Today, your hair can be manipulated into many different shapes and forms. You can braid it, put it up in a bun or ask your hairdresser to dye it pink. One day lovely wavy curls, the next silky smooth hair. And then the weekend arrives, so why not try a balayage? These days, hair is becoming a veritable means of expression. But be careful! Excessive styling, repeated coloring or over-aggressive products can damage, weaken and break your hair.
1. Lower the Temperature of your Accessories
Thanks to the creators of curling irons, smoothing irons and hair dryers. These are great accessories that turn your ordinary or undisciplined hair into perfect curls or a voluminous and radiant hairstyle. But with all these treatments, your hair suffers damage caused by heat and drought.
According to Phytema professionals, one of the biggest mistakes is to set your hairstyle accessories to too high a temperature. Unless you have very thick hair, you will get the desired result by setting the temperature of your tools to mid-heat. And avoid hot styling when possible.
2. Handle Wet Hair Carefully
Any hair is most vulnerable when wet. And the potential for damage really accelerates if your wet hair is thin, curly or fragile. So handle them carefully. Never try to pull a brush through your wet hair, unless it is a brush specially designed for this task.
Most pros recommend using a wide-toothed comb to disentangle your hair. When you get out of the shower, avoid vigorous drying. Instead, sprinkle your hair with a towel or, better yet, with a microfiber cloth. This helps to avoid friction that can stress vulnerable hair. Do not attach your hair with an elastic band when it is wet, it can cause breaks.
3. Take Care of your Hair with a Rich After Shampoo and Repairer.
Organic and natural shampoo after will help your hair to repackage. They contain high concentrations of repairing and moisturizing ingredients, such as vitamins, oils and naturally occurring active ingredients. They are also thicker than ordinary shampoos, so they can be applied to wet hair. This gives the product time to penetrate deeper and fill the pores and notches that develop on the surface of damaged hair. After shampooing, they continue to function even after rinsing them.
Find an after shampoo that suits your hair type – for example, an after shampoo organic and natural for undisciplined hair. Use your after shampoo twice a week or more, faithfully. And don’t be in a hurry – the longer you leave it, the more effective it will be.
4. Adopt it Without Rinsing
Hair treatments without rinsing like oils or serums are like bodyguards for your hair. They protect and nourish your hair in depth to prevent daily attacks. Like most hair products, rinsing-free products can be adapted to your hair type.
For example, a bright-coloured non-rinsing product will provide UV protection to prevent discoloration. A rinsing-free shampoo for frizzy and undisciplined hair moisturizes and makes your hair smoother and easier to style. For best results, apply the products without rinsing on wet hair, without soaking them, and comb them with a wide-toothed comb for a uniform distribution.
5. Opt for Professional Treatments
Sometimes DIY is not enough to repair extremely damaged hair, and this is the right time to change your habits. Phytema hair treatments contain a high concentration of active ingredients. They target all types of hair damage, from roots to tips. After regular use of our organic and natural shampoos, you will feel a real difference, your hair will be stronger, naturally.
6. Keep your Color
One of the reasons why damage occurs when you color or lighten your hair is related to the chemical process of the products used for this purpose. For hair color or thinners to work properly, they must loosen the structural links of your hair. Once hair connections are compromised, your hair is more likely to break, dry out and be damaged. Avoid changing too much the color of your hair, your natural color is the most suitable and if however you are afraid of white hair, try our repigmenting product Positiv’ Hair.
7. Cut Your Forked Tips
Have you ever pulled a thread that went beyond your wool sweater? and seen how this little hook gradually undoes much of your garment? This is what can happen when the tips of your hair crack. The hair will begin to clear from bottom to top, resulting in disorder, breakage and frizz.
To prevent forked tips, keep your hair supple and strong using organic and natural strengthening shampoos, after shampoo and creams without rinsing. To prevent the split points from becoming uncontrollable, visit your hairdresser regularly to cut your points. You don’t need to remove a lot of length – your hairdresser can just « dazzle » the tips to keep your hair healthy, strong and unbroken.
8. Swimming and Sunbathing with Caution
Swimming is good for your body, but not so much for your hair. Salt water, chlorine and other chemicals found in swimming pools can weaken and damage your hair, not to mention the harmful effects they have on their color! If you are a swimmer, always wear a bath cap to protect your hair. If you go to the beach, protect your hair from too much sun exposure with a hat, UV rays and heat dries and discolors your hair. After swimming or sun exposure, rinse and protect your hair with soft, moisturizing products.
9. Don’t Let your Hair Dry Out
Dry skin ends up cracking and tarnishing, the same goes for your scalp and that’s why you should not neglect hydration. Dry hair is the leading cause of damage and breakage. If your hair does not have a good level of hydration, it becomes brittle and fragile, just like your skin. If you tend to have dry hair, opt for a complete moisturizing treatment with an organic and natural shampoo for dry hair and an after shampoo.
10. Choose your Shampoo
Choose a shampoo for your hair type, without sulphate and with ingredients of biological and natural origin. Shampoos that contain ingredients of natural origin will help repair your deeply damaged hair, until the healthy nature of your hair takes over.
Try to avoid too frequent shampoos. If your hair and scalp look dirty after a day without water shampoo, try a dry shampoo on the second or third day. Finally, wash your hair with warm water, and finish the shampoo with a little fresh water. Cold or cool water can help damaged hair by closing the cuticle of the hair and helping the hair stem to stay flat, resulting in shinier and smoother hair.