Women have to deal with a lot when it comes to hair. You either struggle with styling and taming it or you’re stuck with hair problems like dandruff or oily hair. Sometimes, it’s both. While a few tricks helps you with those issues to get through the day, you’d wish you knew about these tips sooner so you could’ve avoided those dilemmas altogether.
1. It All Begins In The Shower
Did you know that shampoo and conditioner can be your enemy if you don’t know how to use them properly? If you wanna make them work in favor of your hair, know what hair type you have first! There are three different hair types which are: Vata which is characterized as thin, dry, frizzy and prone to split ends hair. Pitta is the type that is thin and fine hair, and prone to premature greying, while Kapha’s hallmarks are thick and oily.
Once you know which among these types your hair belongs to, focus on looking for shampoo and conditioner that is meant for your hair type. Always massage the shampoo in circular motions to cleanse properly. Now when it comes to conditioner, you should know that when you have dry scalp it’s best to apply it all over your hair and scalp. But if you have oily scalp, focus it in your mid-shaft to your ends. And remember not to wash every day. Do it every other day, as over-washing strips your scalp and strands its natural moisture.
2. Sleeping With Wet Hair Is A Big No-No!
If you’re the type of person who likes to wash their hair at night, you better wait until it completely dries before you go to bed. Even if you’re really sleepy, you must endure it! Sleeping with wet hair not only produces malodor but it can also cause breakage when you move in your sleep because wet hair is more vulnerable when wet.
3. Always Use Cold Water To Rinse Your Hair
Warm bath during colder days feels heavenly. But to your hair it’s not, it can weaken your hair follicles causing your hair to fall. Aside from that, it also fades you hair color faster. The best way to work this out is to wet your hair with warm water to open your hair cuticles to allow shampoo and conditioner to do their job, but you have to rinse it with cold water to help close the cuticle and seal in the moisture.
4. Know The Right Way To Brush Your Hair
First things first, do not brush wet hair! What you should do is use wide-tooth comb to detangle your hair. Start at the bottom so you’re less likely to tug, as tugging your hair when it’s fresh from the shower makes it prone to breakage. You can let it air-dry or blow-dry it, but if you’re not in a hurry it would be best to just air-dry your hair to give it a break from heat. Once it’s completely dry, that’s when you brush using a wooden brush because it works better in distributing oil from your scalp to your strands.
5. Let Your Hair Down More Often
Wearing your hair up whether in ponytail or bun is convenient but still stylish at the same time. It helps you look put together even in your most haggard-moments but doing this all the time isn’t good for your hair either. These hairstyles create hair bends on your locks, especially pony tails. Not to mention that these tight hairstyles also causes breakage and hair fall. If you have a job that requires you to wear such tight hairstyles, let it down when you’re just at home or running errands.
6. Moisturize! Moisturize! Moisturize!
Applying conditioner after shampooing is great but that’s not enough. Your hair loses moisture and gets damaged all the time from shampooing, too much exposure to the sun, heat styling, as well as using the wrong hair products. To reverse the effects of all those, your tresses needs some deep hair and scalp treatment every once in awhile. Luxe’s services that not only moisturize your strands but also treat all kind of hair problems with the perfect combination of massage and natural herbs will surely restore your hair’s luster and your scalps healthy condition.
