All women and a increasing number of men would like shiny hair. This is because shiny hair is perceived as belonging to a healthy, vivacious person. The fact is that as we age, men’s hair falls out and women’s hair becomes more brittle. So how can you get age-defying hair?
There are a few tricks of the trade, some of which are pretty obvious once you give them a bit of thought. The first and most vital tip is not to over wash your hair. Your head produces oil to protect your hair and it does that because it thinks that hair is vital to help it regulate the temperature of the brain.
OK, these days we can put a hat on or erect a parasol, but it takes the body a long time to change. The point is to not wash all the oil from your hair too frequently. You need to wash the dirt off your hair but not all the oil.
Consequently, rub the shampoo into your scalp and not into your hair. As the shampoo runs off your hair it will take the dirt off your hair with it but only some of the oil. This makes a huge difference.
The tip above is the most important piece of advice because it applies to whichever shampoo you purchase, but the next tip applies to what shampoo to buy. Do not skimp on shampoo if you want lovely-looking hair.
Do you remember the days when you had to wash your hair, rinse it and then apply conditioner and then rinse again? Well those actually were the good old days as far as hair is involved. These all-in-ones clean on the principle that the conditioner will not work in the presence of oil and the shampoo will not work if there is no oil.
This means that on the first wash, half the shampoo is wasted, but the shampoo has to scour your hair for the second wash (conditioner) to do its job. On the second wash the conditioner does its job, but the shampoo half goes down the drain having done nothing.
In other words, your inexpensive container of shampoo with conditioner costs double as much as you paid for it, so why not buy separate shampoo and conditioner in the first instance?
The combined shampoo and conditioner is a rip off because it makes you think that you are saving time and thereby getting something for nothing. You are not.
The best tips you can hear for your hair is to buy a mild shampoo without conditioner. By all means buy one that says that it is better suited to your sort of hair if you want. Then do some research on your hair sort and natural colour on the Net and make your own conditioner or buy one.
People used to use vinegar, beer, dandelions and all sorts of things and one that I have recently come across is Butterfly Pea. Do not become guiled by adverts and time saving if you really like your hair