Friday, August 8, 2008

Homemade Hair Conditioner Recipes - Moisturize, Soften and Restore Your Hair

A hair conditioner is a term that means more than one thing.

The first and foremost purpose of it is to moisturize the hair and the scalp. Due to external influences and also internal body reactions (hormones, stress...), the skin on our head reacts differently. The most common reaction is dryness.

In homemade hair conditioners, ingredients like avocado and olive oil act as humectants. They trap in the moisture and keep it locked so that the hair shaft can receive the moisture it needs.

Combining them with natural hair care products also is a great way to help and restore damaged hair. It coats the shaft and protects it, infusing it with nourishing elements that help its resilience and shine.

Nourishing hair conditioner is specifically used for dry hair and dry scalp. It has oils that don't leave a greasy residue, but still provide enough moisture for hair to shine and look healthy.

You could always choose to buy a shampoo, but there are homemade recipes that are cheaper to make and all natural. Oily hair shampoo and conditioner target the excess oil that causes the hair to become oily. On the other side, there are dry hair shampoo recipes which restore the moisture and prevent dry, flaky skin of the scalp.

They are often used as detanglers, coating the hair shaft with polymers that prevent it from sticking together and tangling up.

The best conditioner is the one that give the best results when used on your hair. There is no way to tell the specific hair conditioner will be "the one". You need to try them and see which one fits you best.

To finish off, use a hair rinse which will boost up the natural shine and volume.

The first recipe helps moisturize the hair. The avocado is a moisturizing element and together with mayonnaise added it is perfect for dry, brittle hair.

Avocado hair moisturizer

Ingredients

* 1/4 avocado, peeled and mashed

* 1/4 mayonnaise

* blender or food processor

Preparation

* Combine avocado and mayonnaise in a blender or food processor until the mass is consistent and smooth

* Apply on hair and cover with a shower cap

* Leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes

* Rinse off with a gentle shampoo

Deep conditioner

Ingredients

* 3-4 drops of essential oils of your choice

* 1 teaspoon of olive oil

* 1 egg

Preparation

* Beat the egg

* Mix in the rest of the ingredients

* Apply on the hair and leave on for 15 to 20 minutes

* Rinse off using a gentle shampoo

This hair conditioner helps moisturize (olive oil) and soften your hair (egg). You can keep it refrigerated in a plastic container with a lid. Shake it well before using it.

Biljana Drake is an avid collector of homemade skin care recipes. Visit her site for natural, homemade hair shampoo and conditioner recipes preparation.

Suffering From Swimmer's Hair?

Pool Chlorine

Chlorine is one of those toxic natural elements that we must come into contact with most every day. It has many positive uses but our hair isn't one of them! Chlorine bonds with the the proteins in our hair and damages it! Hair feels dry, brittle and is difficult to comb through. It tangles easily and has a gummy feel to it. Ironically, the word "Chlorine" in Greek means "pale green" which is often what blonde hair can experience without proper protection from the copper found in swimming pools.

Prevention

One of the easiest ways to help prevent chlorine from damaging your hair is to get your hair very wet before swimming. Think of your hair like a sponge. A dry sponge will soak up liquid quickly but a wet sponge is too "full" to absorb much. This simple step alone can make a major difference! Secondly, comb a conditioner through your hair and leave it in. The conditioner will act as a shield against the chlorine and help provide a barrier that the chlorine won't be able to penetrate. In a pinch, use any creamy conditioner (use a product that normally requires rinsing.) After swimming, immediately shampoo and condition the hair once again.

Treatment

Many products specifically treat swimmer's hair and the one I use and recommend is the Malibu 2000 line of haircare products This line has been around for a while but still one of the best. There is a Swimmer's Shampoo that prevents chlorine buildup and also helps prevent the green hair that is caused by copper. Swimmer's conditioner that helps condition hair leaving it shiny and free of any minerals. Malibu 2000 hair products also have special treatments to remove additional buildup.

Don't let chlorine get the best of you!

Sue Phillips is a beauty care expert and has been a licensed cosmetologist and salon owner for 25 years

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Hair Care in Summers

Summer is time of hot. Summer can be particularly harsh on you. Hair care is important in summers and especially so when you have to brave the sun outdoors whether for recreation or work. In summers, we need to take care of our hair from drying, and harmful sunrays. We need condition, moisture our hair regularly. The most common problem during the summer season is suntan. To avoid excessive tanning during summers, apply a lot of sunscreen lotion before stepping out into the sun. Try using a sunscreen for your hair. Leaving on a conditioner with UV protection is a great bet for dry and brittle hair. A regular oil massage too helps. Try deep-conditioning treatment, as the sun-rays damage the hair. Do not let trivial skin and hair issues dampen your spirits this season.

Leaving on a conditioner with UV protection is a great bet for dry and brittle hair. Stylish accessories are attracting but do not pick each and every accessory you find attractive. Use ponytail holders without metal closures, barrettes with smooth edges, etc. Avoid washing your hair regularly, as natural oil in your hair act as natural moisturizers. Avoid using blow dryer. Allow your hair to air-dry. Swimming is the most popular sport during the hot summer days, thus applying conditioners and hair masks after a splash in the pool is very essential. To protect the hair from damage during the summer seasons, it is essential to apply a good conditioner from time to time. Henna is considered to be a great conditioner and a good hair mask.

Summer Hair Care Tips

1. Do not let trivial skin and hair issues dampen your spirits this season.

2. Wash your hair with tap water at least once after swimming to remove chlorine and salt contents from your hair.

3. Avoid using blow dryer. Allow your hair to air-dry.

4. Try using a sunscreen for your hair.

5. Avoid washing your hair regularly.

6. Stylish accessories are attracting but do not pick each and every accessory you find attractive. Use ponytail holders without metal closures

Juliet Cohen writes articles for free hairstyles and fashion tips. She also writes articles on hairstyles tips

Conditioners For Hair Loss

Stop worrying over hair loss by using Conditioners for Hair Loss from New Generation that has been proven effective time and again for all the various types of hair loss.

New Generation brings to you a range of hair growth and hair care products that not only promise to stop your hair from falling out but also helps in fast growth of long and thick hair that shines with health.

One of the highly successful hair growth products are conditioners used for hair loss in different kinds of hair and scalp. These conditioners can be used just like you use normal everyday hair conditioners.

The market is overflowing with various conditioners for hair loss and most of them are spurious or are meant for a particular type of hair or scalp. You have to be wary of such products. Before you zero in on any kind of hair loss products, you have to be careful about the manufacturer and for what type of hair loss is the product meant for.

At New Generation, you will find hair loss treatment products for all types of hair and hair loss. The New Generation hair loss solutions have one common Original Formula with extra ingredients added like Witch Hazel, Nettle and a balanced concentration of our main active ingredient Polysorbate 60 to suit your hair type.

In the line of conditioners for hair loss, we have increased the concentration of Polysorbate 60. Polysorbate 60 is an active ingredient in each of the Cleanser/Conditioner and Overnight Formulas. This is required to keep the cleansing formula balanced in accordance with the elements in the atmosphere enveloping us.

The Cleanser/Conditioner has a formula which helps your scalp to absorb the benefits where the cleansing action is needed. The Cleanser/Conditioner for hair loss also includes moisturizing agents that give a proper balance for healthy hair and scalp, shiny lustrous hair while facilitating the natural growth of your hair.

Each of our products, especially the conditioners for hair loss are developed after thorough research and experiments in different cases. Plus, we also concentrate on diet and food habits of our various customers and suggest a dietary supplement that will work in tune with the medicated conditioners for hair loss to enhance hair growth and stability.

Homemade Hair Conditioner Recipes - Moisturize, Soften and Restore Your Hair

A hair conditioner is a term that means more than one thing.

The first and foremost purpose of it is to moisturize the hair and the scalp. Due to external influences and also internal body reactions (hormones, stress...), the skin on our head reacts differently. The most common reaction is dryness.

In homemade hair conditioners, ingredients like avocado and olive oil act as humectants. They trap in the moisture and keep it locked so that the hair shaft can receive the moisture it needs.

Combining them with natural hair care products also is a great way to help and restore damaged hair. It coats the shaft and protects it, infusing it with nourishing elements that help its resilience and shine.

Nourishing hair conditioner is specifically used for dry hair and dry scalp. It has oils that don't leave a greasy residue, but still provide enough moisture for hair to shine and look healthy.

You could always choose to buy a shampoo, but there are homemade recipes that are cheaper to make and all natural. Oily hair shampoo and conditioner target the excess oil that causes the hair to become oily. On the other side, there are dry hair shampoo recipes which restore the moisture and prevent dry, flaky skin of the scalp.

They are often used as detanglers, coating the hair shaft with polymers that prevent it from sticking together and tangling up.

The best conditioner is the one that give the best results when used on your hair. There is no way to tell the specific hair conditioner will be "the one". You need to try them and see which one fits you best.

To finish off, use a hair rinse which will boost up the natural shine and volume.

The first recipe helps moisturize the hair. The avocado is a moisturizing element and together with mayonnaise added it is perfect for dry, brittle hair.

Avocado hair moisturizer

Ingredients

* 1/4 avocado, peeled and mashed

* 1/4 mayonnaise

* blender or food processor

Preparation

* Combine avocado and mayonnaise in a blender or food processor until the mass is consistent and smooth

* Apply on hair and cover with a shower cap

* Leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes

* Rinse off with a gentle shampoo

Deep conditioner

Ingredients

* 3-4 drops of essential oils of your choice

* 1 teaspoon of olive oil

* 1 egg

Preparation

* Beat the egg

* Mix in the rest of the ingredients

* Apply on the hair and leave on for 15 to 20 minutes

* Rinse off using a gentle shampoo

This hair conditioner helps moisturize (olive oil) and soften your hair (egg). You can keep it refrigerated in a plastic container with a lid. Shake it well before using it.

Biljana Drake is an avid collector of homemade skin care recipes. Visit her site for natural, homemade hair shampoo and conditioner recipes preparation.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Look Beautiful With Regular Hair Care

To most of us, our hair is a very important expression of our uniqueness and when our hair is looking its best; we can't help but to feel good too. Believe it or not as basic as hair care is to do, there are right and wrong ways to do it. Many times it is not even the products that you use at home, but how they are being used. When caring 'right' for our hair, it takes no longer than the time you took when doing it the wrong way! Proper organic hair care only takes the knowledge of the right steps for the hair of health and beauty.

The basic steps for shampooing starts with making sure you are using the correct type of shampoo. The right shampoo has more to do with whether your hair is oily, dry, and normal, permed, colored, straitened or even has issues with dandruff. Just make sure not to use too much shampoo, when you wash or to not over shampoo are both very important points to follow. The proper amount to use when washing depends on the length of your hair.

If your hair is shorter than chin length, then a nickel size (1.5 cm circle) is a good amount to wash with, but with longer hair past your shoulders calls for a half dollar size (4 cm circle). Shampoo should be rubbed in hands first and then applied to scalp for even distribution. Shampooing until a good lather arises and then rinse out all shampoo thoroughly until the water runs clear. By running your fingers through while rinsing does the best job in clearing all of the shampoo out of your hair.

Just as picking the right type of shampoo, the right type of herbal hair conditioner is too very important. The type of conditioner can be chosen by a couple of different factors depending on the hair being porous or resistant. Porous hair will need a conditioner that provides more moisturizers. The hair is resistant if it already does well holding in moister. It is then that a lighter conditioner would be better fitting.

The conditioner amount again depends on the length of your hair. Apply and massage the conditioner the same as shampooing was done. If you choose, combing the conditioner throughout the hair distributes the conditioner the best. The conditioner time to leave on can be anywhere from 1 minute to 5 minutes depending on the conditioner directions. As the shampoo rinsing, it is very important to completely rinse all of the conditioner out.

Anita R writes for onestoptreatment.COM that provides information on all aspects of finding Hair care products. The information provide by our Aromatherapy EXPERT! You can find more details and tips about aromatherapy Essential Oils in our education center.

Speed Hair Growth By Up To 45%

Hair growth can seem to take forever, especially if you are keen to change your hair style. Just waiting for hair to grow can be a frustrating process.

Nisim International have come to the rescue with F.A.S.T. - Fortified Amino Scalp Therapy. Nisim pioneered research in hair loss in the early 1990's and brought out their NewHair Biofactors range to combat hair loss within one week. (See Resource Box below)

They then turned their attention to speeding up existing hair growth. The result is F.A.S.T. for hair growth.

What is F.A.S.T.?

F.A.S.T. is a two product system consisting of a deep cleansing stimulating shampoo and an amino acid rich conditioner.

The shampoo is specifically designed to allow your hair to grow as fast as possible. It can speed hair growth by up to 45 percent.

It is formulated for all hair types and will not affect chemically treated hair.

This special blend of actives along with unique extraction and manufacturing methods allows for optimum penetration of essential vitamins and amino acids for super fast hair growth.

Regular use infuses the hair with everything required to stimulate and maintain a hyper-accelerated rate of hair growth.

The system is fast and easy to use:

  • Simply wash your hair every day with F.A.S.T. shampoo rinse well and REPEAT.
  • Apply the conditioner and work throughout the hair and into the roots.
  • Allow the conditioner to remain on the hair for 1 minute. Rinse well. If your hair requires more extensive conditioning leave on the hair 3-5 minutes then rinse well.

New: F.A.S.T. Hair Growth Supplements

Recently Nisim added F.A.S.T. supplements to the range. These tablets complement the shampoo and conditioner, giving the body the nutrients it needs to add lustre and sheen to your hair.

Many users also see an improvement in the appearance of their skin and nails, with healthier supple skin and stronger, faster growing nails in addition to faster hair growth.

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