If your hair has become dry and straw-like, your hair may be damaged. Damaged hair tends to become more tangled than usual and breaks off when brushing or styling it. You can damage your hair through perming, relaxing, coloring, heat styling or using styling products that contain alcohol. Turn around the damage on your hair by practicing good hair habits and putting additional moisture into your tresses. Treating your hair with care will make your locks beautiful, shiny and manageable.
Step 1
Get regular haircuts. Getting your hair trimmed is an effective way to maintain healthier hair, says TeensHealth from Nemours. Trimming your hair prevents split ends, which can continue to split up the hair shaft, creating additional hair damage. By removing these split ends, your hair will look and feel healthier.
Step 2
Slather mayonnaise on the hair to moisturize it, recommends Steven Docherty, Vidal Sassoon Salon's senior art director in New York City. Scoop a few spoonfuls of mayonnaise straight from the jar, and place it on your dry hair. Leave the mayonnaise on your hair for at least five minutes, then rinse it out in the shower.
Step 3
Style your hair without heat. Instead of using a curling iron or hot rollers to curl your hair, put foam rollers on your wet hair overnight, suggests Los Angeles hairdresser Joanne Harris. When you wake up in the morning, unroll the curlers for bouncy, wavy hair.
Step 4
Blow-dry your hair infrequently and as quickly as possible to cut down on heat damage, recommends beauty director of "O, The Oprah Magazine," Valerie Monroe. Pat hair dry with a towel before drying to eliminate excess moisture and quicken drying time. Brush hair with a natural-bristled brush to absorb heat while you are blow-drying. Natural-bristled brushes include boar hair bristles and wooden bristles.
Step 5
Wear a hat or wrap your head in a scarf when going outside in windy weather. Windy weather can fray the hair by whipping it back and forth, making dryness and damage even worse.
Things You'll Need
- Mayonnaise
- Foam rollers
- Blow-dryer
- Towel
- Hat or scarf
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