How to Keep Your Hair Healthy

At least once in our lives, we've dealt with dry, frayed, or damaged hair because of the use of hair dye or various other chemicals. Whatever the problem happens to be, here are some tips to help keep your beautiful hair as healthy as possible!

Be Gentle

You want to feel the wind blowing through your hair and feel as sexy and confident as possible! Almost like that dress in your closet you're keeping for a special occassion. Think of it as just that. Something silky, soothing, soft. Something that needs to be handled gently for it's much more fragile than we expect it to be.

• After taking a shower or washing your hair, pat it down with a towel instead of scrubbing away or wringing it. It's best to let it air dry itself.
• I have started to use a comb after the recent visit to the hair saloon. Using brushes to break through matted hair can rip, break, and damage. That's something you don't want! Any comb will do and remember, be gentle when wrestling with tangles.

Lower The Use Of Heat Styling Devices

I personally have had a great problem lowering the use of straightners and curlers. Only recently did I find how much damage it truly causes. I even realized that it isn't always just your straightener or curler, it could also be your hair dryer. Unless it's for a special occassion, don't use it! The more heat you use against your hair, the more it'll damage, fray, and dry itself out.

• It's always best to let your hair air dry after a shower, but if you truly need to use it, put your blow dryer on a lower or cooler setting. This way, the heat isn't as intense.
• We'll all be using heat styling devices for those great occassions! When those days do come around, make sure to use a protective serum for your hair. These serums can be found at your typical shopping mart.

Avoid Damaging Treatments

We're all suckers for the beautiful hair commercials that we see on TV. While they convince you of great results, some of these hair care products hold ingredients that leave our hair limp or even more dry than it was before. When noticing this, you will find much greater results when switching your products with something much more natural.

• The majority of shampoos hold a great amount of sulfate that can leave your hair frizzy or frayed. Of course, everyone's hair is different and most cases will be much more severe than others. If you are one who deals with dry, limp, or frizzy hair, then choose a shampoo with cleansing oils or herbs.
• Avoid styling products that contain chemicals you have never even heard of or can pronounce. Those are usually not the best for you!
• Look for conditioners that have more aloe, coconut oil, or shea butter. These are great for mosturizing your hair to the fullest and will give you a gorgeous, healthy and fresh look!

Stay Away From Dyes!

Now, I'm not saying that we should never, ever, ever dye our hair. Last year was the first time I ever did anything special with my hair and the least it was, was nothing more than an ombre. But if you are one of those people who continously fight over which radical color will fit you, heed my words! If dye or other treatments like blowouts, chemical straightners and curlers, are used too often, they can seriously harm your hair and leave you with a result that is unfit and unhealthy.

Give Your Hair Oil Treatments

I've started to pick this up quite frequently now. I am one to suffer excruciatingly from dryness and it's quite a horrendous thing since I don't see the typical shine and sparkle my hair is supposed to have. Oil will have a lasting affect! Start them at your roots and keep them in place. Of course, you don't have to do this everyday. I narrow it down to once a week and it's always on a Saturday. Make it a ritual.

• Once every week (or few weeks), give yourself one of these treatments.
• Use olive oil or almond oil.
• It's a simple start. Make sure to start from your roots and then massage down fully to your tips. Don't leave a bit of your hair uncovered by this process!
• You can let this oil sit in your hair for two hours or you can use a shower cap to keep it overnight. Either choice you make gives you the same results!
• Once you're ready to wash, clean your hair with cold water thouroughly.
• After you rinse your hair a few times, shampoo and condition normally.

Make Some Healthy Choices!

We've all seen that one girl who has the most beautiful, thick, long hair and naturally envied her for it. Well, here are some choices we could all make to be like that girl! We can start by nurtrients and eating right. Maybe a well balanced diet with enough protein, vitamin-B, iron, and omega 3-s.

• For vitamin-B intake, make sure to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables and nuts!
• For iron and protein, eat beef, chicken, pork, and fish!
• For omega 3-s, you can always consume salmons, avacados, and walnuts! Or, you can take supplements for this.
• These healthy choices can not only lead you to healthier hair, but also healthier skin and nails!

Protect Your Hair!

To keep yourself from getting sick, you would wear a scarf and a jacket to shelter yourself from the outside wind and harsh whether. Hair also works this way. If you don't sheild it from outside influence, it'll get brittle over time.

• During the summer when the sun is normally at it's hottest peak, wear a hat to sheild your hair from getting burned.
• Don't go outside in the winter with wet hair! It can freeze and then fray itself.
• For all you swimmers, wear a swim cap. Chlorine can have serious damaging effects!

Trim Your Hair

I have a horrible time keeping up with this. I'm so keen on growing it out that I don't believe in trimming, but this is obviously a wrong statement! Don't be like me! Take care of your hair! The minute you see split ends, go to the salon and get a trim. Because of this, your hair will rejuvenate itself and be less likely to break. It'll be kept at it's full peak of healthyness!

Say goodbye to dry, brittle, frayed, and unhealthy hair! These are some of the few things you can do to keep your hair as beautiful as it should be!