Ladies,
Perhaps many of you wonder what are the most effective ways to add shine to hair. Even though everything seems to be okay – the hair is healthy and strong – yet this is shine that the strands lack. I used to have the same problem until I turned to a few solutions that I ferreted out online. Naturally, not every single hair shine boost method worked for me, therefore I’m not going to talk about all of them. Instead, I’ll focus only on the solutions that gave me the shine I was looking for. Interested? Intrigued? Continue reading, then.
Why does hair lose shine?
Probably me saying that there are numerous reasons why hair loses its shine won’t surprise you at all. Still, let’s get through the most important ones, shall we? Mostly, hair looks matte and dull due to moisture loss, fatigue, etc. It’s logical that when hair is damaged, it will be deprived of its shine. What might surprise you though is me saying that this is only an indirect cause of hair getting matte. Do you really know what makes hair lose its shine, or to put it simpler, what causes hair damage?
Our hair loses shine when:
- it’s regularly color-treated or bleached
- we don’t care about following a healthy and nutrient-rich diet
- we use ill-matching hair care products (e.g. shampoos)
- it’s regularly exposed to heat styling
- we neither detangle the hair often nor tie it up before going to sleep
How to make sure that hair won’t lose its shine?
The core is to mind the basic hair care rules that include: moisturizing, nourishing and regenerating. Apart from that, you must remember to keep the hair supplied with the essential nutrients (minerals, vitamins, fatty acids) which can be achieved through eating the right food products, by following a well-balanced diet, and even taking some food supplements. However, I wouldn’t overdo with the latter because wise hair care covers approximately 90% of what hair needs to remain healthy, strong and lustrous.
In the case when regular hair care practices aren’t enough, it’s a good thing to introduce extra methods of restoring shine to strands. And here the options are numerous. For example, you can visit a professional hair salon and ask for a hair-boosting treatment, or you can – just like me – reach for some home remedies. What home remedies?
My effective ways to get shiny hair
Here I present the most effective methods, which I personally tried and tested, to get you the lustrous hair you always wanted to have. Trust me, you should give them a try if you struggle with shine-deprived hair.
#1 Egg & Avocado Hair Mask
The unbeatable way among all the ideas for strong, healthy and lustrous hair is an egg hair mask. Of course, I wouldn’t be myself if I hadn’t changed anything, hence the avocado. This green fruit contains a massive number of these precious omega acids that hair needs. Combined with the egg proteins, these two ingredients make a regenerating bomb for hair – reinforce, prevent hair thinning and obviously add shine. How to prepare egg and avocado hair mask? Just blend 1 avocado and 2 eggs, apply the paste to moist hair and wrap the head with a warm towel. Let the mask sit on hair for more or less 30 minutes. Rinse as you would do it with any hair care product.
#2 Water & Cider Hair Wash
Obviously, this list wouldn’t be complete without vinegar hair washes. In my view, the best one is cider hair wash, which is my replacement for this old-school apple vinegar hair wash. Some of you might be put off by the odor, but in my opinion this water and cider hair wash produces really stunning results – sometimes the advantages outnumber the disadvantages, right? How does this hair wash work? Firstly, it balances and maintains hair and skin’s pH levels. Secondly, water and cider hair wash closes hair cuticles which as a result makes hair smooth, soft and lustrous.
#3 Beer Hair Wash
Another, equally effective, but – I have to admit – used less by me is treating hair with beer wash. I don’t know if you are aware of this but beer is a really dope hair care product! It contains plenty of vitamin B, saccharose and maltose which are substances responsible for nourishing and reinforcing hair structure. So, let’s move on to what the most important part: How to prepare beer hair wash? First, take it form a fridge and wait till it has room temperature. It’d be even better if you opened it to allow all the gas to escape the bottle. Then, you just have to wash hair as normally and rinse the hair with fresh beer. Stunning effects can be taken for granted.
#4 Hair Oil Treatment
And here is yet another way that helps me enjoy shiny hair, which I use pretty regularly. This beloved hair oil treatment. I just couldn’t skip mentioning about the power of natural oils here because – to me – treating hair with natural oils is just the core of hair care. Of course, you can toy with the oils – you can apply them to wet/dry hair, to the scalp only, to the entire hair length or just combine with a hair mask; I can keep enumerating the methods for an hour. In fact, there are so many ways of applying natural oils to hair as the number of the natural oils is – which is pretty countless, I guess. But if I was to recommend you some oil, I’d say that you should go for argan and castor oil blend. As far as I’m concerned, ricin has the strongest shine boosting effect and improves hair growth. Argan in turn is a master of regeneration, revitalization and nourishment.
#5 Regular Hair Brushing
For the last I left a method that in my opinion is highly effective despite being neglected. I’m talking about hair brushing. I guess, most of us do this only twice a day, in the morning and at bedtime. Some of us also detangle the hair before shampooing. Well, I hate to break it to you but this is not how good hair care habits should look like. Do you know why you should comb the hair more often? Mostly because in this way you help the scalp to get rid of dust and impurities, you prevent knots that lead to hair damage and breakage, and additionally this habit brings the natural shine back to your hair! Obviously, I suggest you to use natural-bristle brushes because plastic bristle is often rather doubtful. The only exception here is Tangle Teezer, which in fact many women adore.
This is everything I wanted to tell you about natural and proven ways to add and boost hair shine. I’m waiting for your thoughts and comments.
