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The Best Summer Hair Care Tips and Tricks

Your tresses need special care this season

How to maintain beautiful and lustrous hair during and after the summer season?

Summer is the season when among with the fun and the good weather comes the need of taking extra care of your hair. What do your tresses need in summer? Proper summer hair care is quite important because this is the time when your mane is most vulnerable – exposed to a series of aggressive external factors such as sun, sea and chlorine water, heat, hot air.

Summer hair care tips and tricks:

The first and most important thing to remember is that your hair needs to be protected from the sun rays. The best way is to be covered – it is a must to wear hat or scarf during the summer days. This is the easiest and the most effective method to keep your hair full of life.

Sometimes it is not possible to wear a hat or other protective accessory. In that case you should use leave in hair products with sunscreens. The quality sunscreens prevent the damage from the harmful UV rays and help your hair to keep its moisture. This is a must for your summer hair care, like the moisturizer is a must for your everyday skin care.

In summer use hair products designed to hydrate and to protect the strands. If your hair is dry or damaged, reduce the quantity of the shampoo by diluting it with water – two parts of hair cleanser one part of water.

When shampooing, apply the products to the roots and performing circular motions with your fingertips massage the scalp for some minutes. Then distribute the rest of the foam to the length of the strands and rinse with lukewarm water. Don’t use hot water because it depletes hair’s moisture. Don’t use aggressive hair shampoos, it is better to invest in quality hair care products, gentle for your hair and scalp. After the shampoo, apply hair conditioner to the strands avoiding the roots; leave it to act for some minutes and rinse.

If you swim in the sea or in the pool, it is important to remove the salt or the chlorine from your locks. There are special summer hair care lines, such as Kerastase Soleil, designed to remove the build-up, to repair and to moisten the tresses. If you don’t have any clarifying shampoo, add a teaspoon of vinegar to the rinse water or a pinch of baking soda to the shampoo.

Avoid over drying your hair in summer – don’t use the hairdryer, let it air dry naturally; limit the use of heated tools.

Don’t rub your hair vigorously with a towel after washing. Just wrap it and leave the towel for a few minutes to absorb the excess water.

The combing should be gentle with a comb, made of natural material, avoid the plastics. If you have long hair, start from the ends, while holding the middle part of the strands tight with hand. This is necessary in order not to feel tension in the roots while combing.

Apply hair mask every week to restore the softness, to fortify and to add shine:
First apply to the scalp and then to the strands a mixture of an egg yolk and two tablespoons of rum. Leave it for half an hour, rinse with warm water and wash your hair right away with your usual shampoo. This homemade hair treatment strengths and brightens the hair and is perfect to complement your summer hair care regimen.