Hello everyone
♥
In today’s post
I’m going to tell you more about my current haircare routine. To be honest I
often get questions about how I take care of my hair, mainly because I have
really long and thick hair. I want to mention again, that the health and length
of the hair depend mostly on your genes, then on your lifestyle, physical
treating and lastly – on the products you use on it. I have a few posts related
to the haircare theme, which you can read here:
http://preslavasbeautydiary.blogspot.bg/search/label/haircare.
I
want
to
mention
as
well
that
my
hair
is
long,
thick,
curly and prone
to
split
ends,
treated
and
colored
(discolored
and
dyed
in
mid
blond
shades), normal in the roots and dry at the length &
ends. I wash it every 3 days and I often treat it with flat/curling iron, but
it’s not damaged. I go to the hairdresser for cut every 2 months.
Washing
products:
I’ve tried a lot of shampoos – professional, drugstore, organic and tbh I didn’t find the perfect one for me. I gave chance to professional shampoos by Matrix,
Alfaparf
Milano,
Rene
Furterer,
John
Frieda
and I wasn’t impress by the
results they have on me – beside the itchy and irritated scalp, I didn’t feel
any difference compared to the drugstore versions. Which one is your favourite
professional shampoo? I would love to find really good professional shampoo for
my hair. From all tried and tested shampoos I’m pleased with the L’Oreal Elseve
(or Elvive, depending where are you. In South East Europe the brand is known as
Elseve) –
I’ve tried almost every of
their shampoos and I was pleased with all of them. Their range is oriented to
the dull, dyed or damaged hair which is fine for me, although my hair isn’t
damaged this much. At the moment I’m using Elseve
Total Repair
5
– it washes my hair pretty good, without over washing or drying it, it keeps my
haircolor, it softens my hair without making it frizzy and the fine floral
scent stays in my hair until the next wash. I don’t think Other Elseve’s
shampoos are quite nice as well and similar to each other, but I bought this
one for 3rd or 4th time since it makes my hair silky
soft. I switch it time to time with their shampoo for colored hair or the one
for prone to split ends hair.
My other favourite shampoo is by Syoss/Tresemme. It does great job with my hair, it doesn’t dries it
out, it doesn’t irritate my skin (!!!) and it leaves my hair soft and shiny.
There was a period when for over a year I used to use only Syoss’s shampoos,
I’ve tried almost every of their shampoos and I was very pleased with them. My
favourite from all of them is the shampoo for thin & flat hair with keratin
Syoss Full Hair 5 Density & Boost, and I really like it although my hair isn’t thin – it
washes tenderly without any drying, it adds volume, softness and shine.
I apply
tiny bit of shampoo to my hand and mix it with water and then I apply it to my
scalp and massage the foam only in my roots and not in the ends – this way is
the best for long hair, which is prone to drying. After I wash my hair once I
apply hair mask all over my hair from my ear’s niveau up to the ends. My
favourite is by Genera with coconut
or karite and I use it regularly more than 10 years. Both variations – with
coconut and karate are great, I use them from years and they haven’t disappointed
me – they make my hair very hydrated, but not greasy, really soft and so good
smelling. Every other week (whenever I have time even more often) I melt 2-3
tbsp coconut oil and I apply it into the ends of the hair and in the lengths.
It has great effect – soft as fluff, smooth and shiny.
гладка, лъскава и блестяща.
I was worried that oil would remove my dye, but it didn’t. I
stay at least 2 hours with
the coconut oil on, so that it can soak up and hydrate in depth.
I like to apply thick
layer of hair mask and I stay with it for at least 10 minutes. Then I shampoo
again and put hair conditioner to my hair, usually the same as the shampoo – Total Repair 5,
I leave it for 4-5 minutes and then rinse with water. This conditioner is as
good as the shampoo – nice hydration itself and leaves my hair so good
smelling! Whenever I use the Syoss shampoo I also use the matching conditioner Syoss Full Hair 5 – really,
really thick, it feels almost oily, it softens my hair super, it adds shine and
it has really light scent that’s noticeable only when you’re applying it. I
always put hair towel to soak the excess water after washing and act carefully
to the wet hair. I use hair towel turban, made from fine towel which soaks
water better than the fluffy ones (mine is from Decathlone). It’s best to leave
your hair air dry, but ain’t nobody got time for that? After 20 minutes with the
turban I dry my hair using hair dryer – professional by
Remington (there will be review soon, shortly
– I’m very pleased with it!!)
To
keep
my
hair
healthy
I
always
dry
my
hair
for
5 minutes
on
the
middle
heat
or
directly
on
cold
air
and
ionization
and
I
always
apply
heat
protection – I like using
hair oil, which adds extra hydration and makes my hair dry easily.
Leave-in products:
For
heat
protection
hair
oil
I
use
Matrix
Biolage
Exquiste Oil with monoi oil blend. It’s for thick, dry and coarse hair, but it’s
definitely not for fine hair, since it’s quite thick. I really like Matrix’s
hair oils, I’ve tried their Argan hair oil as well as 2-3 more and I always get
shiny, soft and vitalized. My favourite of them all is the monoi oil blend – it
smell amazing, the scent stays in my hair for hours, it makes my hair soft,
easier to comb and dry and I feel like it has effect on the split ends. I put 2
pomps before I use the hair dryer and the 1 more after I finished drying it. I often
treat my hair with flar/curling iron and I use extra heat protection, except
Matrix’s oil. I prefer heat protection
that are in a spray form and over a year now I use
Alfaparf Milano
Semi
diLino
Illuminating thermal
protection
– it provides heat
protection up to 230о, it gives shine to my hair, it has UV protection, it keep the hair color and keeps the
hairstyle in place for longer time. I spray a few spritzes of this and then
comb it to distribute the product evenly in my hair. на
цвета и спомага за по-дългото запазване на прическата. I like the fact that it doesn’t make my hair sticky and definitely makes my hair shinier. It has
floral scent that fades away quick after applying. Before I comb my hair I put
some of the Biosilk’s silk protein (missing on the photo), and If you have problems with combing your hair this
would help you a lot.
After
I
curl
or
straightened
my
hair I like to spray just a
tiny bit of hairspray to style my curls or to keep the baby hairs in place. I
really really hate hairsprays that have strong fixation and leave my hair
sticky and that’s why I searched for good hairspray really long time. The best
non sticky hairspray I found is Rene Furterer Vegetal Finishing Spray
– vegetable hairspray with
Cakile extract, which style and gives shine to the hair. It has light but
enough for my taste fixation and really gives shine to my hair (my natural hair undertone is grayish and that’s why
shine is always mirage :DD) plus, it has really soft scent.
Overall these are
the products I use on everyday bases on my hair. Sometimes if I have hair loss
I use hair loss ampullas by Matrix/Alfaparf Milano,
I always use comb for
combing and never hair brush, I use professional hair tools (flat iron and hair dryer by
Remington, curling iron Andrew Burton)
and I always got my hair
dyed at the salon using hair dyes by Matrix, I’ve tried also
Alfaparf
Milano,
but I like Matrix’s more. I want
to mention that if you’re in South East Europe you can get hair product at the
cheapest price at www.enzo.com.
Definitely professional hair
products work better on my hair compared to the drugstore ones when it comes to
leave in products and that’s why my leave ins are professional. My washing
products are from the drugstore, but I would love to find the right professional
shampoo for me. I would love to hear your suggestions on a good professional
hair shampoo, I think I would purchase Matrix’s Oil Wonders
for dry hair or their
shampoo for sensitive hair (their shampoo for dyed hair doesn’t work good for
me).
Which products
are you using on your hair? Leave me a comment :)).
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