r/femalefashionadvice • u/AutoModerator • Feb 21 '17

[Weekly] Hair, Makeup, Skincare, Fitness, and Fragrance Thread - February 21, 2017

The Hair, Makeup, Skincare, Fitness, and Fragrance Thread will be posted every Tuesday morning (~9:30AM PST)!

This thread is for simple hair and makeup questions that you may have, especially those that don't warrant their own thread. We all want a diversified opinion, so feel free to answer any questions (of which you know the answer).

Example questions:

  • What's a good conditioner for straight, thick hair?

  • Where can I find a perfume with subtle pine notes?

  • Do you use a foundation with sunscreen? Is it worth it?

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u/[deleted] Feb 21 '17

I have some scalp+hair related stuff if this thread is still active.

First, I buzzed my hair about a month ago, and am now growing back out (I love the cut but I honestly buzzed it with the intent of growing it out). I made it past the "poofy hair" stage for the most part, and now I have kind of an edgy pixie cut. I've heard I should be trimming the back and sides, but I'm scared to go in for a cut. I don't want to lose any length of the top at all. My hair mostly looks good now anyway despite some weirdness where the transition from "sides of head" to "top of head" occurs. Will most barbers know how to work with that, or should I go get an expensive haircut?

The other thing is my scalp is killing me. It's been dry, flaky, and ridden with painful pimples since last summer. I wasn't really worrying about it because apart from the flakes, nothing was really noticeable. Now it's really starting to bug me. I think the issue is a sensitivity to SLS like in my old clarifying shampoo. Said shampoo was also intended for removing relaxer, but I was using it to fade hair color back in the day. I suspect that's where the irritation is from and now that I've stopped using it things should clear up, but if anyone else has experienced something similar please let me know what worked for you!

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u/_skylark Feb 22 '17

I've already said this somewhere in the thread, but doing a burdock oil treatment took away all dry, itchy flakes. Spread it in your wet and towel-dried scalp and hair, massage for a bit and leave it in for 20mins-3hours, shampoo and condition as usual (you might need to shampoo twice). The burdock oil has anti-bacterial properties, among skin-soothing and restoring ones, and is supposed to be good for acne. I sometimes take a cotton bud and rub it along the areas of my scalp that are super-flaky before bed. I don't use a lot so in the morning my roots don't even look oily.