Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Healthy Hair

To keep your hair stronger for longer and reduce the amount of split ends use a hair mask at least once every two weeks. Its great to use when your hair has been exposed to harsh conditions such as chlorine, sun, extreme heat (from straighteners ), and extreme cold weather.

I have started using Pantene's 2min Deep Repair Masque this winter to give my hair a much needed injection of moisture, and although I can't say that it gets rid of split ends (I only think cutting hair solves this), it certainly makes my hair feel stronger, thicker, smoother and shinier for a few days after I've used it.

It certainly does the job in its advertised 2 minutes, but I like to leave it on for 30mins when I can. Make sure you squeeze a lot of the moisture out of your hair after shampooing, apply a thick layer of the conditioner from root to tip, then clip your hair up and put a shower cap on (the freebies from hotels work best). To boost the conditioning treatment, blow some warm air from your hair dryer on top of the shower cap (don't leave the heat in one place for too long), do this for a few minutes to make your hair warm, then wrap a towel round your head for the rest of the 30mins. Rinse out the conditioner with warm water to get most of the bubbles out, then for the last 2 minutes of rinsing use cold water. This injection of cold temperature makes your hair shiney and extra soft.

I try to let my hair dry naturally and not use straighteners when I use this conditioner, to really take advantage of its repairing properties.

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