Hair Care Advice, Tips For Healthy Hair

Common sense approach for Healthy Hair

Q. Should I Use A Treatment On My Hair And How Often?

A. Yes, give your hair a treatment regularly that could be weekly, fortnightly or monthly.
There are heaps of different types of treatments that one can use

You can use hot oil, protein and moisture hair and scalp treatments.

A bit on the price side although if used in small amounts it does go a long way. Also Revlon Professional Equave and Interactives offer excellent shampoos and conditioners
Shampoo your hair (one good wash if you have just wash your hair a day ago if 2 or 3 days ago do 2 good shampoos.

Q. How Often Should I or When Should I Shampoo and Condition My Hair?

A.If you want your hair to look its best, Shampoo and Condition your hair daily, morning is best. Some people can get away with Shampoo and Condition every other day.

Q. Which is the best Shampoo and Condition for my hair?

A. There is such a product out there, you see what may be good today may change tomorrow and companies are constantly trying to find alternatives and improve their hair care products.
Most hair salon take home products are very good to excellent. The Revlon Professional range of Equave and Interactives offer an exceptional range of shampoo and conditioner to suit all hair types
It is simply trial and error; a few good rules to keep in mind, if hair is coloured use a shampoo and conditioner for coloured hair it has a more gently effect on your hair, also even if you do not have coloured hair but have medium to tick hair or your scalp does not get oily quickly, work in a dusty environment and need to wash your hair daily; a shampoo and conditioner for coloured hair is usually recommended.
If your hair is fine and gets oils quickly use a shampoo and conditioner for fine hair, you will find that the conditioner is a rinse rather than a balsam.
If you find that after using a new shampoo a few times and your scalp is getting flaky, simply stop using that shampoo and try a different brand,

Q. How Often, When, Why And What Type Of Brushes Do I Use?

A. Brush your hair daily, evening is best, brushing stimulates the scalp brings out your natural oils the brushing also spreads the natural oils through your hair and works like a conditioning treatment, use a soft bristle brush ideally made of pig or horse hair.

Q. Should I brush my hair when it is wet?

A. NO, but at some stage you are going to blow dry your hair so you are going to use a brush, the rule here is hair is in it's weakest state when wet, as long as you have applied some sort of serum to your hair and combed it through starting at the bottom working up and gently.

Q. After Washing My Hair Should I Rub or Wrap My Hair With A Towel?

A. Wrapping your hair will remove water without the harsh rubbing which causes fiction and breakage, it also stimulates your scalp. If you have fine hair it will bring out the oils and make your hair look and feel oily.

Q. Can I Use Plastic Brushes?

A. Firstly be cautious of what you use on your hair. Brushing your with a plastic brush with broken bristles can damage the hair.
You will end up with small split ends in the middle of you hair that stick up and out of place. If using plastic brushes keep your brushes clean and when the bristles are broken or the rubber balls fall off replace your brush.