How to Wash Your Hair and Prevent Damage, Splits, and Dryness

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Purchase a hand-held shower.

   These are often known as 'shower-sprays'
   
   'shampoo-sprays' or 'shower attachments'.
   
   They fit onto the taps/faucets with suction cups so that you can wash your hair by leaning over the bath or sink/basin.
   
   This allows you to access all points of your head without weighing your hair down, or creating tangles.
   
   You can create volume, further cleanliness and accessibility by being at this angle
   - you wouldn't be able to do this in the shower! You can also withstand colder temperatures that are beneficial for your hair, but you wouldn't like for your body.
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   Step 2: Before you start

   , Using the hand-held shower, thoroughly wet your hair with lukewarm water and continue for 80 seconds.
   
   The more damp your hair is, the better it will wash.
   
   Lift up your hair (gently, now!) and make sure that you get in all the nooks and crannies. , Allow some of the droplets of water dripping from your hair to gather in your hand
   - then rub the shampoo in your hands and lather it up on your scalp. , Do this for 30 seconds.
   
   If you have very oily hair, or if you have used an oil treatment, you might want to do it for 1 minute. ,,,, Although this may seem like a long time, the longer and better you rinse, the longer and better your hair can be! ,, The rules for how to use conditioner are pretty simple
   - if you have used an oil treatment on the scalp before washing (always recommended), you don't need to apply conditioner to the scalp.
   
   If you haven't used an oil treatment, then feel free to condition the scalp, too. ,, To activate the conditioner, you might want to use slightly warmer (not hot) water.
   
   Do this for 2 minutes. ,,,, Your hair should be soft, sensual and manageable.
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   Step 3: brush your hair gently and ensure that it doesn't have any little knots or tangles.

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   Step 4: Lean over the bath or sink and bring your hair down in front of you.

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   Step 5: With your hair still dripping

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   Step 6: take your hydrating shampoo and squeeze a good-sized dollop into your palm.

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   Step 7: Ignoring the lengths of the hair

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   Step 8: massage your scalp from the nape of your neck to the temples

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   Step 9: focusing on the sides of the head and the back

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    Step 10: Then squeeze the shampoo down the lengths of your hair

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    Step 11: gently fingering it only once.

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    Step 12: Rinse out the shampoo with lukewarm water until it isn't soapy any more.

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    Step 13: Repeat steps 4

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    Step 14: 5 and 6.

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    Step 15: using lukewarm water

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    Step 16: rinse out all shampoo for a full 5 minutes.

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    Step 17: Carefully squeeze out excess water.

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    Step 18: Using a nice big dollop

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    Step 19: apply conditioner.

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    Step 20: Leave the conditioner for as long as possible - anything more than 2 or 3 minutes is good.

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    Step 21: Rinse your hair out for the last time with lukewarm water.

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    Step 22: Finally

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    Step 23: use a blast of ice cold water all over the scalp and hair to ensure that the cuticle closes

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    Step 24: and to add shine.

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    Step 25: Carefully squeeze out excess water and wrap gently in a towel for fifteen minutes.

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    Step 26: Before combing out

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    Step 27: apply a little leave-in conditioner.

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    Step 28: Well done!

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