Beautiful and healthy hair is a dreamalmost every woman. However, alas, these dreams do not always come true. When hair suffers from a lack of moisture, the nutrition of the hair follicles and ends is disrupted. It is much easier to damage the hair structure than you think. Swimming in salty sea water or in a chlorinated pool, winter cold, fixing agents, chemical curling and the use of irons are far from a complete list of reasons that provoke the appearance of problems with hair. Dry hair ends easily break and split, which makes your hairstyle look untidy. However, they can be cured, even if the strands look very damaged and lifeless.
General recommendations for the care of dried tips
Hair treatment should begin withcorrectly identifying your scalp type. Wash your hair and dry it in a convenient way. After three to four hours, blot the parting with a paper napkin. If the paper gets oily, your hair can be called greasy. The normal type will leave light traces of sebum on the napkin, and contact of dry scalp with the napkin will pass without a trace at all. Dry hair ends are a sign of improper care. Hair reacts sensitively to changing shampoo, coloring, and regular blow-drying. To ensure that your hair always remains healthy and shiny, follow some rules for hair care.
- External factors
Protect your hair from frost and exposureultraviolet rays. They thin the cortex, causing moisture to evaporate from the pores faster. Wear hats in winter, and in the summer heat, put on a Panama hat or cap and gather your hair into a ponytail. By the way, do not tighten the elastic bands on your hair too tightly - this way you disrupt the process of supplying the ends with nutrients.
- Hair Styling
Use a hair dryer as little as possible – maximum 2-3once a week. The hot stream “lifts” the scales and increases the porosity of the hair. High air flow temperature can make your hair stiff and unruly. Before drying, divide the strands into sections to make it easier and faster to achieve the desired result. Dry each with a stream of air at room temperature, holding the hair dryer at a distance of 20-25 cm. If you have time, you can simply periodically blot your hair with a towel until your hair is completely dry naturally. Never comb wet locks with metal brushes or plastic combs. Use a comb or a flat brush made of natural wood. This will minimize the damage caused to your hair. After washing, the cuticles are “steamed” and you can easily pull out a whole bunch without even noticing. An excellent alternative to a wooden comb, if you do not have one, is your own fingers - carefully separate the strands from each other and lightly comb them. Style your hair in safe ways. For example, soft waves can be achieved by simply squeezing the strands with your hands while drying. You can straighten curls using a flat wide brush and a hair dryer with a concentrator attachment. If you still can’t do without a straightening iron and curling iron, be sure to buy a heat protectant. It usually comes in the form of a spray or liquid. Spray damp hair with it from a spray bottle, dry it slightly, and then start styling.
- Diet
Eat right.Reduce your consumption of flour, fatty and sweet foods. Replace butter with olive oil, and cakes and pastries with dried fruits. Have oatmeal for breakfast – it not only improves the condition of very dry hair, but also improves your complexion. Drink a glass of milk or eat a couple of slices of cheese every day: proper care for dry ends means replenishing the lack of calcium in the body.
- Fluid consumption
Moisturizing hair care should not beonly cosmetic - it is very important to drink enough liquid. Drink 8-10 glasses of water daily to cure hair from overdrying. Hot water with lemon, drunk on an empty stomach, is very useful for restoring the structure of follicles and normalizing the fat balance of the scalp. Pour two lemon slices with a glass of boiling water, leave for 5-6 minutes, then drink in slow sips. Do not be lazy to make such an infusion every morning - this is the best folk remedy for "internal" healing of the hairstyle.
- A haircut
You can't deal with lifeless ends withoutregular haircuts. Use the services of a hairdresser at least once a month and a half. If you want to quickly return your hair to an attractive appearance, cut off about 1 cm of hair each time - and so on until completely cured. The ideal option is "hot scissors". Split and dried out by cosmetics and irons ends are "sealed" during such a haircut, due to which they retain moisture longer. If you are growing your hair and do not want to part with even a couple of centimeters, ask the hairdresser to cut off only the damaged ends. This is done very simply: the hair is divided into sectors, and those in turn - into thin strands. Each is twisted into a tight spiral - all the "crawling" ends are cut off.
Washing of hair, suffering from dry ends
Is there a catastrophic lack of moisture at the ends of your hair?Stop washing your hair every day! Too frequent cleansing damages your hair and disrupts the normal functioning of the sebaceous glands. Here are the general rules for washing your hair:
- Preliminary preparation
Home treatment for dry hair ends is essentialStart with proper preparation for washing your hair. If you do "mini-masks" 5-10 minutes before using shampoo, you will forget about split ends and dry ends. Apply vegetable oil to your scalp and rub it in with massaging movements until it is evenly distributed. Take a wide-tooth comb and gently comb your strands so that the oil gets to the ends of your hair. After a few minutes, you can start cleansing your hair.
- Choice of shampoo
Choose a shampoo with a neutral pH andmoisturizing components in the composition. Pay attention to the packaging: if it says that the product contains Shea butter, silk proteins, amino acids, keratin, lecithin - it is right for you. No need for fanaticism: pouring half a bottle of shampoo on your head will not give instant results, no matter how miraculous it is. Apply a little shampoo to your hair, gently massage the scalp with your fingertips, rinse with warm water. Hot water will only worsen the condition of your hair. In addition, it washes out useful substances from it. At home, it is easy to prepare shampoo for washing hair prone to split ends and dryness. The best folk remedy for treating damaged ends is a fresh chicken egg. The proteins contained in it "fill" damaged pores and "glue" the ends. To prepare shampoo, use only the yolk. The richer its color, the more useful substances it contains. Before mixing it with other components, carefully clean the yolk from white "films" and connective tissues. Otherwise, after washing your hair, they will remain in your hair, and you will have to meticulously comb them out.
- Therapeutic mask
To “seal” dry ends, take 2 chickenyolk, 2 tbsp. cognac or vodka and 1 tbsp. sour milk. Mix the ingredients, use instead of store-bought shampoo. After just a few uses, your hair will become shiny and smooth. Hair that is regularly dyed will benefit from a shampoo made from yolk and black bread. Soak 200 g of dry black bread crusts in warm water for 24 hours. Squeeze the resulting mass through cheesecloth, add 1 egg yolk, and mix thoroughly. Distribute the homemade shampoo along the entire length of your hair, massage the scalp with your fingers and rinse the mixture with warm water.
Fighting fatty roots
Moisturizing care for very dry hair canbe problematic if you have oily roots. It would seem – why does oily epidermis need moisturizing when it already suffers from excess sebum? Hair’s tendency to get dirty quickly and increased production of sebum are signs of a lack of moisture. By producing a large amount of fat, the skin “tries” to help you cope with dryness. To cure hair that is oily at the roots and dry at the ends, you need to make a lemon shampoo. Grate a bar of “Children's” soap on a coarse grater. Take 150 g of soap shavings, add 100 g of boiling water and mix well. Finely chop the zest of two lemons, pour in 250 g of cold water, bring to a boil and cook for 4-6 minutes. Cool, mix with the soap base. Store the shampoo in the refrigerator and use to wash your hair 1-2 times a week. It regulates the oiliness of the roots without damaging even very dry ends.
Rinsing hair
Caring for dry ends involvesuse of moisturizing and softening masks and balms. These products help strengthen the hair shaft and cortex, prevent excessive opening of scales and split ends. In addition, they facilitate combing, make the hairstyle manageable and add brightness to colored hair. To ensure that hair treatment gives positive results, use the conditioner after each wash, and the intensive mask once a week.
- Herbal infusion
As a hand-made hair balm you canuse herbal infusions. They strengthen hair, help retain moisture and stimulate growth – after all, the faster your locks grow, the sooner you will get rid of split ends. Take 3-4 tablespoons of chamomile, calendula flowers, coltsfoot or plantain leaves and pour 2 cups of boiling water. Let the mixture brew for 2 hours. Rinse the shampoo off your hair with the resulting decoction, having previously diluted it with 2 liters of warm water.
- Apple vinegar
To soften chlorinated water used for rinsing hair, you can also use apple cider vinegar. Add it at a rate of 1 tbsp. of essence per 1 liter of liquid.
- Tinted rinse aid
Brown-haired and brunette women can cooka conditioner that gives your hair a beautiful reddish tint. To achieve this, boil 200 grams of onion peel in 2 liters of water and rinse your shampoo with this decoction. Blondes and dark-haired girls will like the lightening conditioner. It can be prepared by adding ½ cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice to 3 liters of warm water.
Healing Masks
There are two types of masks for dry hair ends.types. The first ones are used before washing – as a rule, these are oily and rich compositions for moisturizing and strengthening strands, which are not so easy to wash off (therefore, it is necessary to use shampoo). Treatment with masks of the second type is aimed specifically at healing damaged ends. Use masks saturated with sea salt, witch hazel extract, aloe vera gel or cocoa butter. These products are applied exclusively to the hair itself, avoiding the roots – otherwise the scalp will become oily and the hair will have to be washed within a few hours after using the mask.
- Oil Masks
Home care for hair endsprone to split ends and dryness, should not exclude the use of various oils. It is vegetable oil that can replace the first type of masks bought in stores. Use any oil that you have on hand - olive, burdock, mustard, sesame, pumpkin, coconut or hemp. Mustard oil slightly burns the scalp, so it perfectly stimulates hair growth. Pumpkin oil contains vitamins E and D, which are so necessary for the treatment of dry ends. Sesame oil restores the damaged structure of dyed hair in just a few applications. Residents of tropical countries use coconut oil instead of hair care sprays - they simply lubricate the strands with it several times a day. The longer the oil compress stays on the hair, and especially on the ends, the better. Therefore, do the mask only when you have a couple of free hours and you are not in a hurry. The ideal option is to apply the oil mask at night. If you provide your hair with such care, you will achieve good results very quickly. Coconut oil is quite expensive. If you do not want to spend money, you can make it yourself. Buy 2 coconuts in the store. When buying, pay special attention to the integrity of the shell - there should be no cracks or chips on it. At home, split the coconut with a knife, drain the coconut milk. Carefully clean the coconut pulp from the shell. Can't do it? Take the pulp out of the nut, scooping it up with a tablespoon. Grind the mass in a blender. Pour the resulting shavings into a plastic bowl and fill it with 0.5 liters of warm water. Put it in a cool place for a day. In 24 hours, a thick layer of ready oil will form on the surface of the water, which you need to carefully collect. Heat the oil in a saucepan to about 60-70 degrees, pour it into a glass jar and store in the refrigerator. Apply homemade coconut oil or any other oil to your hair. Comb it so that the oil gets not only to the roots but also to the ends. Wrap your head in plastic wrap or put on a bathing cap. Leave the mask on overnight. Rinse it off in the morning, washing your hair twice with shampoo to get rid of any remaining oil.
- Mask for dandruff
It's not just dry ends that bother you, but alsoconstant itching along with dandruff? You can get rid of the obsessive fungus by making masks with burdock oil. Heat 100 g of oil in a water bath or in a microwave oven. Add a few drops of tea tree, eucalyptus or rosemary essential oil. Apply to the scalp for 1-2 hours, then rinse.
- Mask with yogurt
Henna has a beneficial effect on dry ends.Take 50 g of colorless henna, add 1 duck yolk (duck eggs are literally “overflowing” with lecithin), 2 tbsp. of sour milk and 0.5 tbsp. of medical alcohol. Mix all the ingredients, apply the mixture to the ends of the hair and leave for 5-10 minutes. Rinse your hair with plenty of water to get rid of henna lumps.
- Onion mask
If you are not embarrassed by such a “fragrant” care,Prepare a mask based on onion juice. Grate 2 large onions, squeeze the juice through cheesecloth. Add 2 tbsp. liquid honey (candied honey can be heated in a water bath) and 3 tbsp. nettle decoction. Mix, distribute through hair. After 20 minutes, you can wash off the mixture with running water.
- Milk masks
Milk proteins are also very beneficial fordamaged ends. Use kefir, whole milk or fermented baked milk to prepare the mask. Heat 200 g of the dairy product over low heat, add 1 tsp of dry instant yeast. Apply the mixture to your hair, avoiding the roots. A mayonnaise mask gives a similar result. Distribute 150 g of mayonnaise over your hair using a wooden or plastic comb. Rinse off with cool water after 30 minutes. Be patient to cure damaged and weakened hair - care must be regular. Get rid of the bad habit of fiddling with your strands when you are nervous, dye your hair less often or use natural dyes, give up complex styling that requires the use of fixatives - this is the only way to get rid of dry ends forever! We recommend reading:
