| Your hair is your crowning glory. Look after | | | | can create a lot of damage, so don't! |
| it and it will shine for all the world to | | | | |
| see. You don't always need expensive | | | | 4. Remove trichoptlosis, or split ends, like |
| treatments, or visits to a hair salon to | | | | this: take small sections of your hair and |
| manage your hair professionally. There's so | | | | carefully twist them in a gentle downward |
| much you can do yourself. | | | | motion. The split ends will stick out. Using |
| | | | sharp scissors, carefully cut into the |
| 1. For shiny, healthy hair think first of | | | | twisted section, but not right through, to |
| your body's intake. Your hair is really just | | | | remove the damaged cuticles and leave a |
| a reflection of what you are inside. A good | | | | natural layered look. Cut roughly the same |
| balanced, nutritious and healthy diet will do | | | | amount from each twist to balance the effect. |
| more to make your hair shine than any shampoo | | | | |
| or conditioner. And drink eight to ten | | | | 5. Hair loss can be slowed, or even reversed |
| glasses of water a day too; hair is 25% | | | | by applying a few simple tips, though they |
| water, so don't let yours go thirsty! | | | | probably won't cure an underlying condition. |
| | | | Biotin can help to regenerate hair follicles: |
| 2. Dry your hair after washing in the ambient | | | | blend bananas with honey, yoghurt and low-fat |
| temperature of your room after using an | | | | milk, and drink it daily. Supplements such as |
| absorbent towel to soak up the excess | | | | Vitamin B6, zinc and saw palmetto will help |
| moisture, but don't rub hard. If possible, | | | | too, but eliminating stress and getting |
| don't use blow-drying, flat irons, curling | | | | plenty of sleep may work just as well. |
| irons or hot rollers. Artificial heating will | | | | |
| leave your hair brittle and damaged in time. | | | | We are all obsessed with our hair, whether we |
| Be natural whenever you can. | | | | are 9 or 90, male or female. Look after |
| | | | yourself first and foremost and your hair |
| 3. Prevent unnecessary hair damage by using | | | | will reflect that care and attention. The |
| the right kind of hairbrush. Only comb wet | | | | Biblical Samson's strength lay in his fine |
| hair with a wide-tooth comb, combing from end | | | | flowing hair. Your hair reflects your |
| to root, but avoiding touching the root. | | | | strength too. |
| Detangling wet hair with a hard steel comb | | | | |