top hair care tips

Top Hair Care Tips

Hair Brushing 101 by Tamara of Calgary, Canada, Introduction by Karen M. Shelton
"I'm a bad girl when it comes to brushing. I brush top down. I know, I know, it's a sin. But hey, I gotta have some sins since I don't drink coffee. What I really like to do is bend over and start brushing at the nape of my neck. My brush usually will go for about five inches before there is some resistance. I take the brush out and start again at the nape at a slightly different spot and do another stroke until I feel resistance.

Karen's Personal Top Ten Hair Care Tips For 1999 By Karen Shelton
"Over the past year I have researched and written hundreds of daily hair tips for the front page of Hair Boutique. Yes, there are lots of hair care secrets that people want to know. Some of these secrets include using ketchup to remove a green tint, applying Vaseline around the face to prevent hair dye from staining the skin and using ice cubes to remove gum from the hair.

While my head is literally crammed full of hundreds of similar hair care tips, these are not the tips that I live by on a daily basis. My personal hair care tips may surprise you. They are definitely a little different than you might expect.

Here we will look at tips that will make your hair look youthful and in many instances they will have a positive affect on your face and complexion to.

1. Use Highlights

Our hair color darkens as we age so an instant way to bring your youth back is to go lighter.

By lightening your hair you will make your skin look instantly more radiant and give it a healthy glow.

2. Layers highlight the skin

If you have heavy hair that falls close to the face it will put your skin in the shade and make your complexion look dull and lifeless.

If you want to look younger don’t shade your face. You should go for shorter layers to allow movement and allow your skin to come forward and shine.

Short hair is back in fashion in a big way and there is a cut for everyone so go short and show your face.

3. Hair Products to highlight the skin

The right body in your hair can also have an affect on your skin tone.

For example, if you have fine hair that sits on your head give it some body with lotion and blow dry to give it body.

4. Shiny hair is healthy

It makes you look full of vitality and youth.

You can keep your hair in great condition by:-

• Rinsing it in cold water after conditioning your hair, this will ensure shine as it will shut down the cuticles in the scalp.
• Towel dry your hair to cut down drying time and when drying, use a nozzle on your hairdryer (to prevent damage) and when dry give it a blast of cold ail which will really make it shine.
• Brush regularly and always before you go to bed to distribute the oils in the hair to act as a natural conditioning agent.
• To keep your hair healthy and make sure you condition once a week even if you have fine hair.