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There are various ways, such as these tested methods used by hairdressers and do-it-yourself hair experts to pep-up tired locks and bring gloss and spring back into hair that has become limp and dry from summer’s wash-and-drip-dry methods of hair care.

What you have to do first of all is take a cool, critical look at your hair problem (your mirror helps!), decide on your type of hair, then set about doing whatever’s needed to restore it. Here are the clues:

FINE AND LANKY HAIR

This easily gets lifeless with grease and the tendency is to wash it too often, which only over-stimulates the oil glands. Shampooing every seven to ten days is ideal. Use a liquid shampoo and plenty of beer or wave-setting lotion to give body to the hair when setting.

Brush seldom, and then only to give movement to the hair, not vigorously enough to work up a shine; if you want to put a good polish on, use a piece of silk fabric, smoothing it over your finished hairdo.

A short, springy cut is best for this type of hair. If left to grow long the effect is not sleek but stringy. To counteract both oiliness and thinness, try a fairly strong perm wave, curls right up to the roots of the hair.

DRY AND COARSE HAIR

It can easily get into poor condition. Once a month, before shampooing, oil (half castor and half olive oil) should be rubbed in thoroughly to feed the hair roots and left to soak in under a hot, moist towel. Shampoo it every ten days, using a cream shampoo; follow this with a good conditioning cream.

For home setting, use large rollers or large spring clips to avoid an over-curly effect.

Good thinning is essential. Lucky girls who have this type of hair can successfully wear bouffant or head-hugging styles-although curls will get a little untidy soon after setting. A light perm will help to control this lively type of hair, but beware of over-perming, which will kill the natural sheen and color.

THICK AND GREASY HAIR

Hair of this type can readily take washing more frequently. A shampoo every three days is recommended where oiliness is excessive, using a pine-based or medicated one. Frequent washing will not ruin your locks.

If you must use a brush, touch the ends only, well away from the scalp; massage the scalp firmly with the fingertips to stimulate the blood vessels nourishing the hair roots.

This type of hair can take most styles. Layer cutting and thinning will make it easy to set at home, and using beer will keep the set in longer. Most perms do well on this kind of hair.

However, if your hair is oily and you can’t wash it, give it a dry shampoo. You can do this two ways: soak pads of cotton-wool in cologne, place them between the bristles of your hairbrush, and lightly brush the oil out of the hair; or you can shake some dry shampoo into your hair and this will remove the grease as you brush it out.

FINE AND DRY HAIR

This often suffers from lack of good blood circulation and requires constant massaging of the scalp with the fingertips each night and before shampooing. A warm olive- and castor-oil treatment should be given every three weeks before washing with a cream shampoo.

If you have a pretty face and flawless skin you will get away with wearing this type of hair long and sleek, but most young girls are better off with shorter hair, well cut, and with the very lightest of perm waves set on large curlers. Keep perms down to two a year.

References:

1. http://everyhomeremedy.com/maintain-healthy-hair/
2. http://healthinpics.blogspot.com/2016/06/how-to-sun-proof-your-hair-for-summer.html
3. http://www.lifetips.top/beauty/12-ways-to-have-perfect-hair/

Forget the idea that half way measures of personal grooming are good enough to keep you spick-and-span right around the clock. It just isn’t so.

Even on the coldest days we perspire and personal daintiness is as much a necessity then as it is in hot weather, although summer calls for greater care in maintaining it.

The beauty-wise girl makes very sure of her charm, and as part of her bath ceremony, always uses modern deodorants and depilatories regularly.

Don’t, don’t, don’t, whatever you do, allow leg and underarm fuzz to grow. Whisk it off once a week. There are several methods of removing unwanted hair. Choose whichever one suits you best.

Shaving is a quick, clean method of removing superfluous hair from the legs and under the arms, provided only that you know how to handle a razor to avoid nicks and cuts.

The best time for this treatment is right after a good warm bath or shower. Let your skin remain quite wet and use shaving cream or lather soap lavishly. Afterwards, rinse and dry and rub on some hand lotion or body cream. The result should be a clean, smooth surface. You can learn how to have a nice relaxing bath.

Then there’s the wax-removal method in which special wax is melted and applied in strips to the skin and yanked off when it hardens. Many girls like this best because it gives a longer lasting effect, but it is hard to do yourself and rather expensive.

Do be sure to try out any product you have not used before on a small area of skin first of all.

A cheap but slow and primitive way to spruce the legs and arms that is frequently used is done with an abrasive mitt or piece of pumice stone. Abrasives clean the skin surface all right and are relatively safe, but they should not be used on tender skin.

In the long run the choice is up to you, and you can use what you will: razor, depilatory, wax, or abrasive. But don’t skip using a bit of soothing lotion afterwards to keep the skin looking smooth and satiny.

To stay as fresh as a daisy all day long is a task that’s made ever so much easier if you use a suitable deodorant (or perspiration corrective).

Never kid yourself about the need for a deodorant. Even though you don’t appear to perspire much, it’s a good thing to be ever watchful of this detail of personal grooming.

Some girls (and boys), and frequently nervous people struggling under tension, need to use deodorants and antiperspirants more often. A daily bath, shower, tub, or sponge is the first requirement. An underarm deodorant or an antiperspirant, used immediately after the bath, is your second step to freshness.

The simple deodorant prevents odor after perspiration has occurred but does not interfere with the perspiration flow. For under arms, the roll-on type is quick and efficient. A spray is better for the all-over job.

Deodorants won’t function properly unless your skin is thoroughly clean and dry. Allow enough time for thorough drying after application.

The difference between deodorants and antiperspirants is that the latter preparation closes the pores and checks perspiration at the skin surface. Products having both qualities perform the two functions.

It is not wise to use either a deodorant or antiperspirant if your skin has a minor irritation or at a time when it is sensitive.

Though very necessary, deodorants and antiperspirants are not in themselves alluring. Every girl should have some light flowery scent or cologne that’s nice to wear.

Reference:

1. http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2333