Frizzy and brittle hair: How to make it shine with natural remedies

Moisture, sun, wind, the use of hairdryers, and hair straighteners … many are the causes that can make hair dry, brittle, and unruly to combing, making the curly hair worse or unmanageable. Nature provides us with ideas and tricks that can turn into effective regenerating treatments in a simple, fast, and practical way.

The reasons why hair can appear frizzy and dry are many and can have both a congenital origin and depend on external factors.

In many cases, the hair has an extra curly and brittle hair structure by inheritance. Even the hair fiber can weaken due to diets poor in proteins, vitamins, and micro minerals whose deficiency can inhibit the physiological keratinization process is at the base of good hair health.

Other causes may instead depend on too aggressive or too frequent ” external ” treatments such as permanents, dyes, and aggressive products, which can be excessively stressful for the hair, which tend to weaken gradually.

Finally, environmental factors such as wind, excessive exposure to the sun, the chlorine present in the pool water, air pollution make the hair dry, frizzy, and difficult to regulate. Often, all the factors described intervening together negatively affect the health and brightness of the hair fiber and exacerbate curly hair characteristics. But let’s see how nature can help us.

How to wash and dry frizzy hair

The treatment of frizzy hair requires some small precautions during the washing phase. To start, it is important to consider how the water temperature is based on the health and beauty of the hair; in the first phase, it is better to prefer warm-lukewarm water to allow the hair cuticle to open allowing effective washing.

This is ideal for applying a treatment oil that can easily be assimilated by the hair fiber, regenerating and restructuring the hair structure. Before the rinsing phase, our suggestion is to perform a gentle massage with the fingertips to stimulate the scalp’s microcirculation, improving the supply of oxygen and nutrients.

In the final phase of cleansing, lukewarm-cold water is preferred, essential for recompacting the fibers that make up keratin and giving a shiny and disciplined effect. Excess water must be dabbed with a cloth without wringing or stressing excessively. At the same time, in the drying and drying phase, we suggest you use the hairdryer at a distance of about 15 cm, especially away from the roots, not to overstress the hair’s regeneration process.

Finally, our last precaution is to limit the weekly washings to what is strictly necessary, not remove the lipid film, which has a protective and emollient action on the hair.

How to nourish and regulate brittle and frizzy hair

In the care of frizzy and brittle hair, the composition of the product can make a difference. Our advice is to prefer natural and pure products, free of chemical elements, petrochemical, and silicone derivatives that will allow us to hydrate and nourish the hair in a physiological way deeply.

Monoi oil from Tahiti is an indispensable ally to improve the level of deep hydration of the hair. Tahitian women teach us its perfect use made of regenerating pre-shampoo wraps and disciplining finishes on the lengths.

The texture of Monoi of Tahiti oil is unique in its kind: dry, slightly greasy, very quickly assimilated and with the intoxicating scent of Tairè typical of the Pacific seas; here are the characteristics of an oil that for millennia guarantees compact and disciplined foliage even in tropical climates characterized by humidity, salt, and wind.

Another gift from nature is Argan oil, the gold of the Atlas highlands, used by Berber people to protect their hair from the wind and high desert temperatures. A few drops combed on the lengths regulate the most rebellious frizzy hair and represent an excellent ally to protect the hair fiber from oxidative damage generated by sun exposure.

The texture of argan oil is more comfortable and enveloping and is well suited to the most stressed and devitalized hair that needs generous pre-shampoo repair packs.

How to prepare a mask for frizzy hair

When frizzy hair is dehydrated, it is important to carry out a beauty mask once a week, a deep regeneration treatment based on honey, olive oil, and yogurt to combine with the stimulating aromatherapy properties of cinnamon essential oil.

The honey recipe seems to date back to the early eighteenth century, and for many years, it was for the exclusive use of Queen Anne of England, who made a specific request to the court apothecary to make her hair gifts silky.

Preparing the beauty mask is very simple.

• Mix 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 10 drops of cinnamon in a bowl.
• Apart from mixing a jar of natural yogurt with 2 spoons of honey.
• Combine all the ingredients using a kitchen whisk to speed up mixing.
• Finally, proceed with a generous compress on damp hair starting from the roots up to the tips to be rinsed after about 20 minutes of laying.

How to supplement nutrition

The health and beauty of the hair start from the table. A balanced diet rich in vitamins and micro minerals will ensure a healthy appearance and voluminous hair. For example, zinc and zinc-rich foods such as fish and whole grains should never be lacking in our diet and foods rich in vitamin B6.

When the diet is not enough, and the hair suffers from particularly tiring and stressful periods, we can resort to supplements capable of providing the hair with all those nutrients it needs.

In this case, nature will always be a good ally. So our advice is to choose supplements rich in group B vitamin complexes and micro minerals where zinc, selenium, and copper must not be missing, considered the most useful to strengthen the hair’s keratin structure.