Healthy and beautiful hair is the dream of every woman. This article is devoted to how to restore hair to a healthy, well-groomed look at home.
If your hair starts to thin, lost its shine and beauty, and lack of money or time does not allow you to count on salon care, it is worth thinking about how to get your hair back healthy and well-groomed at home.
Before proceeding with the treatment and care of the hair, in order to return to them the lost well-groomed appearance, it is necessary to reveal the cause of the fallout. There can be several reasons: hormonal imbalance, stress, not proper care, use of medicines. Depending on the reason, you need to select care.
General tips for hair care.
• Brush your hair before washing - this will help remove the remnants of stowage and improve blood flow.
• Wash your hair with warm water, and rinse with cool water - this will help to give shine and a healthy look to the hair.
• Pay attention to the composition of shampoos, avoid shampoos containing aggressive surfactants such as sodium lauryl sulfate, ammonium laureth sulfate and others - they harm your hair.
• Even the simplest rinsing with acidic water at home makes it easy to comb.
• Do not overdry the hair.
• Eat right - eat foods that contain protein and B vitamins.
At home, you can also make various nourishing hair masks. Their recipes are simple enough, but, at the same time, effective.
Recipes for hair masks.
Masks - the most affordable and effective tool in the home.
1) Mask with henna for volume of hair:
Composition:
• 3 tbsp. spoons of colorless henna.
• 2 yolks.
• 3 tbsp. spoons of olive oil. (you can take almond or peach bones)
• 2st. spoons of cognac.
• two drops of essential oil (take nerol or ylang-ylang).
Application:
Dilute henna with a small amount of hot water to a consistency of thick slurry and allow to cool. After cooling, add all the remaining ingredients of the mask and mix thoroughly. Apply this mask on the hair and - necessarily - on the scalp, put on a plastic cap, top with a warm towel from mahry. The mask should be kept for about an hour, then washed off with cool water (so that the yolk does not curl up), then shampoo. Henna helps to bind hair scales, thereby making it thicker and stronger. Mask can be done rarely - no more than twice a month, so as not to dry the hair with henna.
2) Mask with mustard to enhance hair growth.
Composition:
• 2-3 tablespoons of dry mustard powder.
• 2-3 tablespoons of hot water.
• One yolk.
• 2-3 tablespoons of any oil.
• 2 teaspoons of sugar.
Application:
Mix mustard powder with hot water so that there are no lumps, add whipped yolk, sugar and butter. The resulting mixture should be applied to the scalp, avoiding hitting the ends of the hair. Cover the head with a food film and wrap it with a towel. Keep from 15 minutes to an hour while you can tolerate the resulting burning sensation. Due to it, blood flow to the roots of the hair increases and their growth is stimulated.
3) Mask - a scrub with sea salt for cleansing the scalp.
Composition:
• 2-3 tablespoons of finely ground sea salt.
• 3 drops of essential oil of rosemary.
• 2-3 tablespoons of warm water.
Application:
Salt mix with water and essential oil, apply the mixture on the washed head, rubbing into the scalp, massage for 5-10 minutes, then rinse and apply a nourishing mask.
4) Mask - shampoo with gelatin for growth and shine to the hair.
Composition:
• 1 tablespoon of your shampoo.
• 3 tablespoons of hot water.
• 1 tablespoon gelatin.
Application:
Soak gelatin in hot water and stir occasionally until completely dissolved, then mix with shampoo and apply to hair. Leave to rinse under a film for 15-20 minutes. The mask will help restore your hair a healthy shine and well-groomed appearance.
5) Mask "Vitamin-oil cocktail" for the growth and beauty of hair.
Composition:
• 1 teaspoon of burdock oil.
• 1 teaspoon of castor oil.
• 1 teaspoon of any cosmetic oil.
• 3-5 drops of essential oil.
• 1 teaspoon of vitamin A (oily solution).
• 1 teaspoon of vitamin E (oily solution).
• 1 teaspoon of "Dimexide" (improves the penetration of nutrients)
Application:
All components should be heated and thoroughly mixed, the resulting mixture should be thoroughly rubbed into the very roots of the hair and evenly distributed throughout the entire length. Soak for 40 minutes and rinse with warm water and shampoo.
You have read five effective masks for strengthening hair at home. It should be remembered that if all household care does not help restore a healthy and well-groomed look to your hair, you should be examined by an endocrinologist, perhaps your problem in hormonal imbalance.