How to moisturize dry hair at home?

In our modern world, having beautiful hair is a real luxury. To restore or maintain the health and beauty of hair, you need to work in a complex in all directions: nourish the hair from the inside, take care with professional products, moisturize and restore with homemade masks, strengthen with herbs ... First, let's figure out why the hair lacks moisture and why even healthy hair become dull, dry and brittle?

Which leads to dry and brittle hair

What can we say, there are many factors that lead to dry hair, most of them are given to us by the modern beauty industry and our desire to experiment, let's highlight the main ones so as not to step on the same rake:

The water with which we wash our hair... I would say that this is the main factor, because the water that flows from the tap is very hard and all heavy metals settle on the hair, which has a detrimental effect on all hair, especially prone to dryness. Of course, it is much easier to wash your hair with tap water than to boil it, chill it, dilute it, although today they sell special filter heads for the shower, about which there are many positive reviews.

Wash your hair with lukewarm water only, not hot water, as hot water will damage your hair and cause your hair to become oily.

Comb. The comb plays one of the main roles in hair care, a high-quality comb should evenly distribute sebum from the hair roots to the very ends, remove dirt particles from the hair, including styling products. The best quality combs are considered to be brushes made of natural or partially natural bristles, as well as wooden ones and the famous Tangle Teezer. Use only clean combs and wash them at least once a week with a mild shampoo.

Ignoring thermal protection... If you do not dry your hair with a hairdryer, do not straighten it with an iron and do not curl it with a curling iron, then you do not need thermal protection, but if you dry your hair at least with a hairdryer, you must definitely buy thermal protection and preferably professional, this is just the tool on which you do not need to save and if you have dry hair, then choose thermal protection in the form of a cream, there is less alcohol than in a spray.

If you dry your hair with a hair dryer, then try to keep the hair dryer constantly in motion, try not to dry your hair to the end, dry it by 80%, and then let it dry naturally.

Your hair needs as much sun protection as your skin, so in the summer use products that have UV protection and protect your hair from the sun.

Incorrectly selected cosmetics. Very often, our experiments with shampoos, masks and conditioners lead to dry and brittle hair. We know that shampoo is selected depending on the type of scalp, and conditioner, balm and mask on the condition of hair length. If your hair is oily at the roots and dry in length, then you need to carefully select all the products. You need to have two shampoos: one to regulate the fat content, and the other more nutritious, so as not to dry out the length and alternate them. In addition, it is enough only to lather the roots with shampoo, and when you wash off the shampoo from the head, it will flow through the hair and rinse the length of the hair.

After each hair wash, be sure to apply conditioner or mask to the length of your hair: regenerating, nourishing, moisturizing, protecting or for colored hair.

Correct lifestyle. Despite the fact that I wrote this paragraph at the end, it just plays a key role in the life of hair. The nutrition, growth and health of hair depends on nutrients that are transported through the blood to the hair roots. Be sure to revise your diet, whether it contains enough proteins, carbohydrates, fiber, fatty acids, more details can be read in this article.

For example, with a lack of iron, the hair becomes dry, brittle and even begins to fall out. With a lack of vitamin B6, B12, the hair also becomes dry and depleted. With a lack of fatty acids (Omega-3, Omega-6), the hair becomes oily at the roots and dry in length, there are also other vitamins, trace elements, the lack of which affects the condition of the hair, for more details see here.

Sudden changes in temperature, dry air in the room also have a bad effect on the condition of the hair.

Moisturizing hair at home

To tidy up dry hair, you don't have to go to the salon and spend a lot of money on restorative procedures, you can also use homemade recipes. To moisturize your hair at home, the following are suitable:

1. base oils - coconut, olive, argan, avocado, camellia, broccoli, shea butter, cocoa butter, jojoba, linseed, sesame, hemp;
2. essential oils - jasmine, lavender, rose, orange, sandalwood, fret, patchouli, myrrh, chamomile, ylang-ylang.
3. scarlet - a natural moisturizer that will help moisturize even the driest hair, and at the same time regulate the work of the sebaceous glands.
4. kefir - moisturizes the hair and forms a kind of protective film on the hair, which becomes like a shield against the negative effects of the environment on the hair.
5. honey - well strengthens and restores the length of the hair, after honey the hair gains strength, shine and silkiness.
6. herbs - coltsfoot, linden, chamomile, St. John's wort, lavender are suitable for dry hair.

V this article, you can see how to make the perfect tool for split ends - do it yourself oil cream for dry hair.

Hot wrap for dry hair

With the help of oils, you can make a hot wrap or use as part of masks.

For a hot wrap, you can take one base oil or mix several, for example, olive with camellia or coconut with jojoba - these are some of the most successful combinations. The oil should be heated in a water bath and applied warmly to the hair, paying particular attention to the ends of the hair. Then you can put on a shower cap (plastic wrap, plastic bag) and be sure to wrap it in a warm towel. The towel can be heated by holding it on the battery or under the iron, or you can periodically warm it up with a hairdryer. Keep it on your hair for about an hour, and then wash your hair with shampoo (2-3 times).

The wraps will be most useful if they are carried out twice a week for 5-7 weeks. The course of procedures should be repeated every six months.

Moisturizing hair masks at home

Homemade masks will help restore softness, elasticity and shine to hair, these masks are aimed at restoring, nourishing and moisturizing hair.

Revitalizing hair mask

• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon argan oil
• 1 teaspoon jojoba oil
• 8 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil;
• 5 drops of vitamins A and E in oil (sold at the pharmacy).

We mix all the ingredients, heat in a water bath in a glass dish. In a warm form, apply to the hair, stepping back from the hair roots (although this mask can be applied to the scalp, but I like it only for the length). We insulate the mask and leave it for at least 2 hours, or better overnight. The mask is washed off with shampoo (2-3 times). It is enough to do this mask once a week.

Moisturizing hair mask with kefir

• 2 tablespoons of kefir;
• 2 tablespoons sesame or flaxseed oil
• 1 yolk.

You can warm up the oil a little and mix all the components, apply the mask to the length of the hair (although it can be applied to the scalp as well), paying attention to the ends of the hair. We insulate the mask, hold it for 40 to 60 minutes, and then wash the head with two or three washes of shampoo.

Nourishing hair mask

• 1 teaspoon of avocado oil;
• 1 teaspoon of flaxseed oil;
• 1 tsp honey;
• 2 teaspoons of aloe juice;
• 5 drops of vitamin A in oil;
• 5 drops of vitamin E in oil;
• 1 yolk.

Mix all the ingredients and you can warm up to a comfortable temperature.Apply the mask to the roots (make a light massage) and spread over the entire length. Hold the mask for about an hour and wash off with shampoo, such a mask can be done once a week.

Moisturizing mask

• 1/2 part avocado
• 1-2 tablespoons of avocado oil.

You need to thoroughly knead half of the avocado and add oil to it, the consistency should be like a cream. The mask is applied to the length of the hair. After shampooing your hair, blot it with a towel and apply the mask, leave it on for 30-40 minutes, then rinse thoroughly with water.

Rinsing dry hair with herbs

Herbs are a completely natural and unique hair treatment. The following herbs are suitable for dry hair: linden, chamomile, coltsfoot, St. John's wort, calendula, sage, lavender.

How to cook? Boil the herbs with boiling water, in a ratio of 2 tablespoons of herbs to a glass (200 ml) of water. For hair of medium length, one liter of decoction is enough. To brew the herb, you need to pour boiling water over it and boil for another 10-15 minutes, and then let it infuse and cool. When the broth has cooled, it must be filtered and already rinsed with it. You can prepare a decoction from one type of herbs, or you can mix, for example, chamomile with linden, or with calendula, sage with lavender ...

How I do it: I wash my head in the morning, so I brew the broth in the evening, and in the morning I warm it up and after all the procedures (shampoo, mask or balm), rinsing takes place. But, I do not just water my hair with a decoction, I dip it into the decoction and hold it for 5-10 minutes, so that even the scalp is in the decoction, you can even massage it a little more.

Moisturizing hair with professional products

Shampoo. When choosing a shampoo for dry hair, pay attention to professional series: moisturizing, nourishing, protective or regenerating. Remember that the restoring, nourishing series in professional cosmetics are like "heavy artillery", which is aimed at treatment, so such series cannot be used all the time, you need to alternate and look at the condition of the hair. Ideally, as we said, there are several shampoos - one more nourishing and one for your scalp type or deep cleansing.

Masks, balms and conditioners... The main task of the conditioner is to smooth hair scales and facilitate combing; it is not aimed at hair treatment. But the mask just works on hair problems: hydration, restoration, protection, nutrition (choose these series, depending on the condition of the hair length). If the hair is only slightly dry or in the summer, then you can use the moisturizing or protective series, and if in the winter, then you should pay attention to the regenerating and nourishing series.

You can also do a "solid" mask. Take a good restorative purchased mask, apply it to damp (towel-dried) hair, insulate it with plastic wrap and a woolen hat, make an insulating cap, and warm it all up with a hairdryer, then warm it up for 5-8 minutes and let it cool for another 15 minutes, then rinse well with running water ... The mask penetrates the hair itself better this way and nourishes it.

Moisturizing sprays and other leave-in products. Moisturizing sprays are made on the basis of plant extracts, vitamins and panthenol, they are designed to retain moisture in the hair due to an invisible film that forms on the hair. When choosing such a spray, give preference to well-known professional brands and make sure that there is no alcohol in the first places in the composition.

If you have dry hair, then it will not be superfluous to have indelible agents in your care: oil, fluid, cream, serums, crystals, many of them give not only a beautiful appearance, but also have caring properties.

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