How to Wash Wax From Hair

If styling wax is difficult to get out of your hair, get your hair thoroughly wet first with very warm water, then work in shampoo and let it set for a minute. Rinse and repeat. Shampooing twice should get it all out. If getting the wax out on a daily basis makes your hair dry out, you may need to do a hot oil treatment once or twice a week.

If the wax really won’t move, use olive oil. Work olive oil through the waxed hair as much as you can, really rub it in until you can run your fingers through it. Now you have oiled waxy hair, eww. Rinse the oil out with hot water, then wash through your hair with a little bit of Dawn dishwashing liquid (do NOT use automatic dishwashing liquid gel, it will burn you). You’ll probably need to use the Dawn twice to get all the oil and stuff out. Once your hair doesn’t feel greasy or waxy, take a shower and wash and condition your hair like normal. You’ll need to use the conditioner, because Dawn will really dry out your hair.

What kind of wax are you people using?!? You should just be able to shampoo it out, just like any other hair care product.

If you’re buying your hair stuff at the salon, don’t take it home unless the stylist can tell you exactly how to get it out. Some of the colored ones can also stain light colored hair, so be sure to ask about that too.

You should just be able to scrape the wax off with your fingernail, but if your hair is curly or coarse you can loosen the wax with a hair dryer on low and then remove it with a hot, wet washcloth. Shampoo when you’re done to get any wax remnants that are left.

Don’t even bother using wax. It wrecks your hair entirely.

Agreed, wax is the only thing that will spike my hair and its an absolute nightmare to get out if you can’t be bothered to take out three quaters of an hour of your day washing it 3/4 times a week. I tried the shampoo branded the same as my to get it out, it was a vegetable oil shampoo and it made no effect. Washing up liquid hardly makes any effect either. My hairdresser suggested i try using a dry shampoo. We had a dry shampoo for my dogs (LOL) believe it or not it worked very well. Its like talcum powder and it gets everywhere so if you want to try this use it outside. Rub it around on your hair for about 10 minutes applying plenty of the powder, when you can feel it tingling your scalp stop applying and let it settle and the powder will soak up the greasy wax. Leave it for about 5/10 minutes. Once done shake your hair and get rid of as much of the powder as you can while your outside. Be careful if you do this with clothes on too. Once you have got rid as much powder as possible look in the mirror to see how funny you look haha. Then go and have a shower (not a bath, the bath will fill with the powder and its disgusting and it will stick to the bottom of your bath). Then rinse your body and wash your hair as you would if it weren’t waxy. Then feel your hair and you’ll be shocked how clean it feels (if you did it right). Don’t be hesitant to apply LIBERAL amounts of the stuff if your really desperate to get out a serious build-up of wax.

Warning: It may burn your scalp, but will be gone by the next morning. Be careful with the powder, it does get everywhere and its very hard to clean from your bath if you get it stuck on the bath tub. Be careful about inhaling, the powder floats in the air obviously and i wouldn’t trust inhaling that stuff, duhhh.

gaaaahh poeple!! help me please D: i wanna have my scene hair like it was with no hair spray or wax!!! i wanna cry!!! D: i got this was at hot topic and put some then i took a shower and washed my hair alot like 5 times then later that day 3 more times but my hair looks all waxy and feels like wax ): i wanna have my dry brown bangs going through my face flipping like it used 2!!!! some 1 help me .. ): please…??