Shampooing Your Hair

Shampooing Your Hair

Shampooing is necessary to keep your hair healthy and looking great. A daily shampooing (with a low pH shampoo) is ideal. A refreshing way to start your day is with a shower and shampoo. Towel dry your hair to remove most of the moisture and within half an hour, it should be mostly dry. If you prefer to shampoo every other day, you can still wet down your hair in the shower daily. The warm water will soften your hair to get it to lie where it should (it helps avoid the "bed head" look).

The reason you need to shampoo daily, or at least every other day is to get it thoroughly clean. You want to get rid of all dirt, dead skin, and natural oils. Dirty hair does not look nice or smell nice and it is not healthy. You need to get it "squeaky clean". By this, I mean that when your finger rubs against a section of freshly shampooed hair, you should hear a squeaking sound. This means it's clean. How do you get your hair this clean?

First, thoroughly wet your hair and scalp with warm water. Put a small amount of shampoo in your hands.

Rub your hands gently together to spread the shampoo evenly over both hands. Use both hands to spread the shampoo evenly over all your hair. Once that is done, use circular movements all over your head to work the shampoo down to your scalp. Really work it in with your finger tips, but be gentle. When your hair is warm and wet, it is softer than usual and can break more easily.

Thoroughly rinse out the shampoo, making sure not to leave any behind. Slide your fingers over the surface of your freshly shampooed hair. If you hear a squeaking sound, it is clean. If not, you'll have to repeat the process.

Towel dry your hair once it is squeaky clean. Again, remember that warm wet hair is fragile, so be gentle. Shorter hair can be rubbed dry, whereas longer hair and finer hair are more prone to breakage. They should be blotted dry or wrapped up in a towel until the excess moisture is soaked up.