What Is Your Hair Type?
characteristics:
- Become oily too quickly
- Look greasy and dull
- Feel and look lifeless
- Attract dirt easily
- Feels moist and sticky
- Needs frequent washing
- Prone to dandruff
- Usually accompanied with oily skin
Care for oily hair:
Wash your hair as often as needed, but avoid washing your hair every day. Use a mild shampoo, specially designed for oily hair. The shampoo must cleanse your hair from the oils and the impurities, and at the same time it must be appropriate for a daily use. Don’t use hair dryer everyday and don’t brush your hair frequently. Although applying a conditioner isn’t a must for those people with oily hair there are some conditioners designed especially for oily hair that might help. Look for a product designed for oily hair and containing the least amount of oils. Don’t use too much styling products, instead coat just the ends of the hair and always use hair products designed for oily hair.
Special care for oily hair:
Use hair serums formulated specially for oily hair. To decrease the amount of oil, after washing your hair rinse it with fresh lemon juice dissolved in 1 liter water.
characteristics:
- Fragile
- Split ends
- Friziness
- Difficult to comb or brush
- Look coarse and wiry
- Break easily
- Feel rough to the touch
- Isn’t elastic
- Difficult to style
Care for dry hair:
Dry hair needs plenty of nourishing and conditioning and needs an extra boost of moisture to keep it under control. Wash your hair with a hydrating shampoo designed especially for dry hair. Wash your hair every 4/ 5 day. Use mild shampoo. It’s essential to apply conditioner every time you wash your hair. Leave it to penetrate deeply into the hair for around 3/ 5 minutes. Use protecting hair products / suitable sunscreen for example/, especially during the summer months. Avoid using electric curlers and hair dryers as they can make your hair even drier. Look for a low pH shampoo to keep your hair moisturized. Trim your hair regularly to remove split and damaged ends. Consider using hair products with SPF and never use hair care products containing too harsh ingredients. Choose mild shampoos – nourishing or hydrating.
Special care for dry hair:
Massage your scalp every time while shampooing your hair to improve blood circulation. Use 2 tbsp. heated olive oil or almond oil. Wrap your hair in a hot towel and leave it on for at least 30 minutes. Do this every week.
NORMAL HAIR:
It is the ideal hair type as it experience minimal breakage and split ends. It is shiny and looks healthy. Normal hair is supple and easy to comb- even when wet.
COMBINATION HAIR
Combination hair is something between oily hair and dry hair. It is often greasy in the roots and has dry, split ends. The care for combination hair must be a combination of hair care of oily hair and dry hair.