Hair care, growth and techniques

With work, kids and your everyday life style creating a hair care system proves to be very helpful. Going to a salon may be best for you if your looking for a more professional look.

That is if you don't mind spending a little extra time and money to get your hair done every week, or however often you like to revamp your hairstyle. When trying to do your hair at home not being a licensed hairstylist and all, you will benefit from these hair care basics.

Washing your hair is a very important part of caring for your hair because it can be weighed down from sweat and hair care products.

Washing it gives you a fresh start, while helping you to be able to manage it better. You should Make yourself a wash schedule, figure out how often do you want to wash your hair.

You can wash your hair everyday, every other day or whatever fits your schedule at the time. Keeping a schedule is a good way of helping you keep up with and care for your hair.

There is a shampoo for every hair type. These products can vary for special needs such as:

• Texture
• Shine
• Oily
• Dry
• Damaged repair
• Color repair
• Strengthener

You can either ask a professional, or do a little research to figure out what kind of shampoo treatment will best fit your hair's condition.

This is used because when you wash your hair with shampoo, It opens your hair's cuticle and removes oils from your hair.

When you condition it, it closes your hair's cuticle back. This helps to restore your smooth, shiny texture and seals in all nutrients.

If you suffer from Dry scalp or Dandruff here are some tips to help you manage it better:

*After your wash your hair, oil your scalp at least two times before your next wash. Doing this often will help to prevent your scalp from flaking.*

To avoid Dandruff:

• Wash your hair more often
• Try to avoid scratching
• Find the shampoo you need
• Eat a healthy diet
• Limit your use of hair products
• Exfoliating your scalp
• Try a hot oil mask
• Drink more water

If you have naturally oily hair, here are some options to help you minimize it:

• Wash and condition it more often
• Go natural
• Use dry shampoo
• Deep clean
• Use less conditioner
• Apple cider vinegar
• Watch what you eat
• Only condition your ends

If you are seeking a way to grow your hair, here are some technique's that you can use to help you with the process:

Massage your scalp

When you wash your hair, you should use your fingertips to gently rub your scalp. This helps to increase blood flow to the hair's follicle.

It also helps to remove any oil, dirt or dead skin that may have built up over time. While cleansing and improving your scalps blood circulation.

Stay away from chemicals

Putting chemicals in your hair strips the natural proteins and oils out, which leads to split ends and breakage if not cared for properly.

Less heat

Try to stay away from blow drying your hair and flat iorning it in the same day. This is to much heat and will stop your hair from growing and can cause breakage.

If you do decide to put heat on your hair, mask it with a heat protective spray. This will block the heat from damaging your hair.

Trim your ends

Trimming your ends often will help to prevent split ends and breakage.

You might see a hairstyle on a friend or a celebrity that you really want to get. Sometimes, you have to be careful with this. All hairstyles can look different on different people because we all have a distinct facial structure.

In order to find a hairstyle that fits you, you first need to figure out the shape of your face. This has a huge part in how a hairstyle will look on you.

Here are eight shapes:

• Round
• Oval
• Square
• Diamond
• Oblong
• Heart
• Pear
• Rectangle

Once you have found the specific form of your face, you can use this information to find yourself the perfect hairdo.

It can be hard trying to come up with cute stylish hairstyles all on your own, Especially something that is long lasting or easy to do.

Here are some popular hair styles:

• Blunt cut
• Twisted
• Short Bob cut
• Bangs
• Braids
• Curls
• Shaved low cut
• Straight
• Triangle cut
• Pixie cuts
• Box braids
• Layers
• Side sweep braid
• Mermaid waves
• Extensions
• TWA hairstyles
• Bun
• Sleek ponytail
• Messy bun
• Half up, half down
• Ponytail
• Knotted low bun
• Sleek ponytail
• Side braids
• Braided ponytail
• Top knot bun
• Twisted back
• Dutch braids
• Halo braid
• Afro
• Fishtail braid
• Lace fronts

Fortunately i have a list of easy hairstyles for you to check out.

• Messy bun
• Half up, half down
• Ponytail
• Knotted low bun
• Sleek ponytail
• Side braids
• Braided ponytail
• Top knot bun
• Twist back
• Dutch braids
• Halo braid