Hair, products and styling… How difficult can it be?
Well, it turns out to be quite a challenge both to choose and use the right products for your hair and to style it to match your look, face shape, and personality. When it comes to common hair mistakes you’ll find that the best advice usually is to treat your hair with some kind of respect.
We will give you 8 tips and tricks of how to avoid hair mistakes, and make sure that your hair stays cool.
1. Washing Hair Too Much – or Not Enough
Is it
necessary with a daily hair wash or not?
Actually, there’s no single answer to how often you should wash your hair
because it usually comes down to personal preference. The perfect frequency
depends on your hair type, and how much you’re gelling and sweating. For some
men, a daily hair wash is entirely unnecessary while others find it
indispensable.
If you’re
going to use products in your hair on a daily basis, a daily wash is also a
good idea. Leaving a wax in overnight can, for example, cause headaches, and it
also leaves grease on your pillow – that’s just annoying when getting reading
for bed.
We advise you to wash your hair with water every morning and use the necessary
time to style it.
2. Shampooing With The Right Amount of Shampoo
The importance of using shampoo the right is essential to remember. Most men don’t ever think about shampooing their hair and how to do it correctly. On the other hand, it will damage your hair if you use it too often, especially if you’re not using hair products regularly. You have to be aware of, that shampoo traps oil while using it too much will dry out your hair. Not to forget the importance of using shampoo because it cleanses your hair and opens your hair follicles.
Our recommendation is to use shampoo every second day. Apply it into your wet hair, massage gently for one minute, rinse thoroughly with water – and repeat if necessary.
3. Forgetting Conditioning
What is a conditioner?
Most men don’t find hair conditioner on their product shelf, because it’s typically thought of as a girly product. But conditioning your hair after shampooing should be an important part of your hair routine.
Use conditioner if your hair feels dry or if your hair is curly or color-treated. Conditioner protects the hair from losing too much oil during the shampooing process and brings back moisture. Still, different hair and scalp textures require different levels of shampooing and conditioning – and different products.
4. Blow-drying Your Hair Without Heat Protection
Most men are not using a blow dryer. Like conditioner, it’s often associated as a fancy hair tool that mainly women are using.
WRONG! A blow dryer is the best tool to style your hair to perfection – BUT – with blow drying comes heat protection like the pre-styling spray. The protection before blow drying your hair is just as important as the actual blow drying part.
5. Cutting Your Own Hair
It can be quite a challenge to cut your own hair, especially if you don’t have any experience!
Maybe you’re thinking: if I can shave my own beard, I can easily cut my own hair too, and YouTube-guides make it look so easy.
If you’re
tempted to cut your own hair, really don’t expect perfection. Want our advice?
Leave it to the professionals. Go to a hairstylist, where you can find a
hairstyle that fits you. Depending on your hair and how fast it’s growing a
frequent visit to the salon is important.
We recommend you to go to a stylist once every two months.
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