At all times beautiful and curvy hair was a sign of real beauty. However, not every woman can boast of the health of her hair. To combat this problem, cosmetic firms produce thousands of different hair care products. Especially popular and effective among such products are natural masks. In addition, such hair masks based on natural ingredients can be made at home. But we will not give here recipes, they can be easily found on the net, we will tell you what kinds of natural hair masks exist and how to apply them.
There are two main types of masks: nutritious and warming. As an addition, it is possible to single out medical-prophylactic masks that take care of, strengthen and restore hair. In addition, the masks differ in the type of hair for which they are used.
Natural nutritional masks are more common. In addition to nutrition, these masks improve metabolism and stimulate blood circulation. Such masks not only strengthen the roots of hair, but also affect the structure of the hair itself. These masks contain various extracts of plants, vitamins and proteins.
A good result from the protein mask is obtained if, prior to its application, a deep cleaning procedure is carried out, and then a restoring mask is applied. If you use a mask to adhere to a certain schedule, the nutrients will penetrate the hair much deeper and will stay there for a long time.
The period between the use of masks differs: sometimes it is necessary to wait several days, sometimes several weeks. Everything should be matched and be in moderation. If you abuse masks, then instead of the desired result in the form of nutrition, you can get untidy, greasy hair.
Nourishing masks can be made at home. For manufacturing use: oils (burdock, olive, castor, etc.), eggs, milk and other sour-milk products, honey, henna, bread, clay, yeast and this is not a complete list of products. To make the masks comfortable to use, it is desirable to make their consistency homogeneous and slightly stretching, so that the mask is not very thick as sour cream.
Heating masks help to increase the temperature of the scalp, so the blood flows to the hair follicles and stimulates them. Use such masks in case it is necessary to stimulate hair growth or prevent falling out. This is due to the fact that hair loss or slow hair growth is very often caused by a small activity of hair follicles. When using this type of mask, you should be careful, as the skin on the head is very tender and can easily be damaged.
Masks for moisturizing are very easy to operate masks, in a sense, they are universal masks. As part of these masks are vitamin complexes that support a healthy and beautiful look of hair.
Caring mask is necessary for giving a healthy appearance to hair: hair will naturally shine and it is easy to comb. Apply this mask is very easy: after washing the hair mask must be applied and after a few minutes, rinse with warm water.
Restorative masks are most needed for very damaged hair: dry, brittle, often exposed to staining. In the composition of the regenerating masks are the same substances as in the mask, but their concentration is slightly less.
Strengthening masks in its composition contain vitamins, UV-filters and conditioning elements. This mask completes the process, which was started by the restoring mask. The result of using this mask is smooth hair, which is easy to comb and keep the shape well.
Masks for hair based on clay. Since clay has a pronounced drying effect, it is only the clay-based masks that should be followed by girls with oily hair. Other girls should use clay only as a component.
There are several types of clay, which have different effects:
- yellow clay is used for dandruff;
- white clay is used for hair loss and brittleness;
- green clay is used in the fight against seborrhea;
- blue clay cleanses the hair;
- red clay can be used to soothe the scalp.