Winter Hair
The winter months are drawing near and your hair is lacking is that summer lustre, frankly - it looks a mess. Whilst in summer you can get away with the flyaway, surf-style hair, in winter it’s a different matter. Our hair tends to have a bit of a meltdown over winter, suffering from the typical problems of dryness just as our skin and lips go all cracked and dry, so too do our previously glossy locks.
Then we’ve got the onslaught of the mega frizz when we get caught in the rain without an umbrella. Or we get caught in the rain with one of those handbag sized umbrellas that do nothing except for blow inside out and you get soaked anyway. Annoying that, isn’t it.
To tame those winter locks all you need to do is follow these five simple steps and it’ll be looking just as good as it did during those summer months. By the way, scrap the bronzer during winter, your hair may be nice and shimmery but your face doesn’t need tanning anymore!
1. Cut It
We know it’s only step one and you’re already screaming at the prospect of cutting those locks that you’ve patiently grown, but if you don’t have regular trims your hair will keep breaking and you’ll have a ton of nasty split ends. If you dare to go short this winter, do it drastically! If you’re brave enough, the pixie cut is easy to maintain and is bang on trend.
2. Condition Like Mad
Your hair is dry and static because it is lacking moisture. As soon as you step out of a toasty warm house into the harsh cold, your hair really doesn’t like it. Get in control of those locks with weekly intensive conditioning treatments then follow with a short, sharp blast of cold water – this will lock in moisture and prevent the dryness when your hair is dry.
3. Don’t Wash it Too Much!
Now, we may have just told you to condition intensively but do not be tempted to wash your hair every day – even if it has a tendency to be greasy all year round. If you wash too often, your hair will be stripped of its natural oils, this has different effects on different people but as a general rule of thumb - for those with dry hair, it will get drier and for those with greasy hair it will actually get greasier. In the same way, don’t use too many products as they can make the hair look dull. Use a clarifying shampoo to get rid of all that product build-up.
4. Avoid the Heat
Where possible it is important to avoid the straighteners and hair curlers in the winter months. If you do really need to use a heated product, always use a heat protecting treatment. For naturally curly hair, frizz reducing products are a godsend – apply then on your hair when wet or for a more intensive treatment – apply before you go to bed at night.
5. Hats are Hot
The beanie is back and every fashionista should have one in their wardrobe. Hats are a brilliant way to get around bad hair days and you don’t even need an excuse to wear one during the winter months! Watch out though – hats can also be the source of the dreaded hat hair. To avoid hat hair make sure you keep your hats clean, by regularly washing or dry cleaning them.
Article Source: Daily Digest Magazine
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