Maintaining healthy hair involves understanding how to protect it from damage and manage wave textures. From Ayurvedic oils to keratin treatment aftercare, discover how to reduce oiliness and prevent brittle hair at home.
If after oiling the blades your hair clipper is not cutting your hair properly, then your blades may be dull. Dull trimmers pull at the hair as it cuts, and can leave jagged, uneven lines in even the most carefully done haircut.
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Sebaceous glands are found over the entire body, either under hair follicles or under pores, and secrete an oil called sebum, which helps to keep skin moisturized and healthy. Sebum itself is a mixture of fat and dead cells that produced fat and is essential to prevent dry, cracking, itchy skin and for healthy hair.
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Healthy and clean hair follicles are important for maintaining healthy hair and promoting hair growth. Without proper cleansing, buildup from styling products, oil and dead skin cells can accumulate on your scalp, causing flaking, a greasy appearance and slower hair growth.
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Lemon juice highlights are a natural way to lighten your hair color. By applying lemon juice directly onto the hair (or diluted with water for a less striking effect) and then sitting in the sun, your hair will get lighter. It's less expensive than salons and you don't have to worry about artificial chemicals.
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Hairspray is a cosmetic product designed to hold hair in place. There are many different brands and formulations available, each containing a different blend of ingredients.
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Lemons provide a natural way to add highlights to blonde and light brown heads everywhere, but there's so much more these yellow fruits can do. From ridding yourself of an oily scalp to smelling like fresh lemons after a rinse, lemons can do wonders for the health of your hair.
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Tea tree oil is extracted from the leaves of a tree species that is native to Australia. Despite its name, tea tree oil actually has no relationship to the tea we drink. Its antiseptic properties are used as a way to treat a variety of infections.
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Folk medicines, home remedies and natural alternatives to commercial products are nothing new. People have been finding inexpensive ways to do things for themselves since the dawn of time.
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When white specks plague your black hair -- and itβs not from the wintery snowfall outside -- dandruff is the likely culprit.
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Hair sprays, spritzes, mousses and gels coat hair to create varying degrees of hold, volume and control. These styling products can build up over time even with regular shampooing. The residue makes your hair look dull and weighs it down.
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Hair loss comes from a number of sources, including genetics, poor nutrition and improper hair care. The average person losses approximately 100 hairs per day, however, if hair is lost in higher quantities, natural remedies can help to regain lost hair. Natural remedies are easy to make, inexpensive and effective.
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Celebrities and socialites alike use the hair weave to get the long, luxurious locks that people envy. The hair weave has gone mainstream and is a popular item at hair salons across North America. If you are considering getting a hair weave, you should first weight the pros and cons of getting one done.
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Treat brittle hair at home with a simple banana and jojoba oil mixture. Follow our step-by-step guide to moisturize and soften dry, brittle locks naturally.
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Eyelashes, like hair, shed as new lashes grow in, so don't be too be alarmed by the occasional stray lash on your bath towel or pillow case. But if old lashes fall out faster than new ones grow in, you have a problem. Identifying the cause of your eyelash loss can help you find a solution.
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Grey hair naturally occurs as you begin to age. The hair is made up of two parts called a shaft and a root. As you get older, the pigments in the hair begin to die, leaving fewer pigments in the hair.
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When you look at yourself in a mirror, nearly everything you see is a part of the integumentary system. It consists of your skin, hair, nails and various glands, such as sweat and oil glands. Taking care of this body system will benefit your overall health and keep you looking young.
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Ayurveda practitioners use amla oil for its conditioning benefits and pigments. Indigenous to India, the Amalaki plant, also referred to as Emblica officinalis, produces amla fruit or Indian gooseberry. Mature amla fruit weighs approximately one-tenth of a pound.
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Hair treated with keratin protein, otherwise known as the "Brazilian blowout," has exploded into popularity. Stylists claim that it can make frizzy, wavy and unmanageable hair smooth and shiny for up to three months.
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When it comes to the throbbing ear pain known as an earache, people often go to great lengths to get rid of it. Regardless of what well-meaning friends or relatives might suggest, attempting to use hot oil to minimize earache pain is fraught with risk. Warm oil, on the other hand, may be therapeutic in some situations.
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Texturized hair has been trimmed with layers to give the illusion of additional volume. Texturizing adds body to thin or fine hair, often leaving the hair looking healthier than before the texturizing.
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