You might
feel like you have hairstylists all figured out, but really you haven’t. The
salon and hairstyling life is ‘full of mysteries and fun hacks’, and no matter
how close
you are to your stylist, there are still a couple of ‘secrets’ they
might not let you in on. Below are 5
things or ‘secrets’ your hairstylist would prefer you didn’t know.
Trimming
Your Ends Often is Unlikely to Make Your Hair Grow Longer
Hair is
typically made up of dead skin cells and cutting the ends doesn’t speed up hair
growth process, though it helps to get rid of split ends. Hair grows based on
your hair growth cycle, not because you trim the ends often. As far as hair
growth is concerned, the average rate is ½ inch per month and no amount of trimming
or regular salon visit will change that, except maybe seasonal or pregnancy
related hormonal changes.
You Can Dye
Your Gray Roots Yourself
If gray hair
starts to show, you don’t need to run to a hair stylist. Purchasing and making
use of a home-kit gives basic gray coverage and adequately matches salon
colours. You just have to know what you’re doing because that’s the basic
difference between you and a hairstylist – knowledge and practice. However, it
is unadvisable for you to dye your hair to other colours on your own. It’s
better to hit the salon for that.
If Your
Products Work for You, There’s No Need to Change Them to Something New
In an
attempt to sell some of their hair products, some hair stylists will advise
changing hair products because your hair has “built up some kind of tolerance
to it” or your hair is “used to it”. There’s no scientific evidence to support
that notion and hair products are not addictive drugs that your hair builds up
tolerance to. Unless your hair changes, maybe due to hormonal changes or other
reasons, you can keep using the same products that have always been great for
your hair.
You Can Cut
Off Your Own Split Ends
The key
words here, like was mentioned earlier, are knowledge and practice. As long as
you know what you are doing and you don’t currently have an ‘insanely
high-maintenance’ style in which even a little mistake can ruin the whole
style, then please by all means cut them off yourself. No need for another
costly visit to a stylist or hair-dresser. However, if you notice your hair is
full of split ends and it’s too much for you to handle, you can also visit your
stylist for a trim.
You Can Deep
Condition Your Hair on Your Own
Deep
conditioning salon treatments are great and quite relaxing, but it’s something
that you can do on your own with home remedies at a much lower cost. Home
remedies are admittedly much better for your hair in the long run because of
their natural ingredients. Do some research, ask a few questions and gather
some knowledge about the appropriate home remedies for deep hair conditioning
treatments and be on your way a wonderful, healthy looking and stronger hair.
Olive oil and coconut oil are just some of the ingredients great for hair
conditioning.
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