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Caring for Dry, Brittle Hair

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Anything from a cold wind to a scorching hot straightening iron can damage your hair, making it dry and frizzy. But before you simply resign yourself to lifeless, brittle hair, try these tips to help restore its healthy shine.

Stick with gentle cleansers. Harsh, chemical-filled shampoos can strip your hair of natural oils and make it even drier. Look for all-natural products made specifically for dry hair to help add moisture back in. Also, consider changing your shampooing schedule: Instead of washing your hair daily, scale back to once or twice a week to help preserve your natural oils and give your hair a rest.

Condition, condition, condition. Get the richest, most moisturizing conditioner you can find, and apply it liberally and often. Even if you’re taking a shampoo vacation, you can still wet your hair in the shower and apply your conditioner. Look for leave-in formulations that will moisturize your hair all day long.

Don’t forget the deep conditioner. In addition to daily conditioning, you should make time for weekly and monthly deep-conditioning treatments. Warm up hot oil (you can buy oil specifically made for the hair or use olive or other oils), massage it into your hair and scalp, then wrap your head in a hot towel and let the oil soak in for at least a half hour before you shampoo.

 

Avoid rough handling. All that combing, blow-drying, and straightening can take their toll on your hair. Avoid overscrubbing when you’re washing, let your hair air dry, and comb or brush only as needed.

 

Limit your processing. Coloring, perms, and other chemical treatments can dry and damage your hair even further. Go easy on your hair — put off the harshest treatments until your hair regains its health.

 

Don’t expose yourself. The sun, wind, and cold can dry out your hair. Wear a hat during the winter to protect it from the cold, and look into hair-care products with sunscreens to minimize sun damage.

 

Make sure you’re eating healthy. Brittle hair may be caused by a vitamin deficiency, so make sure you’re eating a balanced diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables, lean meats, and dairy — and consider taking a multivitamin as well. Eight glasses of water each day will help hydrate your hair from the inside out.

 

Try an all-natural treatment. Mayonnaise, bananas, and avocados are all excellent moisturizers for your hair. Leave any of these on your hair for at least 15 minutes, then shampoo and rinse out.

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Best Hair Color for Green Eyes

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Finding the right hair color for green eyes is not just about picking up the next hair color box that you find in a drugstore. There are many elements that you need to consider when choosing the right hair color. Your analysis should be based on your skin tone, the color of your eyes and the actual or rather existing color of your hair. For understanding the importance of this we first need to find out how colors work. Hair color as we see it is actually the reflection of light of the colored pigments in the hair shaft. No wonder hair that is colored looks different under fluorescent light and normal sunlight. Here is a review of the hair coloring ideas and the best hair color for green eyes.

Along with the color of your eyes, it is your skin tone that is the most important factor for determining the perfect hair color. Those with a yellow or golden skin undertone have a warm skin tone or what is often referred to as the “peaches and cream” complexion. The ones with the pink and blue skin undertones fall into the cool skin tone. So the hair color that suits a woman with fair, pinkish skin and green eyes might look totally uncharacteristic and “washed out” on a woman with olive skin tone and green eyes.
Green Eyes and Olive Skin: The best hair color for green eyes and olive skin or rather ones with warmer undertones are caramel and bronze in a darker shade than your skin. Avoid the brassy blondes or any of the lighter shades of blondes as they can make you look totally washed out. Plum and burgundy highlights, brown, dark brown and black are the best hair colors for green eyes and olive skin.

Green Eyes and Tanned Skin: Deeper chocolate browns, champagne, beige and the lighter browns are the best hair color for green eyes and tan skin.

Green Eyes and Fair Skin: Choosing the best hair color for green eyes and fair skin is quite easy. While for the darker skin tones any lighter hair color shade would look totally unnatural, fair skinned women can opt for hair color shades in red, cool browns, black and blonde. Shades of red are absolutely stunning and are probably the best hair color for green eyes fair skin people. Blonde shades or honey blonde highlights can also lighten your look and emphasize your best features. Usually people who had blonde hair as kids make great blondes. Watch out for warm shades gold, auburn or copper which can only end up in highlighting the ruddiness of the skin.

If you still cannot figure out the hair color shades that make your eyes pop, then it is best to take some professional guidance. This is of course any day better than paying three hundred dollars to fix your hair. But then again this is what I specialize in is corrective hair color.

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