How to Have Shiny Hair

There's nothing like shiny hair for making you feel vibrant and beautiful. You can achieve a healthy-looking shine with salon products like shine glosses and glazes, or with home remedies for improving dullness like an avocado-based deep conditioner. In addition to cultivating everyday hair care habits to prevent damage, follow these tips to get a head full of lustrous, shiny, healthy-looking hair.

Instructions

1. Shampoo every other day. When you shampoo your hair on a daily basis, you strip much of its natural oils, which leaves it looking dull and lifeless. Shampooing a few times each week is sufficient.

2. Rinse with cool water. When you do shampoo your hair, don't rinse out the lather or your conditioner with hot water. Cold water will close your hair's cuticle and leave you with a smooth, glossy surface. Adding a bit of vinegar -- about 1 to 2 tbsp. -- to your rinse water will help as well.

3. Dry and style with ions. Rather than using traditional styling tools that rely solely on heat to blow your hair dry and style it, invest in an ionic dryer, straightener or iron. Ionic tools actually improve the health of your hair as you use them consistently.

4. Use a deep conditioner weekly. By deep-conditioning your hair, you will restore health to it and bring out its natural shine. If you are on a tight budget or simply prefer to use more natural items, you might be interested to learn that mayonnaise makes an excellent deep conditioner. Just slather it on your hair, wrap your hair in plastic wrap and place a warm towel around the plastic. Leave it on for 15 to 30 minutes and then rinse well.

5. Get a trim. If your hair is full of split ends, it is not going to reflect the light well at all. By getting your hair trimmed every six to eight weeks, you will keep it looking its best.

Resources

• Ionic Hair Tools