GodMadeMePretty
Well-Known Member
I found the culprit!!! Don\'t ever let anyone
tell you that hard water has nothing to do with your hair. (Cathy Howse says this). It absolutely does!!! Lately, my hair has been getting stiff as though I've used a setting lotion in it. Which I don't and I air-dry all the time.
At first I thought it was the Surge since some have reported having their hair dry from the Surge even though I've never used it without putting some type of moisturizer on after it. But after not using Surge and just using my normal leave-ins, my hair was STILL drying CRUNCHY!!! I mean, there were strands sticking together as though I had used setting lotion. I can hear my hair when I touch it.
But then I noticed that my toilets were getting really dirty - like they were before I had my water softener installed. I had to think - when was the last time I bought salt. Wouldn't you know, there was NO salt in my water softener AND the water was filthy. Let me tell you, I had my water tested (I knew before they tested it that it was bad - the test just gave me concrete numbers) and just imagine yourself washing your hair with water and rocks. You get the picture. Grains of rocks will most certainly dry your hair out. I have another day before all the old yucky water is out of the hot water heater and I can't wait to wash my hair with the new water.
And here I was thinking that I wasn't going to be able to transition/stretch out my relaxer if my hair continued to do this.
It's all in the water.
tell you that hard water has nothing to do with your hair. (Cathy Howse says this). It absolutely does!!! Lately, my hair has been getting stiff as though I've used a setting lotion in it. Which I don't and I air-dry all the time.
At first I thought it was the Surge since some have reported having their hair dry from the Surge even though I've never used it without putting some type of moisturizer on after it. But after not using Surge and just using my normal leave-ins, my hair was STILL drying CRUNCHY!!! I mean, there were strands sticking together as though I had used setting lotion. I can hear my hair when I touch it.
But then I noticed that my toilets were getting really dirty - like they were before I had my water softener installed. I had to think - when was the last time I bought salt. Wouldn't you know, there was NO salt in my water softener AND the water was filthy. Let me tell you, I had my water tested (I knew before they tested it that it was bad - the test just gave me concrete numbers) and just imagine yourself washing your hair with water and rocks. You get the picture. Grains of rocks will most certainly dry your hair out. I have another day before all the old yucky water is out of the hot water heater and I can't wait to wash my hair with the new water.
And here I was thinking that I wasn't going to be able to transition/stretch out my relaxer if my hair continued to do this.
It's all in the water.
