Winter really takes a toll on our hair! Shining Brights’ Ultimate Guide to Winter Hair Care provides easy, common sense techniques to ensure your hair stays happy and healthy throughout the cold weather months.
Follow the tips below to ensure your hair stays beautiful and healthy despite the cold, dry air and other problems winter can bring!
Condition, condition, condition! Dry heat and cold weather zaps hair of it’s moisture. Because dry hair breaks easily, the most important thing you can do during the cold months is to deep condition regularly and use a more intensive daily conditioner.
Avoid using heated appliances as much as possible. Using a blow dryer, curling iron or flat iron dries hair out even more in winter. But always make sure that you use a thermal spray if you do
Avoid chemicals. Don’t perm or use a lot of peroxide color in winter. Try having lowlights or a few highlights added to just a few strands of hair to give you that extra glow.
Don’t wash your hair to much. It washes away all the natural oils that your hair needs. Its best to use dry shampoo to take away the oils then wash your hair!
Cover up! If you are going to be outside, especially in extreme temperatures or wind, use a pretty silk scarf to protect your hair from the elements. Sun can also be as damaging in winter as it is in summer!
Remember that your hair can be more dry and brittle in winter, and thus be much more delicate. Try to avoid over-brushing your hair. Comb hair gently with a wide-tooth comb a least a couple times a day to prevent tangles. Also, keep in mind that as wonderful as fuzzy winter sweaters are, turtleneck sweaters can cause knots at the nape of your neck, so be wary of wearing them if they cause problems for you.
Trim often. If you are maintaining length, trim your hair about half an inch a month. If you are actively growing your hair, trim it a half inch every other month during the cold season. This will help prevent any breakage from moving up the hair shaft and causing you a boatload of trouble later!
Keeping hair conditioned will help to prevent static electricity. If you find your hair is flyaway in winter despite conditioning, an anti-static spray specially formulated to control static in your hair. Give your hairbrush a light spray of an anti-static product.
Avoid excessively hot water when you wash your hair. Hot water is drying to hair. Rinse in lukewarm water or even cold water for smooth, shiny hair all year ’round!
We tend to wear our hair up in a bun and get lazy with our hair dos in winter and that’s ok but it can also dry your hair out so try and be creative with simply but creative hair dos.
