How to Get Thicker, Healthier Hair
Taking care of your hair and using volumizing shampoos can give you thicker, healthier hair. A hair shaft has scales like a fish, and usually the scales are flat. Some products, like hair dye, will open the scales so the product can penetrate the hair shaft. This is why your hair may look fuller after you dye it. Open hair shafts produce more volume. Heat will also open the hair shafts, but too much blow-drying can damage hair. Any product that coats the hair, such as oils, will close the shaft and produce shiny hair, but the hair will lose volume. For thicker, healthier hair, eat well and use products that will open the hair shafts without drying them out. Does this Spark an idea?
Things You'll Need
- Volumizing shampoo
- Castile soap
- Volumizing spray
- Blow-dryer
- Brush
- Texturizing powder
Instructions
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Wash your hair with a volumizing shampoo. These shampoos open the hair shaft to increase volume and make hair appear thicker.
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Shampoo your hair with Castile soap once a week to clean it of sprays or conditioners. This will remove anything that is keeping your hair shafts from opening.
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Spritz a volumizing spray onto your hair and comb it through.
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Bend at the waist, let your hair hang upside down and blow dry your hair at the scalp. Stand up straight and use a brush with the blow-dryer to style your hair into place.
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Sprinkle a small amount of texturizer powder onto your hair and fluff it up with your fingers. The texturizer instantly adds volume to your hair and makes it easier to fluff it up and add more volume.
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Eat well. Healthy hair is formed at the roots, and a good diet will all the essential foods in the Agriculture Department's recommendations will keep your hair looking the way you want.
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Tips & Warnings
If you need additional volume, bend at the waist, allow your hair to hang upside-down, and spray your hair with hairspray.
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