Hair Care in Winter

Hair Care in Winter: Things to Pay Attention to

Hair care in winter is one of the hardest tasks. Wind and snow only multiply the problem, as cold temperatures, dry air, and constant exposure to indoor heating all make hair dryer. The drier your hair gets, the more brittle and prone to breakage, not to mention frizz. But just because the temperature changes doesn’t mean you have to settle for less than your best hair. So here are some tips that may help you manage your hair this winter…

How Winter Effects Your Hair

Most proteins are degraded by cold and water migrations from where they live (in ripe fruit), even the hair being dead loses a little bit of everything that keeps it aligned when exposed to the freezing air. These conditions make our skin extremely dry and below are some of the common problem that can hit your skin.

Dryness: Cold air equals less moisture, thus drying out your hair and scalp. This leads to flaky scalps, dandruff and dry hair.

Static Electric: The dry air causes static electricity, which results in hair that is frizzy and nearly impossible to work with.

Disruption In Growth: During the winters, our hair shaft can become brittle, which makes the hair prone to breakage and split ends.

Dryness: Hair without moisture makes hair look dry; it avoids the natural shine (lower cuticle reflection) and feels lifeless.

Now that we know what winter does to our hair, let’s move on and get some advice and survival tips that will help keep our hair healthy during this challenging winter season.

Hydrate and Moisturize

Keeping moisture is key when considering hair care in winter. The dry, cold air of winter can absorb moisture from your hair, leaving it lifeless, frizzy, and susceptible to damage. If the skin is dehydrated, make sure you base your routine around moisturizing products.

Hydrating Shampoo and Conditioner: Buy a sulfate-free shampoo and a conditioner that protects your hair and keeps it hydrated. Argan oil, shea butter, and glycerin moisturize. Conditioners that hydrate can help keep your hair from tangling and becoming unmanageable.

Regular and deep conditioning: Add deep conditioning to your weekly hair care routine. Moisture gives our hair life, so feeding it with a rich, nourishing hair mask once or twice a week will help replenish lost moisture. The sun can dry out your hair, so choose a mask with component to help rehydrate the hair: coconut oil, avocado oil or honey are good candidates.

Leave-in Conditioners: Curly or coarser hair types may require additional moisture and protection throughout the day, so utilizing a leave-in conditioner (or lightweight serum) can be very helpful. They help with controlling static and frizz too.

Avoid Overwashing

Do Not Overwash Your Hair In Winter Washing too often can remove the naturally occurring oils from your scalp, which is why you will be left with itchy and dry skin.

Avoid over-shampooing: Rinse your hair 2-3 times a week rather than a maximum. If you want to freshen up your hair in between washes and find that your roots also feel more oily, nice,a nice, gentle dry shampoo can help absorb the excess oil without leaving you with drier ends.

Lukewarm Water: Although hot water is tempting when it comes to cold mornings, it is very bad for your hair. Hair is, therefore, further dried out from stripping away the natural oils, and it also dries the hell out of your scalp.

Wash Hair with Luke Warm Water and Finish with Cold Water Seal the Cuticle:This is another important rule you must follow while washing your hair, as hot water can cause hair color to fade sooner.

Protect your Hair from the Weather

Cold air, wind and snow can be damaging to your hair. Your hair needs to be protected from the elements to prevent environmental damage.

Wear Hats and Scarves: Wearing a hat or scarf is an easy but effective way to protect hair from stark winter elements. Choose silk or satin over wool or cotton (both can produce friction leading to breakage) residential dummy;

Go with a silk or satin lining: If you want the wooly hats or those knits for warmth, accompany a silky textured scarf on your head to ensure that there is no friction as well as static. You also have the option of buying hats that already come with a satin lining.

When be outside for an extended period, it protects against the wind and cold by tucking in all your hair inside your coat or scarf. This is especially beneficial in reducing split ends and breakage.

Fight Frizz and Static

One of the things (of many) bad about winter months is static hair. Here are ways in which to eliminate and decrease static:

As we have already said that the more dry your hairs are, it worsens the static electricity, so do a deep conditioning treatment a night before you want to wear those cute clothes, and you’re good to go like nothing happened. 2 Yes, just like your skin, moisture is key for keeping hair from looking dry (or feeling cotton candy).

Apply Anti-static Sprays: Anti-static sprays are good at taming frizzy and flyaway hair. Find ones that have formulas that are light weight and will not be too heavy on hair.

Microfiber Towel: Switch to a microfiber towel in place of regular towel-wrapping your face-hair after washing. Microfiber towels create less friction and frizz than traditional cotton towels.

Trim Regularly

Split ends and breakage are an even bigger issue in the winter, especially as we get into those chilly months with dry air and cold storms. You should get your hair trimmed regularly to ensure that it remains looking healthy.

Get Regular Trims: Try to make it a priority to have your hair trimmed every 6–8 weeks, which prevents your split ends from travelling up the hair shaft and giving it more dead ends than you might want.

Dusting Ends: If you do not want to cut off much length, ask for a dusting instead of a full trim. Dusting is where you cut off just the very ends, removing only the damaged, split ends but not much length.

Scalp Care is Essential

Dryness, flaking and itching can all be symptoms you start to see more of when winter hits, causing frustration and even embarrassment. Maintaining proper hygiene of the scalp is critical to having healthy hair.

Cleansing: SLough off dead skin cells by gently scrubbing your scalp once a week with a mild, tough cleanser to remove product buildup and residue. Scrubbing your scalp, is also good because it helps healthy hair grow and reduces dandruff too.

Scalp Oils: Rub nourishing oils, such as coconut, jojoba, or tea tree oil, into the scalp to alleviate dryness and inflammation. This will also improve circulation, that in turn promotes the hair follicles to grow and hence promotes hair growth.

Invest In The Right Styling Tools & Techniques

Heat styling tools might be tempting during the winter in order to tame frizz, but using an excess of heat is going to create more dryness and damage.

How to reduce heat damage: After you wash your hair, rinse it with cold water rather than hot water, mitigating the use of a heated styling tool!

Use Air Dry: When you can, let your hair air dry naturally instead of using heat. If you really must blow dry, either select the cool setting or use plenty of heat protectant spray.

Heat protectors are a must: Never use any heat-styling tools (such as flat irons or curling wands) without first spraying on the heat protectant! They act as a shield to protect the fabric from direct heat.

Avoid Excessive Heat Styling: Skip your heat tools 90% of the time; use braids, buns or twists for everyday wear.

Eat Right and Hydrate

Healthy, hydrated hair is the product of a beautiful diet, and with winter setting in, more so to combat brittleness, this becomes all the more vital, I would say.

Drink lots of WATER: Hydration is important for your body but also for healthy hair. Since everyone usually loses track of drinking water in the winter, try to drink at least 8 cups a day!

Have a diet consisting of Vital Nutrients: We all know that nutritious food should be part of our diet, but how beneficial will it be to include foods richer in vitamins and minerals supporting healthy hair, like Biotin, Vitamin E, Zinc, omega-3 fatty acids, etc. Foods such as salmon, nuts and seeds, spinach, and eggs nourish your hair from the inside, which is a good choice for healthier hair.

Opt for Gentler Hair Accessories

When hair is at its most fragile in winter, the last thing you want to do is further hair breakage by too harsh of a hair accessory.

Go with Scrunchies: Change tight elastics into silk scrunchies or hair ties to prevent snagging and pulling of your hair.

Stay Away from the Metal Clips: The metal components can rub on hair, because they cause breakage. Avoid such cigarette holders due to the damage and go for plastic as well as a cloth covered phone cases since they are so soft of hair.

Refuse of Chemical Treatments Regularly

Coloring, perming, and relaxing chemicals can do a real number on your hair during wintertime. If you can, reduce the number of these services during the colder months, as they contribute to even more dryness and damage.

Color/Perm Hair Wisely: Limits the quality of hair colouring per year; permanent hair can not be too frequent, do at least to get the effect that if you wait until the last time, your hair and health are almost back to pre-treatment condition.

Choose Silkier Solutions: Semi-permanent colors, deep conditioning treatments and other less harsh haircoloring methods can keep the amount of damaged tissues to a minimized level.

Winter means special care for your hair, but if you follow some simple techniques and use the right products, then you will be able to have beautiful and healthy curls. Instead, concentrate on keeping your hair moisturized and safeguarded from the elements, as well as styling with care. Keep your locks looking good all winter by tweaking your regimen to suit the needs of the chillier months.

No matter how your hair is suffering, use some of the following winter hair care tips in order to make sure that your hair stays moisturized and healthy during this time.