Easy Tips of Summer Hair Care
February 25, 2009
Summer comes with explicit dryness, scorching sunlight, and problem of excessive sweating. As our body feels tired and out of the tune, so feel our hair follicles. Due to accumulation of sweat in the base of scalp the natural shine and bounce tends to be lost giving a frigid look for hair, and those who have curly hair or color treated hair really find themselves at fix.
Curly hair becomes unmanageable, and color treated hair becomes dry and rough this time. However, the natural bounce and cool look of your hair in this summer season can be restored by following some simple tips.
Always prefer to use herbal mild shampoos and herbal hair conditioners because this time although your hair needs protection of cleanliness but excessive dryness can cause harm. Use shampoo for your hair at least twice in a week, if you are overexposed to dust, you may require shampooing your hair even more.
Apply conditioners liberally even for the oily hair to prevent adverse effect of harsh dry weather outside. In case of oily hair prefer to use a leave-in type conditioner.
Application of oil at night 2-3 times a week works well for protection of scalp and keeps hair better manageable. You can apply oil one hour before shampoo for better bounce in hair. Coconut oil or jojoba oil is the best option for scalp massage; before application the oil needs to be slightly heated, hot –oil massage improves blood circulation in scalp.
Restricted use of blow drier will ensure softness in your hair. If you feel that you have a necessity to blow dry your hair, please do it after one hour of bath so that by this time hair gets naturally dried. Those who are managing long hair, better not to use blow drier at all it will make the long hair follicles fragile and you may ending in creating split ends in you hair ends.
In summer we know light and balanced meal is good for health and so is for hair also. Avoidance of fried food will have better results. For the long hair prefer to make a bun or knot, or braids when you will go out.
Trim the hair ends regularly. While using hair products should observe if there is any alcohol ingredients in the list of content because alcohol tend to make hair tone dry and rough which may interfere you hair care.
Thanks for sharing these easy tips. I gotta do something about these hairs.