Hair Care Tips for Men and Women

In your quest to get a shinier, straighter and prettier hair, you may do a little damage to your hair. You can minimize the problems and get the look you want by following the tips given below.

Hair Coloring

Chemicals help in opening your hair shaft. Ammonia-free formulas also exist, but studies have shown that they're harmful. After showering, you can see instant drying of your hair. That shows how these color chemicals make your hair porous. Nowadays dyes are coming with moisturizers. Anyway to avoid the further risk, get a precolor trim. For gray coverage, apply semi or demi-permanent trim. It will fade faster, but it is not harsh as a permanent dye. Avoid pull-through caps that can cause damage of color overlap. Major color changes cause major harm. So it's better to leave those things to the pros.

Hairbrush

The wrong hair brush or the wrong technique may tear your hair. If you face your back to a lamp and look in a mirror, you can find tiny hair along your part and hairline. They're hairs broken because of using wrong hairbrush or wrong technique. Bristles play a major role to prevent hair breakage. Make sure that the bristles are soft and smooth, and also don't use those with plastic balls at the ends. Also don't brush wet hair, because it will be too fragile. Working in inch-long sections from the ends up to the roots is the right technique to follow.

Heat Styler

Blow-drying, curling and flat-ironing can cause the lifting up of the hair's outer layer, cuticle. It releases moisture and leaves your shafts brittle. Your hair will also lose its elasticity. To stay away from these problems don't use any heat-styling tool for more than five years. If the appliance is older the temperature gauge will be destroyed. With the help of blow-dryer's nozzle attachment cut down on cuticle ruffling. Use a flat iron with ceramic plates. Ceramic heats up evenly, so it can straighten your hair faster. It also won't stick to any one spot. Use a spray or serum containing dimethicone before ironing or drying the hair. It melts in the heat, and creates a protective barrier.

Conditioner

A right conditioner helps to restore shine and also mask split ends. Look for the following ingredients: silicones that smooth your hair; polyquaternium or amino acids that strengthen; provitamins or panthenol that moisturize; and mineral oil or petrolatum that protect.

Apply a conditioner to dry roots. Wet your hair and shampoo. Then rinse and condition again. Also understand the fact that cold rinse will help you as it won't strip away the conditioning agents like hot water does. Once in a week go for an oil treatment or apply a hair mask that contains a fatty alcohol like stearyl or cetyl alcohol. They help in rehydrating the damaged hair and rejuvenate your hair strands.