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First problem of the day: my hair! My hair had been horribly dry for ages and I was tired of it, so I was going on a search for things to use that would fix my dry hair.
So, where was the first place I looked? Well, the internet of course! I found some great information too!
The first thing that I found was that I should probably use shampoo and conditioner that was designed to help my hair or I could add one-and-a-half teaspoons of corn oil to my current conditioner. One recommendation was that I use a shampoo with either emu oil or jojoba oil, which would help to moisturize my dry hair. Apparently, dry hair was just not moisturized enough, which caused the hair follicle to break and stick up, making it seem frizzy and evading the shining look that I really wanted in my hair. Sleek and shiny wasn’t that much to ask for, right? Well, after this research, it wouldn’t be!
I could also use a shampoo additive, which contained several different types of oils, and all I would need to do was to add a few drops to my shampoo each time I washed my dry hair.
Another thing that I found was that, in most cases, I probably shouldn’t blow dry my hair while it was very wet or brush it while wet because that would stretch the hair, which could cause the follicle to, once again, break and become rough, causing a frizzy dryness that was particularly unattractive.
Since I was very active (I swam and played soccer on a regular basis) I found that it was recommended, for my hair’s sake, that I take shower the least that I could, and to use shampoo only three to four times a week but condition whenever I took a shower. The more I washed my hair, in general, the less oil was on my scalp and hair to spread and keep it from becoming dry.
I also learned that chemical treatments, such as perms, relaxers (which I found out broke chemical bonds in hair to make it lie flat), and coloring could damage my hair. I’d been planning on getting my hair relaxed, it was a bit on the curly side and combined with my dry hair, that made frizzy, but if this was true, then I’d just have to find some other way! I didn’t need my hair to be any frizzier!
I scheduled a hair cut, because even though I was trying to grow my hair longer, I learned that regular haircuts could enable my hair to grow better. If I kept getting the dry parts of my hair cut off, it wouldn’t spread to other parts of my hair and break off, so my hair would grow faster if I did have it cut regularly.
I was also told that it was detrimental to my hair if I didn’t not comb it while it was wet or brush it while it was dry. These simple tactics spread the oil from my scalp to the rest of my hair, which would keep the follicles smooth and shining.
Apparently, dry hair could also be a result of a lack of vitamins in my dry hair, so it was recommended that I take multivitamin and a mineral supplement on a daily basis. I thought this was smart advice but thought I would also follow the other tips that I’d received as well. Then maybe my hair would be twice as nice as before!
I discovered some simple things that I could do. One was to wear a hat while I was outside to prevent the sun from drying out my hair. The other was to wear a cap while I was swimming, which would help, if not eliminate, the chlorine’s ability to strip my hair and dry it out.
With all of these great tips, how could my hair not attain a luster that had evaded it for as long as I could remember? I would have the hair of a celebrity! |
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