Almost everywhere in salons and even people at their home now does blow dry, straightening, curling and many more styling with hot tools. Having tools at home is a one step shortcut to getting salon like hair at home, But because of this people are styling their hair almost everyday which comes with heat damaged hair in the form of split ends, dry and dull strands and hair breakage. In winters because of dry weather hair-fall increases gradually as people take shower with hot water. Any thing hot damages our hair so we need to take extra care of our hair in winters.
A shampoo and conditioner which is effective is the way to keep your hair protected and healthy. Nothing matters if you don’t cleanse and hydrate your hair properly, while using many products to protect it from the heat make sure you properly wash it with shampoo in order to get rid of different products. Try to use those shampoos which is milk textured.
Instead of using any kind of hot tools it is important to invest in good quality products in order to damage it lesser as it is important to use tools which are expensive but not damaging your hair that badly.
The temperature of your tool should be not lesser or higher than normal, as sometimes when we are in hurry we rise the temperature to an extent that it damages even after using heat protecting serums and sprays. If you have thick hair your temperature should be in between 200-300F And those who have normal hair should not increase it more than 200.
For curls and blow-dry people usually keep it for so long to get perfect curls. Sometimes if the hair is not perfectly done they do it twice in the same strand which is very harmful for our hair.
It’s better to always apply heat protectant just like we apply sun screen for our face to protect it from the sun and other rays. These build a shield between your hair and the styling tool to keep the heat from scorching your hair.
Apply some hair masks or DIY at home or hair mayonnaise to make it more healthy and fast growing, swap your daily conditioner with a conditioning mask once a week and let it soak in for a few minutes. Also try to make some hair styles without any heat tool, like braids pony tales or anything to avoid the heat to damage your hair at-least twice a week.
BY: Minahil Saleem
