Are you aware that your hair is your best accessory? If Yes, then you’ll need this ultimate guide to hair care which will give you healthy, luscious, strong and visibly nourished hair that has the potential to affect your mood and mere moments. All it takes to see all this difference in your hair is tender loving care and a few simple tricks.
Aside from taking time to choose your hair product wisely, also get to know what your hair needs. Knowing your hair type can make a whole lot of difference on creating a routine specific to your hair type.
Follow this ultimate guide to your hair care for healthy, strong, bouncy and shiny hair.
1. Understand Your Hair Type
It is so important to know your type of hair so you can use the right products for proper treatment. Curly, wavy, kinky or straight are the different types of hair. You should also know if your scalp is too dry, too oily or just normal. You will only be able to give your hair its desired treatment with the knowledge of all this thing, also backing it up with products that best suit it.
2. Avoid All Chemicals and Styling Products
Chemicals are bad if you need healthy and bouncy hair. There’s no avoiding them, as they are almost present in all our hair products. In the short run, these products and styling spray will make your hair voluminous, stiff, curly, etc. but they are only going to ruin it later. So to this end, I’ll suggest using it only on special occasions.
3. Maintain a Healthy Scalp
Your scalp is as important as any other part of your body but it is usually taken for granted. The health of your scalp is proportional to the health of hair. The number of times you wash your hair should depend on your activity level because washing it too often can lead to a dry scalp, just as washing it too less can lead to an oily scalp. Washing your hair once every three days may just be appropriate.
4. Good Shampoo and Conditioner
The most commonly asked question in this guide is what shampoo and conditioner do I use? Understanding your hair type, quality and texture will put you on the right track of the type of shampoo and conditioner to use. The best shampoo and conditioner is the one that leaves your hair voluminous and shiny but if it turns frizzy, rough and starts falling off then it is bad for your hair. Even when trying out, avoid the chemicals as much as you can.
5. Blow Dry or Air Dry?
Blow dryers are convenient during drying or styling your hair but it is wise to keep its use minimal as exposure to direct and perpetual heat is likely to tamper with your hair quality. Allowing your hair dry naturally is a good way to maintain your original hair texture. Choose that which works best for you.
6. Eat Healthy
A healthy diet has an impact on your hair strength and quality. Eating five times a week and including a lot of vegetables, nuts, fruits and good fats like ghee, eggs, avocado, and coconut along with rice is absolutely crucial to maintain a good gut health to have a shiny and strong mane. A good mix of carbs, protein and fats in your daily diet with freshly home cooked meals will change your hair quality. Also a bad digestion will reflect on your skin and scalp.
7. Hair Supplements and Vitamin
A good balanced diet might not provide us with all the necessary nutrients and vitamins, which is why it is so important to supplement our food with extra vitamins. Extra vitamins make a difference to your hair, skin and even your overall health.
8. Hair Color
A simple single-color change can be done at home giving a very fascinating look that later follows with immense damage. Avoid coloring your hair if you’re looking at maintaining good hair health. Coloring your hair can be done once in two years with oil massage, hair treatments to make sure that you repair the damages afterward.
9. Hair Spa Treatments
Hair spa treatments are very essential if you have damaged hair due to coloring or any other reason. These treatments will be done over a period of time for a thrilling result. You can only know which spa treatment suits you after trying out the tons of options available in the beauty shop or salon.
10. Dandruff
Dandruff is nothing serious and can definitely be treated, as it is just a skin flaking off the scalp and making it super dry and itchy. The main cause of dandruff is a bad diet/lifestyle, hair products, stress, irritated skin, dry scalp, no hygiene and fungal infection. See a dermatologist for medication or try this home remedy
– Mash two bananas with one avocado and apply all over your scalp where it is itchy. Leave it in for at least 30 minutes. Rinse it out with cold water and repeat this regularly until the itching subsides or goes away.
11. Homemade Hair masks
You can give these various homemade hair masks a try on your hair to see the outcome. Home remedies are actually the best.
- Yoghurt + Eggs + Honey
- Olive Oil + Avocado + Honey
- Coconut Oil + Honey
- 2 egg yolks + Coconut Oil
- Mashed banana + Honey + Olive oil
- Wash your hair with beer, rub it all around and then rinse with cold water (after shampoo & conditioner)
12. Hair Fall
Hair Fall is the most commonly faced problem by every single person. It is normal to lose a little hair everyday but it becomes alarming when you are losing too much. A lot of things like stress, bad diet, magnesium and iron deficiency etc. causes hair fall. Resting, taking supplements and vitamins, scalp massage and drinking fruit juice can help restore hair fall.
13. Avoid Washing Your Hair with Hot Water
One of the most important things to remember is – DO NOT WASH YOUR HAIR WITH HOT WATER! It is the most common mistake we all make. Cold water closes your pores, adds luster and shine into your hair. On the other hand, hot water leaves your pores open, weakens the strands, causes direct hair fall, produces frizz and flattens the hair along with making your scalp very dry.
14. Be Happy and Grateful
Live your life with a happy heart and it will reflect on your hair. Stop worrying about your hair problem and be thankful because most people do not have hair on their head and wish to be in your position.
Above all, your hair is your crown, do well to take care of it. Take some time out every single day to be happy and grateful for what you have, to fix what’s going wrong, after all everything can be solved, right?
