Beer gives great hair body

I believe it must have been exciting trying vinegar on your hair and noticing its results on your hair. The next thing you can find in the kitchen to put on your hair is beer. Yes, it is the beer that often results in beer belly when you drink too much. For hair experts, beer treatment on hair is not a big secret. But for hair novice, this is something really interesting to know.

Just like vinegar, beer can help to remove residue from the hair. The sugar and proteins in beer are great hair volumizer as it makes the hair feel thicker. In addition, it is also great as a hair detangler. If you are thinking about the pH, beer is said to have a close pH to our hair, which means that it is less damaging.

Application method
If you are scratching your head for ideas on how to put them on your hair, some suggest that you should apply use the beer on your hair as the last rinse after shampooing. A less messy method is to put them in your spray bottle to spray over your hair after shampooing. Alternatively, you can also add the beer on your hair while shampooing, though many would share that the beer will vapourise and leaving with a more bouncy hair-look. If you run short of beer, champagne can also be used, giving the same body-effect on your hair.


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Vinegar shines your hair

Hair conditioning has become part of our lives as its benefits is widely known and often it is used together with the shampoo. For convenience, conditioners are also included in the shampoo. There were some who suggests to condition your hair more regularly than shampoo, especially if you frequent swimming in high chlorine-containing pools. In this post, I would like to focus on the use of vinegar on our hair. Hope you can test it out and give me your feedback.

Vinegar is not only beneficial for health when consumed, it also helps people to cope with oily hair and in addition, it makes your hair shine and helps to remove all the old residue from shampoo, conditioner and even hair spray.

As vinegar gives of a strong smell, you might like to take some measures to handle it properly. Before use, dilute the vinegar with water 1:1. Wet your hair with water before you pour the vinegar on your hair at the sink. Then rinse with water again and shampoo your hair. If you like to prepare and contain the diluted vinegar in advance, you can store it in a glass bottle.

Many would reccomend the natural vinegar and I totally agree with them. To play safe, start with apple cider vinegar. For creamy alternative, you can use salad dressing (eg Miracle Whip), but use this once a week; simply apply the cream to dry hair and leave it on for 30 minutes before shampooing thoroughly.

Caution:
Be extra careful not to let the vinegar gets into your eyes. It can sting really badly. But if that happens, rinse your eyes immediately with lots of water and seek the doctor if the pain persist. Your eyes are more important than your hair!!

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How to count your Hair loss

Detecting hair loss is essential to avoid scarring that may lead to permanent balding on localised areas. Some times, the cause of hair loss could be due to the weight of the long hair, while others could be due to stress or even serious hair conditions (eg. lichen planus).

Hair counting method
To count your hair lost, you can collect your hair lost in your combs, hair brushes, bedroom, bathroom, toilet. You should remove all hair strands in that area before use to ensure that the hair belongs to you.

Collect the hair strands each day over 3 days. Examine the hair and separate those with the hair roots intact from those without. Those without the hair roots means that the hair loss is due to hair breakage and not true hair loss; True hair loss should include the hair roots. Divde each by three to obtain the daily rate of hair breakage or hair loss.

The daily hair loss should be within 50 to 100 hair strands but for the above method, if it exceeds 50 strands, it may indicate possible hair loss problem and you should consult the specialist for further diagnosis on your hair. As for the hair breakage, if there are more than 30 hair strands per day, you should also consult your doctor or hairdresser.

Counting on the possibility of excessive Hair Loss
Please note that this above method is only one of the ways to check for possible excessive hair loss and breakage and not a confirmatory diagnosis. But it is definitely one easy way to determine if you should spend the dollar to consult the hair doctor for advise.

Treatment for oily hair

I have been looking for a natural formula. It is a natural remedy for oily hair. One of the many agrravating factors that leads to hair loss is due to oily hair. Typically, it indicates the person's lacking in vitamin B in their diet. While waiting for the effect that works from inside out with a good protein diet, there are some therapies you can begin working on your hair.

Lemon Juice
You can start by finding lemon in your kitchen. Squeeze the lemon juice over a filter. You don't really want the lemon fibre to be stuck on your hair and cause some awkwardness when your friends see them on your crown. I think I like to coffee filter paper but it's up to individual's preference.

You can use the juice of 2 lemons and dilute with water (2:1; lemon:water). You can put it in the mini spray bottles and spray it on your hair, particularly, your scalp. Because that is where the oil secretes from, not the hair. Alternatively, you can dip the comb in the diluted juice and comb through your hair.

Vinegar
It is amazing that natural vinegar contains so much health benefits when consumed and it can also help in rescuing oily hair. However, due to the unpleasant vinegar smell, not many would apply vinegar on their hair. Use 2 tablespoons of vinegar, dilute with 1 cup of water. For storage, I would prefer to store it in a glass bottle instead of plastic ones unless you are really sure it can withstand the acidity. You can rinse it off after application.

By the way, do you know that vinegar can help your hair dye stay longer? I recalled when I was young, my cousins and I were preparing the red eggs for my grandmother's birthday. But later realised that we forgot to add vinegar into the red dye concoction, thus the colour doesn't 'stick' to the chicken eggs. How I miss my grandmother! She must be enjoying herself in heaven right now.

Corn Flour and Talcum Powder
At first, this sounds a little extreme for me because I have grey hair and so putting white stuff on my hair makes me more conscious of my hair condition. Still, there are people who use this method. What they do is to brush the powder on the scalp and roots. Then, you let the powder absorb your oil for a while (5 to 10 minutes) before you wash it off. An easier way to apply is perhaps to dissolve the powder with water and rub onto your scalp for a few minutes before washing it off.

Wash your hair with cold water
Warm water would open the pores of your skin, including your scalp. Cold water can help reduce the pores and the secretion of excessive oil, keeping your hair look less dull and healthier. This has been quite to me so far since my cold shower therapy started. So, why not test it out? If you are afraid of the cold water, start the shower with warm first, then turn the heat down. Your body adaptation to temperature can be so amazing.


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