New Year, New Hair Care Routine
A daily hair care routine to help you maintain healthy hair is just as important as your daily skincare routine. A hair care routine is not just about a few standard hair products but lot more. let’s find out how to maintain healthy hair, daily hair care routine you need to follow to help you achieve that.
Since diet and lifestyle play an important role when it comes to the quality of your hair, make sure that you pay attention to them as well to get the desired results.
Let us look at some daily hair care tips you can follow to maintain healthy hair.
Scalp Scrub
They’re exactly what they sound like: scrubs for your scalp.
Just like the body scrubs you use to exfoliate your legs and arms, scalp scrubs remove product buildup, dirt, excess oil, and dead skin cells that inevitably gather at the root of your hair.
How to:
Use your scrub in place of or before you shampoo in the shower.
Use your fingers to lightly massage the scrub at the roots of your hair and rinse out with water. Make sure to follow up your scrub with a conditioner or hair mask.
If you wash your hair often, you might only need to exfoliate once every few weeks.
If you use a lot of hair products or you don’t wash your hair regularly, try exfoliating once a week.
Avoid exfoliating more than once or twice a week, as this could end up irritating your scalp.
Shampoo
Clean hair is one of the most important steps to maintain healthy hair. Irrespective of your hair type, you need to make sure that you wash it properly with a shampoo and keep it clean. The frequency of washing does depend on your hair type. Never use hot water to wash your hair since it can strip your hair of its natural oils resulting in dry and dull hair.
How to:
If you have an oily scalp, you need to wash your hair frequently to avoid the build-up of sebum on your scalp since excess oil will make your hair appear greasy. You do not need to wash your hair every day but keep your hair wash routine based on how oily your hair feels and looks.
People who have normal hair and scalp can wash their hair whenever necessary. You can wash your hair twice a week or based on your needs. Since the hair does not get oily or dry easily, you can use soap-free hair cleansers to maintain the pH balance of your hair. This will ensure that washing your hair will not strip your hair of its moisture.
If you have a dry scalp, you should not wash your hair every day since it will only make your scalp drier. You can get away with washing your hair once a week. An SLS-free shampoo can be good for your hair since Sodium Lauryl Sulphate (SLS) can further dry your hair. If you want a shampoo that lathers but is not as harsh on your hair, you can use one containing Sodium Laureth Sulphate. This is also a lathering agent but is much gentler to your hair than SLS.
A shampoo with harsh ingredients (such as parabens and sulfates) can do more harm than good since it can strip your scalp of natural oils and make your hair drier. It is essential to choose good hair products for natural hair, and it’s also important to choose a shampoo specific to your hair needs.
Read our latest blog for how to choose your Kérastase products fit for your hair.
Conditioner
Washing your hair with a good shampoo is important but a conditioner is far more crucial to maintain the health of your hair. A conditioner can help add moisture to your hair and also give it a lot of shine.
How to:
After washing your hair, you need to apply conditioner to the length of your hair and then rinse it after a few minutes. You are not supposed to apply conditioner to your scalp or roots.
If you have oily hair, you may skip using a conditioner since the natural oils from your hair are sufficient to keep your hair moisturized and shiny. However, it is better to use a conditioner since it can form a layer on your hair strands that will protect your hair from damage caused by the sun rays, free radicals, etc.
If you have normal or dry hair, you cannot skip a conditioner at all. You must use a hair conditioner after every time you wash your hair. Since the natural oils from your scalp may not be enough for the whole length of your hair, a conditioner will help add the necessary shine, hydration and protection that you need.
Leave-In Treatment
In the past decade, many companies have launched leave-in hair conditioners, serums, dry oils, etc. These products have now become an important part of hair care routine for many people. One of the main reasons why many women have incorporated leave-in treatments as a part of their hair care routine is because they help keep the hair manageable and soft.
If you have oily hair, you can use a leave-in treatment that is non-sticky and oil-free. It will add some shine to your hair and make it silky without weighing it down. Try to use a pea-sized amount since going heavy-handed with such a product may make your hair look oilier.
People with normal hair must also pay attention to the ingredients and use a leave-in conditioner that does not make the hair too greasy. A light-weight and non-sticky formula that tames the flyaways and makes the hair easy to detangle will work the best.
Dry hair gets tangled easily and has the tendency to appear frizzy after a wash since the hair has been stripped off the little oil the scalp produces. In such cases, you can use a hair serum or ampoule that contains hydrating ingredients such as honey, aloe vera gel and other flower extracts. A silicone-based formula will create a coating on the hair strands that will make it easy to detangle your hair and manage it.
In the Salon: Wash-Out Treatment
Just a simple hair care routine of shampoo, conditioner, scalp massage, and leave-in treatment at home is not going to be enough if you want to keep your hair in the best possible condition. You need to give it special attention ever so often to keep it from getting dry, especially if you heat style or color your hair frequently. The best place to do it? At SALT.
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Information above courtesy of Healthline and The Urban Guide