So are you?? One way to tell is if you get those days when you think
your hair is clean because you have just washed it. But then later in the day your hair feels kinda gross
and greasy? This mainly because you either washed your hair too fast and didn't wash all the product out, or just in your normal
washes as well! Not washing your hair properly can create impurities in your hair and causes blemishes along your hairline.
Every time I go to the hair dressers and they wash my hair, I'm always left thinking why can't I wash my hair like that! My hair is left feeling soft and silky for days. So I got searching and found some pretty interesting results which I wanted to share with you guys! I'll be telling you today some ways in how, what and when you should wash your hair.
First and most important is that you shouldn’t wash your hair everyday. My hair gets greasy after a day because it gets really oily, really fast. And yes I do wash my hair everyday, because I ain't going out with no greasy hair! But you can train your hair not to get oily as quick. Your hair produces natural oils and every time you wash your hair your washing them out so your head produces more. So what you can do is just grin and bare washing it every other day or three days so your hair can control its natural oil flow. If you are worried about your roots looking greasy, as I know that's something I'll be worried about, just spray your roots with dry shampoo or water and then restyle with your blow-dryer!
Some stylists have said that "How often you wash your hair depends on your texture," and that "Finer hair needs to be washed daily or every other day; thicker or coarser hair can get washed every second day or even twice or once a week." So I learnt that if you are much like me and have fine hair, use a volumizing conditioner in place of your shampoo every other wash as this will stop stripping your hair of its natural oils.
When actually putting on the shampoo we should only use a penny sized amount.... I shouldn't but I go way past that a put way too much on! Your whole head doesn't actually need to be lathered in shampoo for it to get clean! Fun fact - if you use sulfate-free shampoo it wont lather up much at all! All you need to do is massage the shampoo into your roots and use water to help spread it down to the rest of your hair. The only reason why you should be applying shampoo to the lower part of your hair is if you have product in it from that day. I only apply Conditioner to my ends so they can get moisture and help with split ends.
Most of us don't know that we are washing our hair with water that's way too hot, this is not good! What happens is the hot water opens up the hair follicles and makes your hair strands prone to become dry and they well be weak and break easily. What you should do is shampoo and condition your hair under lukewarm water, but not boiling hot! Then when you are finished washing change to cold water, however daunting that may seem as it dose give you a shocker when to put cold water on your head! You should do this as it closes the hair follicle and gives it shine!
This ones for you gals and guys who have dyed hair! Coloured hair can absorb and release water much more easily than hair that's not. So what happens is that when the water leaves, so does some of the colour! Which is not what you what, right? So hold off on rinsing for those few extra minutes, as you don't want to over rinse your hair so the colour comes out. Also, like the last point, stick to lukewarm or cooler water because the hotter water makes your hair lose colour faster!
If you do research into this you will find loads and loads of different results on how you should was your hair, but these were the 4 that I thought were the most important and I hope you gals and guys learnt from this post and you will be hair washing experts! So until next time have a awesome amazing day...
Emma
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Most of us don't know that we are washing our hair with water that's way too hot, this is not good! What happens is the hot water opens up the hair follicles and makes your hair strands prone to become dry and they well be weak and break easily. What you should do is shampoo and condition your hair under lukewarm water, but not boiling hot! Then when you are finished washing change to cold water, however daunting that may seem as it dose give you a shocker when to put cold water on your head! You should do this as it closes the hair follicle and gives it shine!
This ones for you gals and guys who have dyed hair! Coloured hair can absorb and release water much more easily than hair that's not. So what happens is that when the water leaves, so does some of the colour! Which is not what you what, right? So hold off on rinsing for those few extra minutes, as you don't want to over rinse your hair so the colour comes out. Also, like the last point, stick to lukewarm or cooler water because the hotter water makes your hair lose colour faster!
If you do research into this you will find loads and loads of different results on how you should was your hair, but these were the 4 that I thought were the most important and I hope you gals and guys learnt from this post and you will be hair washing experts! So until next time have a awesome amazing day...
Emma
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