This problem just arose for me about a week and a half ago. I had no idea why my hair felt to waxy and why everything I had tried was not fixing it. I kept thinking I was over conditioning so I then stopped using conditioner as I washed my hair every night. As I’d wake up in the morning I still had the waxy problem so then I tired blow drying my hair every time after I got out the shower yet the problem was still there. It wasn’t until today that I started to Google this problem only to find that no one had a solution. My boyfriend explained to me that every time he had dandruff he would wash his hair with APPLE CIDER VINEGAR which he called “A miracle in a bottle!” He suggested that I try using it and so I did. The waxy junk came out with such ease. All you need to do it buy one bottle and massage it all throughout your DRY hair. LET IT SIT FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE WASHING! After doing that take your shampoo of choice and wash the vinegar out of your hair and then wash it one more time with your shampoo of choice. I used Head & Shoulders. I hope that this works for anyone who tires it because it really did work for me. The only down side to using apple cider vinegar is that it does stink but with just a few washes your hair will eventually lose the smell! ENJOY! & GOOD LUCK!

Wash out with very hot water (as hot you can handle).

Shampoo twice.

Repeat as needed, but you should not have to.

I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS TO ANYONE.

It took me 3-4 DAYS to try and find a way to get it out, I finally did get it out with DAWN.

What I Did:
1. Rinsed Hair with HOT water in shower.
2. Washed Hair out with Dawn Ultra Concentrated ( original Scent ).
3. Got out ( left shower running ).
4. Dried Hair.
5. Put Dawn Ultra Concentrated soap into my hair and lathered it through. ( dry Hair ).
6. Got back in shower and rinsed it out.

That is all I did to get Paul Mitchell’s FirmStyle Dry Wax out of my hair. Of course after that I used regular Hair Soap and some Conditioner

Soak a wash cloth with water and heat it in the microwave for a minute. Cool it to a point where it is comfortably warm and hold it to the wax until it becomes more pliable. Add a little olive oil. Then use a thick comb to reach down to the scalp and pull off the big chunks followed by a rat-tail comb to get the rest of the goo still clinging. Wash the hair with Dawn and follow with conditioner.

Make sure that this process is lengthy and takes up all video game and TV time! It’s not likely to reoccur.

Tip for use:
-Masage into hair.
-Use a comb and run it through. (alot)
-Leave in for 2 minutes.
-Wash out with shampoo.
-Re wash.
-Condition. (leave in for 5 mins)
-Wash out.

This should work but if not redo from olive oil onwards.

1) Shampooing (Pantene, for dry hair type) my hair up to 5 times in one go followed by conditioner. Blow dried my hair. Results: Wax stuck to my hair even stronger after conditioner, my best guess was the ingredient in Pantene called Pro-V which help to strengthen the hair while maintaining the hair moisture.

2) Soaked my hair in Olive oil for 10 minutes followed by shampoo. Blow dried my hair. Results: No effect and my hair get even greasier.

3) 3 x Morning fresh concentrated dish washing liquid with baking soda (some recommended Dawn detergent but I couldn’t find the product in Safeway). Blow dried my hair. Results: My hair was getting less greasier/waxy, but the waxy feeling was exactly the same as before I tried the Pantene shampoo and olive oil. At this stage, I was so scared that if I couldn’t remove all the wax, I would be left with no choice but to call in sick tomorrow.

4) Finally, halfheartedly, I tried my Neutrogena Oil-free Acne Wash. I could feel the difference after first time of washing my hair. Checked the information at the back of the bottle and it said the Acne wash could remove dirt, OIL, bacteria and unclogged the pores. Excitement kicked in and I washed my hair with it for another 2 times. Voila, the wax was G-O-N-E!!!! At this stage, my hair was completely clean and very very soft (Sorry for the bad grammar, but this was exactly how it felt). As I scared my hair would be very dry the next morning with all the detergents poured onto my scalp, I use a very tiny amount of Herbal Essence conditioner on the lower half of my hair (for Drama clean, green colored bottle), put it on for less than a minute and washed it off. Blow dried my hair. Results: I could feel the immediate result and satisfaction while blow drying my hair.

Seriously, what you heard from me now only happened a few minutes ago and I was so excited that I couldn’t wait a minute longer to share my successful story with you all.

I guarantee it will work for you!!!! Neutrogena Acne Wash Rocks!!!

Cheers

So with the dreads a failure I had to figure out how to get the globs of wax out of my tangled hair. I tried to blow dry and wipe off what I could with a paper towel. Lots of time wasted, little success. I read about someone using orange degreaser cleaner when all else failed so I decided to try this also. Again, no success. My dear and wise grandma suggested that I use liquid tide detergent. I had no idea where she got that idea but I figured I had nothing to lose (other than wax)

Well I hung my head over the tub and wet my hair under the faucet and poured about a 1/4 cup of tide into my hair. I massaged it VERY thoroughly then added shampoo. I later learned it was easier to rinse the tide out of my hair BEFORE adding shampoo. When you are using the tide, try to work the tangled out of the wax slowly. After just a couple of minutes you will notice a difference.

When you use the shampoo, massage thoroughly again. Ahhh, another important step. CONDITIONER. Massage thoroughly for at least 2 minutes after you rinse out the shampoo. Repeat these steps until your hair is noticeably WAX FREE and there are only a couple of tangles. Any kids detangler spray should do. When brushing my hair, I used a fine tooth wire comb to get out the little raining wax. Comb slowly ang gently. Be PATIENT!!! When you were finished I noticed a slight waxy feeling in my hair. I took a shower later that night and now the waxy feeling is GONE. So are the knots of hair, thank god. The wax I had in my hair was from a kit for making dread locks. Pretty serious stuff. I ended up using about 1 1/2 caps of detergent but my hair is 5-6 inches long. Longer hair may require more detergent. Good luck. Oh, one more thing. I called a salon and they told me to use nail polish remover. I tried it on one section of my hair and it works very well but the smell is VERY strong. If you use finger nail polish remover be sure not to get it in your eyes and open a nearby window. I was going to try putting some in a clean spray bottle to help cut back on the strength of the smell.

I started by testing different solutions that have been recommended on this forum and some that were not. Vinegar, Baking powder, Olive oil, White Spirit. I tested each on a sample of the wax product I’d used and found that the vinegar sat on top of the wax, the baking powder seemed to absorb the wax, the olive oil emulsified the wax and the white spirit seemed to dissipate the wax. However when I tested this on some wool fabric I found that the best result came from the vinegar mixed with shampoo. Eureka, I thought, and so mixed up a 50:50 solution of vinegar and shampoo and duly washed my hair aprox. 5 times over. Although I could still feel some residue in my hair I was hopeful and went to dry it with a hair dryer. To my horror I found I had made the problem worse. The wax seemed to glue even more hairs together and it looked like I hadn’t washed in weeks… back to the kitchen.

This time drastic measures were to be taken and I cut a chunk of waxy tresses out of my hair to experiment with to be sure of a more accurate result. I really did not want to resort to putting white spirit in my hair and so thought I would have a crack at the baking powder and tried it on my sample. It seemed to have the kind of effect as that of dry shampoo and remembering that another commenter had mentioned that their dogs dry shampoo had had a positive effect, I thought I’d try the baking powder. Initially I put liberal amounts into my dry hair working it through with my fingers and this certainly separated the sticky strands and made it feel almost normal. I then rinsed it through with water, towel dried it and then put in more baking powder on the damp hair. I seemed like a good idea at the time and probably did the trick, but I was not prepared for it reacting with the moisture in my hair and so when it started to burn my scalp and irritate the inside of my nostrils and throat it was time to rinse it out. A thorough shampoo later and the wax was at last out leaving me with the cleanest hair I’ve ever had and a slightly stingy scalp.

My recommendation for removal of wax from hair is simply JUST DON’T put it in in the first place unless it says in big letters that it is water soluble.