Hair polishing at home

Beautiful, healthy and well-groomed hair is every woman's dream. Unfavorable environmental conditions, poor quality products, stress and chronic diseases negatively affect the condition of the hair, which becomes dry, brittle and lifeless. Split ends make the hairstyle unattractive and unkempt.

To remedy this situation, experts recommend balance your diet, avoid stressful conditions, maintain a healthy lifestyle and apply the hair polishing method regularly. This procedure is simple, safe and effective, it can be carried out not only in beauty salons, but also at home.

Hair polishing (grinding) - a unique procedure that allows you to quickly remove split ends using special tools or hairdressing scissors. To carry out this procedure, it is not necessary to visit beauty salons and spend financial resources - all manipulations can be carried out at home. The duration of the procedure is no more than 25 minutes. The effect after hair polishing lasts for more than three months.

Like any cosmetic manipulation, polishing curls has a number of advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages:

• ease of implementation;
• low price range;
• spending a minimum amount of time;
• maintaining the overall length of the hair;
• lack of chemicals;
• processing strands along the entire length;
• preservation of the structure of the hair shaft;
• making hair smooth and silky;
• feasibility at home;
• admissibility of use during the period of gestation or breastfeeding;
• no need to use heat-laying;
• maintaining the original shape of the hairstyle.

Hairdressers recommend paying attention to several contraindications:

• the presence of very weak and dry hair;
• curly structure of curls;
• the presence of fungal diseases of the scalp.

The following measures will help to prolong the obtained result after polishing and improve the general condition of the hair:

• regular use of nourishing and moisturizing masks;
• weekly strengthening of curls with burdock, castor or olive oil;
• minimal use of fixing agents and hot styling tools;
• monthly reduction in total hair length;
• regular lamination or keratinization of curls;
• dyeing strands only with high-quality and professional dye compositions of well-known brands;
• using sulfate-free shampoo;
• obligatory rinsing of hair after shampooing with a decoction of medicinal herbs;
• seasonal intake of complex vitamin preparations;
• protection of hair from the negative effects of ultraviolet rays, low and high temperatures.

The duration of the procedure depends on the following factors:

• strand length;
• the density of curls;
• general condition of the hair;
• type and quality of the tool;
• professional skill of a hairdresser.

To polish the strands, hairdressers use several types of tools:

• regular hairdressing scissors;
• hot scissors;
• special machine.

Professional hairdressers prefer to use sanders and hot scissors. To remove split ends at home, it is impractical to purchase expensive tools, just use simple scissors.

When purchasing a sander, it is imperative to check for the presence of a special plastic attachment in the kit, through which the strands must be passed. If the attachment is missing or broken, you can purchase the attachment separately from specialized stores. There you can see attachments of different widths and with different types of attachment.

The main characteristics of a quality polishing machine:

• the presence of an on and off button;
• removable nozzles;
• the presence of a soft and elastic cord or charger;
• blade width no more than 35 mm.

List of auxiliary tools:

• comb with sparse teeth;
• hairdressing clips or regular hairpins;
• mirror;
• an iron for straightening curls;
• hairdressing cape.

Attention must be paid to the quality of the iron used, the plates of which must be made of ceramic or titanium. The high temperature of the plates will make it possible to simultaneously straighten more curls. The working surface of the instrument must be perfectly flat, without cracks and roughness, the presence of which can deform the hair structure.

A quality iron has the following characteristics:

• antistatic ionic coating;
• maximum power 170 W;
• the presence of an operation indicator and a temperature regulator;
• the presence of a rotating cord.

Before starting polishing, you need to perform a number of preparatory manipulations:

• shampooing with deep cleaning shampoos;
• aligning curls with an iron or hair dryer;
• covering the shoulder and back area with a hairdressing salon;
• thorough combing of the strands along the entire length.

To reduce the number of split ends before the procedure, hairdressers recommend Comb your hair daily with a natural bristle comb. Brushing your hair several times a day significantly improves its condition and accelerates growth, as well as increases blood flow to the hair follicles.

Will have a beneficial effect on curls peach appliquethat smoothes the hair, enriches it with nutrients and closes the hair scales. To prepare the mask, you need to knead the pulp of one fruit, add a few drops of peach essential oil to the resulting puree. The composition applied to the hair must be washed off after 25 minutes by rinsing the hair with a decoction of nettle or chamomile.

Self-polishing hair using a special machine consists of several stages:

• dividing hair into small strands;
• fixing curls with clips;
• fixing the selected strand between the elements of the polishing machine;
• turning on the tool;
• careful movement of the machine along the entire length of the strands at least 5 times;
• stage-by-stage processing of all strands;
• removing clipped hairs with water and shampoo;
• applying a nourishing and moisturizing balm.

For high-quality removal of the split ends of the house, you need to know and use the recommendations of specialists:

• the movement of the machine along short curls starts from the roots, and on long curls from the ends;
• move the tool only up and down;
• the use of the tool is permissible only on damaged curls;
• to prevent injury, be sure to hold the tool securely in your hand.

Self-polishing hair with scissors should be carried out in the following sequence:

• dividing hair into curls and securing them with clips;
• twisting the strand to be processed into a tight rope;
• carrying out the maximum fluffing of the selected strand;
• removal of split ends along the entire length of the curls;
• similar processing of all strands;
• cleansing hair with shampooing;
• moisturizing curls with special balms.

Professional stylists in beauty salons use a more advanced way of polishing hair with scissors and a comb. The method consists of the following steps:

• distribution of the selected strand over the entire width of the comb while pulling the curls;
• winding hair around the tool and pushing it forward;
• removal of split ends at the fold of the comb;
• gradual movement of the comb from the roots to the ends of the strands;
• step-by-step treatment of the entire surface of the hair.

Professional hairdressers recommend using for polishing and not only tools, but also folk recipes.

The most popular is gelatin mask, for the preparation of which you need to dissolve about 1 tablespoon of dry gelatin in 0.5 cups of warm water and apply on the strands for 20 minutes. This procedure can be performed once every 14 days due to the gradual removal of the protective layer after shampooing and using styling products.

To polish curls at home, you can use it 4 times a month milk mask, which consists of 100 grams of skim milk, lemon juice and one egg yolk. Apply a homogeneous composition to the hair for 30 minutes and cover the head with a plastic bag. After the specified time, rinse the curls with a mild shampoo and rinse them with medicinal broths.

Fills the curls with all the necessary biologically active components a mixture of olive oil and sour cream. You can achieve maximum results by using the mask once a week for several months.

Few of the fairer sex can boast of having beautiful hair without split ends. A large number of negative factors have an adverse effect on the hair. To give your hair a well-groomed look, experts recommend regularly polish hair not only with the help of tools, but also using folk cosmetics.

For information on how to polish your hair at home, see the next video.