Summer & Winter Hair Care

How to Keep Hair Healthy During the Summer Months

• Use moisturizing shampoo and conditioner a few times a week.

• Use a deep-conditioner once a week.

• Use a hot-oil treatment once a week.

• Protect your hair and scalp from the sun.

• Use sun-screen or safflower oil.

• Use a clarifying shampoo once a week.

• Minimize the breakage caused by tight or frequent ponytail.

• Experiment with a variety of updo’s.

• Use anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner after swimming.

• Use swim cap.

• Stay away from hair lightening products.

How to Get Rid of Chlorine in Hair

The green hair or "swimmer's hair" that develops from exlinlsposure to chlorine is related to the copper found in the water.

Condition your hair before swimming in chlorinated water.

6 ways for removing chlorine from hair:

1. Use anti-chlorine shampoo and conditioner.

2. Use lemon juice to rinse the hair after swimming.

3. Rinse with club soda immediately after swimming.

4. Dissolve 5 aspirin in a cup of white vinegar or warm water, let sit for 5 minutes, rinse.

5. Wash your hair with normal shampoo; add baking soda to it to make a paste; leave it on for five minutes; wash again with regular shampoo.

6. If it is very green try adding a little tomato ketchup to the shampoo.

How to Keep Hair Healthy During the Winter Months

• Trim any damage caused by the summer elements.

• Trim every four to six weeks.

• Shampoo every other day.

• Deep condition once or twice a month.

• Use a moisture-rich shampoo and conditioner.

• Use a heat-protecting spray when blow drying.

• Use a leave-in conditioner to combat hair static.

• Use an ultra-moisturizing hair mask every week.

• Give your scalp a nice massage a few times a week.