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What’s Saving My Hair After Postpartum Shedding (Real Mum Faves 💕)

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My go-to shampoos, treatments, and serums that actually helped with postpartum shedding and thinning.
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My go-to shampoos that actually helped with postpartum shedding and thinning.

 
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If you’re looking for a cheaper alternative hair food by garner is a winner. I use the hair mask everytime I was my hair (I wash it 1-2x a week) and leaves my hair feeling weightless and smelling delicious 😋
Hair Food | Nourishing Treatments for all Hair Types
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This was my absolute go-to for a long long longgggg time. The smell is just… it smells rich 😂😂 it IS on the pricier side so I haven’t been able to use it since I went on maternity leave, but once I’m back I’ll be purchasing it again, the detox sham...
OUAI UK
 
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I know Redken could be on the pricier side for a lot of mum’s but since I started using this I have seen a noticeable difference in the texture of my hair. It’s softer, doesn’t get as greasy quickly (I was my hair 1/2x a week) and you don’t need to u...
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The products that helped me survive the hair loss stage — and made my hair feel healthy again.

 
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Dare I say this is a dude for a well know product? 👀 and a lot cheaper?! Smells delicious and leaves me hair feeling nourished. I use it everyday on my ends and also lather it on before a hair wash.
Hair Serum | Haircare | L'Oréal Paris
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As I have naturally quite frizzy hair using the olaplex number 6 helps to smooth my hair. Been using it for at least 10 years and if I ever forget to use it…boy can I see the different 😅
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Started to use this about 18 months ago, now I’ll admit I definitely used it far too often at first (every wash lol!) but it’s only meant to be every 5-8 washes. You MUST use heat on it to activate it, ideally when you have some time and can do a blo...
Color Wow
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Use this mainly when I’m doing a blow dry. My hair doesn’t hold anything well so I need to add as many products as possible, but this is a game changer for me 🩷
Moroccanoil UK
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I very rarely use any heat on my hair anymore, a) because I don’t have time and b) I want my hair to continue to become healthier. The thing I do is use my airwrap to blow dry and style my hair 2x a week, the low heat is fantastic on my hair and has ...
Multi Hair Stylers & Styling Tools
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If you are going to use heat on your hair, MAKE SURE YOU PROTECT IT 🫶🫶🫶🫶
ghd bodyguard - heat protect spray for all hair types
 
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Since I started losing my hair PP, I thought I really should look after the 3 strands left on my head, I added this specific leave in conditioner and my hair is definitely softer 🥹
Leave In Conditioner