Recover The Shine Of Your Hair After The Summer With These 6 Tips

Is the summer over and you have decided to recover the shine of your hair? The mane tends to become duller when it suffers continuous exposure to the sun, wind, sea water, etc.

Recover the shine of your hair with these 6 simple and effective tips. From the first day you will already notice a great improvement and, in a short time, your hair will be hydrated and with a lot of shine. 

Tips to restore the shine of your hair

1. Brush daily

The grandmothers who brushed their girls’ hair over and over again didn’t just do it to detangle their hair. They knew that, in this way, they activated the circulation of the scalp and distributed the sebum from the roots so that it reached the ends.

Get a good brush, preferably made of natural materials to prevent frizz, and brush daily. Do it for a few minutes when you wake up and also before going to bed. In addition, it is very pleasant and we achieve a very relaxing effect on the entire organism.

2. Treat yourself to a head massage

In addition to brushing your hair, you should also acquire the good habit of massaging your scalp every day. This simple tip can improve the health of your hair and even prevent hair loss. In addition, it is very beneficial when we suffer from stress, anxiety or a great mental overload.

For this massage to be effective we must do it with the fingertips, making small circles. It is essential that it be with some pressure so that we can move the scalp.

We can also enhance the effects of massage if we get used to lying down for a while every day in an inverted position to facilitate blood flow to the head. We can do a yoga posture or lift our legs along the wall.

3. Check your shampoo

Using the wrong shampoo can also cause us to lose shine and dry out our hair. In fact, most shampoos contain sulfates that damage the hair fibers and dry out and weaken the hair.

We recommend using natural shampoos made with non-chemical ingredients : aloe vera, coconut oil, essential oils, plant extracts, etc. We must always take into account our hair type.

From time to time we can add a raw egg yolk to the amount of shampoo that we are going to use that time. If we mix it and wash our hair we will add an extra nutrition and we will get a resplendent mane.

4. Two masks per week

Don’t forget that, in addition to always using a conditioner after shampooing, you should also make hair masks at least once a week. With these products we manage to hydrate and nourish the hair, as well as give it shine, softness and definition.

We can prepare the masks in a homemade way with some of these ingredients:

• Yoghurt
• Yolk
• Milk
• Ripe banana
• Cocoa
• Coconut oil
• Olive oil
• Mayonnaise
• Honey bee

We can combine one or more of these ingredients and apply the mask twice a week. Next, we will wash our heads normally, with the usual shampoo and conditioner.

5. Choose your hair oil

To nourish the hair in depth and make it shiny and silky we can use vegetable oils. It is only important to note that we must use them in very little quantity to protect the hair, prevent split ends and, at the same time, prevent it from getting greasy or dirty.

We can try different types of good quality vegetable oils, pure and unmixed, to see which one works best on our hair:

• Coconut
• Olive
• Almond
• Jojoba
• Shea
• Argan
• Avocado

6. Don’t forget about food

If you want to nourish your skin and hair, you cannot forget the importance of what you eat. On the outside we can treat the hair with high quality products. However, if we do not provide the necessary nutrients, over time it will appear dull and devitalized.

Recover the shine of your hair with a diet rich in:

• Fruits and vegetables, both raw and cooked. Especially drink juices and smoothies.
• Nuts and seeds (raw, roasted, sprouted)
• Good quality coconut and olive oils
• Whole grains (oats, spelled, rye, buckwheat, etc)
• Vegetable drinks
• Vegetables
• Blue Fish
• Egg
• Algae

Finally, you already know the 6 best tips to regain the shine of your hair. Put them into practice and show off shiny, hydrated and healthy hair again.

Elena Martinez Blasco

Degree in Journalism from the Ramon Llull University of Barcelona (2005). He has collaborated with different agencies and media such  as Europa Press and Com Ràdio. She has worked in the publishing sector as a writer, editor, translator and proofreader of books (Edicions 62, Editorial Comanegra, Ara Llibres, Océano Gran Travesía). Graduated in Naturopathy (Natural Medicine) from the Heilpraktiker Institut de Barcelona (2011), specialized in nutrition, flower essences and natural remedies and therapies. He has practiced as a naturopath for centers in Catalonia and also on his own. He has worked in the organic and vegetarian food sector for the Vegetalia company. He has taken a course on Nutrition and Obesity: Overweight Control , offered by the National Autonomous University of Mexico.