For hair to be an ornament, you need to properly care for them, and for this you need to know your hair type.
Human hair can say a lot. A hairstyle can tell us how much time a person devotes to his appearance, how tidy he is and whether he watches fashion. A hair condition tells you whether a person has health problems. Hair is interesting in terms of anthropology and physiology. And, of course, each of us is interested to know how to properly care for hair.
Hair - as part of the image
If anthropologists and physiologists are interested in hair from a scientific point of view, then most people need to know the everyday characteristics of their hair, because hair heads are an important part of our appearance. To make your hair look beautiful and neat, you need to know how to properly care for them.
Household hair classification
Hair is classified according to the degree of fat: distinguish between dry, normal, oily and mixed types of hair. In addition, the hair is divided into soft and hard, thin and thick, straight and curly, light and dark, healthy and exhausted. The most important for proper care is the classification of fat.
Greasy hair. If the sebaceous glands of the scalp are too active, then the hair is very quickly soaked in fat and look untidy. Oily hair is characterized by a dull shine, fast adhesion and a feeling of fat content to the touch.
Normal hair. If within a few days after shampooing your hair looks clean, glistens in the sun, does not electrify and comb well, then you have a normal hair type.
Dry hair they look dull, quickly confused, split, badly combed.
Excessive dryness of hair occurs due to too "weak" work of the sebaceous glands or due to improper hair care.
Mixed hair. Mixed hair type is usually with long hair. In this case, the fat glands cannot “provide lubrication” along the entire length of the hair. With this type of hair at the roots become fat, and the ends are overdried, confused and split.
Determine your hair type
To properly care for your hair, you need to understand what type they are. Oily hair depends on skin type, with oily hair, you must have oily skin and vice versa. Therefore, knowing what your skin type is, it is easy to determine the type of hair. In addition, by analyzing how often you have to wash your hair so that it “looks decent,” you can also determine the type of hair.
- If your hair gets very fat in 1-2 days, you have oily hair type.
- If your hair "looks decent" for 2-4 days after washing your hair, you have a normal hair type.
- When your hair does not get greasy for a long time (6 days or more), it looks dry and brittle - your hair type is “dry hair”.
- The roots are already oily to the touch after 2-3 days and during this time the roots appear oily shine, at the same time the ends of the hair look dry - you have a mixed type of hair.
Oily hair depends on the genetic characteristics. But this is not a constant characteristic, it can change under the influence of hormonal, age-related changes, dietary changes and changes in health status. This must be remembered to adjust the hair care.
With any type of greasy hair can be well-groomed and beautiful, if treated correctly.
Hair care
Washing - the main procedure for hair care, and we all definitely use it. The frequency of washing hair is a very individual characteristic, depending on the type of hair oiliness. Use hair shampoos recommended for your hair type.
For oily hair is contraindicated for washing with hot water and drying with hot air.
Dry hair is useful to "feed" nutritional masks. In addition, owners of dry hair should periodically massage the scalp. This will stimulate the blood circulation of the scalp, and normalize the sebaceous glands.
The most difficult to deal with hair of mixed type. Owners of such hair need to use products for oily roots, and at the same time do not forget about cosmetic products for dry ends of hair.
If you have difficulties with the selection of hair care products, consult a beautician or doctor trichologist. Specialists will help to improve your hair and give it a beautiful well-groomed look. And let the hair will always be your decoration!
How to properly care for hair
Beautiful and healthy hair always attracts attention and allows a woman to feel seductive and irresistible. Often, gorgeous hair is not a gift of nature, but the result of proper and regular hair care at home. Even the most awesome hair can look dull and lifeless if you do not care for them or care for them incorrectly.
In the absence of proper, daily care, no therapeutic hair mask, used occasionally, will have the desired effect. If you only want to grow long hair, I recommend reading excellent tips in the article on how to grow long and thick hair
One of the easiest methods is washing your hair. It would seem that there is difficult? He washed his hair with shampoo, rinsed with water and ready. In fact, there are some special moments here too. First of all, It is important to choose the right shampoo that suits your hair type. Sometimes I notice that after washing my hair appears thin, sticky or start to electrify when it comes into contact with clothes. I attribute this to the fact that the shampoo was wrong. One has only to change the shampoo for a suitable one, and the hair again becomes shiny and voluminous.
Recently, I buy professional series shampoos, for the price they are not much different from those sold in mass networks, but I like the quality much more. Recently, my shampoo suddenly ended, and I had to wash my hair with baby shampoo from our Russian brand. To my surprise, the hair after this shampoo became soft, docile and stayed clean longer. Perhaps this is due to the fact that such a number of chemicals are not added to children's shampoos as in normal ones.
Secondly, after washing with shampoo, apply a balm or conditioner on the hair so that the hair is smooth and combed well. But the air conditioning must be used properly. In no case do not apply to all the hair from the roots, in this case, the hair will be greasy. Apply conditioner or balsam from the middle of the hair.
Thirdly, One of the basic rules is that you can not wash your hair with too hot water, it spoils your hair and may even cause hair loss. For washing it is better to use slightly warm water, and in the end it is good to rinse your hair with cool water. This will smooth the inner hair scales and give the hair a healthy shine. To make the hair look more voluminous and fluffy, after washing you can rinse it with a decoction of nettle. You can also make a decoction of nettle and burdock roots.
If you want to improve the condition of your hair, special attention should be paid to shampoos that you use. A frightening figure - in 97% of shampoos of famous brands are substances that poison our body. The main components, due to which all the troubles, on the labels are designated as sodium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, coco sulfate. These chemicals destroy the structure of the hair, the hair becomes brittle, lose elasticity and strength, the color fades. But the worst thing is that this filth enters the liver, heart, lungs, accumulates in the organs and can cause cancer. We advise against using the means in which these substances are located. Recently, experts of our editorial staff conducted an analysis of sulfate-free shampoos, where the first place was taken by funds from the company Mulsan Cosmetic. The only manufacturer of all-natural cosmetics. All products are manufactured under strict quality control and certification systems. We recommend to visit the official online store mulsan.ru. If you doubt the naturalness of your cosmetics, check the expiration date, it should not exceed one year of storage.
Minimizing traumatic factors
Try to abandon the use of thermal rollers, pleyok, rectifiers, or at least minimize their use. I prefer not to use a hair dryer, but to dry my hair in a natural way. Of course, this requires more time for drying, but the beauty and health of the hair is more important. If you can’t imagine your life without using a hair dryer, then replace the hot air with cold air, it hurts your hair less. Most modern hair dryers have a cool air feature. Pay attention to this when purchasing.
Thermal curlers can be replaced with papilotkami. They are long strips of soft elastic material with a wire inside. Diameter of papillotok varies. The larger you want curls, the larger diameter choose. To twist hair on papilotki is very simple. Usually, I lightly spray my hair with water first, but not much, otherwise the curls will quickly develop. If you want to curl lasted a little longer, instead of water, you can use foam or mousse for styling. Then wind the strand on the papilotku, starting with the tips. At the roots, the papillote is fixed by the wire inside. I keep twisted papillots on my head for about an hour. This time is individual and depends on the type of hair. My hair really does not like curls, so I have to keep the curlers longer.
If, nevertheless, you decide to use a curling iron or forceps for straightening, then first spray a heat-resistant spray on your hair. This tool protects the hair from exposure to high temperature, while not gluing them. Typically, such agents include amino acids that care for hair from the inside and make it easier to comb.
Care for different types of hair
Greasy hair. With this type of hair, it is not recommended to wash your head with hot water: on the contrary, the cooler (without extremes!), The better. To reduce fat content, it is effective to use decoctions of herbs, especially aloe, and to make clay masks. Keep in mind that oily hair is associated with the condition of the scalp, so when using balms and masks, it is better to avoid applying them to the roots.
Dry hair. With this type of hair, it is better to avoid frequent washing of the head: optimally - as it gets dirty. Before each wash it is better to make a moistening express mask. When using styling devices, try not to overdry your hair: cold mode for a hair dryer and gentle - in curling iron and tongs. It is useful to perform a massage of the head, which stimulates the blood circulation of the scalp and allows the useful components in the caring agent to work more effectively.
Thin hair. Such hair quickly becomes dirty, with too frequent washing is contraindicated. First of all, care for this type of hair should be directed to protection from external factors. There are secrets that will allow to achieve the appearance of the effect of additional volume: special styling products, drying hair against their growth. However, styling should be done delicately: thin hair is particularly prone to damage.
Dyed and damaged hair. First of all, it requires hydration and protection - most often women who dye their hair are familiar with the problems of dry and thin hair. Forget about daily shampooing, use special tools, protect your hair from UV radiation.
Hair care products
Now the main thing - how to choose the right tool for washing hair. First, why soap is absolutely not suitable for this purpose: it completely destroys the protective water-lipid emulsion film from both the hair and the scalp. Hair after such a wash becomes too dry, damaged, combed worse, become dimmer.
In order not to cause such damage to the hair and at the same time still wash them from the accumulated fat, dust, peeled cells, and there are shampoos: they have a mildly acidic environment that is natural to our skin and hair, and act noticeably softer than soap.
To select a shampoo, use a simple principle: carefully read the text on the package and use the shampoo that is designed for your hair type, and after using it, analyze the results. The positive results of using shampoo can be considered clean hair, the absence of fat on them, the hair shine after drying, good combing and obedience, no irritation of the scalp. To understand that this shampoo does not suit you, one or two times is enough, but in order to come to the conclusion that this shampoo is just for you - you need to use it regularly for at least several weeks. In addition, a good shampoo should remove static electricity from the hair, and most importantly - to compensate for the loss of proteins, moisture and nutrients. The statement that from time to time the shampoo needs to be changed is a myth: if you picked up a shampoo that suits you completely, you should change it to another one only if your hair changes state.
Conditioner and rinse
After using the shampoo is recommended to put on hair rinse. It performs several functions: it facilitates drying and combing, gives hair elasticity. It is better to use shampoo and rinse of the same brand - they correspond to each other in composition, and the action of the rinse to effectively supplement the action of the shampoo. The combination of shampoo and rinse different lines does not bring good hair and in some cases may even lead to allergic reactions. Often the rinse is contained in a 2 in 1 shampoo, but this is a “marching” option: the separate use of the rinse is much more effective.
To restore damaged hair are special means for express treatment - they “smooth” the hair, have a regenerating and nourishing effect on the hair follicle and are intended for a quick and easy regenerating action.
How to care for very long hair at home
Care for long hair depends on their type. Let us dwell on general recommendations.
1. Choose a shampoo for long hair of its type.
2. Be sure to comb the curls before washing (especially if they are thick). Otherwise, they are very confused.
3. You can not comb the wet strands, because over time they will become whipped not only at the tips, but along the entire length.
4. Since long hair is often dry at the ends, it is necessary to provide them with nourishment along the entire length. To do this, you can brush them 2-3 times a week with a brush with medicated oils previously applied to it.
5. To strengthen the roots use masks with honey, berries, fruits, green tea and olive oil.
Thus, curls of any type and length can look beautiful and healthy. To do this, you just need to properly care for your hair at home.
10 Hair Care Tips
1. After washing your hair, do not brush your hair right away: dry the strands in a natural way, then use a comb with sparse teeth or simply separate the strands with your fingers. Otherwise, hair may become brittle or stretch.
2. Styling will last longer if done on thoroughly dried hair.
3Hair will shine, if after washing, hold them a little under cool water: hair scales will close.
4. If you are planning a vacation at sea, your hair needs particularly careful care - the sun and salt water adversely affect their condition. Take care of a suitable care product in advance.
5. If it is not possible to wash your hair, powder the hair roots with talcum powder or powder and carefully comb or dry your head with a hair dryer to remove the fat content from the hair.
6. To prevent split ends, cut them regularly. When washing your hair, use the advice of professionals: soap only the roots with shampoo, and apply conditioner on the ends, so the hair will not lose volume and the ends will not be dry.
7. When drying hair with a hair dryer, direct the air stream from top to bottom, begin to dry the head from the roots, and finish with the tips. At the end, use the cold mode - so stacking will last longer.
8. For an instant shine, rub the ice cube through your hair: from the cold, the hair scales will close and your hair will look shiny.
9. Use masks and serums suitable for your hair type. Use such tools should be at least once a week: apply the product to the washed head and wrap in a towel for a while - so the useful components penetrate deeper.
10. Dissolve the hair upon returning home, remove hats indoors - otherwise the blood circulation of the scalp will be disturbed, the hair will not receive enough oxygen, will become brittle, will fall out.
Normal hair type.
The most beautiful, desirable, healthy is normal hair. A lively iridescent shine, elasticity of curls and silkiness, the ability to make any haircut and styling - happy owners can thank genetics and nature.
To preserve for a long time what nature gave you, you need:
- maintain the condition and health of hair with proper nutrition, including in your diet foods containing vitamins A, E, C: liver, fish, lean meat, dairy products, green leafy vegetables and red-orange fruits, bran and brewer's yeast.
- carefully choose care products: avoid using 2 in 1 means, that is, combining the properties of a shampoo that reveals hair scales for cleansing, and properties of an air conditioner, which, on the contrary, closes scales in order to retain moisture in the cortex cells. Keep away from drying out with a hairdryer, sun, irregular coloring or frequent chemical perm.
- choose the usual care products such as combs: choose a comb made from natural materials.
- A variety of oils and products are suitable for masks: olive, linseed, almond. You can use honey, clay, yolk, kefir, salt. The main thing - do not damage the structure and prevent the transition to fat or dry type.
- You can wash your hair with moderately hot or warm water, for rinsing and instead of daily lotions, use herbal infusions: rosemary, lavender, chamomile, nettle.
- scalp massage, carried out at least 3-4 times a week, stimulates blood circulation and nutrition of hair follicles with beneficial substances, strengthens them and promotes growth.
Hair dry.
They, as a rule, seem to be rare, due to the fact that they often break and split, are easily tangled, light, dull. It is difficult to choose a haircut, in order to give volume, moistening, nutrition and styling with the use of fixing agents are required. And their constant use further violates the structure of the weakened hair shaft. The causes are genetics, unbalanced nutrition, careless and improper care.
Gentle and delicate care.
Requires increased attention and respect.
- it all starts with food. Especially it is necessary to follow a special balanced diet. And be sure to include in your diet yolks, herbs, nuts and seeds, butter and vegetable oils (unrefined sunflower, olive, flax), rich in vitamins and microelements, polyunsaturated fats.
- Try not to wash your hair more often than 1 time in 5-7 days. Frequent and improper washing of the head disrupts the already weakened function of the sebaceous glands, and the small amount of grease they release is washed off. Hair remains defenseless in the face of environmental factors, loses moisture, becomes thin, prone to loss or sparse.
Wash your head with warm water. Use hot water that promotes thorough removal of grease and dirt, only to wash off oil masks. Frequent use of hot water can cause dry scalp, and this will lead to additional problems.
- regularly, daily, massage the scalp. This will help stimulate the function of the sebaceous glands, improve the nutrition of the hair follicles, help hair to grow stronger and improve their structure.
- refuse daily use of means for fixing and laying. Yes, thin, naughty hair is difficult to lay without the help of these funds. But they, constantly coated, which create sprays and lacquers for styling, are injured.
Hair of any type will be healthy, thick and shiny, look well-groomed and beautiful, with proper and systematic care, a balanced diet and overall health of the body.
Regular use of massage of the scalp and masks to nourish the hair follicles are essential components of systematic care. Give your hair the necessary attention - and they will be a worthy completion of your image.
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Daily hair care: features
The type of hair should be taken into account. The principles of proper caring activities depend on the state of the curls.
- Bold type. It is advisable not to wash the curl with hot water. It is recommended to wash the hair with cool water without extremes. To normalize the fat content using herbal decoctions, make clay masks. Balms, masks are not desirable to put on the roots.
- Dry type curls. Proper care for dry scalp and hair is a must. It is advisable to refuse frequent hygienic procedures. Washing is carried out as pollution. Before the hygienic measures make a moisturizing mask. Laying tools, hair dryers, curling irons, tongs are rarely used, as they dry out hair. Considered useful is a head massage to activate the blood circulation of the skin.
- Thin type. There is rapid pollution. At the same time very frequent washing is prohibited. Mandatory hair care aims to protect against adverse external factors. If desired, use special tools for styling and volume curl. Laying is done carefully, because thin strands often break.
- Dyed and damaged hair. It is recommended to take care of moisture, protection. Special protective equipment will be helpful.
Proper hair and scalp care depends on the condition of the hair.
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After the main stage of hygiene, a balm is applied. Curls will be smooth, obedient. Balsams usually have a fatty base, so they are applied with a departure from the roots. Special emphasis is placed on dry hair ends. Balsam wash off after a couple of minutes.
At the end of the hygienic event, rinse the hair with cool water. Scales of hair close. Hair will be smooth, will please with natural gloss.
After washing, you can not squeeze, twist, intensely rub the hair. Otherwise the curls will be damaged. Caution when dipping the hair with a towel is required.
Natural drying is required. Occasionally the use of a dryer with medium or low temperature conditions is permitted. Proper care of the scalp and hair depends largely on washing, drying curl.
How to comb hair
Combing is a daily useful procedure. It is advisable to abandon metal combs. They have a rough surface. Metal combs cling to the hairs, damage them.
The use of plastic combs is also undesirable. Their frequent use makes the hair dry. Sometimes there are split ends.
Silicone combs, massage brushes are considered useful. It is undesirable to allow tangled areas in the hair. At the same time, the necessary massage effect. When combing, the antistatic coating of the comb is considered important. The presence of rounded teeth will prevent unwanted scratching of the scalp.
Combing requires special care. Act smoothly and very carefully. Initially comb the tips, then the top and the roots. In this case, the hairs should be dry. Wet, wet strands are very vulnerable due to excessive stretching.
Useful daily hair care involves massage treatments. To do this, allocate a few minutes a day. Massage is performed with a special brush or fingers. It is assumed careful combing hair in different directions. Such massage movements improve blood circulation, give strength and density to the curls.
Homemade natural remedies
Home budget hair care is based on the use of natural products. Homemade masks are prepared according to popular recipes. It is assumed the use of natural ingredients. Synthetic ingredients are prohibited. Masks, balms, rinses improve the condition of hair.
Usually hair care involves the use of nourishing natural masks.
- Quince mask. This mask eliminates excess fat. Use 1-2 fruits of ripe quince. Cut out the core of the fruit, remove the seeds. Quince poured 200 ml of water, put on a low fire, boil for a couple of minutes. The finished mask is rubbed into the hair, left for 40 minutes - 1 hour. Mask does not need to be washed off.
- Cognac mask. Such a tool is useful for strengthening the density of the hair. Take 1-2 egg yolks, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and brandy. This mask is applied to the scalp, curls. Massaging your hair for about 2-3 minutes. Then put on cellophane, a towel for 45 minutes. Then wash off the cognac mask, rinsed the strands with a decoction of lime or mint.
- Herbal mask The following remedy will prevent excessive hair loss. Mix in a teaspoon of grass nettle, intoxicant cones, birch leaves, coltsfoot flowers, calendula. The grass mixture is poured with a liter of boiling water, infused and filtered. The finished product is rubbed into the scalp, hair. Herbal mask does not necessarily flush.
- Aloe. There is a healing, restorative effect. Mix a teaspoon of aloe juice, a teaspoon of lemon juice, egg yolk, garlic clove. The ingredients are thoroughly mixed. The remedy is rubbed into the roots, put on cellophane for insulation. After about half an hour, wash off the mask with aloe. At the end of the hygienic procedure, chamomile decoction is used for rinsing.
- Oil mask It is assumed the manifestation of the nutritional effect. Each ingredient is considered particularly beneficial. Mix 15 drops of tea tree oil, 10 drops of cedar oil and rosemary, 100 milliliters of aloe juice. All components are mixed, shaken. Then they are put in a dark place for about a week or less. The oil mixture is shaken daily. Then the mask on the oils rubbed into the scalp, curls after each wash. The oils will nourish the curls, soften.
Home masks are very useful for hair. They improve blood circulation in hair follicles, strengthen hairs, restore healthy appearance of hair. Favorable results are guaranteed with regular use of masks (1-2 times a week).
Hair and scalp care also involves the use of a rinse. This tool is also often prepared at home using herbs, extracts. Vegetable broths soften the structure of strands, improve growth, guarantee protection, provide prevention of loss and dandruff. Useful rinse recipes are always taken into account. It is recommended to pay special attention to two effective means.
- 4 tablespoons of calamus root pour 500 ml of boiling water. Insist 45 minutes - 1 hour. Then use a rinse. The course is carried out for 6-8 weeks.
- It is recommended to use the following remedy. Pour 3-4 tablespoons of oak bark or pine needles, boil in a liter of water over low heat for about 10-15 minutes. The broth is cooled, filtered.
Basic rules for any hairstyle
Important rules for hair and scalp care are taken into account to preserve beauty and curl health.
- Do not use hot water when washing. Otherwise, the structure of the hairs is destroyed, begins active loss. For washing use warm water, for rinsing - hardly cool. Temperature control during bath procedures is important.
- Appliances for laying, drying are rarely used. Natural drying, easy styling guarantee the preservation of health of the hair. When drying a hair dryer using less heat. When using pleyok, irons use special thermoprotectants.
- Thermal curlers are very dangerous. They are replaced papilotkami.
- The choice of comb is very important. A good option is a horny or wooden comb.
- Comb need to properly. Always start from the tips, gradually rise to the very roots. Hair nodules disentangle hair.
- Tails can be done with the right rubber band. Use a soft, wide elastic band to prevent strands from tightening. Otherwise, the hairs are tightened, their loss is exacerbated.
- Regular visits to the hairdresser. Trim the ends preferably once in 2-3 months.
- In winter and summer, hair protects from adverse weather conditions. To do this, use special protective equipment, suitable headgear.
Proper, regular care for hair and scalp ensures the preservation of beauty, health, curls, prevents unwanted problems.
When you have finally decided on the type of hair, you can proceed to care.
the washing up
The most important step is washing. This hygiene and hydration of the scalp. Frequency can vary from one to seven times a week. You need to wash your hair according to their condition. If they grow fat with you too quickly, it is better to use mild shampoos that are designed for daily washing. Professional cosmetics at Beauty Prof will also be useful to you and your hair.
Combing
If you comb your hair before washing it, it will be easier to clean it later. For long hair, regular combing is very traumatic. It is necessary to begin only from the ends, smoothly moving to the roots. Wet hair touch undesirable. Frequent use of the dryer overdries the hair. But if it is required, use the cold air mode.
Use special tools that soften the sudden change in temperature. But, of course, the best option would be natural drying.
Masks
If your hair is in troubled condition, the best solution will be masks that are made 2 times a week. They need to be applied for a certain time, designed to absorb a particular mask. It is better to choose those that not only moisturize, but also nourish hair.
Hair care is very important if you want to feel confident and charming. Regular masks and proper washing will make your hair thick and healthy.You will notice glances at them full of admiration and envy.
