Hair is an important part of good appearance. Who doesn’t want a beautiful head of healthy, glistening, gleaming, shiny hair like a model of television commercial or magazine cover?

There is nothing like a healthy shine hair to make sure that you get noticed. If your hair does not look good, healthy and shine, your entire appearance can be ruined. No body wants a dull hair.

Why Hair Looks Dull?

Light reflects off smooth surfaces of hair cuticles that looks hair shine. With the use of styling tools and techniques like using a hair dryer, curling iron, flat iron, hair color etc. rough up hair cuticles. Roughed-up cuticle can’t reflect light proper and perfectly that makes hair looks dull.

Other causes of dull hair-

1. Chlorine in swimming pools

2. Excessive combing

3. Excessive hair treatments

4. Exposure to the elements

5. Malnutrition

Follow these simple tips for a beautiful head of healthy, glistening, gleaming, shiny hair

Tips 1: Use a Clarifying Shampoo designed for your hair type and texture on a regular basis with a moisture enhancing formula to remove build-up.

Tips 2: Use Color Treated Hair Product

If you color your hair, select products that formulated for color treated hair and have shine enhancing formula like Clairol or L’Oreal.

Tips 3: Use Deep Conditioners

Deep Conditioners contain rich oil-based moisturizers to help improve dryness and seal the cuticles. This is best for hair that is styled with heat more than three times a week.

Tips 4: Use Shine Sprays.

Instead of spraying directly onto hair, you can pump some into your hand, rub your palms together and then run your hands down the surface of your hair. Give extra concentration on the ends of the hair, where hair is drier and duller. This is best for fine hair.

Tips 5: Use Boar-Bristle Brushes

Boar-Bristle brushes are superior for smoothing hair and distributing natural oils. If possible to give hair more sleekness and shine go for all natural Boar-Bristle brush like those from Ambassador, Conair, Mason Pearson or Kent.

Tips 6: Use Shine Gels

Gel gives instant shine with adding jam coats onto your hair and it delivers light hold and dramatic shine. This is best for coarse, very thick hair.

Tips 7: Use Cool to Cold Water Spray

To get naturally smooth hair cuticles and enhance shine potential always do a final rinse with a cool to cold-water spray.

Tips 8: Never pull or Rub with coarse towels, just gently pat hair dry.

Tips 9: Use Heat Activated Shampoos and Conditioners

If you use a hairdryer, you should use heat activated shampoos and conditioners, because their moisturizers are released by the heat of the dryer.

Tips 10: Use Natural Hair Rinses

Natural hair rinses like apple cider vinegar and beer are designed to remove shampoo and product build-up on the cuticle.

Remember that different hair textures need different method and ingredients to make it shiny. Healthy, shiny hair results from a combination of a healthy lifestyle, great cut, proper nutrition, vitamins, and hair pampering and choosing the right products for your hair type. Some thoughts and effort is needed to give your hair that shiny edge that you are dreaming about.