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Beauty Basics:
Eight Tips
for
Naturally Beautiful Hair
By Ololade Franklin
Looking for a more natural approach
to hair care? Here are some tips to help your hair look and feel its
best.
1. Avoid shampoos that contain sodium laurel
sulfate, or sodium laureth sulfate. These chemicals are synthetic
detergents that are used in dishwashing liquid and other cleansers.
They are valued because they lather well, but they are very harsh,
and can dry out your hair. Instead, look for shampoos made with
decyl glucose, or decyl glucoside, which are much
gentler.
2. Give yourself a hot oil treatment to deep
condition your hair. Warm oil penetrates the hair shaft making the
hair more flexible and giving it shine. This can also help to
prevent split ends which result from dry hair.
3. Eat right and consider taking vitamin and
mineral supplements to encourage healthy hair. Several vitamins and
minerals have been shown to help hair growth and condition including
biotin, vitamin E, vitamin B, vitamin C and MSM.
4. If you are an African American, or if you
have extra curly hair, avoid brushing your hair. Use a wide toothed
comb, or your fingers to work with your hair. Brushes can destroy
African American or extra curly hair by shearing it out of the
scalp.
5. Look for essential oils, herbs and vegetable
oils in your hair care products. Essential oils such as rosemary,
ylang-ylang and west indian bay help to stimulate hair growth.
Lavender and tea tree and naturally antiseptic and help to fight
dandruff. Vegetable oils such as soybean oil, safflower oil and corn
oil are moisturizing and conditioning to the hair shaft.
6. Avoid sleeping in hair accessories such as
barrettes, scrunchies, head bands, etc. This can lead to hair
damage.
7. Massage your scalp to help stimulate hair
growth. Massaging helps stimulate hair growth by increasing the
blood flow to the scalp. This nourishes the hair roots and helps to
stimulate the hair growth process.
8. If your hair ends are damaged, give yourself
a trim every so often to remove damage.
Ololade Franklin publishes Making Good
Scents(TM), a newsletter for people who make their own bath and body
care products. For information about Making Good Scents(TM) visit
http://www.MakingGoodScents.com
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