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March 28th, 2010 hair extensions pro No comments

Dry hair can be caused by the chemicals used in coloring, bleaching and highlighting. It can also be caused by too much heat, whether from the sun or from electric appliances such as curlers and blow dryers.

Try these tips and remedies to give your hair body and shine quickly and easily!

Try vinegar

To add a beautiful shine to your hair dilute apple-cider vinegar in water (one part vinegar to seven parts water) and rinse your hair with it after you shampoo. A vinegar rinse is great for over-processed hair, and it can also liven up a tired perm.

Use mayonnaise

Many hair-care experts say that mayonnaise makes a good overall conditioner. Rub it into your hair, then leave it on for about 5 minutes, before shampooing it out thoroughly.

Don’t use hair tools too often

Overuse of electric curlers, blow dryers, curling irons, straighteners etc. damages and dries out hair. If you’re using these tools every day then your haircut isn’t working for you. Try a different cut or even a loose perm etc. If you do use a blow dryer, try and use one with no more than 1,000 watts, and reduce the temperature and power level as your hair dries.

Use your fingers

Instead of using a blow dryer, gently fluff and style your hair with your fingers as it dries, always lifting the hair up off the scalp. Bending over as you do this allows gravity to contribute to extra fullness.

Use a humidifier

Dry indoor air is bad for dry hair so when it’s winter counteract the standard low-moisture environment with a humidifier. If the humidifier is located in the bedroom, your hair can benefit from 8 hours of added moisture every night.

Limit sun exposure

Humidity is high in summer but the sun is hot and too much sun can damage your hair as well as your skin. If you can’t limit sun exposure, try to apply a conditioner to your hair that contains sunscreen after shampooing.

Wear a hat

Hats are a good alternative to sunscreen application so wear a hat before going out in the summer sun.

Use baby oil

To protect your hair from chlorine damage when swimming, apply baby oil to your hair before entering the pool. Use about ½ a teaspoon – more if your hair is long – and work it in to your hair. The oil coats hair shafts and prevents them from absorbing harsh chlorine. After your swim you can shampoo the oil out.

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This article was submitted by Jack Prime, owner of the http://www.sedustyles.co.uk website.

How to Make Hair Grow Faster

November 19th, 2009 hair extensions pro No comments

It might seem a mission impossible, and many might say it is just a myth. But there are indeed some hair care tips that will help your hair regenerate and start growing faster. It won’t happen over night, but it will definitely boost your hair and make it grow faster than it would normally do. So change a few steps in your hair care routine and improve the regeneration of hair follicles to get long hair quicker.

Start a Healthy Lifestyle

Having a healthy body means having healthy cells. Eating habits have a huge role in growing potential, and cell regeneration. It makes a big difference in the entire health of your hair and skin also. There are a few foods that are good for your hair: dark green vegetables, nuts, eggs, beans, you can even opt for multivitamin pills.

Also, keep your body hydrated by drinking plenty of water and avoid the harming factors that might reverse the result you’re going for.

Have a proper hair care routine, wash and condition well with products that are appropriate for your hair type. Apply hair masks once a week, massage your scalp to encourage blood circulation and avoid blow drying.

Avoid Hair Damaging Factors

There are a few harming factors that influence not only the hair’s health but it’s condition to. In order to have healthy shiny hair, and have good results at our attempt to make it grow faster, these factors have to be avoided as best as possible. The main things that you’ll need to keep your hair away from, are the fallowing:

drastic climate changes. Sun is damaging all year long, so keep it away as much as possible form sun exposure, by wearing stylish beach hats for example. Also, an extra cold weather would be just as damaging as a hot summer day.

water. As crazy as it might seem, but water is not your best ally. It dehydrates your hair from all its natural moisture and your skin to. Go for quick showers, preferably with lukewarm water.

styling products and styling tools. Each time you are styling your hair, you’re working against your hair. It is the worse thing you can do, specially with heat styling tools. These factors might be the fastest ones in damaging your hair. Just take a short break from your styling habits and keep your hair naturally, in a loose hairstyle if possible.

avoid smoking, alcohol and diets. All these everyday habits will bring to a dry hair, even to hair loss in some of the cases. Also, heaving drastic diets will make you loose lots of hair not only weight, extracting all the vitamins from the hair that’s left. Also, stress has the same effect, so try to avoid it.

 

 Other Options

If none of the tips above helped, the only options left are either wait till it grows back, or simply get some extensions. There are some really natural looking hair extensions that can match perfectly your natural hair type and color, so the only thing you’ll need to do is find a professional saloon to get it done.

Keep in mind that getting long hair without extensions, can’t be done over night. Be patient, keep your hair healthy and make sure you condition well. It is important to keep your hair nourished and provide all the vitamins your body needs in order to boost its growing potential.