Process Essay: How To Clean Hair

Although most of us wash our hair every day, or at least every other day,

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very few of us are doing it in such a way that

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benefits both our hair and our scalp, so today I'm

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going to share with you some great tips.

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The first step, and we all know how to do this, is to wet the hair.

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But one thing that most of us don't pay attention to

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is the temperature of the water.

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Let's make sure that the water is not too hot, as this can dry out our scalp

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and make it really irritated.

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But it has to be hot enough to be able to break down

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those wax and scalp was more easily.

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So let's start off by getting our water to around 40 degrees

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Celsius, which is just slightly higher than body temperature.

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Manufacturers add these cleansing agents to the shampoo

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to help bind to dirt and oil that sit on our hair and our scalp.

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Whatever we do, wherever we go, we'll always

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come into contact with things such as dust and pollution,

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and this can make our hair look really dull and lifeless.

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And water on its own will just not get rid of it.

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The lather is what binds to the dirt and the grime,

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so when you rinse it takes all the dirt with it.

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Now, when you're cleaning your hair, there's

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something really important I want to talk to you about,

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and that is the lathering technique.

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I know you've been washing your hair for years, and it seems really simple--

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but if you've been doing circular motions, I'm sorry,

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but you're doing it wrong.

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You want to make sure that you wash it in the same direction

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that the cuticle points.

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Another thing that I see is a lot of people with long hair,

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they pile their hair on the top of their head.

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This creates way more tangles, and this is something that we call bird nesting.

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OK, so next up I want to talk to you about leave in

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Very few of us realize that every single time we put chemicals on our hair,

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we are potentially damaging it.

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I always tell my clients to take at least one or two days off per week

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from using any products at all, just to give their hair

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a little bit of a break.

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And if you have a sensitive scalp, you want

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to watch out for any itching or redness that you may get from some products.

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Just switch it up and see if that helps.

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Another thing I want to talk to you about is product build up.

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This happens when we don't wash the product completely out of our hair,

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and it remains visible on the scalp.

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And sometimes we confuse this with dandruff.

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Wax in particular is quite tricky, as it's not water soluble.

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So here is a great tip on how to get the wax out of your hair.

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First up, just apply a little bit of shampoo to dry hair.

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Only use a little bit of shampoo, maybe half of what you normally

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would, and then just rinse it out.

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Now that the wax is gone, it's important to follow up with another wash,

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and just follow the same steps that you normally would.

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I hope that was