Top 12 Tips for Healthy Hair

Most love to have healthy hair. Healthy hair is gorgeous hair, and whether your hair is thick or thin, twirly or straight, long or bobbed, there is a right way to wash, dry and treat it.

5 Indispensable facts about shampooing:-

• Condition first. Apply conditioner to damaged or dry hair before shampooing to protect it. A damage control shapoo should be your best bet.
• Less is more. A coin-size dab of shampoo will do for many length.
• There is a right way to rub. Work lather in with fingertips as using nails can cause scalp irritation.
• A second round of shampooing is not always necessary especially if you have dry hair. Before washing, lightly scratch your scalp. If your nails pick up oily residue or you see flakes from hair products, go ahead and lather up a second time.
• Sulfates strip hair dye. Choose a shampoo free of these lathering agents to preserve your color.
  

5 Indispensable conditioner tips:

• Lighten up. Conditioners are for your hair, not your scalp. Everyone’s scalp produces sebum, a mixture of fats and wax. Adding conditioner can make for a greasy mess. Apply it starting at hair’s ends and stopping about a half inch from your scalp.
• Get better results. Moist heat opens the hair cuticle and helps deep conditioners penetrate and repair faster. Wrap conditioned hair in a war, damp towel for 10 to 15 minutes.
• Don’t deep treat if you dye. Dark hair dyes have built in conditioners that seal color into the hair shaft. Deep conditioning later can fade hair by pushing color out of the shaft. Instead, find a color added formula.
• Make it a don’t skip step. Even if your hair is thin and oily, you should still use a few drops of conditioner after every wash (Think of it as Band Aid for damaged hair :o).
• Side-step this sales ploy. Don’t waste money on conditioners marketed to dandruff sufferers. Instead use medicinal shampoo and follow with any conditioner you prefer.

2 Indispensable dyeing tips:

• When wet, hair is up to 30 percent more fragile, so be gentle as you dry. Vigorous toweling can tear the delicate cuticle.
• Wait until hair is just damp at roots, nearly dry at ends, before you weild the round brush and dryer, which can stretch sopping wet strands to the breaking point.