All That You Needed To Know About The ABCs Of Summer Hair Repair – Part 1

Summer hair repair needs a treatment regime. Here are the tips to keep them intact. So, we recommend expert advice. 

All That You Needed To Know About The ABCs Of Summer Hair Repair – Part 1

Ready For The Suntan? 

Fear not in case the summer of fun in the sun has wreaked havoc on your hair. 

Quick to acknowledge the need to protect our skin from the rigors of summer heat and sun are most of us. A quick glance in the mirror frequently lets us know what we forgot to protect, that is our hair, come labour day. 

Coming together to wreak havoc on our tresses, is a season of exposure to the sun, saltwater, and chlorine chemical residues not to mention a few extra chemical sun streaks for style. Experts say hair can become so dehydrated it looks and feels nearly fried, by the end of the summer. 

Melissa Baker, national training advisor for Rene Furterer hair care products in Paris, says there’s a protective coating on hair called the hydrolipidic film from a technical standpoint whereas if you have dry hair, the film comes broken down a little more and the added sun, saltwater, and chlorine are set to destroy the film altogether. 

Moisture located deep in the core of the hair shaft evaporates, and it seems like in one poof, your pouf can be gone as the end result according to Baker. She further explains the hair then looks, feels, acts, as well as actually is crying out for moisture. 

What Do Celebrity Hair Stylists Have To Say?

Having problems holding a curl or style, and even take longer to dry, this means the hair not only has a dry look and feel but also can be frizzy. 

The ends of the hair split and breakage can begin in its worst form of damage.

Celebrity hair care expert Peter Lamas says, it is a cumulative process, when hair dehydrates it becomes brittle and when it becomes brittle, you get the broken split ends that go up the hair shaft causing fuzziness and frizziness, and sometimes breakage. 

Hair is comprised of proteins that need moisture to function as skin. Hair according to Lamas is dead once the moisture is gone- it’s gone, unlike skin which has its own supply of moisture from within. 

If we lighten or streak the hair, problems are further complicated. The reason is that the natural supply of oil resides in the pigment. As Lamas says, remove the colour and you strip out the oils. 

Lamas further explains, that you are also making it more vulnerable to the elements that can cause even more dryness and eventually damage, as it leaves the hair wide open to the environment so that not only are you pulling out the oils that dry the hair. 

Undoing The Damage

The repair can be frustratingly hard while damaging hair can come easy. 

To force our damaged tresses to do what we want, experts say that’s because many of us turn to style aids such as mousses and gels. Here it comes as a big mistake. 

Stylist Juan Juan of J Beverly Hills Salon and developer of J Beverly Hills hair products believe that it's natural to reach for more styling aids if you are having problems with your hair or its frizzy or won't hold a curl or style. These products can make it look and feel worse when the hair is damaged. 

By first replenishing hair with a salon-quality moisturising shampoo and rinse-out conditioner, begin at the beginning instead according to Juan. Don’t consider yourself finished before adding a leave-in conditioner as well, he says. 

If you leave any residue on your hair it can react with the elements and cause even more damage, whereas rinse out conditioners do not deposit any protection on the hair as Juan says. 

The Ultimate In Hair Protection 

Taking protection and manageability to a whole new level is coating hair with a leave-in conditioner as the products are usually sprayed on after washing or styling. 

Furthermore, Juan comments that it seals out further effects of damaging elements such as the sun or even air pollution coating the hair that helps seal in the moisture you replenished with the shampoo and conditioner. 

The next step is to incorporate a hair mask into your regimen while this combo can often do the trick but if it doesn’t. A mask for your tresses does somewhat the same thing as a facial masque does for your complexion as it is a relatively new term in the haircare industry. It revitalises and replenishes deep within the hair shaft in short. 

Here Lamas concludes that coating the hair and helping close the cuticle, a mask is loaded with emollients and vitamins. 

Letting you add moisture and then trap it inside to help the hair look and feel better is this as he says. 

Experts say dampen hair with water and then coat the scalp and each strand with your mask to properly use this treatment. For up to one hour, wrap your hair in a towel or plastic cling wrap. 

According to Juan, the better the result when the longer you leave it on your hair. Shampoo and condition as you normally would when you’re done. 

The Conclusion 

He further concludes that if you want to keep colouring hair that is somewhat damaged, the mask step is essential as also use the mask the day before colouring or highlighting as you are less likely to harm your hair. 

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