What should you do to strengthen your hair for the new year?
A tough year has passed, a new year with plans and challenges ahead is waiting for us. Are you ready to refresh your spirit and look? We know that you want to care and rehabilitate the robustness of your skin, hair and nail, therefore this blog is about ideas and tips to sustainably grow hair for the whole new year.
1. Nutritional supplement to your hair
As well as the rest of your body, your hair needs a certain amount of nutrients to grow healthy hair strands. Besides that, products for external usage despite containing much nutrients only solve short-term problems such as tangling, dry and ragged. The permanent problems such as shedding, split ends and thinning need long-term treatment solutions. Have you ever thought of hair strengthening by oral approaches? The functional foods with nutritional supplement are an ideal choice for you to upgrade your hair’s health, for example zinc is an essential mineral for cell multiplication and protein absorption - this is the key function for thick and shiny hair. In addition to zinc deficiency, B vitamins deficiency is also a factor causing severe hair loss. Vitamin H (B7) commonly known as Biotin is the main ingredient that make up the keratin in the nails and hair. By now, you may have understood why we need to add nutrition into our bodies.
It is clear that we often ignore the amount of vitamins intaken into our bodies so we need to periodically replenish the nutrition. From orally, the nutrients will be absorbed to support healthy hair nourishment, while external products such as shampoos, conditioners or hair masks are likely to expose the hair cuticles covering the hair shaft are not a completely long-term treatment. It is important to remember that taking it periodically or on the advice of your doctor, too much does not mean good at all.
2. Considering your diet, healthy hair is hair that requires protein and vegetables
Perhaps you have heard that “You are what you eat” or something like that, but in the case of weak and easily-falling hair, this sentence works. As a nutritional supplement, you should consider the food you eat; hair health except pollution and external impacts depends on the source of the food.It is not only protein but also vegetables and fruits, all good food in a balanced amount comes into your body will definitely give you lively energies and a bright look. For protein sources, lean meat, fish, poultry, egg, low-fat dairy products, beans, nuts and seeds are various choices to intake. Remember to eat at least 45 grams of protein daily along with vegetables and fruits for maintaining your health and hair health in the lasting period. Moreover, exercises and outdoor activities encourage your body to better metabolize and absorb nutrients for strong hair, nails and radiant skin.
3. Limiting on using heat in a certain long period
Excessive heat from blow-dryers, hot curlers, curling irons and flat irons can cause weak hair and breakage. Using a too-hot blow-dryer on wet hair heats the water remaining under the hair’s cuticle and leads to expansion inside the hair causing spaces, blisters or inside fibers, which directly weakens hair. In a more serious way, these parched strands soak up humidity from the air and then leave it frizz.
For long-lasting hair health, you should observe and listen to what your hair is and needs especially curb your passion for heat styling. For instance, straight hair might need light cleansing and conditioning products for naturally making shine and honoring the silky straightness of the hair. Natural ingredients extracted products will properly provide moisture to reduce frizz issues of curly hair. For the fried hair strands, hydrating shampoo and conditioner with limited chemical ingredients are the best deals as well as hair styling products that are rich in nutrients. In cases where heat is required, try to limit it as low as possible and if there is a hair stylist, tell them about your current hair health condition so they could adjust reasonable styling temperature for your hair.
You can use wigs made of quality bundles to pick any hairstyle you want for avoiding using heat on your real hair and still owning nice hairstyles.
4. Keeping optimistic mind
From subjective nutrients and food intake to objective heating limits, another important point to sustainably strengthen your hair is an optimistic mind. Your hair will significantly fall when you are in tension so many times. Optimistic vibes mainly result from cheerful spirit, relaxation and self-love. Firstly, a cheerful spirit is not a human spirit full of happiness, it is a spirit from a person who will stand to the positive side of any problem coming to her life. For example, when it rains, negative people might be unhappy because of delayed plans but cheerful and positive ones will look for a way to deal with it without fidget. Having a cheerful and optimistic spirit cannot make life completely better, but everything you do will be smoother and brighter, so will your appearance.
Secondly, relaxation in this chaotic life is extremely essential to balance your work and living. It is difficult to manage your time for work and daily activities, but you ought to spend 2 to 3 hours every 2 weeks self-caring and relaxing like going to spa, nailroom and hair salon or buying some relaxing and caring products such as scented candles, room essential oils and interior decorating stuff. When you care for yourself, your optimistic vibes will somehow be lifted up; it is also the way you can try to love yourself more.
Bottom line
The four suggestions above are not the only solutions to making your hair healthier, there are still numerous medical and intensive remedies that go hand in hand with the advancement of technology and medicine can help make your hair stronger and thicker. We primarily want you to love and care for yourself for having a healthier body as well as beautiful hair. Let’s get ready for the new year.
Tips for getting rid of static
- Gently rub your hair with a dryer sheet. You can also run it over your brush or pillow before going to sleep to get rid of static.
- Apply hairspray or a light leave-in conditioner. This can help moisturize strands and reduce static flyaways.
- Apply face moisturizer to static strands. The moisturizer can help lubricate your hair, while also adding positive charges. Moisturizing products usually help reduce static while protecting your hair and helping to minimize breakage.
- Put some water on your fingertips. Smooth them over your hair. This restores the positive-and- negative charge balance.
- Use a static guard, like the kind you use on your laundry. Spray onto your brush and comb through flyaways. This allows you to apply an anti-static product to areas that need it instead of weighing down all your hair.
If static hair is a frequent struggle, there are several products that may help tame those flyaways. Some options include:
- Cricket Static Free Fast Flo. This vented, lightweight hairbrush with a rubber grip may help reduce the static in your hair.
- Garnier Fructis Style Frizz Guard. This lightweight anti-frizz spray contains argan oil to soften your hair while eliminating static.
- R+Co Foil Frizz Plus Static Control Spray. Vitamin E, argan oil, and thermal polymers help to soften, strengthen, and protect your hair from heat damage, while taming static flyaways.
- Trezoro Professional Ionic Salon Hair Dryer. At 2,200 watts, this powerful ionic blow-dryer has the ability to remove static and fight frizz.
When your hair is plagued with static, you might find it impossible to hold and maintain a decent style. Luckily, there are many ways you can help reduce frizz and static. If you deal with static often, try changing up your hair care routine by avoiding plastic brushes, shampooing your hair less often, and using an ionic hairdryer. For a quick fix, use a dryer sheet or apply a moisturizing product to your hair.
Use dryer sheets to quickly get rid of static. If you have dryer sheets around the house, use one to wipe your hair down when static hairs are sticking up. You can also use the dryer sheets to wipe down your brushes and combs, helping prevent static.[1]
Line the drawer you keep your brushes in with dryer sheets, or stick a dryer sheet under your pillow at night while you’re sleeping to help prevent static.
There are anti-static sheets specifically designed for getting rid of static in your hair, too.
Tame the frizziness with a little lotion. Use any regular lotion that you have around the house, such as hand lotion. Place a dime-sized dollop into the palm of your hand, and rub it around in your palms before massaging it into your hair evenly and thoroughly.[2]
Only use a small amount of lotion. Too much can weigh your hair down.
Run your fingers through your hair to spread the lotion. Focus on the ends and any areas with notable fly-aways.
Pull your hair up so that it’s out of your face. If you don’t want to deal with static in your hair, pull your hair into a bun. You can also braid it, creating thin braids with the hair around your face, or a larger braid to contain all of your hair at once.[3]
If you’re in an environment that produces static in your hair, pull your hair up out of your face just until you leave.
Switch up the part in your hair if you’re wearing a hat. Before you put on your hat, move your natural part to a different part. Once you take the hat off after wearing it, you can switch the part in your hair back to how it usually is, and you won’t have to deal with any static or hairs sticking up.[4]
Trade rubber-soled shoes for leather-soled shoes. Rubber-soles are more likely to pass electric charges through your body, from your feet all the way to your hair. To avoid this, opt for leather-soled shoes instead. This way, you’ll avoid the small electric shock that comes along with static.[5]
Change into clothes made with natural fabrics to reduce static charge. Synthetic materials are much more likely to contract a charge, which then in turn produce lots of static. By choosing clothing made of fabrics such as cotton, silk, or wool, you’ll be less likely to have static in your hair.
For example, you could try sleeping with your hair tied in a silk scarf or using a silk pillowcase to protect your hair from static.
Stay away from synthetic materials like polyester or nylon.