Hair that’s just been cut and styled in a salon like Fantastic Sams always looks shiny and full of body. It feels soft too! Wouldn’t it be great to keep your hair like this every day? Achieving healthy, shiny and soft hair involves several steps. But don’t worry, even if you’re not a pro, you can achieve soft and beautiful hair using the tips below.
1. Maintain the Right pH Balance for Your Hair
In order for your hair to look great, it is important that it maintains a healthy pH balance, which ranges from 3.6-5.5. If you use products with alkali ingredients and it causes the pH level to go up, this will trigger the hair follicles to expand and lose moisture, making the hair dull and brittle.
2. Don’t Overwash Your Hair
Go 2-3 days of not using shampoo on your hair. It’s ok to rinse and apply hair conditioner everyday but shampooing is a different matter altogether. Too frequent shampooing can dry out your scalp and hair. The hair’s natural oils are important. Another thing to consider using is a clarifying shampoo which rids your hair of product buildup and impurities. You can use this type of shampoo once a week.
3. Towel-Dry Your Hair Before Blow-Drying
It’s important that you towel-drying your hair to remove as much moisture as possible. Remember that wet hair is very fragile. You don’t want to expose it to a hair dryer as soon as you step out of the shower.
4. Use a Good Hair Brush
You can get a detangling brush to gently run through your hair from the ends to the roots. You need to gently handle your hair to avoid frizz and breakage. On the other hand, if your hair is dry, you can use a boar bristle brush to massage the scalp, improve blood flow, unclog hair follicles and promote hair growth.
5. Apply Hair Serums
Salons use three main products after shampooing and conditioning: hair oil, smoothing serum, and blow-dry spray. Hair oil softens, detangles and hydrates hair. Apply it after towel drying your hair. A smoothing serum is applied on air-dried hair. Then spritz a bit of blow dry spray to the hair for shine and moisture.
6. Invest in Good Quality Hair Tools
Getting the perfect salon blowout is a combination of the right skills, the right products and the right tools. Invest in a professional quality blow-dryer or any other styling tool you need. It’ll be worth it.
7. Try Hair Supplements
There are vitamins and minerals to keep your hair and skin soft and healthy. This includes Vitamin C, collagen, Vitamin B and others.
8. Apply Heat Protectant Products
Cranking your hair iron to the highest level might make your life easier but it can damage your hair. Keep it to low or medium settings and always apply heat protectant products for your hair to prevent damage.
9. Blow-Dry Your Hair in the Correct Direction
Try to angle the blow dryer in a downward motion to that the hot air smoothens the hair shaft, thereby making it softer.
10. Finish Up with Hair Oil
Once you’re satisfied with the results, place a few drops of hair oil or serum on the palm of your hands and smooth over the topmost layer of your hair for added shine.
Here’s a video about shampoo to give your hair the right pH balance: