The warm soothing weather makes you want to roll out your tresses and enjoy the heat with open hair. However, as we move to winter times, the locks start to fade out with the season and it is important to preserve its beauty and strength during this fragile period. Winter comes with its own set of hair care rules. To maintain healthy hair during winter times, you can follow these simple tricks to freedom:
1. Look out for signs of Breakage:
If you are able to notice breakage at only one or two specific areas of the hair, mostly your hair breakage has something to do with the head gear you are choosing to wear. Wool hats and scarves top this list and they are likely to pull out and break the hair near the neck area. You can deal with the wool caps by a sewing a silk or satin line within it. If you are not good at this, take the help of your dear ones. While using wool scarf, try to keep your hair away. Be it the latest style or proper securing – make sure that your hair is safe in all cases[...]
Whether the hair be air dried or blow dried?
The fact is that it is actually a matter of preference. There are people who opt for blow drying because they do not have enough time to invest in enhancing the beauty of their hair. There are some others who feel that blow drying will only damage their hair and is a total waste of electricity and hence they prefer air drying.
Which one is the best option?
Both blow drying and air drying has their own advantages and disadvantages. Apart from that, there are proper and improper ways to do it. Read the following to get a good idea about it[...]
How could we go the wrong way with something like washing the hair? We do it almost on a daily basis; however, the fact is that most of us are unknowingly washing our hair in an unhygienic way. So, in fact, we are actually damaging our hair without being aware of it.
Hair contributes a great deal to the beauty of the face. However, one should remember that though it looks strong and thick, it is actually very delicate. If we do not give proper care to it, it will not sustain. And hair breakage is the last thing anybody wants to have. Having said this, you may wonder what would be the right way to wash the hair. Here are some tips that you can easily follow.
You should comb the tangles in your hair properly before you wash your hair so that the tangles would not worsen while you wash. For the safety of your hair, you may wet your hair under the shower thoroughly[...]
If you have long hair it takes more time to take care of it when compared to short and normal length hair. Washing, drying and brushing alone take a lot of time for long hair. In addition, some special care are also required. Some of the special cares are given below.
1. Do not sleep with tightly braided hair or pony tail. Braiding itself causes some stress on the hair. Sleeping with it causes extra stress while rubbing against the bed or pillow. That may result in breakage of hair. Even while brading, when awake, keep the hair loose. When you have a pony tail or braided hair use only specially treated bands so that they do not harm the hair. Keep the use of clips and bows to a minimum.
2. Every three months your hair must be trimmed. This must be done even if your intention is to grow your hair further. This trimming is necessary to prevent the splitting the ends. If allowed to split, growth will be stopped and the split hair may be broken. If you plan to maintain the current length of your hair the trimming must be done every 45 days or two months[...]
