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Beauty Basics - Eight Tips For Naturally Beautiful Hair
Looking for a more natural approach to hair care? Here are some
tips to help your hair look and feel its best.
1. Avoid shampoos that contain sodium laurel sulfate, or sodium
laureth sulfate. These chemicals are synthetic detergents that
are used in dishwashing liquid and other cleansers. They are
valued because they lather well, but they are very harsh, and
can dry out your hair. Instead, look for shampoos made with
decyl glucose, or decyl glucoside, cleansers which are much
gentler.
2. Give yourself a hot oil treatment to deep condition your
hair. Warm oil penetrates the hair shaft making the hair more
flexible and giving it shine. This can also help to prevent
split ends which result from dry hair. You can make a simple hot
oil treatment by warming up a natural vegetable oil such as
jojoba oil. Jojoba oil is actually a liquid wax that comes from
a desert plant. It has a chemical makeup similar to the sebum
produced by human skin. This quality makes it an excellent
choice for natural hair care.
3. Eat right and consider taking vitamin and mineral supplements
to encourage healthy hair. Several vitamins and minerals such as
biotin, vitamin E, vitamin B, vitamin C and MSM, have been shown
to help the hair grow.
4. If you are an African American, or if you have extra curly
hair, avoid brushing your hair. Use a
wide toothed comb, or your
fingers, to work with your hair. Brushes can destroy African
American or extra curly hair by shearing it out of the scalp.
5. Look for essential oils, herbs, and vegetable oils in your
hair care products. Essential oils such as rosemary, ylang-ylang
and west indian bay help to stimulate hair growth. Lavender and
tea tree and naturally antiseptic and help to fight dandruff.
Vegetable oils such as soybean oil, safflower oil and corn oil
are moisturizing and conditioning to the hair shaft.
6. Avoid sleeping in hair accessories such as barrettes,
scrunchies, head bands, etc. Wearing these kinds of accessories
when sleeping puts unnecessary stress on the hair and can lead
to hair damage.
7. Massage your scalp to help stimulate hair growth. Massaging
helps stimulate hair growth by increasing the blood flow to the
scalp. This nourishes the hair roots and helps to stimulate the
hair growth process.
8. If your hair ends are damaged, give yourself a trim every so
often to remove damage.
About the author:
Copyright 2005, Ololade Franklin. Ololade Franklin publishes
Making Good Scents(TM),the newsletter of handcrafted cosmetics,
soaps and perfumes. For information about Making Good Scents(TM)
visit http://www.MakingGoodScent
s.com
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