Secrets on Taking Care of Long Hair

Knowing secrets on taking care of long hair can help you maintain a healthy head of hair and the advice can help you grow hair longer. The first step is to determine your hair type in order to select the secrets for long hair that work for you. Different types have different needs.


Weak and Brittle Hair Products
Weak and brittle hair care products can help promote growth while protecting the follicles. However, it also helps to keep hair clean and healthy without using too many styling products that can dry hair. Dry hair can become extra brittle, leading to damage and breakage.

The following secrets on taking care of long hair are for weak and brittle locks:

Don't wash every day. Allow the natural oils on the scalp to condition the hair naturally. Too much washing can make hair dry.
Keep styling to a minimum. This means combing and brushing as little as possible in order to keep hair strong.
Use styling products that add moisture and avoid ones that use alcohol.
Dry hair on a cool setting when using a hair dryer.
Do not use traditional metal curling irons or flat irons on weak and brittle hair.
Thick or Black Hair
Thick, coarse hair can be challenging to keep long. The best approach to protecting this type of hair is to wear it up in a "protective do" whenever you can. Hairstyles that protect the follicles typically hide the ends. Consider some of the following styles:

Classic bun
Twists
Head wraps
Scarves
Hats
Any style that prevents hair from rubbing against clothes
It isn't advisable to wear hair up constantly, or when it is soaking wet, but the styles can prevent breakage when you are going to be active.

Long Hair Tips

Tips on taking care of long hair include some basics that are simple to achieve. Use a comb to brush conditioner through your hair before rinsing. This helps the hair absorb all of the moisture evenly.

If in time you find that long hair isn't for you, keep in mind that it is a great option to donate the hair to a worthy cause like Locks for Love rather than simply cutting it off.

How to Wash Your Hair Properly

Another important thing is to use the right amount of shampoo. People with short hair should not use more than 6ml of shampoo, whereas people with long hair should use no more than 10ml. Decide for yourself if you use these pieces of advice or not. We want to add a few of our own:

If you feel like, you may prepare the homemade herbal shampoo. Here’s the recipe:

2 spoonfuls of chopped soap-wort root mix with the same amount of nettle leaves and burdock root.
Pour 2 glasses of boiling water on this.
After half an hour take the herbs out and cool the liquid a bit more. This shampoo will clean your hair and scalp very well without drying them out.
While you wash your hair you may want to massage your scalp with round movements. Firstly massage the front part of your head, then both sides, then the top and finally the part above your neck at the back; take half a minute for every part. This stimulates the blood circulation and increases hair growth.

Always use cool water for the final rinsing which helps to close the hair shells and makes your hair shinier.
Do not rub your hair with the towel. This destroys it. Instead wrap a towel around your head and squeeze it gently with your hands.
Women’s advice
Leticia
I know many recipes for lotions and hair masks, and whenever I have some time I use them. To make my hair shiny and soft I always add a teaspoon of vinegar or a nettle infusion for the last rinse. When I want to make my hair fairer I rub some lemon juice into my hair for a few months. It works!

In agreement with nature
Chrysanthemum
This flower may also be used in cosmetology. In particular it is very popular in the Far East. Japanese women prepare lotion made from fresh petals: they pour them with mineral water and put his into a fridge. Then they use the liquid to wash their faces. This lotion helps to get rid of tiny wrinkles and hyper pigmentation. Warning! Chrysanthemum may cause allergy.

What to Wear to Work

Getting dressed for the office doesn't mean leaving your personal style behind. Find out which looks give you a polished, professional look and which fashions can be a career killer.

Polished, Not Fashion Victim

Your goal to getting dressed for work is to project a professional, competent image, regardless of your employment level or career path.

The styles, colors, lengths and fit of your fashion choices will speak volumes about your ability to do your job. If you are concerned about your career, you'll be more concerned with looking professional than looking cute or trendy.

In general, the more distracting a piece of clothing or jewelry is, the less appropriate it is for office wear.


More guidelines to looking polished:

    Color plays a big part in professional image. Traditional career colors include red (aggressive), navy (trustworthy), gray (conservative) and black (chic). Most of these colors work well in pantsuits, skirts and shoes and mix back with softer feminine colors that are appropriate like ice blue, lilac, soft pink and ivory. Loud colors like hot pink and wild prints are much riskier in the office, but some creative types can still pull them off.
    Jewelry that jangles (chandelier earrings, stacks of bangles) is distracting. Opt for stud earrings or single bracelets.
    Slouchy handbags look sloppy. Choose structured styles that project an organized image.
    Most of what constitutes a polished image is in the details: manicured nails, run-free hose, scuff-free shoes, neat hair.
    Fit is everything when you are talking about tailored work clothes. Pants should be fitted, but free of visible panty lines. Skirts, especially straight styles like pencil skirts, should be loose enough to sit down in comfortably. Jackets should be able to be buttoned. And blouses shouldn't gap between buttonholes.
    Designer labels are great, but heavily logoed clothing and accessories look cluttered and frivolous in the work place. A small designer bag is fine; a logo trench coat looks ridiculous. Choose well-made items that are free from obvious designer labels for the most professional look.

Dress Like Your (Female) Boss

Don't know where to start working on your career image? You're not alone because most companies don't have specific guidelines about what to wear to work.

One of the best clues to company dress codes is what your boss wears. Just think about the styles that the highest-level woman in your organization wears and use them in your wardrobe. Does she wear mostly skirt suits? Or does she rely on pantsuits? Does she wear hose or bare legs? Open-toed shoes or pumps?

If you don't have a reliable female executive to emulate, then trade on what the men are wearing. If they don suits and ties every day, your best bet is to use pantsuits and skirtsuits: the most formal of business looks.

Some organizations encourage employees to dress as well or better than their customers, especially for sales people and others that meet clients outside the office. For information technology professionals, this may mean corporate casual (more on this below), for pharmeceutical sales it may mean a pantsuit, for a lawyer it may mean a matched skirt suit. One way to always be prepared is to keep an extra "meet the client" outfit at the office for surprise meetings.

Career Killers

Unlike a fashion faux pas, a career killer outfit can do your professional image permanent damage.

Looks to avoid in the workplace:

    Too sexy: see-through lace, miniskirts, spaghetti straps, sheer sundresses, strappy stiletto sandals.
    Too casual: jeans, shorts, T-shirts, hats, sneakers.
    Too sloppy: wrinkled clothing, too many layers, baggy-fit clothing.