Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Hot Oil for Hair Care

Beautiful hair is the subject of envy and decoration given for us by nature. But for some reasons, hair lose its attractiveness with time. Don’t worry! It is a reversible process. There are lots of various options for hair care. Today, I offer you to know the way, how hot oil can return the beauty of hair and make your hair shiny and strong.

Why should you use hot oil for hair care?
First, it is one of the easiest and cheapest variants to care about your hair at home. The final result of this procedure will be hair’s healthy appearance. It does not matter whether you buy a special mean or do it yourself. The effectiveness of it won’t become less.

Hot oil gives a positive effect on the condition your head skin and helps to fight against dandruff. Remember, this procedure should be repeated some times to get a persistent effect. Try to apply hot oil on the hair once a week for a month. And you’ll be pleasantly surprised. Generally everything depends on the initial condition of the hair.

What is hot oil for hair care made from?
You’d better to use natural vegetable oils for hair care. For example, olive oil, jojoba oil or jasmine oil. Though you can take sunflower oil. It gives good results too.

How to cook hot oil for hair care at home?
Generally, there are many recipes of this kind of hair care. Here are just some of them.

A mixture "Essence"
You will need 2/3 cup sunflower or olive oil, 1 tablespoon honey, 1 teaspoon vitamin E, 10 drops of lavender essential oil, 10 drops of geranium essential oil and 10 drops sandal essential oil.
Mix all ingredients and warm in microwave. Then apply a mixture on the dry hair, beginning from the roots. Make a massage of the scalp. Once the oil is applied on all length of the hair, put a little cap and cover head with a bath towel. Leave for 15-20 minutes and then wash the head with shampoo. Finally apply balm on the head.

Lavender oil
Take 3 - 4 tablespoons olive oil and 3 drops of lavender essential oil. Warm olive oil in the microwave oven. Then add lavender oil. Apply the mixture on the hair (hair must be dry). Wear hat and the bath towel. Leave for 20-30 minutes. Then wash the head as usual.

Jojoba oil
You need 2 teaspoons jojoba oil and 1 tablespoon vegetable oil. Mix oils and warm in the microwave oven. Then apply on dry hair. Make a massage of the skin head. Wear hat and a bath towel. Leave for 15 minutes. Then wash the the head as usual. The number of ingredients can be doubled. It all depends on the length and thickness of hair.

Honey oil for hair
You will need 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 tablespoon honey. Mix ingredients and warm. Then apply on dry hair. Wear hat and a bath towel. Leave for 15 minutes. Finally wash the head as usual.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Dark Hair Care Tips

To tell the truth, the twice told statement that gentlemen prefer fair women is beneath criticism. It is a matter of taste, in fact. Many women prefer to be brunettes and they are girls of exceeding beauty!

In fact dark hair gets the wind of blonde hair. Naturally dark hair looks nice and thick and dense, as well as colored dark hair will have a similar effect. Dark hair can be great for promoting your best assets. It can be a really good way to highlight your eye shape and color. As a rule, dark haired women look youthful, because dark hair can emphasize your bright complexion.

What are main secrets of dark hair care? Dark hair is suggested to look silky, soft and shiny. To maintain this effect you need to use a shampoo that has silk amino acids. It adds softness and repair hair structure. Lecithin restores hair texture. Gels and creams will add shine without weight. Special masks for dark hair always include oils to prevent hair dryness, you can make them yourself.

It is very important to keep track of your water condition. Water makes up one-fourth of the weight of a strand of hair. Moisture makes the hair supple, so make sure you drink enough and don’t overdry your chevelure. Please, don’t wait until you're thirsty. Water helps to keep your hair silky and shiny. Ideally, you should drink between eight and ten glasses of water a day.

Do you know how minerals in water can affect your hair? It is really important for dark hair care.

Calcium helps hair to feel dry and lack shine and volume. Calcium accumulates on the scalp and caused dandruff. It can affect the hair follicle causing the hair to break off. Excessive calcium coats the scalp and blocks new hair growth.

Iron leaves hair feeling dry, fragile and weighted down. It causes lack of shine and can encolour dark hair to be darker or to have an orange contrast.

Copper discolors hair causing and dark hair to tint darker. Copper can cause dryness.

Magnesium and silica also can cause your hair to feel dry.

Protein is the main building block of hair, so a diet for your dark hair should contain enough of protein. You can get protein from fish, meat, milk, cheese and grains.

The following secrets for dark hair care will help you to regenerate hair follicles:

- Take vitamin B6, vitamin B12, zinc and vitamin A as dietary supplements. Supplements are useful for the recovery period or when you can't get enough from natural food sources.

- Don’t forget to massage your scalp. This helps promote blood circulation to the head.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Hair Coloring - Wherein the Secret?

Hair Coloring - Wherein the Secret?Have you ever played attention to the fact it is really difficult to find two people with absolutely identic hair color, as well as to achieve the same color on two different chevelures using the same hair-dye? The secret is that hair color is individual and the result of hair coloring is always unequal. So hairs color itself as well as hair coloring effect depends on the original hair pigmentation.

Hair color is based on the pigmentation of hair follicles in consequence of two types of melanin, eumelanin and phaeomelanin. As a rule, it depends on the total melanin amount, if the color of the hair is darker or lighter. Let’s look upon two types of pigment: eumelanin and phaeomelanin. Phaeomelanin makes hair red. Eumelanin has two types black or brown, determines the darkness of the hair color. A low concentration of brown eumelanin makes blonde hair, subtypes a higher concentration of this pigment makes the hair brown. All humans have some phaeomelanin in their hair but it is not always noticeable. The amount of this pinment determines the hair contrast. This is the main explanation for different results of hair coloring.

Hair color can be changed by a chemical process. As you have already known the hair coloring result will depend on the eumelanin and phaeomelanin amount. For example, it is usually difficult to make dark brown hair blond or even fair. Besides difficulties with the hair coloring you’ll face the problem that hair become darker after some time, it aligned with he pigment’s feature to restore. Now you can reason yourself about two main points at issue about hair coloring: if it really harms your hair and it is really difficult for the brunette to become blonde. You know it all depends on the pigment concentration.

If you prefer hair coloring you should choose between permanent hair color and semi-permanent color:

Permanent hair coloring can make hair lighter or darker as well you can change your hair color radically with it. You may also choose a perfect color congenial to your own hair color. Statistically women prefer permanent color. If you are a one of them, keep in mind that you need to color your hair roots every four to eight weeks.

You may change the color with the other type - semi-permanent color. It usually washes out over a period of time - typically four to six weeks. The final color is affected by the original color so it is not appropriate for gray and white hair.