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September 16, 2005

Happy Hair

Need some hair help? Here some basic tips to maintain healthy, happy hair.

1. Unless your hair is extremely oily, don't wash your hair everyday. Washing it everyday can strip natural oils that your hair needs and cause your scalp to produce even more oil to make up for the oils that have been stripped away.

2. A little goes a long way, using giant gobs of shampoo or conditioner won't make your hair any cleaner or shinier.

3. Shampoo is for cleaning the hair and scalp. The roots of the hair is where the most gunk is, so when using your shampoo, concentrate it at the roots of your hair. Conditioner fills in damaged areas of the hair and the ends of hair is where the most damage is. So, when using conditioner, concentrate it at the ends of your hair.
Note: combing the conditioner through hair with a wide toothed comb helps distribute it evenly.

4. If your hair is dry, damaged, and/or color treated, use a deep conditioning treatment once a week. Neutrogena Triple Moisture Deep Recovery Hair Mask is a great deep conditioner that doesn't weigh hair down. If you have normal or oily hair use a deep conditioner every other week (concentrate on the ends of hair).

5. Don't brush wet hair; that causes major damage! Instead, use a wide toothed comb to gently detangle hair.

6. Leave in conditioners, like Aussie Hair Insurance Leave-in Conditioner, and silicone serums (shine serums), like Neutrogena Triple Moisture Healing Shine Serum, should be used sparingly. Comb the product through hair to evenly distribute it.

7. Keep the heat syling to a minimum. If you really can't live without blow drying your hair, just flip it upside down and dry only the roots on low heat.

8. Trim your hair every 4 to 6 weeks to keep damged ends away and healthy hair intact.

Posted by *Tammy on September 16, 2005 12:05 PM

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