Proper hair care in summer
It’s so nice to feel the bright sun on your skin after a long cold period. But every girl should understand that the sun's rays contribute to the fading of hair, which in addition can become dull and brittle, and therefore hair care in the summer must be correct.
But unfavorable weather still harms a beautiful hairstyle: raindrops and gusts of wind do not spare the structure. Due to these factors, each hair becomes thin, split, hair styling will be shaggy, disheveled, and hair loss increases. Often, incorrectly chosen conditioner, ammonia dyes, complex hairstyles, and numerous styling can also become harmful. To prolong the health beauty of your favorite curls, you should follow simple rules of daily care, proper moisturizing of your hair and enriching it with nutrients.
We list the reasons that influence hair loss and weakening in summer.
- Sunburning leads to the destruction of the coloring pigment substances of the hair structure, which provokes discoloration, drying and dehydration.
- Salty sea water promotes the penetration of excess minerals under the hair scales. Because of this, the curls seem overdried and quickly break, then their loss increases, and dandruff forms.
- In sunny weather, a lot of dust rises into the air, forcing girls to wash their hair more often than usual. A larger amount of active chemical components contained in shampoos and conditioners gets on the scalp, which dries out the skin and makes it prone to brittleness and loss.
- There is an opinion among girls that in the summer it is worth taking a break from using nourishing masks and balms. This is fundamentally wrong: poor nutrition, lack of hydration, and restoration procedures lead to hair looking faded and unkempt.
- In the summer, you should avoid coloring the highlights of your strands: opening the pores and removing your own pigments will lead to unnecessary hair loss.
- In hot conditions, using hairsprays, foams, styling products; forced hair drying with a hairdryer is undesirable, such increased exposure is detrimental to hair health.
How to properly wash your hair in summer
To restore the structure of hair exhausted by heat, sun and swimming in ponds, you need to follow the following rules for daily hair care:
- comb carefully before washing;
- if varnish was used to create the hairstyle, then you cannot comb the curls, this will injure them;
- wet all hair in a warm shower;
- It is more effective to use softened water for washing; to do this, let it stand for a little;
- add water to the shampoo in the palm of your hand to reduce the concentration of chemical components;
- apply shampoo, gently massaging the scalp;
- for weakened or dry skin, it is useful to make a mask of vitamin oils (effective, castor, olive, burdock, cedar, peach), applying them before washing;
- for hair loss you can use castor mask, mustard mask, professional cosmetics;
- after rinsing off the shampoo, you need to rinse your curls with a conditioner containing ultraviolet protection or a nourishing balm;
- slightly wring out wet hair, pat dry with a fluffy towel and let it dry quietly;
- at the end of drying, you can start combing them, preferably with a wide-toothed wooden comb;
- during the hot season, it is useful to use shampoos with protein moisturizing complexes;
- products containing alcohol sulfates should be avoided due to drying of curls;
- before going outdoors, it is advisable to apply a sun protection layer with a summer spray.
Caring for your hair in summer
To improve the condition of your hair, it is wiser to include essential vitamins such as A, C and E in your summer diet; for this you need to eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, cereals, and fatty fish. And I will help stop their loss with broccoli, nuts, avocados, and citrus fruits.
Daily hair care in the summer should include a procedure for removing split ends and applying additional nutrition in the form of homemade masks from a variety of pharmaceutical oils. Also useful for healthy curls are products with aloe vera, medicinal chamomile extract, burdock root, nettle infusion, they can be used in the form masks or rinsing. Love yourself, take care of your curls, hair will definitely respond with its beauty and health shine and silkiness.
