If you are someone who loves their hair, then running into a bad hair day can be a nightmare, to say the least. However, a common cause of our hair-based problems can come down to how we treat and care for our hair. Don’t believe us? Keep an eye on the following tips. These tips will make sure that you spend less time using products and techniques that hurt your hair.
Avoid blow-drying your hair
Using a blow dryer on your hair is quick, easy, and simple. It is also not very good for our hair at all. If you are going to let your hair dry, you should let it dry itself naturally. Blowdrying your hair tends to leave you with dried-out hair and a dry scalp. This means that your hair cuticles are existing in a dried-out, arid environment. As you can imagine, this is not a good thing!
Shampoo your scalp, not your hair
Many of us wash our hair wrong. We use shampoo on the hair strands, but we do not work it into our scalps. If you focus instead on washing your scalp thoroughly as opposed to using shampoo on all the other parts of your hair, the results can be pretty telling. Our scalps produce very important oils, and when we focus on our scalps it means that the oils run down into the hair and give the rest of our hair a benefit.
Get used to regular brushing/combing
If you have long hair then it is common that you only really give your hair a brush. Brushing and combing, though, can be a great way to get your hair looking better. You will detangle your hair, you will be able to get your hair into a more specific pattern, and you will be spreading natural scalp oils into your hair which will make your hair stronger and healthier in the future.
Try out a new style
Your hair gets as bored with the same looks and patterns as you do. Look online for ideas on what you could do to change up your hair look. If you always wear your hair up, look for ways that you could start wearing it down whilst making sure it still looks good. Look for new styles and designs that you could try out as this could go a long way to making sure your hair avoids having weak points due to constantly being in the same shape/pattern.