Q-Redew Handheld Hair Steamer

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   cockyMuesli2

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   For reference, according to Naturallycurly.com’s curl classification I have 3a/b, low-porosity, medium-density, coarse curls; and my “Curly Girl” classification is mostly Botticelli with some Corkicelli curls. I can’t believe I haven’t written about Q-Redew before now. This is the best thing I’ve ever found for my hair…even better than the DevaDryer Fuser! My hair has always been curly, and dry. When I lived in Southern California, I could do blow-outs for straight(er) hair, or let my hair air-dry when I wanted a head full of curls. My hair was never “easy” and no one would ever have described it as “good hair”, however, when I moved to Arizona 4 years ago, my hair became downright awful. It turned into puffs of hair that weren’t really curly, but were anything but straight. I looked like I stuck my wet finger into an electrical outlet, every day. When I blow-dried it, it would straighten, but it would look so thin people thought I lost have my hair. As the day progressed the “thin” look would subside, somewhat, but when my cousin and his family visited the first time, my cousin looked at me and said, “Did you get a really, really bad perm?” I took to wetting it, quite often, to try to get shape back. Then one of my daughter’s friends asked me why my hair was always wet…I didn’t want to cut it short, but I thought I might have to. Having lived near beaches for my of my life, I hadn’t understood just how much humidity affects my hair’s body and “spring”. Fortunately, I found Lorraine Massey’s life-changing Curly Girl Handbook, and then Naturallycurly,com. Reading the Curly Girl Handbook was cathartic, and literally provided positive mental therapy for me. (I could easily be one of the stories in the book, yet I’d never “faced” my hair issue. Having lived with difficult hair for so long, It never occurred to me that anything could be done for my hair. My “hair state” seemed to be as much a part of me as being 5’2. With all these new tools, learned about “dew point” temperature, and “porosity”, and so many more amazing hair-related things. The “Frizz-Forecast” taught me that “low dew point” causes “tricky curls”, while “high dew point” causes “frizzy curls” (meaning poofy, crinkled looking, dry hair). AZ has very low humidity, even during the wettest times of the year, so I began to see that low humidity causes that “fried” looking frizz, while high humidity causes tight curls that make me look like I got several inches cut off my hair. Clearly, in order to deal with my hair, I needed a happy medium of temperature and moisture. The Q-Redew creates this optimum “dew point” temperature for my hair, while the water in the steam thoroughly re-moisturizes my hair and shapes it into coils. I can use it on damp or dry hair, any time of day to get instant reshaping and revitalizing. I rarely use styling products in my hair, but if I do, the Q-Redew reactivates them, and makes their hold even stronger. In addition to the Q-Redew, which is the best thing since the invention of hair conditioner, I find that using sulfate-free, silicone-free, and glycerin-free products makes a tremendous difference in the texture and health of my hair. Glycerin is usually only a problem during the dry, cooler months, but who would ever think glycerin could dry-out hair? Also, “No-Poo” and “Co-washing” make my hair better than its ever been in my life. But…even more than all this, the very simple Q-Redew, that takes less than half the time of blow-drying, does wonders for my hair.