10 Tips On Taking Care For Oily And Greasy Hair

Love your lovely locks.

You step out with a bounce in your step, a smile on your face and start your day all glad and happy.

Imagine you washed your hair a day back. You are all happy flaunting the bounce and the shine. Once you are through the day, you realize your hair is all oily and greasy again. All thanks to sweaty summer season.

We all have been there. Oily and greasy hair often keeps girls from trying all trendy hairstyles of the season.

Here are few useful techniques for maintaining oily greasy hair right. These tips are practical and can be used in daily lives. So go ahead, give a new life to your hair.

Fighting Oily and Greasy Hair

Tip 1:

Normal shampoos are heavily loaded with chemicals. These might be the reason behind your greasy hair. Try and use a baby shampoo, or a mild herbal shampoo, or even better a clarifying shampoo. These are really mild on your scalp and don’t weigh your hair down. Plus they are good for your hair’s overall health too.

Tip 2:

Washing your hair is good, but make sure you don’t let the shampoo sit on your scalp for too long. This actually strips off your hair’s natural moisture. Try lathering the shampoo on your hair strands, just a little away from the scalp. This should do the trick for you.

Tip 3:

Rinse thoroughly. Never leave any soap or shampoo residue on hair. It’s very important to wash off every bit of soap lather remaining on your hair to get squeaky-clean hair. The residue will not only make your hair oily and greasy, but harm it too.

Tip 4:

Hot oil treatment directly on the scalp works wonders for treating oily and greasy hair. I am sure you are wondering how? Here is a simple technique.

• Gently massage the oil into the scalp
• Rinse the oily hair thoroughly after ward

This conditions your hair well by hydrating your roots. And by washing away your hair immediately afterwards, you wash off excess hair oil while retaining the necessary amount.

Tip 5:

Avoid using hair conditioners completely or try and use conditioner only on the tips or ends of the hair. Hair conditioners provide moisture. This moisture only adds to oiliness and greasiness.

Tip 6:

Oily hair has a natural shine. Avoid using shining serums and glossy gels on hair. These are simply not required. They only add to your hassles.

Tip 7:

If you find your hair to be oily even after shampooing, try a vinegar rinse towards the end. Vinegar rinse is done with 1:4 ratio of vinegar and water. Rinsing hair with this solution after every wash, helps a great deal in controlling oiliness. But make sure you avoid putting it on your scalp completely. Lemon juice too can be used instead of vinegar. But the ratio then should be like more than half a cup of lemon juice to one mug of water. This will also add shine. You will not need use any serums later then.

Tip 8:

Avoid brushing your hair too often. Brushing actually makes the scalp produce more oils by stimulating the bristles.

Tip 9:

Never rub towel or scratch your scalp vigorously. This may lead to abrasions, oily dandruff or may excite the oil glands to generate more oil secretion.

Tip 10:

Try dusting your hair with talcum powder. This will help you get an instant matte effect and reduce oiliness for an occasion. But again, make sure you shampoo after wards.

Here are a few more things to look out for

• A shampoo which has clarifying properties and tea tree oil is very good for oily and greasy hair
• Keep a check on your oil consumption.
• Avoid junk and fried foods.
• Try and have light lunch and dinner.
• Drink lots of water to keep your scalp and oil secretion from the scalp glands in control.

Oily and greasy hair even cause a lot of skin problems. It is really important to address this problem. If untreated, it can also result in hair loss. So try these tips and get your healthy hair back.

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