How to Wash Long Hair

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Amelia and I'm going to show you how to wash long hair. Long hair needs a little bit more care than short hair. You don't really need to shampoo the very ends because the shampoo runs down the hair and gets them clean anyway, and unless you are rolling around with pigs on a daily basis, you really don't even need to shampoo your hair every single day. I'm going to show you exactly what to do. First, of course, you always wet the hair, then I'm going to take a shampoo that I choose, this one is for volume, and put about the size of a quarter in my hand. Emulsify, you always want to emulsify it really well, that gets it all activated, and then I'm going to start at the scalp. I'm not going to worry about shampooing all of this down here, I just want to shampoo that hair at the scalp, because that's where your sweat and oils and product build up are. Now the more suds you get, some people really like suds, that has to do with the sulfates are in it, a lot of low suds shampoos people don't like, but sometimes they're a little better, especially for color treated hair. So as you see, that shampoo's getting down to the end, I'm not having to work it down, it's moving it's way down. I'm really just focusing on the scalp area. So now I'm rinsing the shampoo out, and I'm doing that with cool water. I just want to make sure I get all of it out. And now you just want to squeeze the extra water out of your hair for so when you apply the conditioner you don't dilute it. Put the conditioner in your hands, and really emulsify it, and then you work from the bottom up, not the scalp down. So shampoo is scalp down, conditioner is ends up. And you just work that through, and I always like to keep a comb in the shower that you can comb through the conditioner, gets out all the knots, makes the hair easier to deal with when you're out of the shower. Work it through, let it sit for a few minutes if you choose, and then rinse it with cool water again. Squeeze out the remainder of the water, wrap your hair in a towel, and just let the towel absorb the excess water. And that's how you wash your hair."