Monday, November 23, 2009

Hair Split Ends Reasons

How many death-blows to hopes have been experienced by a lot of women who tried to grow long hair, because of hair split ends? Unfortunately long beautiful hair and hair split ends are incompatible. Hair split ends are most often seen in long hair and it is a common aggravation of anyone trying to grow their hair.

Never say die! Don’t give up your dream about beautiful long hair. The problem can be solved with good hair care. Split ends are more common for dry or brittle hair, and typical results of damage such as careless brushing or defective hair accessories.

Main reasons for hair split ends are:

• The natural scalp oils are necessary to reach the ends, making them more vulnerable than the roots. So hair split ends show if they are insufficient. The longer hair you have the drier they are.

• Your hair ends have a long exposure to the sun, experience more shampoos and been overheated by hairdryers and straighteners. The result is hair dryness and brittle ends.

• If you do not cut your hair regularly, it means you don’t take a proper care about them. An inopportune and rare cutting is possibly the main cause of hair split ends. Cut hair ends regularly and you will prevent splitting.

• Hair coloring, especially hair lightening, when done too often causes dry brittle ends.

• Winds, frost, overheated rooms and dry air also make hair dry.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Natural Homemade Recipes for Dry Hair

Dry hair does not reflect much light, that’s why it looks very dull. Dry hair usually has split ends, easily tears and tangles. It is difficult to comb. Quite often you can find dry fine dandruff on the head. Here you can find some homemade recipes for dry hair care. All of them are natural and easy to make.

1. Take 1 tablespoon burdock oil, 1 yolk, 1 teaspoon honey, 1 teaspoon of brandy and 1 teaspoon of aloe juice. Mix all ingredients carefully and apply the mixture on your hair. Put the polyethylene hat on the head and keep the mask for 2-3 hours. Then rinse with plenty of running water.

2. To eliminate dry dandruff you should take 4 tablespoons of the calamus roots and pour them with 1/2 liters of water. Boil 15 minutes, draw for 30-40 minutes and then filter. Wash the hair after shampooing with this rinser.

3. Beat 2 egg whites in foam. Then rub the foam into the hair and in the scalp and leave until it dries. Then rinse and wash hair with shampoo and warm water.

4. Mix onion juice with vegetable oil and lemon juice in equal parts. Gently massage the mixture into wet hair. Leave for 20-30 minutes on hair. Cover head with the piece of polyethylene. Then rinse with warm water and wash with shampoo.

5. Rinse hair with parsley broth after washing to make your hair shining. To make a rinser you need take 50 grams of parsley and pour it with 500 milliliters of water. Boil for 15 minutes, then cool and filter.