Hair care at home

Beautiful and well-groomed hair is the pride and business card of any modern woman. However, it is difficult to remain perfect if the curls suffer from the aggressive effects of thermal styling, permanent flashing, powder coating, varnish, straightening. They suffer from frequent staining. Consider further in the article how to care for the strands, how to make them healthy and fill with life shine, as well as understand the basic nuances of hair care at home.

It's no secret that the condition of the hair has a direct impact on the condition of the hair. Stressful situations, unhealthy diet, bad habits - all this is reflected in the health of the whole organism, including hair. If you let the situation take its course, it will lead to disastrous consequences. It is necessary to stop in time, after all, only masking, using styling cosmetics is indispensable.

For a while, it may mask the problem, but sooner or later, it will manifest. Hair will begin to fade, split, dandruff may appear, and baldness begins. Sometimes the scale of the problem is large and difficult to deal with.

It is necessary to give up bad habits, to revise the diet, more often to walk in the fresh air. These are the first steps towards a healthy hair. It is important to take into account that the curls, like the skin of the body, need timely cleansing, hydration, nutrition, protection. For every aspect of care use their means. For example, they clean the curls with a shampoo, moisturize and nourish, using balms, conditioners and different masks.

In addition, it is worth reviewing the care that was previously provided to the strands. For example, it is necessary:

• wash curls properly;
• pick a good comb for combing;
• Do not skip tip trimming;
• regularly nourish curls with nutrients;
• provide strands protection from adverse external factors.

At this stage it is important to pay attention to the fact that The structure of the hair, as well as their type, is different for women. And because the same care products can be useful for some hair and completely unacceptable for others. You need to know what kind of care is needed for hair of one type or another, what they need for health and active growth. For example, in one case it can be a nourishing mask as a night care, and in the other - it will be quite enough to properly wash and study the nuances of styling.

And also it is impossible not to take into account the length of the hair, since much depends on it too. Say, short hair is not confused so much, but because they do not always need a nourishing balm and smoothing cosmetic procedures. Depends on the nuances of care may be from such a nuance as painting. For example, it is more difficult to care for blonded hair at home.

In this case, in addition to the model rules, it is necessary to perform color correction, eliminating the unsightly yellowness, which often appears after clarification and neutralization of color.Somewhere you can't do without a wash, somewhere you have to, on the contrary, maintain the brightness of dyed hair, and therefore take a closer look at the choice of oil compresses that work like a wash.

Based on the type of curls, they are normal, dry, oily and combined. Determining what type of woman is easy.

• Normal type differs in characteristic gloss and lack of section of the ends. These curls do not need daily washing; they are easy to comb and style; they seem fresh longer than others.
• Dry different dull and lifeless views of the strands. Such hair does not shine, poorly combed, during which it is often broken, torn and split. They really need balm, hydration and nutrition.
• Fat type considered one of the most problematic. These strands almost always seem untidy and greasy, they are weak and prone to falling out. Due to the active production of subcutaneous fat, they often have dandruff.
• Combined type curls are nothing but strands with greasy roots and dry ends. Caring for them is difficult, because you have to carefully select the means so as not to harm the health of your hair.

Shampoos offered by different brands differ in purpose and effect. Manufacturers produce products with the effect of volume, giving smoothness, activating hair growth, eliminating excess fat, and sometimes sealing the tips. It is important to understand that, for example, means for washing dry hair does not properly wash oily strands. You can not use shampoo for the volume, if curls curly, because after washing, they turn into an explosive shoe-washcloth.

The basic rule of washing hair is to use soft and not hot water. The fact is that it is hard water that is one of the reasons for the poor condition of the strands. Because of her, they often break, weaken and begin to split. If you wash your strands with hot water, sebum secretion will be triggered, resulting in an unkempt appearance.

According to the general rules of washing comb your hair before washing. This will simplify washing and prevent more hair from becoming tangled. Hard water needs to be softened. To do this, you can add a couple of drops of ammonia or baking soda (at the rate of 1 tsp. For 5 liters of water).

First, the curls are moistened with water, then a small portion of shampoo is collected, foamed in the hands and distributed over the hair with light massaging movements. Then they are washed off with warm water, getting rid of the remnants of detergent. If necessary, apply a balm that is washed off after a few minutes. After that, you need to dry your hair: Do not go to bed with wet curls.

Balsam is not rubbed into the root zone: it is distributed from the middle of the hair to the tips. In this case, the hair should not be too wet (before applying it must be slightly squeezed out). Balm is used after shampoo, it is washed off with water or medicinal broth. Keep the tool on the head for long.

It is not advisable to keep a towel on your head for a long time after washing. It is necessary to ensure the natural drying of the strands. As for the hair dryer, its use after each washing of hair is one of the causes of hair diseases. Additional heating damages the structure of the strands, even if the reason for its use is to add volume to thin hairs.

As for colored strands, they are washed less often, because every time the paint will be washed out along with the water, regardless of the level of its durability.Temporary pigments do not penetrate when painting the inside of the hair (under its scales), and therefore, being an enveloping ink film, they are washed out faster. Durable paint is under the scales, but it is washed away.

We note the basic rules of washing hair:

• you can not wash your hair every day, and especially twice;
• ideal for washing distilled or boiled water;
• you can not wash your hair several times in a row, picking up large portions of detergent;
• unpainted locks can be rinsed after shampoo and balm with herbal decoction;
• water temperature should depend on the degree of fatness of hairs (the fatter, the cooler).

We note the basic methods of washing different types of hair.

• Fat curls wash no earlier than every other day using shampoos with herbal extracts (for example, nettle, sage, seaweed, protein and zinc). Before you wash your hair, you can rub aloe vera juice, sour milk, or make a clay mask into the hairs.
• Dry curls they wash less often fatty ones, because from frequent washing they will dry out even more. Ideal for such hair shampoos, creams, funds for chamomile, lime broth. In addition, before washing the head in this case, you can resort to express masks or rubbing cosmetic oil (for example, olive, burdock, almond). Wash this hair with better filtered water.
• Combined type needs special care. Here, before washing the head, you can make a clay mask for the root zone and an oil mask for the tips. You can wash your hair with two shampoos: for dry (in length) and fat (at the roots). You can purchase a product for the combined type.
• Hair wavy or curly type refer to the combined form. They are more susceptible than others to fragility, and therefore need special care. Their washing is impossible without a balm to which essential or base oils can be added. These curls can not be rubbed with a towel, it should dry out without a hairdryer.
• Thin hair they get dirty very quickly, but they need a shampoo with a gentle effect (others are not suitable for them). In this case, you can use the oil mask or colorless henna. Their use before washing will visually increase the volume. If you choose a blow dryer, you can use only cold mode.
• Sick and Painted Curls hot water is contraindicated, as well as daily washing. It is impossible to wash such hair with dandruff shampoo or greasy hair product. Suitable means with the effect of moisture, damaged and split ends before washing can be treated and nourished with an oil mask.

It is necessary to rinse hair longer than the wash itself, having slightly wrung it beforehand. The procedure may involve the addition of vinegar in the water at the rate of 1-2 tsp. per liter of water, which is especially good for brunettes and brown-haired women. Blondes should reduce the dosage to 1 tsp, because vinegar can make their hair color darker. If the girl does not tolerate vinegar, you can replace it with lemon juice.

As for the type of hair, there are some nuances here, for example, oily hair can be rinsed with a decoction of mint, oak bark, nettle or burdock. Dry strands need more rinsing decoction of lime color.

According to the rules of hair care, they should dry naturally, regardless of their type and structure. After therapeutic rinsing, they are gently squeezed and blotted with a warm cotton towel. Keep them in a towel is not worth it, as well as to dry in direct sunlight, if you want to do it in the open air, being, for example, in the country.

If the option of drying with a hair dryer is chosen, which should not be taught to the strands, it must be done correctly. Select a gentle drying mode, while keeping the hair dryer at a distance of no closer than 15 cm from the head. It is also important to use when drying thermal protection. As for the comb, Ideally, it is better to use not a massage brush, but a comb with rare teeth.

It would be useful to pay attention to the fact that hair is not washed at night. In addition to the fact that they do not have time to dry, the scalp cools down, nutrition worsens and, as a result, growth retards. Other negative consequences of washing the strands at night are the activation of sebum secretion, which occurs due to friction of the curls on the pillow, as well as deformation of the hairstyle.

Speaking of styling products, it should be noted: irons, curling irons and heated hair rollers are the enemies of hair, they cause irreparable damage to the strands. Foam rubber bobbins in comparison with them are not so dangerous, even if using thermal protective equipment during installation.

Wooden combs, like brushes, are considered less dangerous for the health of the curls than analogs with metal or plastic teeth, which electrify and simply tear the strands. You can purchase products from natural bristles, which contribute to the gentle disentanglement of hairs at the ends and massage in the root zone. They are good for blood flow, which accelerates the growth of curls.

It is necessary to comb hair not from the roots, but from the ends. If the hairs are too thin and brittle, you must use cosmetic oil or a cream that facilitates combing. It is impossible to pick up the hair with too tight elastic bands, since the hair follicles weaken from this, which provokes the loss of individual hairs.

You can not comb strands too long and often. Despite the fact that this hair grows faster, they are pushed and split. When laying, you can use special tools for disobedient and friable hairs, but in a strictly metered amount. For example, the maximum amount by volume does not exceed the size of two medium-sized peas.

If you increase the consumption of a cosmetic product, it will cause the strands to fade. If an indelible makeup is constantly used during styling, you should get rid of it at least once a week, using a sulphate-free cleansing shampoo. Laying should be natural: you do not need unreal volume, wild pile and half a vial poured at a time. The natural styling will minimize the risk of damage to the hairs. When elastic bands are used for it, soft and elastic products are selected that will not harm the hairs.

In order for the hair not only to appear healthy, but in fact to be so, it is necessary not only to wash, comb and style it properly. In addition, regardless of their type, it is important to take into account other rules of care. For example, From time to time it is necessary to visit a hairdresser or trim them at home. This will allow to get rid of the split ends, not allowing the section to rise in length. No one says that this should be done too often, but this is an excellent section prevention, which will contribute to the recovery of the strands along the entire length.

The importance of protection against negative factors, which include wind, heat, cold or ultraviolet, cannot be ignored. In the summer, it is advisable to wash your hair with a shampoo with a UV filter, which will eliminate color fading and drying of strands. You can cover your head with a fashionable hat.

Winter cold extremely adversely affect the health of curls. Together with the piercing wind and frosty air, they weaken the strands, deprive them of their vital radiance, making them dull. You can not ignore the wearing of a winter headdress, as it is undesirable to wear loose hair. In winter, it is better to braid them or to seize them in a bun.At this time of the year, they need food and protection, for which a special set of detergents and oils can be selected. In addition to them, you can resort to the use of vitamins and minerals.

From time to time you need to make masks based on the type of hair. This will compensate for the lack of substances necessary for a healthy look. However, for different types of hair will vary not only the composition and frequency of application of medical cosmetics.

Owners of wavy and curly hair also face a problem of their health. Often they resort to straightening, which only temporarily makes the structure not so twisted. Along with this, hair gets the strongest stress, becomes weak, and sometimes even starts to fall out. Such hair can not be washed with ordinary shampoo: here you need to use sulfate-free products with a gentle effect, since other shampoos contain aggressive chemicals that deprive hair curls of shine.

When choosing a balm for curls, you need to consider that it should not contain silicone. It is problematic to wash gentle shampoo. It is also important not to forget that for such hair sometimes the haircut itself can become a problem. For example, there can be no talk of any filing or cutting with a razor, because these are the factors that cause the ends to be cut. In addition, a haircut on such curls make it dry.

Holders of curls preferably use balms that do not need to be washed off. They are distinguished by a light texture, they do not make the strands heavy, but at the same time they moisturize them and give the necessary fixation to the hairstyle.

Hair that has been chemically curled needs gentle care. Immediately after the procedure, they can neither wash nor combing. Within a few days they are not laid by means of thermal styling. In addition, you can not finish them with painting, because a mop of hair can suddenly turn into a fluffy and thinning dandelion.

You can save these curls at home with the help of heated essential oils. In this form, they can penetrate into the structure of the hair and nourish it with necessary substances. You can use for this vegetable oil, olive, burdock, mixing them with drops of esters of lavender, orange, grape seed or roses.

If a biowave is made (a safer alternative to chemistry), you can start washing your hair on the third day after the procedure. In order not to reduce the intensity of curling curls, you can not comb curls when drying with a hair dryer. Medical cosmetics should be selected on the basis of consultation of the stylist who made biochemistry. And you can also resort to the use of folk care products.

Regardless of the hair extension technique, you will have to adhere to the basic rules of care. For example, it is necessary to process artificial hair with detergents with a neutral pH level. Combing such curls need comb with sparse teeth without balls on the tips.

They wash their hair according to growth without throwing back strands, using a special shampoo for hair extensions, which they buy in a specialty store. Masks in this case are contraindicated, but decoctions are quite appropriate. Capsular extension does not tolerate contact with a curling iron or an iron, and even before bedtime such strands need not only to be dried, but also to be braided.

If the hair at one time dyed, bronzing, coloring, tinting or discoloration, the treatment approach is different. It is important to use detergents with a gentle effect, as well as special preparations for colored hair. We need medical and nourishing masks that can saturate the hairs with all necessary. However, when choosing a caregiver it is worth considering: some oils, like homemade recipes, are able to wash out the pigment.

For example, one of these means is coconut oil, which strengthens the roots, but in one procedure it can lighten the color by 2-3 tones. One tone lightens color and kefir mask, flowing from the head with colored streams. In addition, dyed hair can not be reanimated quickly, and the frequency of procedures here is strictly moderate.

Sometimes the campaign for high-quality caring cosmetics puts a woman in a dead end. And the culprit is a huge variety of products with flashy and bright advertising. It is not enough to understand that, for example, for curly hair, you need a moisturizing agent against bulking. And also says little about that for dry strands need shampoo with glycerin and collagen to restore moisture. And not every one of us knows that the abundance of proteins causes dryness and brittleness.

I want to know which proven company and product to give preference in order not to succumb to the tricks of dishonest sellers and buy the right product for the health of their hair. This is not necessarily expensive cosmetics: Among the huge assortment, you can find quite a budget product with a caring and health-improving effect (for example, a caring lotion or shampoo).

What kind of cosmetics is better to use, each woman decides independently based on the type of hair, their condition and the characteristics of their body. The basic set should include shampoo, balsam and mask. A good reputation from customers received products of several brands.

• Schwarzkopf Bona Cure Moisture Kick - spray conditioner for weakened strands with a formula of deep moisture, an effective remedy with hyaluronic acid, silicone, panthenol and vegetable oil.

• Wella sp regulate - mask with adsorbing effect and a large set of vitamins, designed to impart freshness and tone to the scalp, contributing to the normalization of the pores, with cleansing properties.

• Selective professional mela verde - shampoo with green apple extract for curls of a normal type with a delicate cleansing, providing moisturizing of the hair and root zone. It gives the strands shine, silkiness, even the naughty hairs.

• L'Oreal Professional Mythic Oil - mask with a complex of active ingredients, light texture and fast exposure time. It gives hair a vital shine, makes it visually denser without weighting, strengthens the roots.

• Estel Otium Butterfly - balsam with the effect of volume and compaction without weighting. It contains a complex of vitamins and minerals, has a nourishing and regenerating effect, suitable for sick and damaged strands. Able to provide protection from UV rays.

• Instant Moisture Paul Mitchell - Regenerating shampoo with a moisturizing effect and protection against adverse factors. It thickens hairs, prevents the cross-section from spreading, adds a mirror shine to the strands.

• Mulsan Cosmetic Repair Shampoo and Repair Balm - the best set of the entire line, shampoo and balm without harmful components in the composition of the products. A set for the prevention of hair loss, a good complex for sick and weakened strands, protecting them from negative environmental factors.

• Ammino keratin selective - a professional mask with a complex of keratin acids and provitamin B5, returning their health and vitality to the curls.Fills the hair voids, and therefore is well suited for damaged strands.

• B83 Restructuring Hair Mask - mask with the effect of recovery and argan oil, nourishing curls. Can be used as an air conditioner, needs flushing. Used for sick and weakened strands, it provides them with the necessary protection against weather factors.

Today, many recipes have been invented to create care products for sick and tired hair. In this case, homemade cosmetics is considered the best because of the effectiveness and naturalness of its composition. In fact, these are nourishing, moisturizing and firming masks and procedures that activate and accelerate the growth of the strands. Folk recipes are remarkable and the fact that they are easy to prepare due to the availability of ingredients.

For example, to give your hair a well-groomed appearance, to make them soft, ordinary kefir can get rid of dandruff. It is heated on the fire, then rubbed into the root zone, covered with a towel and incubated for 15-20 minutes. You can prevent hair loss by mixing a teaspoon of honey with a tablespoon of jojoba oil, two tablespoons of coconut oil and two drops of rosemary ether.

Strengthen curls, saturate them with useful substances by using a mask consisting of burdock oil and honey in proportions of 1: 2. The ingredients are mixed to a state of uniformity, then rubbed into the root zone and spread over the strands. The head is covered with a polyethylene cap, the composition is kept for no more than an hour. If you overdo it, the effect will be lightening.

Strengthen lifeless hair and stop their loss by using a mask, the recipe of which includes brandy (Art. Spoon), honey (h. Spoon) and egg yolk. The components are mixed, and then applied to the scalp, covering with a cap and holding it on the head for 40 minutes.

Mask for density can be made by mixing kefir (cup) with bread (30 g) and henna (1 tsp). After waiting for the crumbling of the crumb, the composition is applied to clean strands along the entire length, after which the head is warmed. The exposure time of the mask is half an hour, after which it is washed off with water to which apple cider vinegar is added. This tool is suitable for brunettes.

Blondes are better off using a composition of brandy (150 ml), honey (1 tbsp. L.) And sea salt. 1.5-2 weeks insist a lot, and only after that rubbed into the scalp before washing it. In order to enhance the effectiveness of the head wrapped with a hot towel. Wash off with shampoo after an hour.

It will be useful to take note of the recommendations for hair care at home, which are shared by experienced stylists.

• Do not dye your hair, going to sea. Sea water instantly washes away the pigment, which makes the strands become dull and ugly.
• To make the hair shiny and as smooth as possible, rinse it after washing and conditioner, preferably with slightly warm or even cool water.
• Microfibre towel is considered to be less harmful for wiping. This textile absorbs moisture well and does not tangle hairs.
• In order to reduce damage to the strands when using thermal styling agents, it is necessary to apply thermal protection agent to the hair before creating the hairstyle.
• If you really need to speed up the drying, you need to turn on the hair dryer at the minimum speed.
• To strengthen curls, you can take biotin, to add shine and smoothness - apply aloe vera juice before washing.
• If you want to straighten a little curls, do not need to handle them with creams and oils, water-based. From this they will curl even stronger.
• The abundance of cosmetics on the hair - the cause of their weakness. If they are already sprayed, it is enough for fixing for the day.
• Hair suffers from the stress received by their owner.To make the strands beautiful and healthy, you need to eliminate the cause.
• Hair loss is a serious call to see a doctor who can properly prescribe a comprehensive treatment.

In hair care at home, you can take note and life hacking. For example, the effectiveness of masks is higher if they are different, and they alternate. In this case, strands get more vitamins and nutrients. However, there should not be more than three of them per week.

You can increase the effectiveness of the mask with a head massage. It is performed prior to the caring procedure, increasing blood circulation. You can not resort to the use of solid base oils, but it is necessary to heat the compositions in a water bath to a warm state.

Stylists recommend to pay attention to nutrition, because it is through the hair you can understand what the body lacks.

• Owners of dry hair often diets. Their nutritious diet is low in fat, which can be replenished by eating fish, seeds and walnuts.
• Rapidly fattening and salty strands suggest that their owner consumes an excessive amount of spicy food.
• Thinning and weakness signal the hostess of iron deficiency. It is possible to fill its deficiency with the use of beef, vegetables, apples.
• Loss of gloss - the root cause of protein deficiency. You must eat meat, eggs, drink milk.
• Slow growth indicates a lack of energy. It is important to revise your diet, there are more often in small portions.
• Hair falls out of fast food and lack of fiber, vitamins contained in fruits and vegetables.

A lot of attention is paid to home hair care, as evidenced by the numerous reviews left on the World Wide Web. The comments indicate the relevance of timely care, its effectiveness and individuality for a particular woman. In the reviews, the girls indicate the best means for themselves, each of which has its own priorities. Some people like home cosmetics, others consider that professional preparations are the most effective, and convenient in application.

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