How to Treat Dry Hair

Video Transcript

"Hey, come on in. Today we're talking about how to treat dry hair. Now first things first you want to analyze the hair and find out where the dryness is coming from. So once we pick up the hair if it feels dry and brittle. If you got hair all over your bathroom counter. Your hair is dry. You might be over shampooing and using products that are high in alkalinity. Now what is alkalinity? It's a professional term for us professionals but make sure if your shampoo is sudsing so, so much. That might mean that your products are high in alkalinity. You want a product that has a PH of seven or below and these things are not going to over strip the hair of the natural oils. So also make sure that maybe once a month you give yourself a hot oil treatment. You can use avocado oil, peanut oil. You can use mineral oil and you can also use olive oil. Everyone has a little bit of olive oil and those things are good to help moisturize the hair. When you do this wrap the hair in a hot towel. This will help to open up the cuticles so that the oils can penetrate the hair shaft. They'll also leave your hair unbelievably shiny. Remember to go back and shampoo all of those oils out of the hair. So analyze the hair. Look at your kitchen sink if you've got hair everywhere. You may be dry and lets get to the root of the problem. Remember healthy hair needs healthy shampoos and conditioners. Moisturizing shampoos and conditioners. My name is Sylvia this is how we treat dry hair. Thank you."