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Repair Dry, Lifeless Hair

 

Is your hair dry and lifeless? Hair color, perms, blow-drying, irons, wind and sun can all lead to stressed out hair. Once a month take time out of your busy schedule to pamper your hair and pamper yourself at the same time.

 Try this and take your hair from stressed and lifeless  to silky, shiny, and bouncy.

Collect these items:

1. Cleansing or clarifying shampoo.
2. Conditioning treatment of your choice. (See below)
3. Plastic bag or plastic wrap – this will be your processing cap
4. Several large towels
5. A large plastic pik or comb with large teeth
6. If it’s a warm sunny day - your bathing suit and a magazine. If it is cold or cloudy - a really comfortable robe and a romantic movie or a novel.

 

Begin

• Shampoo your hair with a cleansing or clarifying shampoo.
  This will take off the build up of old styling products and prepare your hair to receive the nutrients.
• Wrap your hair in a towel to blot the excess moisture.
• Comb through your hair with a large plastic pic or large toothed plastic comb, gently loosening the tangles gently without breaking any hairs.
• Apply one of these conditioning treatments:
  1. If you have coarse, frizzy or very curly hair, -- Moisturizing or Hydrating treatment This is usually thick and creamy and will state that it is for Moisturizing. The moisturizers will soften your hair and improve its flexibility. A good treatment will also improve your hair’s shine. Moisturizing treatments are also great for dry scalp. Apply enough to coat all of your hair when you comb it through.
  2. If you have permed, color-treated or sun-bleached hair, use a protein reconstructing conditioner. This is often a liquid conditioner. It is best to find a protein conditioner that has some moisturizing ingredients added. Under a microscope, protein depleted hair can be seen to have tiny holes in it. A protein treatment will replace the protein and strengthen your hair. In badly damaged hair, these treatments will need to be given on a regular basis to sustain the added strength. Thoroughly coat your hair and comb through.

 

• Wrap your hair in your processing cap and then wrap it in a towel to keep the warmth in.
• Put on your bathing suit and head for the patio with your magazine or wrap yourself in a robe and head for the couch and the movie. Shift into relaxation mode and forget the troubles of the world for a couple of hours.

While you are relaxing, your hair is absorbing the moisturizers and nutrients. Your conditioning treatment can stay on your hair as long as you want it to. Whenever you are ready – as long as it has been at least 20 minutes - rinse your hair thoroughly. You will find that it is stronger, silkier and shinier! Treat yourself and your hair monthly.