By BR Tabatha
Wondering why your hair is looking a little lacklustre? Why you keep finding short sticky-outy bits all over your head? Or why your hair bobble has a ball of hair constantly round it? You could be unknowingly indulging in some naughty hair habits, all of which are surprisingly easy to break. Check these out…
Hands up if you have a habit of styling your hair when it’s wet. And by styling I mean twisting it up into a bun, before whacking on some slap and running out the door? Yep, me too. When hair is wet it’s super fragile and more likely to snap. Take a look at the hair caught around your bobble band – that’s not just hair that’s fallen out, it’s hair that’s been broken. Damaged hair. So what can you do? Let it dry naturally if possible – or get it to 90% dry then finish off with a blitz of your hairdryer on a cool setting before styling it. If doing all that in the morning isn’t possible, try doing it in the evening.
It’s not just doing your hair in a rush that can ruin your lush locks, it’s also doing the same old thing because it’s easy or because you’re uninspired. If your go to style is to throw it up in a topknot or in a ponytail in the exact same spot every single day you can end up causing your hair to break. Not so pretty when you do eventually decide to gussy it up and you find flyaways galore. Try and rotate your styles and the placement of them, even better attempt some hair down days.
So far so smug? You change your hairstyle around on a regular basis and never style your hair when it’s wet? But do you toss it up in a loose bun to go to bed? Hair Habit #3. Quit wearing your hair up when you go to bed. Set those follicles free! Once again wearing your hair up in bed causes stress on the hair and follicles. Bonus tip. Sleep on a silk pillowcase and you’ll wake up with smoother shinier hair (cotton sucks up moisture, I know, who knew!?), oh and you’ll wake up free of facial creases! Double bonus!
Do you get out of the shower, turban up your hair, and then once you’ve gone about your skincare ritual whip it out and give it a good rub? Stop both practices now! Twisting wet hair up into a knot? Well, you already know to be gentle with wet hair, so that’s immediately a naughty no-no. As for rubbing your locks furiously? It’s another cause of breakage, so instead blot your hair gently with a towel, before drying it off and styling.
Lastly, say your hair has seen better days and you want to get it back into tiptop condition, what’s a girl to do? Nourish it from the inside out. Eat foods that hair thrives on… salmon, eggs, oats, seeds, and nuts. If it contains protein, zinc, Vitamin A, or Omega 3 or 6, iron, Vitamin A, C and E and you’ll be rocking Rapunzel hair in no time.
So are you getting an A+ for hair health? Or are you guilty of treating your hair a teensy bit terribly? The beauty confessional is open!
I'm good for the most part but I do wrap my hair up after a shower.