Washing your hair is an extremely simple, automatic and routine gesture. However, some important steps and practices are sometimes overlooked, as are the most suitable products. This can compromise the quality of the result, for example leaving the hair not really clean, or ruining it if it is very delicate.
Find out what are the correct practices to adopt to avoid mistakes and have beautiful hair like in advertising (or almost)!
Because you have to pay attention to how you wash your hair
Washing your hair is an almost daily action, but this does not mean that it is always done correctly, quite the contrary. Errors may concern cleaning methods, timing, frequency, products used.
Spending too much time between shampooing and the other makes the hair more predisposed to fall because the follicle is attacked by dirt and sebum. At the same time, washing your hair every day can often lead to a breakdown of the skin’s natural oils that help keep it healthy and nourished.
Some common mistakes we make when washing our hair
- Wash your hair quickly: cleaning the hair and scalp takes time and delicacy!
- Change shampoo often: this practice can cause damage to the same structure of the hair, subject too many times to the different actions of different products.
- Apply the conditioner also on the skin: hair gets fat right away, don’t!
- Use 2-in-1 products: using a product that should clean the hair combined with one that should instead strengthen it and should be applied only on the tips and length of the hair, but not on the root, it risks weighing down your hair.
- Use hot water: too high temperatures risk drying the scalp.
- Applying too much shampoo: too much foam risks preventing it from acting in depth. The equation of foam = cleaner hair doesn’t work at all!
Use a shampoo suitable for your hair type
It seems obvious but it is not. Using a random product to wash your hair regularly can also compromise the correct success of the wash. Each product has its own peculiarities and performs precise functions based on the type of foliage for which it was designed.
The steps to follow to wash your hair properly
Wet your hair with strictly lukewarm water
L’warm water helps hair ad gently welcome the product detergent best suited to their characteristics, letting the shampoo penetrate slowly and do its job.
Use about a dab of shampoo
To avoid the mistake of using too much shampoo that could ruin the hair, as mentioned before, pick right a walnut of product. If you have long hair, take a little more, but always moderately and without exaggerating. As mentioned above, wasting product is useless, above all it does not make the hair cleaner.
Gently massage your scalp
After creating the foam, start a massage the scalp gently and slowly, following circular movements, being careful not to apply too much pressure, especially with your fingernails. You risk getting hurt and weakening the root!
Wash off the shampoo with warm water
This step is essential and must be repeated until you feel that the hair no longer has shampoo residues. Not rinsing them properly can leave them very greasy and don’t make them look clean even after drying them.
Apply conditioner
This product is often overlooked, but instead it really makes a difference when properly matched to the product you use to wash your hair. Conditioner and shampoo, in fact, should possibly be from the same line. Apply the conditioner on the length and especially on the ends, but never on the scalp. This product is essential for making hair shiny, soft and voluminous, as well as preventing the ends from drying out and becoming brittle.
Remove residual conditioner
Rinse your hair with warm water until all product residues disappear. What has been said about the shampoo also applies to the conditioner: if not rinsed correctly, it leaves the hair not really clean.
Dry your hair without rubbing it excessively with a towel
Putting too much pressure on the hair with the towel could be too aggressive and damage it. Blot them gently so that excess water is absorbed. Above all, if you wash them before going to sleep, never forget to dry them well so as not to have a bad awakening!
Comb your hair
Gently comb your hair when they are still slightly damp. Do not insist too much with the brush if there are knots, because you risk breaking them, as when wet they are much more delicate. There are now many brushes on the market designed to be used before drying.
Apply a good heat protector
Use a product for protect hair (especially thin ones) from heat from the hairdryer and various tools for it styling not only makes them less vulnerable to high temperatures, but also allows the style to last longer.