If you have oily hair, you do not need be discouraged and panic: just use the right products. Follow our tips to get hair healthy, soft and shiny.
What are the characteristics of oily hair? [Home remedies oily hair skin]
The hair is fat due to an imbalance, relatively frequent, of glands that produce sebum. It is a natural fatty substance, which guarantees that the lubrication of the hair and protects it against pollution. [Hair solutions to oily hair] When it is in excess, the sebum turns out to be a problem. One in four women suffer from this disparity: the hair is shiny, heavy, attached to the head the next day to shampoo. [Oily hair home remedies baking soda]
What are the causes?
Almost certainly this phenomenon has genetic causes, however stress, ‘anxiety, a’ power unbalanced and too rich in fats, fatigue, the use of a wrong shampoo and ‘abuse of chemical dyes that do not increase the production of sebum. [Home remedy for greasy hair]
What to do? [Oily hair hygiene]
The basic standard of treatment against greasy hair consists in opting out for a shampoo suitable for this type of hair or a mild detergent at neutral pH. This way you can wash them whenever you want by just careful not to attack them.
How to wash them? [Home remedies for oily hair]
Use tiny quantities of diluted product well, do more washing faster, more will be effective.
Things to avoid:
- The baby shampoo that have nutrients that does not fit either adolescents or adults;
- Scrubbing your head while shampooing;
- Two successive washes: the second would have a caustic effect;
- High water temperature;
- Running the hair dryer near the roots;
- Dry your hair by rubbing with a towel.
To do:
- Massaging the scalp before shampooing to activate the microcirculation;
- A final rinse with cold water to tone the hair;
- Pre-dry the hair with a towel to remove excess water;
- Use the hair dryer at a medium temperature, keeping it at 15 cm of the hair and dwell in the same area for more than 15 seconds.
A mask 100% natural
Clay mask “effect blotter”
Pour into a bowl a handful of green clay powder with vinegar diluted 50% with water, so as to obtain a compound dense. Apply this mask on your hair, leave on for 10 minutes, rinse with warm water and proceed with shampoo.
Essential oils: Add to your shampoo 3-4 drops of essential oil of orange, lavender or sage. Their tonic and antiseptic properties make them excellent for oily hair.
Rinse: Mix 2 drops of oil of thyme or rosemary plants (astringent) and 1 tablespoon of vinegar or lemon juice, to close the scales of the hair. Dilute this mixture into a liter of mineral water or spring water,
The right accessories
Never use metal combs on wet hair. Get a bone comb or plastic. The teeth should be round and smooth to avoid damaging the hair scales. Forget combs and brushes teeth thin and narrow, which would activate the production of sebum. Avoid gel: makes the hair greasier. Forget oils too that make your hair shiny, but weigh them.
Greasy roots and dry ends, how?
Because of dyes, perms, bleaching, drying or too aggressive, the hair is not smooth enough to allow the sebum to slide along the hair.
Best remedy:
- Apply clay mask only on the roots, not the tips;
- Wash your hair with a clarifying shampoo;
- Feed the tips using oils and moisturizing masks;
- Avoid massaging the scalp, because the more active blood circulation, the more sebum on the back surface of the scalp.
Some other tips
As additional treatment cosmetics, it is essential to have a correct style of life. Enough sleep, eat a balanced (a diet rich in green vegetables and fresh fruit helps to eliminate toxins). Get of food supplements anti-oily hair, based on fatty amine, zinc and vitamin B6: act in the long term.
