How to repair your dry hair?
Dry hair is recognizable by its rough texture, straw effect, split ends or even its dull color. Their state of fatigue can be explained by many reasons: using the wrong products, overusing heating appliances, coloring, a lack of sebum or even the environment (sun, wind, cold, etc.).
For hair to be shiny and supple, it needs to have its dose of keratin . This protein, which makes up 95% of hair, hydrates it and protects it from external aggressions. However, if it is not sufficiently irrigated, the hair fiber becomes dehydrated and ends up breaking.
Fortunately, there are solutions to repair dry and damaged hair. Here are some tips to incorporate into your beauty routine to transform it into healthy hair:
Avoid chemical colorings
Repeated chemical coloring damages the scalp and hair lengths. It contains aggressive active ingredients that weaken and deteriorate the hair fiber, making the hair coarser and more brittle.
If your hair is naturally dry and/or brittle, coloring it frequently may accentuate this aspect. It is therefore advisable to space out or completely avoid coloring.
To hide white hair, there are colorings with natural components that are less aggressive and more respectful of the hair.
Ban heating devices
All heating appliances such as hair dryers, straighteners or curling irons damage hair.
Especially when hair is naturally dry , using one of these devices may make the condition worse. The high heat (often around 180°) causes the hair fiber to deteriorate.
It is therefore strongly recommended to let your hair air dry, and to blow-dry or straighten it very rarely.
Before using a straightener, it is advisable to apply a heat-protective treatment which, under the effect of heat, releases protective active ingredients and gives a shiny appearance to the hair.
Space out shampoos as much as possible
In the long term, washing your hair too frequently weakens the scalp and hair fiber. Hair tends to become drier and is more likely to be damaged.
Ideally, it is recommended to wash your hair a maximum of twice a week to preserve the quality of the hair and prevent breakage.
When hair is oily, the trick is to use dry shampoo or put it in a bun.
Another important point, to rinse your hair, you should use cold (or lukewarm) water to avoid weakening the hair fiber. By opening the hair scales, hot water makes the hair porous (that is to say, it absorbs water and swells, but does not retain moisture well), which leads to drier, even brittle hair.
Choosing the right hair products
Hair products (shampoo, conditioner, mask, lotion, treatment, etc.) play a crucial role in the well-being of hair. If they are not of good quality or not suitable for naturally dry hair, the latter will remain damaged and become brittle.
You should choose products with the most natural formulas possible, suitable for dry hair and which do not contain harmful ingredients such as silicones and sulfates. Silicones give the illusion that the hair is smoother and shinier, but in the long term, they end up suffocating the hair.
In addition, you also need to choose your hairbrush carefully. Poor quality or with rigid bristles can weaken the hair fiber and promote breakage. Brushes with natural bristles, or wide-toothed combs for curly hair, are more respectful of the hair.
Make care with vegetable oils
Vegetable oils , 100% pure and natural, are the best friends of healthy hair. Indeed, castor oil, coconut oil, avocado oil, argan oil or jojoba oil have many properties to strengthen, nourish and moisturize hair.
Applied as a treatment, these oils relax the hair fiber and repair it when it is damaged.
To fully benefit from the benefits of oils, once a week, you should apply an oil bath to your entire hair (scalp, lengths and ends). It should be left on for 30 minutes, or even several hours to maximize the effects.
Be careful though, it is important to rinse your oil bath well, by doing two shampoos, to eliminate all the residues which risk weighing down and greasing the hair.
The oil bath can replace the conditioner and the mask, it is a real deep treatment.
Trim your ends regularly
Trimming your ends regularly, especially when you have dry and/or damaged hair with split ends, is an essential step to maintain healthy hair and restore its strength.
To maintain beautiful lengths and avoid split ends , the ideal is to go to the hairdresser every three to four months.
Take beauty food supplements
Alongside a balanced diet, which is essential for maintaining healthy hair, taking supplements is an effective solution for strengthening it and promoting healthy growth.
There are a multitude of nutritional supplements, rich in nutrients, specially designed to have dream hair, but also to care for your nails and enhance your skin .
Délicure offers targeted gummies for hair beauty .
Delicure hair gummies are sugar-free, 100% vegan and made in France with natural flavors. Their formulation , rich in vitamins (B6, B8, B9, B12 and E) and trace elements (zinc and selenium), is ideal for deeply nourishing dry, damaged or brittle hair. They also contain blueberry, which has the virtue of stimulating blood circulation in the scalp and thus promoting faster hair growth.
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