2023 Author: Jessica James | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-05-21 03:31
Inside out
We are sure that many of you apply balm to your hair strictly according to the instructions: after washing your hair and for exactly three minutes! But rules exist to be broken, so down with stereotypes. The efficiency of the balm will be much higher if you change the order of its application with shampoo. By the way, this is exactly how the trichologist Philip Kingsley advises to wash your hair.
Any balm will bring much more benefit if you add vitamins to it.
And now a brief instruction. Comb your hair to improve scalp nutrition. Moisten your hair with warm water using a spray bottle. This is necessary in order to reveal the scales. Apply the balm to your hair and go about your business for at least 30 minutes (or more). Rinse your hair with shampoo. Enjoy the result - smooth, manageable and shiny curls.
Vitamin plus
Any balm will bring much more benefit if you add vitamins to it. For example, B and C are water-soluble, so they do not weigh hair down after use. Mix the balm with vitamins B1, B6 and B12 (one ampoule of each). Apply to hair and leave on for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.
Under the influence of high temperature, the scales of each hair open, and the voids are filled with the active ingredients of the balm.
Vitamin B1 stimulates hair growth and prevents hair loss, B6 perfectly copes with the problem of dry scalp, B12 prevents fragility, and C strengthens the capillary walls of the skin and improves blood circulation in the hair follicles, making the curls stronger and more elastic.
It is useless to store a mixture of balm with vitamins, because they are destroyed by oxygen. So add the healing vitamin "cocktail" right before applying.
Degree to rise
The effect of using the balm will increase if, after applying it, you put on a shower cap or wrap your head with a towel. An even more effective way is to warm up with a hairdryer! Under the influence of high temperature, the scales of each hair open, and the voids are filled with the active ingredients of the balm.
Scalp massage during water procedures improves blood microcirculation and promotes the fastest delivery of nutrients to the hair follicles.
If you love the sauna, be sure to apply the balm before visiting the steam room. After this procedure, the hair will become more manageable, smoother and shinier.
In sheep's clothing
Another little trick with which you can enhance the effect of even the most budget balm. Add half a teaspoon of lanolin to the product. Lanolin is an animal wax made by boiling sheep's wool. By its properties, it is very similar to sebum (the secretion of the sebaceous glands of a person). Therefore, the main function of lanolin is hydration. It envelopes Under the influence of high temperature, the scales of each hair open, and the voids are filled with the active components of the balm. However, lanolin does not affect hair growth in any way - only the structure and appearance.
Lanolin for hair can be bought here:
We give a tooth
Do you think that wet hair should never be combed? We think so too. But the creators of the Tangle Teezer brand are ready to argue: they have released the Aqua Splash brush, which can and should be used when applying balm. It can be used to transform a regular shampoo into a real spa treatment. Apply a moisturizing balm to your hair, and then comb it with the Aqua Splash ergonomic plastic comb - the active ingredients are evenly distributed along the entire length, enhancing the positive effect. In addition, scalp massage during water procedures improves blood microcirculation and contributes to the fastest delivery of nutrients to the hair follicles.
You can buy Tangle Teezer Aqua Splash here:
Text: Natalia Kapitsa
