lot? That's bad for causing split ends. I try to put mine up in a bun as much as possible.

Faith

Lucas Rhythmic Toupee wrote: »

I have the same problem. I've started using a Lush balm for split ends. Not sure how much it helps but there is a bit of an improvement and I know other people who swear by it. Do you wear your hair down a lot? That's bad for causing split ends. I try to put mine up in a bun as much as possible.

Yeah, I wear my hair down the majority of time because tying it up damages it too! I'll look into the Lush balm, thanks.

dee_mc

Do you use a heat protection spray? I use a lee Stafford one before blow-drying and again on the ends before straightening and now have very few split ends.
Comb through your conditioner with a very wide tooth comb, never brush it when it's wet as it will break and split easily.
Don't rub your hair vigorously with a towel as this can definitely damage hair! Just pat it dry with a towel.
A deep conditioning treatment every couple of weeks would probably help prevent split ends too, but as I'm sure you know there's nothing you can do to help existing split ends except to have them cut off
I agree with Lucas Rhythmic Toupee that wearing it down on very windy days would damage it, but wearing it in a tight ponytail or bun will do the same! Snag-free ponytail bands are great (the ones with no metal bit), and a lot of people swear by bungee bands although I've never tried them
http://www.hqhair.com/blax-bungee-bands-blonde/10304801.html

Faith

Thanks, the spray is a good idea. I never use product in my hair so I always forget about it!

Honey-ec

A lot of layers in your hair unfortunately makes for more split ends. Ask your hairdresser not to thin the ends the next time you get it cut. Also ask just for a few layers around your face, and just one disconnected layer above the length. I found I was losing a lot of the volume in the length of my hair a few years back from getting too many layers in it, and this was the advice of a friend's sister, who's a hairdresser (with fabulous thick, long, wavy locks) herself, and it made the world of difference to me.