[rowantree]

Do you use both of them together or just one or the other? Thanks! And especially thanks for including the pics, you wouldn't believe how much that helps me out!

[Californian]

Do you use both of them together or just one or the other? Thanks! And especially thanks for including the pics, you wouldn't believe how much that helps me out!

Well on the days that I blow dry my hair, I use the Zero Frizz one. Hair seems to be more frizzed after blow drying.
On the 'off days' or for touch ups, I love Tigi's Bead head. It does NOT weigh hair down and the scent is light and pleasant. Besides, it gives you a pretty, smooth and straight look.

[rowantree]

I called Shafran & Mosley today to verify their email address. It is their email address. I was transferred to a law clerk who confirmed they were involved in a class action lawsuit against the makers of EasyStraight. He informed me that tomorrow they are mailing *everyone* who emailed them a packet containing a very detailed questionnaire, a retainer (agreement that authorizes them to represent you) and a release of medical records form that only needs to be filled out if you saw a doctor or dermatologist.

The most interesting thing I learned from the phone call was this - according to the law clerk, the makers of EasyStraight *violated* FDA regulations by failing to put a warning label on the outside of the box. As he stated, "they didn't comply with FDA regulations".

He asked that as soon as we receive our packets that we fill out the paperwork and get it back to them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Good luck to all of us and if you haven't emailed them yet, do it now!
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[rowantree]

Well on the days that I blow dry my hair, I use the Zero Frizz one. Hair seems to be more frizzed after blow drying.
On the 'off days' or for touch ups, I love Tigi's Bead head. It does NOT weigh hair down and the scent is light and pleasant. Besides, it gives you a pretty, smooth and straight look.

My hair is backwards. When I don't use a hair dryer to finish, it frizzes like a 70's fro. I know using the dryer is bad, but it's the only way my hair will smooth out. Looks like I am going to have to buy both products, although Tigi's is sounding the best to me because I love products that smell good! LOL!

I have to finish with a hair dryer too. I used the Redken Addictive the other night and I almost didn't have to blow-dry! So close! Love that stuff!

I forgot to add...don't use products with too much -cones in your hair if your hair is prone to build up. You'll need to use a clarifying shampoo more often which can be a bit harsh and drying on your hair. Too much -cone build-up and some of your hair products will stop working for you.

And thanks for the lawsuit update, Rowantree.

Well, I also got the update from the law firm. Looking for that in the mail!

I found something at Walgreens that looked interesting and was not real expensive so I decided it couldn't hurt it anymore than it is already damaged so I tried it WORKED GREAT! I saw another product in the same line recommended in an earlier post but this is different. Smooth n' Shine Therapy Repair Xtreme Sixty-Second Critical Repair. It is a cream in a jar, 5.99 and is conditioner and vitamins and lots of other goodies. You can find it in the link for the other smooth n shine produce mentioned above or go to your local walgreens. It worked wonder on my hair. All the other products were working ok but really weighed down my hair and made it feel limp and dirty. This stuff is wonderful and easy to apply. And it made my hair fluffy again. It also seemed to ease the bends some they are not as bent as they were before using it. I am still loosing some but it is slowing down for now, thank god. Not too much left to loose on the top before I am forced to go for the wig. My bald spots are getting bigger and harder to hide.

I am going to try some of the other products in the line, as well as the shampoo and conditioner. So far this has been the best of everything I ahve tried and luckily the cheapest too! Good luck everyone!

Evelyn

[NYAngel98]

Anyone else get an email like this from those lawyers ??? Anyone get this packet?


Dear Easy Straight Class Member,

I appreciate your interest in a class action against Easy Straight. This firm is in the initial stages of drafting the documents necessary to put together the class action. In order to do so, there is some information which we need from you. In the next day or two, I will be mailing out a packet of documents to the women who have contact me regarding this action. In reviewing the information that I currently have, I noticed that I do not have your home address. Please email the address promptly so that I am get this packet out to you as quickly as possibly.

Again, thank you for you interest and willingness to participate. Please do not hesitate the contact me should you have any questions.

Very truly yours,

Jesse Schwartz
Shafran & Mosley, P.C.

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2310
New York, New York 10118

[Californian]

Anyone else get an email like this from those lawyers ??? Anyone get this packet?


Dear Easy Straight Class Member,

I appreciate your interest in a class action against Easy Straight. This firm is in the initial stages of drafting the documents necessary to put together the class action. In order to do so, there is some information which we need from you. In the next day or two, I will be mailing out a packet of documents to the women who have contact me regarding this action. In reviewing the information that I currently have, I noticed that I do not have your home address. Please email the address promptly so that I am get this packet out to you as quickly as possibly.

Again, thank you for you interest and willingness to participate. Please do not hesitate the contact me should you have any questions.

Very truly yours,

Jesse Schwartz
Shafran & Mosley, P.C.

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 2310
New York, New York 10118

Hi there,
I believe Rowantree did. Her post is below yours on the thread. Here is a cut and paste of it:

"I called Shafran & Mosley today to verify their email address. It is their email address. I was transferred to a law clerk who confirmed they were involved in a class action lawsuit against the makers of EasyStraight. He informed me that tomorrow they are mailing *everyone* who emailed them a packet containing a very detailed questionnaire, a retainer (agreement that authorizes them to represent you) and a release of medical records form that only needs to be filled out if you saw a doctor or dermatologist.

The most interesting thing I learned from the phone call was this - according to the law clerk, the makers of EasyStraight *violated* FDA regulations by failing to put a warning label on the outside of the box. As he stated, "they didn't comply with FDA regulations".

He asked that as soon as we receive our packets that we fill out the paperwork and get it back to them AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Good luck to all of us and if you haven't emailed them yet, do it now!"


Check out her post and maybe you two can get together to talk about it through the chat board here, or email or PM??

Keep in touch!

Hello Everyone,

I recently tried EasyStraight because my hair is very fine, dry, and naturally wavy but becomes a frizzy/wavy mess once any humidity hits it. I was scared to try this product because the instructions warn against misdiagnosing hair, as well as, against allowing the product to stay on for too long. However, I was desperate to find a solution to my hair problems, so, I used the product. To my relief and delight, the product worked beautifully. My hair looks straight but not stick straight. I used Straight to the Maxx a year ago and my hair came out stick straight. My mother commented that my hair looked limp and unnatural. I had to wait two weeks for my hair to relax a bit before I could attempt to style it. It also ruined my hair color by lightening it by 2 or 3 shades. I didn't leave my house until I could safely re-color my hair. I had no such problems with EasyStraight.

When I used this product I made sure all of my hair was well-coated with the conditioning oil. My hair is shoulder length and very fine so it only took just a little over an ounce to coat it, I really concentrated on the ends of my hair because they are very dry. I made sure to take less than 5 minutes to apply the straightening cream by using a timer. After that, I left the cream in for only 3 minutes, however, before the 3 minutes were up I was already in the tub with the water running so that I could start rinsing immediately once the 3 minutes were up. By the time I finished the whole process, I had natural-looking straight hair. I knew the process was a success when I was able to air-dry my hair without it turning into a frizzy/wavy mess. Before this treatment I had to spend an hour using a blow drier on the highest heat setting, a Revo spin brush, AND, a ceramic flat iron to straighten my hair. My husband kept telling me that my hair always smelled like it was burnt. Now, I don't have that problem. I don't know why this product works so well for some and not for others. They should do additional research on this product in order to better warn people before they purchase it.

I more than sympathize with everyone that wrote about their hair loss and about their hair getting ruined. I too had my hair fall out in clumps over five years ago. I had to wear a wig for two years until, thank GOD, my hair slowly but surely grew back. My advise to everyone would be, Don't lose hope! Continue to condition your hair even if you feel it's hopeless, take Biotin supplements, and pray. Prayer will never hurt you.

I wish you all a speedy hair recovery.

[NYAngel98]

Found a good conditioning "mix" you guys might want to try....

Went for my trim yesterday - took off about 1 1/2", and cut about1" off the angles also... my friends salon has their own little concoction for deep onditioning - and so far... it seems to be the best! After drying my hair this morning, it looked so good that I almost forgot for a second about the horror that I had yesterday..... (Except that the angles still wont hold a curl for more than an hour lol)
Anyway... they use a mix of Wella's Kolestral (see pic - except they had it in a jar... dont know if there's any difference)

Paul Mitchel's Hair Repair.... Baking soda (I still have no clue what that does lol) and choleserol by Queen Helene.... put it all in a bowl & apply with a color brush or your fingers & a comb... put on a plastic cap and sit under a dryer for 20 min.... (or use a hair dryer)
AMAZING!!!

Thanks for the great tip NYAngel98. I read somewhere that baking soda is a natural cleanser that helps remove product build-up from hair. Also, by mixing a little baking soda in with your shampoo once a week it will help remove any impurities that are in the water and lighten your hair in the process. I'm definitely going to try it. Thanks again.

[NYAngel98]

Yeah - I had heard of the baking soda to remove build-up.... but I didn't really know what it would do as far as a condioning - but it seemd to help, whatever it did! lol Didn't experience any lightening though... maybe because it wasn't used with anything else? I'm not sure... but give it a try... seems to help with the EasyS damage a lot.

[HarleyMom]

Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great 4th. I haven't been on here much the last few days so I'm trying to play catch up. I made a trip out to Sally the other day and did some stocking up on conditioners, thanks to all of your recomendations I have found some products that are working very well for me, my hair still is pretty bad looking if I don't use them, I washed it the other day and then got stuck on the phone with the cable company for about 30 minutes before I had a chance to use any conditoner, well, my hair had started to dry and all I can say is the straw haired "Scarecrow" look is not one that works well for me. I picked up some of the Loreal Natures therapy unfrizz smoothing shampoo and also a jar of Natures therapy mega moisture nurturing creme, I really like the shampoo, while rinsing it I noticed that my hair felt clean but not that "Squeaky clean feel" that some shampoos leave you with when they have just stripped all the natural oils out of your hair, this stuff just really made my hair feel clean and soft, it smells good too. I also called the Shafron & Mosely law firm, it was almost 2 weeks ago and a person named Jesse Schwartz who is the clerk for the firm told me that they would be sending info. out but I still haven't received anything, he is right though about there being no warnings on the box, the only thing I could find that even resembled a warning was where it said "Not recommended for very fine and highlighted, very fine and double processed, fine and double processed", my hair doesn't fit into any of those catagories so there certainly was nothing on there that told me that even with following the directions to the exact word that I would end up with hair looking like mine does now. I will be sure to come back and post any and all info. I might receive from the law firm. Thanks ladies for sticking together and sharing information on your stories with easystraight, whats working for you, etc. I don't even want to know what it would be like to not have you all to talk too, not that I'm glad that you are also going through what I am from easystraight but at least now we have had a way to find eachother and stay in touch. Take care.

[Californian]

Hello all,
I hope everyone had a great 4th. I haven't been on here much the last few days so I'm trying to play catch up. I made a trip out to Sally the other day and did some stocking up on conditioners, thanks to all of your recomendations I have found some products that are working very well for me, my hair still is pretty bad looking if I don't use them, I washed it the other day and then got stuck on the phone with the cable company for about 30 minutes before I had a chance to use any conditoner, well, my hair had started to dry and all I can say is the straw haired "Scarecrow" look is not one that works well for me. I picked up some of the Loreal Natures therapy unfrizz smoothing shampoo and also a jar of Natures therapy mega moisture nurturing creme, I really like the shampoo, while rinsing it I noticed that my hair felt clean but not that "Squeaky clean feel" that some shampoos leave you with when they have just stripped all the natural oils out of your hair, this stuff just really made my hair feel clean and soft, it smells good too. I also called the Shafron & Mosely law firm, it was almost 2 weeks ago and a person named Jesse Schwartz who is the clerk for the firm told me that they would be sending info. out but I still haven't received anything, he is right though about there being no warnings on the box, the only thing I could find that even resembled a warning was where it said "Not recommended for very fine and highlighted, very fine and double processed, fine and double processed", my hair doesn't fit into any of those catagories so there certainly was nothing on there that told me that even with following the directions to the exact word that I would end up with hair looking like mine does now. I will be sure to come back and post any and all info. I might receive from the law firm. Thanks ladies for sticking together and sharing information on your stories with easystraight, whats working for you, etc. I don't even want to know what it would be like to not have you all to talk too, not that I'm glad that you are also going through what I am from easystraight but at least now we have had a way to find eachother and stay in touch. Take care.

Hey Harley!
I am wondering if you liked the mega moisture therapy by L'Oreal- the conditioning one. Isn't it great? It sure helps. Did you like it too?
And thanks for the update.
Keep stopping by!

[HarleyMom]

Hey Cali,
I love the Natures therapy line, I had never seen it before I saw you guys post about it on here, so thanks for that one . It's such a good product from Loreal that I wonder why they don't have it out in more stores? At least I know I can find it at Sally now, it smells so good too! I love anything with a clean citrus scent. I got some of the Queen Helene Placenta oil also since they were out of the jojoba, it works good but I am still planning on trying the jojoba too, they had the large bottles of hot oils on sale and it must have gone quick. I finally got up the nerve to color my roots and the roof didn't cave in, nor did the walls come tumbling down , my hair color looks a lot better now so I'm pretty happy about that, just had to get my courage back up to do it, I had been so worried about using anything stronger then shampoo since this saga began but the guy who cuts my hair said a root touch up would be OK. Sounds like a lot of us have had pretty good success in finding things to work for us.

[rowantree]

Hi,
I haven't gone to get the L'Oreal conditioner yet but plan to & will look into the Nature's Therapy (as well as that Bed Head stuff you recommended, Cali). I recently had my hair cut & colored. She used Matrix demi-permanent color. She mixed brown with a copper gold (even though I told her I hated red) and clear (for shine). Well the cut is nice but the color is maroonish/blackish now and there's NO shine. My hair actually feels worse and is frizzing worse. The color is washing out so that's getting better. I usually do my color at home, using Natural Instincts. I don't have color washing out every time I shampoo. But with the Matrix the water turns dark brown every time. I'm kicking myself, because I had bought a box of the Colorsilk like suggested here, but didn't use it because my family kept telling me to "have it done professionally".
She also didn't like the fact that I was using a silicone product that was thick and heavy and gave me a mop-d? product instead that does not work!
I'm going to Sally's on Wednesday and stocking up and yes, that is the LAST time that I have my hair colored "professionally". UGH! By the way, I also didn't receive that packet from the law firm yet, even though I was told I'd have it by last Friday. Oh and p.s., Harleymom. If you can't get a hold of the jojoba oil (excellent), look for olive oil (I found mine in the african-american hair section). It works pretty good, it made my hair really soft - until I got it colored. Shaving my head bald is starting to look better and better...

[rowantree]

Hair Stuff!
Go to http://www.subscriberdirect.com/luck...exclusive2.cfm
Redken has come out with four different boxed sets of hair products (Be Strong, Defend Color, etc.). Lucky Magazine is offering $2 off when you print the page and take it to a Hair Cuttery salon. Thought I'd post this in case anyone was interested.

Well, I did find something that made my hair texture better, returned the shine and all was going well (see last post regarding: Smooth n' Shine). Well that was then. My hair is growing very fast and now the bends are about 1/2 and inch out and all breaking off. Great. At the rate it is breaking I will be completely broke off and have 1/2 inch long hair on the top of my head from bangs to the sides and the back of the top of head in two weeks time. I give up. I am so tired of trying to fight for better hair I am ready to cut it all off and give up I am sick of spending so much money to just get the air knocked out of me again with more hair crap. ARGH!!!

No packet here either, I hope this lawsuit come around soon, I am really tired of this and ready to do something about it.

Sorry to be so grim, just really peeved off today.

Evelyn

[rowantree]

Well, I did find something that made my hair texture better, returned the shine and all was going well (see last post regarding: Smooth n' Shine). Well that was then. My hair is growing very fast and now the bends are about 1/2 and inch out and all breaking off. Great. At the rate it is breaking I will be completely broke off and have 1/2 inch long hair on the top of my head from bangs to the sides and the back of the top of head in two weeks time. I give up. I am so tired of trying to fight for better hair I am ready to cut it all off and give up I am sick of spending so much money to just get the air knocked out of me again with more hair crap. ARGH!!!

No packet here either, I hope this lawsuit come around soon, I am really tired of this and ready to do something about it.

Sorry to be so grim, just really peeved off today.

Evelyn

Don't be sorry! I think we're all here to share our ups as well as our downs and help each other get through both. It's good that your hair is growing so fast, but now we need to find you something to make your hair stronger. I've heard vitamins (there's a complex, at the health food store) really do work and there are shampoos, conditioners & treatments to make your hair stronger. I just *know* that everyone here has some advice about strengthening treatments!

[rowantree]

P.S.
I just re-read your post about Smooth n Shine, then looked it up at walgreen's to see the ingredients. The biggest is mineral oil, so it's smoothing your hair but it's just coating it with oil, not really helping it. Pantene makes some good hair strengthening conditioners, rinse out, leave in & deep conditioning, if you're looking for something inexpensive. Also jojoba oil or olive oil is fantastic at strengthening your hair and making it soft & shiny. I hope this helps.