u/Ok-Grade772 — reddlx

high porosity hair girls, what actually works for your frizz and tangles without weighing your hair down?

I have been struggling with my hair for a while now and honestly i don't know where else to turn at this point. I have high porosity hair and i recently bleached it which ofc made the situation even worse:)))) On a normal day it looks okayish, manageable enough that i can deal with it, but the second there is even a hint of humidity outside, it is an absolute disaster. Frizz everywhere, tangles out of nowhere, the whole thing uk... and the most annoying part is that every time I try a moisturizing product that's supposed to help, it either does nothing or completely weighs my hair down and makes it look flat and greasy as an amazing bonus to the frizziness I struggle with already👍
I just want something lightweight that actually addresses the frizz and makes detangling less of a nightmare without making my hair feel heavy afterwards, is that too much to ask??😭

Anyone with high porosity hair found something that genuinely worked for them? Shampoo, conditioner, leave in, hair oil, literally anything plz drop your recommendations below🙏

u/Ok-Grade772 — 4 hours ago

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Why does every Korean skincare product smell like it was made in a spa and American ones smell like a drugstore

This is not a complaint this is genuinely a question I think about. Like even when I picked up a random toner from a Korean brand I'd never even heard of and it smelled like someone bottled a forest after rain. Meanwhile I've bought $40 American serums that smell like rubbing alcohol and sadness.

I don't even fully understand what goes into the scenting process or if Korean brands just prioritize it differently but something is clearly happening over there that isn't happening here. Even the "unscented" korean products somehow smell kind of nice??

Curious if anyone else notices this or if I'm just really sensitive to scent. Also does it affect whether you buy something or do you not care at all?

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u/Ok-Grade772 — 5 hours ago

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Years into Korean lip products and i still think about how different they are from what i used to use

Okay so this isn't a new discovery post or anything, i've been using korean lip products for years now. But i was talking to a friend who still uses american stuff and it made me want to get all of this out because the difference is still wild to me.

I used American lip products for most of my life. Glosses, bullets, the occasional liquid lip. Fine! Totally fine. They worked and i never questioned it because i didn't know any better.

The texture difference was the first thing that got me when i switched. It's hard to describe but korean lip tints don't sit on top of your lips the same way. My old glosses i was constantly aware of, moving around, getting on my teeth, feeling kind of heavy by the end of the day. The tints just settle in and disappear. i used to check the mirror constantly because i genuinely couldn't tell they were still there.

But the hydration thing is what i really can't get over even now. I used to just accept that wearing lipgloss = dry lips no matter what bc i thought that was just how it worked. I had to keep putting chapstick on just to survive. Took off my liquid lip at night and my lips looked like they'd been through things...

i don't want to have to deal with any of that anymore, ive fully lost my patience with american lip products. Korean lip glosses ACTUALLY hydrate my lipssssss

To be fair.. american products still win on pigment and color options lets be real but for everyday wear it's not really a competition for me, also tbh not to forget that its so much easier to find cruelty free korean products than american ones.. i felt like i kept being betrayed by brands in the past

Anyway just wanted to share, curious if anyone else made the switch and had the same experience. What were your first K-beauty lip products?

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u/Ok-Grade772 — 2 days ago