How to Master a Good Hair Day, Everyday
Fed up of wasting so much time trying to get your unruly mane under control? While good hair days may seem few and far between, it doesn’t need to be this way. Read on as HerStyler shares some top tips that will help to ensure a good hair day, everyday!
Find the Right Shampoo and Conditioner for Your Hair
A shampoo and conditioner are the most basic elements of any hair care routine. Pick your products wisely and your hair will start to feel so much healthier.
To do this, you’ll need to have some understanding of your hair’s needs. If your hair often feels greasy due to your scalp producing excess oil, you’ll need a shampoo that’s able to tackle this extra sebum. You’ll still need to condition your hair but a lightweight conditioner that won’t weigh your strands down is essential. The HerStyler Rosehip & Sage Conditioner would be particularly beneficial due to how sage is known for addressing the feeling of grease.
Meanwhile, if your hair is dry, you’ll need to opt for a gentle shampoo. You don’t want to completely strip away the sebum that coats your hair since it will be a while before your scalp produces plenty more. Your hair will also need a richer conditioner. The HerStyler Argan Oil & Biotin Conditioner will not only deeply moisturize your strands but will also leave your hair feeling stronger and more elastic.
Detangle Your Hair While Conditioning
If you want a good hair day that never ends, smooth and tangle-free strands are a must. Knots will only leave your hair looking messy, uneven, and frizzy while contributing to long-term damage.
If you don’t have many tangles, a quick run-through with a de-tangling paddle brush may be all that you need before you wash and condition your locks. However, if your hair is curly and knots are the norm, your strands will need some extra lubrication before you attempt to de-tangle. This is why it can be helpful to work on de-tangling once you’ve applied a conditioner to your hair.
Ideally, start with your fingers. Make your way through any knots gently and slowly. Once you’ve removed the bulk of them with your fingers and the remaining knots are too small for your fingers to work with, turn to a wide-toothed comb or a de-tangling brush. The HerStyler De-Tangle Brush is a great one for the job!
Use a Frizz-Fighting Towel to Dry Wet Hair
While your shampoo and conditioner will have a huge impact on the end result of your hair, even the best products won’t be able to help much if you then go and rough up your hair cuticles with your towel. This will only exacerbate frizz and tangles while also causing damage to your strands. Your hair is most fragile when it’s wet, meaning that friction and rough handling need to be avoided at all costs.
This is where microfiber towels can come to the rescue. They may look thinner than a regular towel but they’re highly absorbent. Rather than rubbing one on your hair, use it to blot and squeeze excess moisture out. This will encourage your hair cuticles to lie flat, which will give you the flawless finish you’re seeking.
Apply a Hydrating Hair Serum to Damp Strands
A good hair day involves hair that looks sleek and shiny. To accomplish this, your hair needs to be fully hydrated. Moisture gives your hair its bounce and gloss, meaning that a lack of moisture has the opposite effect.
While a conditioner will help to add moisture back into your strands after shampooing, a hydrating hair serum can ramp up hydration levels even more. For the best results, pick one that’s able to meet some of your hair’s other needs too. For example, if your hair has been feeling brittle, try the HerStyler VitaOil Biotin Hair Serum. Not only will it hydrate your strands but it will leave them feeling stronger. If, on the other hand, frizz is an issue, the HerStyler Argan Oil Hair Serum would be a fantastic choice!
While hair serums can be used on dry hair, maximum hydration occurs when a serum is applied to damp strands. Wet hair is more permeable. This means that it’s more capable of soaking up the hydrating ingredients that you apply.
Be Careful Not to Over-Shampoo Your Locks
There’s no denying that keeping your hair clean is essential to mastering a good hair day, and this is what a shampoo does. However, don’t forget that the natural oil that coats your hair will also contribute to how good your hair looks and feels. This oil adds lubrication, conditioning your strands to keep them feeling supple and healthy.
Each time you shampoo your hair, you remove those oils. Sure, your scalp will produce more but it takes a while for that oil to travel from your roots to your tips. If you wash your hair again before it has had the chance to do so, you’ll only end up with dry and frizzy strands.
Those of you with oily hair may also want to refrain from over-washing your locks. Sure, shampooing your hair every day or two helps with reducing that greasy look but this will only dry your scalp out. In turn, it will then start producing even more oil, leaving your hair even greasier in between washes.
Regularly Exfoliate Your Scalp
Speaking of the oil produced by the scalp…
Just like with the rest of your skin, the pores on your scalp can easily end up clogged. This can lead to scalp acne, along with a number of other problems. Exfoliating your scalp removes any excess oil, along with dead skin cells, dandruff, and other pore-clogging impurities.
How do you exfoliate your scalp? Just like with facial exfoliants, you have the choice between chemical and physical exfoliation. Physical, which most commonly involves a scalp scrub, tends to be the easiest method. Add a scalp scrub to your hair care routine and your entire mane will benefit from it.
Always Use a Heat Protectant If You Plan on Heat Styling
While it’s true that heat styling can lead to the appearance of damage, a large amount of this can be prevented with the use of a heat protectant. These products coat the outer layer of each strand, forming an extra barrier around your hair. When heat is applied to the hair, the heat protectant takes the brunt of it. The hair within still receives enough heat to be manipulated and styled but not so much that it ends up burnt.
Sure, you may still achieve a gorgeous finish without using a heat protectant, but chances are that your hair will look dry and frizzy the next day. If you want your heat styling efforts to give you a good hair day for a few days, a heat protectant is definitely the way to go.
Don’t forget to pick your heat protectant based on your hair type. A lightweight spray tends to be best for oily hair, whereas a hair serum or cream would be better suited to dry hair.
Treat Your Mane to Weekly Masks and Deep Conditioners
We’ve already talked about how important conditioners are for ensuring that your hair looks its very best. However, if your hair is already showing signs of dryness and damage, a regular conditioner might not be enough.
Instead, if you want to overcome your hair issues, a deep conditioner or a hair mask would be worth trying. These are more intense than a regular conditioner. This is why they should only be used weekly, or even monthly, rather than each time you wash your hair. While they may add some extra time to your hair care routine, they’ll ensure that your hair’s needs are being met, which will make it much easier for you to rock the hair of your dreams at all times!
Protect Your Hair While You Sleep
It can be very disheartening when you put lots of time into your hair only for it to look like a wild bird’s nest when you wake up in the morning. This makes it so much harder to achieve a good hair day!
What can you do about this? Plenty. Start by making sure that your top pillowcase is made from silk or satin. This will reduce the amount of friction that’s created when your hair rubs against your pillow. In turn, you’ll experience less frizz and smoother-looking strands come morning.
A protective hairstyle can also go a long way in keeping your hair in perfect shape while you sleep. Try loosely braiding your strands for dreamy waves in the morning or wrapping your hair in a silk scarf to save yourself from morning tangles.
Be Consistent With Trims
A good hair day hinges on a good haircut. If you haven’t had a trim for a few months, it will be much harder to achieve locks that looks sleek and healthy. By this point, you’ll likely have a few split ends. These will not only make your hair much more challenging to manage but they’ll give your mane a frizzy and fluffy finish.
How often do you need a trim? This depends on your hair. If your haircut features a lot of perfectly placed layers, is short, or you have bangs, you’ll likely need a trim every six weeks. Meanwhile, if your haircut is more forgiving, you could get away with a trim every two to three months.
Good Hair Days With HerStyler
While a good hair day every day may seem like an impossible goal, it really isn’t so. Instead, with the right prep work and know-how, you’ll soon be waking up to strands that feel soft and silky while also being easily styled and managed.
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