Why you can't wash your hair every day and what to do if necessary
Any woman wants to look beautiful and well-groomed. Therefore, the problem of keeping the hairstyle in order is one of the paramount problems. Many women believe that a neat hairstyle is impossible without clean hair, and therefore wash their hair daily.
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Why you can't wash your hair daily
According to experts, daily washing of hair is not only not necessary, but even harmful. In the washing process, along with the dirt, a protective fat layer is also removed, which protects the curls from aggressive environmental influences. This protective film keeps the hair hydrated, elastic and durable.
It takes several days for the strands to regain this natural protection. Everyday washing does not allow the protective layer to recover. Gradually, the curls dry out, become brittle, especially the ends of the strands suffer from frequent washing. An additional load on the curls is provided by the hot air of the hairdryer, which ladies use for styling and to save time.
If you often wash your hair, then the sebaceous glands try to quickly restore the protection of the strands and begin to produce sebum in an enhanced mode. This explains that from frequent washing the curls get dirty even faster, and dry hair becomes brittle, hair loss begins and dandruff appears.
Dry shampoo for every day - a safe alternative
Recently, dry shampoos... They are positioned as products that help cleanse curls from sebum and impurities without the use of water and the usual shampoo... The composition of such a product includes starch, which absorbs excess sebum. This tool helps to tidy up the hair in a few minutes.
According to modern women of fashion, the use of such a tool is ideal. Usually dry shampoos are available in the form of sprayed products, but there are options and the form of compressed tiles. They must be crushed before use. Every girl should have a bottle of dry shampoo. It can be used in several cases:
- To urgently put the hair in order when there is not enough time for the usual washing of curls.
- With thin and sparse curls, to add volume to the root of the hair.
- To create a voluminous hairstyle to add texture to the strands along their entire length.
Use dry shampoo simple enough:
- Hair strands are separated by hands and dry shampoo is sprayed onto the roots. First, the front part of the hair is processed. Then the head is tilted down and the rest of the curls are processed. The bottle must be kept at a distance of at least 20 cm from the surface of the hair. Otherwise, the product will lie too tightly, and it will be very difficult to comb it out.
- After that, you need to wait a few minutes for the dry shampoo to take effect.
- Massage the curls with your fingers so that the powder is well distributed over the strands.
- Comb through the curls well, guiding the comb from roots to ends. It is necessary to comb out the powder to the end. If this is difficult to do, then you can simplify the task with a hair dryer, blowing out the remains of the powder with cold air.
How to wash your hair less often
You can extend the interval between washing your hair if you choose the right shampoo and take into account the type of curls. So, oily strands need to be washed once every three days, dry curls need water procedures no more than once a week.
To wash dry hair, you need to use warm water, it stimulates the formation of sebum. Oily curls, on the contrary, are healthier than cool water, which slows down the production of a natural protective layer.
Hard water contributes to the rapid contamination of curls, so you need to use soft, purified water. Melt water softened with vinegar or lemon works well for the care of curls.
Choose a shampoo for your hair according to your type, preferring shampoos without lauryl sulfate, but containing astringents and vitamins. Change your shampoos often so your hair doesn't have time to get used to it.
If using conditioner, apply it to the ends that are most often dry. But you do not need to apply conditioner to the roots, this makes the strands get dirty faster.
