My friend Gina and I are suckers for hair products. Some might call us “product whores,” but we’ve always been willing to experiment with the latest treatments that guarantee to revitalize, nourish, shine, clean, volumize, smooth, straighten, curl, wave, blah, blah, blah our hair. We’ve finally discovered a set of products that actually does it all: Wen Hair Care, by Chaz Dean.
Chaz Dean, an LA hair stylist, developed a passion for creating the “total picture.” Thus, his hair care line supplies you with the solutions and remedies to all of your bad hair day dilemmas. The cleansing conditioner is a 5-in-1 formula that takes the place of your shampoo, conditioner, deep conditioner, detangler and leave-in conditioner. While other shampoos and conditioners include harsh detergents and foreign synthetics, Wen incorporates natural ingredients. Even though it does not lather onto your scalp, the creamy conditioner leaves your hair silky smooth and frizz free even days after using.
When you order the Wen hair care system, the package includes the cleansing conditioner, styling cream, intensive hair treatment, texture balm, comb and a simply tutorial on how to use it all for just $29.95 (free shipping!). It comes in sweet almond mint, lavender, fig and pomegranate fragrances.
Never before has my hair felt as soft and healthy after using Chaz Dean’s products. I’m so happy my friend Gina introduced me to the package. It cleanses my hair so thoroughly that I can go days without washing it, something I was NEVER EVER EVER able or willing to do before, and since I’m washing it less, my color is lasting longer.
I’ve only been using it for about three weeks, but trust me when I tell you, I’m hooked. Once you go Wen, you never go back!
Here is a summary of how I personally use the Wen products. Mine are sweet almond mint and smell so clean:
- I rinse my hair with luke-warm water for about a minute when I first enter the shower, massaging my scalp to wash away products and dirt.
- I divide my hair into four quadrants and apply the cleansing conditioner to each section (four pumps per quadrant for my short hair. It varies depending on hair length).
- I massage the product from scalp to ends for about three minutes until it is applied to my whole head. It doesn’t suds up, but it’s creamy.
- I continue with my shower and leave the rinsing out process for last. Right before I’m ready to rinse, I use the comb to distribute the product evenly and then finish up with my shower.
- Rinsing out should be saved for last. When I’m completely finished with my shower, I take two minutes to wash the cleansing conditioner out of my hair, and I’m astonished at how silky smooth it is.
- While my hair is still wet, I scrunch a quarter-size amount of the styling cream onto my ends and let it air dry.
- On the days when I don’t wash my hair, I use the texture balm as a quick-fix in the mornings by rubbing some onto my palm and scrunching it onto my ends.
- My natural waves are accentuated every time! I love it! No curling iron required.
* I haven’t used the intensive hair treatment yet.
Anyone else tried Wen and love it as much as me?
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guest
I hated Wen. Nothing had made my hair feel more like straw than Wen. I was so disappointed. And it’s so expensive to be that bad!
tulip / 17 posts
Really? I’ve never heard of someone having that bad of an experience. I’m sorry to hear that.
guest
I think once you go sulfate-free, you never go back. I went from harsh shampoos to a product similar to the wen — it’s from Sally’s beauty supply and called “Hair One.” It’s a knock-off of the wen for $10 a bottle and has the same ingredients and everything. My hair was so shiny and smooth and soft.
Now I bounce around between sulfate-free shampoos and conditioner, using cheap Suave conditioner the same way you’d use the wen, and am currently using a Loreal cleansing conditioner which I don’t recommend.
rose / 937 posts
Oh my God, I hate to be a bitch but that is such a rip off. The whole premise behind Wen is co-washing, or conditioner-washing. And when you Google this method, you will find that most of them are using like $1 bottles of Suave to get the exact same (or better, as these products are not designed for cleansing but will do the job because of their emulsifiers) results for infinitely cheaper. I have nothing against pricey products, but if it’s pricey and requires a lot of product to be used in order to get the proper results then I cannot endorse it.
And I’m not surprised someone here claimed to have a bad experience – natural products overall are more likely to cause adverse reactions. I’ve had the same issues when using natural shampoos and conditioners versus other drug-store or salon brands, although even those were drying. So I just keep it to water-only. I def think I’m in need of a brush soon though.
guest
if your short hair took 12 pumps, my hair that’s down to my ass would just devour the entire bottle of wen in one go. no thanks.
sunflower / 392 posts
I tried Wen for a little while, but it made my hair really heavy and oily. I would only use 3 pumps total with my hair but it would still feel like too much. I do still use the intensive hair treatment once every other month or so. That tends to help my hair recover some when the weather has been really harsh or I’ve been using heat styling tools.
guest
I couldn’t spend that much on hair products
guest
@ashleynicole - Exactly this. All of this.
It’s actually when I saw an infomercial for Wen, a few years back, that I did tons of research and this eventually (after a few years) led to mostly water-only. I wash with conditioner maybe like twice a month now with cheap, dollar-per-bottle Suave, which actually cleans very well. If I ever do oil treatments I wash it out with that and it gets it out no problem.
So keep this in mind, people! It saved my hair!
guest
Not every hair type will benefit from Wen. My sister is a WenWhore, it works for her and you can tell. For me it does not, both of our hair is thick and wavy/curly but since I straighten it everyday I can’t stand the heaviness and oils.
guest
It works okay for me. I didn’t pay for my bottle, though. My best friend is amped up on it, and it really does work amazing on her, so she wanted me to try. I think I do just fine with my regular regiments, though.
daisy / 675 posts
@NicoleM1124 - I’ve been totally curious about Wen and you’ve almost convinced me to give it a try!
I just bought another natural/organic shampoo/conditioner system so I’m going to have to use this all up first and then give it a try.
Whenever I see the infomercial for Wen I totally get suckered in and can’t stop watching! :O
guest
Though I was curious I never did spend the $$ on this product because it’s basically expensive conditioner washing. I figured I could get the same result washing my hair with items having the same ingredients but costing less $$ – like Suave or VO5 conditioner. Washing with conditioner convinced me that if I tried expensive co-washing like Wen, DevaCurl, etc., I’d be out $30 AND I’d have a greasy monstrosity on my head.
That’s not to say I found a cheap alternative. I recently discovered my hair loves Jessicurl shampoo, which is about $15 a bottle.
orchid / 177 posts
I’m SUCH a product junkie, and a total Wen girl. I buy the cleansing conditioner in Fig by the half-gallon on Amazon. It has helped my dry and extremely damaged hair. Over the summer, I deep condition it much more often and when I’m not about to curl my hair, I do it up real big with WEN. Total transformation in my hair’s health, and keeping it moisturized the way it does makes it grow longer!