Category Archives: Hair Care

How about Conditioning your Tresses with Natural Hair Care?

September 16, 2011 April Watson 2 Comments

These days’ women suffer a lot from hair problems. From hair fall to split ends, hair problems trigger out of obvious to mysterious reasons. Remember those college days when you’d envied your best friend for her shiny and healthy tresses? She looked gorgeous, absolutely stunning!! Did you ever take time to ask her about the secret behind this? Well if you haven’t, I’d tell you why. She’d regularly condition her hair with natural hair care products. Oh God!! How many times do I need to tell you, your tresses need a portion of nature too? So what’s it like conditioning your frizzy unmanageable hair? All you need is a banana- the mighty fruit, a few teaspoonfuls of olive oil and milk.

Here is how you go about it with your natural hair care:

With your own hands make a smooth paste of the banana

Mix the milk with olive oil

Now blend in all the ingredients

Before applying this 100% natural paste your comb your hair. After application of the same keep it for another 15-20mminutes. Now wash it with lukewarm water and then shampoo it off. Again cleanse your hair with cold water. See you’ve got healthier and shinier hair in minutes. Nothing can beat the natural homemade products.

Long hair care tips to look stunning

September 15, 2011 April Watson 4 Comments

Hectic work life takes a toll on our health. In order to possess glowing and healthy hair strands you need to work on it following all kinds of toning, cleansing and conditioning methods. Does long hair means extra care? Long hair strands are not too easy to manage; therefore there is a constant need for long hair care. Moreover lengthier strands tend to get tangled if left untied and uncared for. It’s definitely not a too good sight to see your hair strands come off as you try to comb your long tresses.

First of all it’s important that you cleanse your hair regularly. Regular shampooing helps get rid of dirt that accumulates while you are out. However it’s important that you choose shampoos that suit your hair type. You’ll find a wide range of natural and chemical constituents present in the shampoo. While some shampoos are high in chemical contents others aren’t. You should try using shampoos that are gentle for your hair.

Here are natural long hair care tips for cleaner and healthier tresses:

Massage you scalp with lemon juice and keep it for 20-30 minutes.
Rinse it with cold water.
You can even apply some lemon juice with onion juice. This leaves your hair healthier and shinier.

Hair toning is as important as hair cleansing. Gooseberries are wonderful fruits which help nourish your hair from within plus stimulating blood circulation at the roots of your strands. Soak gooseberries in water all night long. Now rinse your hair with this solution the next day. You’ll find change in a few days.

Hair Styling for Black Hair

September 11, 2011 April Watson 4 Comments

Gone are those days when people were subjected to being victims of unjustified mockery for having black curly hair. Today we have stepped into new age where different communities from across the world have merged to bring about new styles and trends. While the blondes are blackening their hair, those with black curly hair are trying to straighten their shafts. If you aren’t too keen to drain your pockets at salons and at expensive spa resorts, you can still go ahead with branded black hair care products. Believe me after a single application you’ll start sensing the difference. No more of dull messy hairdos. Especially when you have greasy curly tresses, you’ll need quality styling products to look fashionable and trendy. The Afro-American hairdo is pretty much in vogue; be it the celebrities or the girls next-door, you’ll find them sporting the curly look. Though black hair is not all about curls, there are women sporting the ever-green straight hair and those with locks. Gosh they look so pretty.

So what makes black hair so famous?

The innovative black hairdos have emerged from a dynamic global culture. The ones with black hair are celebrating and sharing their fashion secrets with people from across the globe. Looking at these fashion divas flaunting their shiny black hairdos we get engrossed into such fashionable styles. Look at Halle Berry!! Her cropped hair settles on her graceful face like no one else’s. Berry’s well groomed curvy figure looks great with her croppy hairdo. Then there’s Beyonce Knowles, the pop-diva who has got her famous curly locks straightened and colored. See there is a mix of everything in today’s fash

Hair Gel- Good or Bad

September 10, 2011 April Watson 3 Comments

Men have fetish for hair styling products that make them look hot; knowing very little if these products are good for their shafts. Cropped or long hairdos, men go for anything trendy and those which lend them an extra appeal. Nowadays you’d find hair gels that shine in the dark; especially men who party hard at night find it quite an interesting formula to woo women. However most of the time men fail to realize that application of hair gel and other hair solutions can get malefic too. It’s true that several men suffer baldness due to inappropriate use of hair gels. Most of us are unaware of some bitter truths about how hair gels and solutions take toll on your hair health. Every other day you’ll find a new hair styling product in the market; but before taking out your wallet, think again.

Is hair gel harmful?

Yes it can trigger hair loss. How? Hair gels are manufactured with chemicals and sporting a gel look throughout the day without rinsing your hair would worsen the situation. Hair pores through which new shafts grow get clogged if you have not cleansed your scalp properly. Every day you need to wash off the hair gel after wearing it for long hours. As the pores get clogged with chemicals and dirt, the growth of new hair follicles are affected. This right away limits growth of hair thus causing baldness to occur.

A very homely hair spa for you

September 10, 2011 April Watson 2 Comments

Do you know the shine in your tress reflects your health from inside? Believe it or not the condition of hair depends much on your well being. The healthier you eat, think and sleep the more it would help your hair to grow and shine. It’s a proven fact that fatigue, pollution and ill-health take toll on your hair health. What’ll you do? Taking expert advice is of no good if you can’t afford them; in most cases the hair stylist or the expert would recommend you to taking a hair spa which would again cost you huge. Its better ask him/her for a home remedy that is just as good as the salon ones. I’ll share some inexpensive hair rejuvenating tips with you.

These home-made hair spa therapies are excellent for hair growth:

Warm coconut/olive oil with 3gm of ground black pepper. Now filter the blend and keep it aside in a bottle. Right before going to bed apply the oil on your scalp and massage it well, so that the oil reaches the roots. This stimulates hair growth.
Swimming in chlorine fed water is dangerous for your hair. The cucumber-egg therapy is a wonder. Squash cucumber in grinder, take an egg and olive oil. Now blend them well. Apply the mixture on your scalp and keep it for few minutes. Rinse it after an hour or so.
Are you suffering from dry hair? Want that old shine back? well try your hands in this. Peel a banana and squash it with your hands, mix it with avocado. Apply it thoroughly on your scalp.
If your hair is too frizzy you can add vodka, in eggs and an essential oil. Stir the mixture well and now apply this on your scalp and hair. See the difference after every wash.

These are great ways to have happy healthy hair.

Best hair conditioner for curls

September 09, 2011 April Watson 1 Comment

Curls at times become difficult. After a wash they tend to get frizzy and unmanageable. So how’d you go about displaying your natural curls? Do nothing, just choose the best hair conditioner in town. There are special hair conditioners meant to nourish and manage curly hair. Do you know why curly hair suffers dryness? There is a scientific cause to it. Oils secreted from the roots don’t tend to reach the ends; in fact the oils don’t glide well on a curly shaft. Now you know why you need to put in extra oil on your scalp. A good oil massage can help you get soft lustrous and silky locks right away. Also you can pick the best hair conditioner that’ll take care of your curly frizzy hair in winter months.

An extra dose of olive oil and avocado can work miracles for your hair; also choose to buy hair conditioners that are rich in avocado, jojoba and olive oil content. Some of the excellent hair conditioners are rich in natural extracts. Also the best conditioning products are made of panthenol which makes your shafts stronger than ever. Your hair becomes silky, shiny and resistant to breakage. curl is in vogue, so flaunt your glossy, silky and shinier locks.