Keeping your hair looking and feeling flawless on a daily basis doesn’t have to be hard work. Like everything else in life, your everyday hair health can be this way too. If you plan for it, you can achieve healthy hair with a consistent hair care regimen. It doesn’t matter if you hair texture is naturally curly or chemically straight, we all desire hair that is soft to the touch, full of body, and damage free; and it’s possible just by following these 4 essential hair care tips:
4 Hair Care Tips For Everyday Hair Healthy
Tip 1 – Moisturize Your Strands Daily:
This is a critical step to achieving everyday hair health. Due to the lack of moisture in both relaxed and natural hair, adding some type of oil or creme based moisturizer to your strands everyday from root to ends is a must in order to combat dry, brittle hair. Just be sure to use products sparingly to avoid build-up. A dime or nickel size of your favorite product should be more than enough to moisturize your entire head.
Argan Oil used to moisturize hair
We suggest Design Essentials Coconut & Monoi Coconut Water Curl Refresher for natural girls. This refresher does just that. It will revitalize your curls while adding supreme hydration and shine. If you’re chemically relaxed try our lightweight, Botanical Oils Moisturizer, which will help restore moisture, strengthen strands, and give you the right amount of shine!
Tip 2 – Avoid Heating Tools When You Can:
If thermal styling is apart of your daily hair care regimen, simply try to reduce the amount of times you use the flat-iron, blow-dryer, or curling wand when styling your hair. Using too much heat on your locks can lead to thermal damage, which will leave your hair, specifically your ends, looking fried and dried!
So instead of blow-drying and flat-ironing your hair in the same day, maybe skip the blow-dryer altogether, let your hair air-dry, and only use the flat-iron. Or you could opt to blow-dry, but toss your hair in a protective style. You get the idea, right? Just limit the amount of heat by any means necessary, and doing so overtime will bring back the strength, elasticity, and porosity of your hair. However, if heat is your thing and you can’t let it go, always use a heat protectant product that restores and replenishes lost moisture, like Design Essentials Silk Essentials Thermal Strengthening Serum
Tip 3 – Cleanse & Deep Condition Weekly:
Everyday hair health starts with properly cleansing and deep conditioning your hair weekly. Cleansing your scalp with a moisture retention shampoo is a should be on the top of your list because it rids your hair of any impurities while replenishing moisture, enhancing appearance, and making hair more manageable. Not to mention, removing oil and dirt build-up often prepares your hair to receive and absorb treatments like deep conditioners and oil treatments, which should be used weekly to deeply penetrate and seal added moisture into your hair.
Tip 4 – Maintain & Protect Your Hair At Night:
To stay truly proactive about your everyday hair health, always preserve your hairstyle at night before you go to sleep. For instance, if you wear thermally straightened hair, pin curl or wrap your hair at night with a satin wrap to avoid using heat the next morning. Team natural girls, braid or twist your coils and cover with a satin bonnet. Not only does covering your strands with some type of silk or satin material at night protect it from rubbing against your sheets and pillow case, but it actually helps retain moisture. Think of it, as a greenhouse effect.
At the end of the day, you’re the only one who knows the best hair care routines that work for your hair texture, so use these 4 hair care tips as a guideline. Incorporate what works for you, stay consistent, and you will achieve everyday healthy hair in no time!
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