Hair Shampoos & Conditioners
History
There are literally hundreds of types of shampoo used for a variety of reasons. For example, some shampoos offer ingredients to achieve hair volume, while other products boast smoothing ingredients for frizzy hair. There are shampoos geared toward people with curly hair and shampoos that benefit straight hair. Dandruff shampoo aids in killing the bacteria that causes flakes. Baby shampoo is formulated to be gentler and less irritating to skin and eyes. Animal shampoo is designed especially for your pets' specific skin makeup.
Tips for Use
Determine the best shampoo for your hair type. If you're not sure of your hair type, ask your stylist or barber to help you, or choose a very mild shampoo.
Because there are so many shampoo brands to choose from, buy a few travel bottles so you can try several at a low cost.
Although the instructions on the shampoo bottle may say to lather up twice if desired, once is really enough if you shampoo regularly.
Massage the shampoo into your scalp with your fingertips. There's no need for vicious scrubbing.
After shampooing, rinse your hair thoroughly.
When taking a bath, use clean water to wash and rinse your hair.
Benefits
Benefits of cleansing the hair and scalp with shampoo include removing debris and treating individual hair needs to achieve healthy, strong and balanced hair.
If you want to grow hair faster, essential oils are the way to go. Essential oils penetrate deeply into the skin on your scalp, nourishing the hair follicle and stimulating its growth, at the same time inhibiting hair loss by preventing the hormone that produces DHT which causes hair loss. And that’s only the beginning of what oils can do. They can make your hair shinier and healthier. They can relieve dandruff, eczema, or psoriasis without being dangerous to your scalp and hair, they can soothe an irritated itchy scalp. Soften your hair. Disinfect and stimulate the scalp. All these benefits with no nasty toxins and their side effects are actually good for you.
You can add a few drops to your store bought products to turn ok products into amazing products that are better than expensive brands. Get to know them and what they do and you’re in control of your hair and skin.
Of course, different oils do different things. Some overlap but in different ways such as tea tree oil and clary sage, which are both excellent anti bacterial oils, or lavender and chamomile, which are both soothing and calming. Some shouldn’t be used while pregnant because it can induce labor such as clary sage or rosemary or can be used to induce labor should you be due.
Like with everything we do, ingredients matter and the more potent and well made your essential oils are the better your results. Poor quality oils like those found in markets and many websites, have been distilled from poor crops, have been handled improperly, or are old and usually impotent, weak or stale and lack the therapeutic benefit of good quality oils. A good quality essential oil should come from reputable companies such as Quinessence or The Ananda Apothecary. Organic oils are typically superior to non-organic oils.
An essential oil is a liquid that is generally distilled, usually by steam or water, from the leaves, stems, flowers, bark, roots, or other elements of a plant. They contain the true essence of the plant it was derived from. Essential oils are highly concentrated and a little goes a long way.
Essential oils are used by diluting them with a carrier oil like grapeseed oil, sweet almond or jojoba oil. Never use the essential oils directly on the skin, they should always be diluted to 2% of solution. But when used properly and in the right combinations they can work wonders in the hair and scalp.
- The term "shampoo" was conceived in northern India and originally referred to "head massage," usually with a form of hair oil. India introduced the British to this term in the early eighteenth century, when a Bengali entrepreneur opened a shampooing bath. At the bath, clients received shampooing and a scalp massage. Eventually, this entrepreneur, Dean Mohamed, was named "Shampooing Surgeon" to British royalty.
At the turn of the nineteenth century, commercially made shampoo became available and began to be advertised in magazines and newspapers. At this point, the English used shampoo less for massaging and more for cleansing purposes.
Originally, the ingredients in shampoo and soap were very similar and contained detergents. The first shampoo with an ingredient formula similar to what is used today was introduced in the 1930s by John Breck, who launched a line of shampoos for dry and oily hair.
- Today's shampoo gently removes dirt, oils and debris from pollution and chemicals left behind by styling products. Specially formulated shampoos can be used for the treatment of a variety of hair care and scalp issues.
There are literally hundreds of types of shampoo used for a variety of reasons. For example, some shampoos offer ingredients to achieve hair volume, while other products boast smoothing ingredients for frizzy hair. There are shampoos geared toward people with curly hair and shampoos that benefit straight hair. Dandruff shampoo aids in killing the bacteria that causes flakes. Baby shampoo is formulated to be gentler and less irritating to skin and eyes. Animal shampoo is designed especially for your pets' specific skin makeup.
Tips for Use
Determine the best shampoo for your hair type. If you're not sure of your hair type, ask your stylist or barber to help you, or choose a very mild shampoo.
Because there are so many shampoo brands to choose from, buy a few travel bottles so you can try several at a low cost.
Although the instructions on the shampoo bottle may say to lather up twice if desired, once is really enough if you shampoo regularly.
Massage the shampoo into your scalp with your fingertips. There's no need for vicious scrubbing.
After shampooing, rinse your hair thoroughly.
When taking a bath, use clean water to wash and rinse your hair.
Benefits
Benefits of cleansing the hair and scalp with shampoo include removing debris and treating individual hair needs to achieve healthy, strong and balanced hair.
If you want to grow hair faster, essential oils are the way to go. Essential oils penetrate deeply into the skin on your scalp, nourishing the hair follicle and stimulating its growth, at the same time inhibiting hair loss by preventing the hormone that produces DHT which causes hair loss. And that’s only the beginning of what oils can do. They can make your hair shinier and healthier. They can relieve dandruff, eczema, or psoriasis without being dangerous to your scalp and hair, they can soothe an irritated itchy scalp. Soften your hair. Disinfect and stimulate the scalp. All these benefits with no nasty toxins and their side effects are actually good for you.
You can add a few drops to your store bought products to turn ok products into amazing products that are better than expensive brands. Get to know them and what they do and you’re in control of your hair and skin.
Of course, different oils do different things. Some overlap but in different ways such as tea tree oil and clary sage, which are both excellent anti bacterial oils, or lavender and chamomile, which are both soothing and calming. Some shouldn’t be used while pregnant because it can induce labor such as clary sage or rosemary or can be used to induce labor should you be due.
Like with everything we do, ingredients matter and the more potent and well made your essential oils are the better your results. Poor quality oils like those found in markets and many websites, have been distilled from poor crops, have been handled improperly, or are old and usually impotent, weak or stale and lack the therapeutic benefit of good quality oils. A good quality essential oil should come from reputable companies such as Quinessence or The Ananda Apothecary. Organic oils are typically superior to non-organic oils.
An essential oil is a liquid that is generally distilled, usually by steam or water, from the leaves, stems, flowers, bark, roots, or other elements of a plant. They contain the true essence of the plant it was derived from. Essential oils are highly concentrated and a little goes a long way.
Essential oils are used by diluting them with a carrier oil like grapeseed oil, sweet almond or jojoba oil. Never use the essential oils directly on the skin, they should always be diluted to 2% of solution. But when used properly and in the right combinations they can work wonders in the hair and scalp.