Hair Care Tips Great Hair Facts There are more than 100,000 hair follicles on your head. Take care of them. Review the following tips to keep your hair healthy. Dry Hair Try washing your hair twice a week instead of every day. Use a moisturizing or hydrating shampoo. Be careful using heat and stay away from chemicals. Limit the use of electric hair straigteners they can cause serious damage to your hair. Limit your use of blow dryers. If you use a blow hair dryer try not to use the hottest setting. Moistures often bacause the chemicals in relaxers and hair color treatments can dry your hair and bleaches and peroxides make your hair brittle and cause split ends. Wear a hat in the summer and a swim cap in the pool. Wash your hair in fresh water and a shampoo that removes chlorine from your hair because sunshine and chlorine dry your hair. Oily Hair Wash your scalp and hair as often as needed because oiliy hair means oily scalp. Leave the shampoo sit on your hair for about five minutes and then rinse. Condition only the ends of your hair. Split Ends Trim your hair because split ends occur when a single strand splits into two. The only cure for split ends is to have them trimmed. Use a conditioner to prevent split ends, reduce how often you brush your hair and protect your hair from heat and cold weather. More tips 1. Love your natural hair whatever its texture and care for it based on its characteristics - thick, thin, straight, curly, wavy, tight or any combination of these. 2. Have your hair trimmed, every six weeks to eight weeks or so. 3. You do not need a lot of different products for your hair. A simple shampoo and conditioner are just about all you need. 4. Limit brushing your hair. Only brush when necessary. 5. Leave coloring your hair to the professionals. 6. Be careful braiding your hair. Do not over twist or over tighten braided hair. The pressure is too great for the roots of your hair and your scalp. Use natural oils on braided hair. |




