Don't have dry, frizzy, washed-out hair this summer. These tips will help you keep your summer locks gorgeous and vibrant.
Frizz! Split ends! Faded color!
It's a familiar summer tableau: dozens of women with stressed-out, damaged hair in summer, resorting to ponytails and up-dos. Then comes the woman with shiny, bouncy hair...How does she do it?
It can be hard to maintain soft, manageable hair in summer. Making it worse, there is a lot of bad or conflicting advice about treating summer hair. Saltwater sprays, for instance, are advertised as giving "beach hair". In fact, the salt is very damaging and leaves hair dry and frizzy.
Keeping hair healthy doesn't require a lot of time or money. Here are some tried and true methods for beating the heat:
Gorgeous hair starts with the scalp! People have been using tea tree oil for thousands of years for its healthy properties. Not only will it help with dryness and dandruff, the natural numbing properties of tea tree will leave you cool and refreshed. Feel free to use it on your face as well: Tea tree oil is a natural anti-bacterial; excellent for acne prone skin.
There are many inexpensive conditioning masks on the market available, with ingredients ranging from avocado to placenta. It's even possible to make your own with ingredients like olive oil or mayonnaise.
After rinsing your hair with warm water to open the hair’s cuticles, apply the mask, and wrap your head in a warm towel for ten minutes. Rinse with cool water to close the cuticle. Use this treatment once a week to ensure strong, moisturized hair.
Glaze
Long popular in salons, glaze is a fantastic product that will give your hair vibrant color without extensive hair coloring. A safe combination of semi-permanent dye and “shine products”, a three minute application in the shower will leave you with glossy, “just dyed” hair. Best of all, there is none of the damage from intense dyeing.
Kiehls Heat-Protective Silk-Straightening Cream
A true miracle product, this cream is a combination volumizer, leave-in conditioner, and anti-frizz gloss in one. Run a dime size amount through your wet hair and dry as usual. Too many products, especially drying hair sprays and gels, can damage your hair in the summer heat. A multi-purpose cream like Kiehls will leave you sleek and styled all day.
As you can see, the key to summer hair is prevention and maintenance. Tons of products and processing are expensive and will have the opposite effect, damaging your hair. Healthy hair stays smooth and vibrant, no matter what the weather!
