Why does hair get dry in winter?

Spring is coming, and we want to quickly take off our hats, scarves and shawls and show off our luxurious hair, feel the cool spring breeze fluttering our curls. But are they that luxurious?

Why does hair get dry in winter?
Apart from your individual health or stress problems, there is one common cause. This is the influence of dry indoor air, in which we are most of the time. Heating devices dry the air, so our hair, in addition to hair dryers and other reasons, loses moisture over the winter, becomes dry and highly electrified. The main characteristics of dry hair are lack of shine, brittleness, lack of grease, which causes the hair to split.

What to do?

Use shampoos and conditioners that include moisturizers, use special sprays containing vitamins, essential oils and thermal water, spraying your hair as often as possible. Do not wash your hair with hot water, as this will make your hair brittle. It is better to wash with warm water, rinsing at the end with cool water, this helps to close the hair scales, and the hair looks fresher and shinier.

After washing, do not try to dry your hair by rubbing it with a towel, at this moment they are quite fragile, it is better to blot it, and then dry it naturally (it is often harmful to use a hair dryer). Now, if your hair is very dry, it is very useful to use oils. Don't forget the importance of oils such as olive, castor, macadamia and especially argan oil. The latter differs from others in its property to spread not only on the surface of the hair, but also to penetrate into the hair.

But oils such as flaxseed oil or milk thistle oil would be good to use in salads as well. These oils deliver omega-3,6,9 fatty acids to our body and also cleanse the body, and this is so necessary during and after winter. After all, no matter how hard we try, note that in winter there are fewer fruits and vegetables on our table.

Increase your intake of foods such as nuts, carrots, cottage cheese, fish, butter, vegetable oils, oranges, apples, pumpkin, persimmon, cabbage.

Everything vegetable oils can be used as masks.

For example, mix 3 tablespoons of castor oil and the same amount of almond oil. Warm the mixture slightly and massage into hair. Then cover your head with plastic wrap, and insulate it on top. Leave the mask for 2 hours, then rinse with shampoo.

Burdock oil can be used instead of castor oil.

A mask consisting of one teaspoon of honey and two teaspoons of coconut oil gives good results. The mixture should be applied to the hair and kept for 10 minutes, then rinsed.

A mask based on oil, for example peach, can be done like this - in a small container, mix part of boiled warm water with peach oil (0.5 cups of water and 2 tablespoons of oil), moisten a napkin in this composition and put it on your head, cover on top a plastic scarf, then insulate. Let the mask sit for about an hour, then wash off with shampoo.

For dry and brittle hair, it is useful to rub heated olive oil into the skin 1.5 - 2 hours before washing your hair. We also wrap the head and insulate it, then thoroughly rinse it with detergents.

A mask of almond, coconut or burdock oil with the addition of lemon juice and egg yolk will help to make our hair soft and shiny. Keep the mask for 20-30 minutes.

It is advisable to do masks as often as possible (2 - 3 times a week, if the hair is completely dry and seemingly lifeless).

For dry hair, aromatic compositions, which you can rub into the scalp after washing, also help well:

4 drops of sandalwood, 4 drops of orange oil in 2 tbsp.tablespoons of vegetable oil;

4 drops of chamomile, 4 drops of ylang-ylang, 2 drops of incense oil in 5 ml of vegetable oil;

3 drops of sandalwood, 3 drops of myrrh oil, 3 drops of incense, 1 drop of orange in 10 ml of vegetable oil.

You can add essential oils to detergents, for example, 4 drops of chamomile, 2 drops of orange oil, 1 drop of pine, 1 drop of cedar in 5 ml of any shampoo or balm.

Of course, you will have to work hard, but soon after these procedures you will see an amazing effect.