Healthy and beautiful hair even in summer

Free to melt in natural forms, it is also a holiday for hair. But be careful, long or short, they can suffer damage and stress. Especially at the seaside.

Color, highlights, sunstrokes degradés or not, permanent… Treatments to change the look of the hair should be reserved for return.

Because, in any case, the hairdresser’s job should be wasted. In the sun and dive after dive, each color fades, sometimes with embarrassing results.

And then because the resumption of everyday routine helps to identify more clearly what you want new for your hair.

Before departure

Before leaving, you can possibly arrange the cut and prepare them with compresses or nourishing masks, usually based on almond oil and common extra virgin olive oil.

Like the rest of the body, in fact, even the hair suffers the aggressiveness of the sun’s rays and the corrosive action of salt or chlorine contained in the pools. And the results, unfortunately, are evident: opaque hair, stringy, frizzy, without shine. In a word, dehydrated.

To maintain the health and beauty of the hair it is therefore necessary to protect them: the scarf is comfortable and chic, the straw hat sexy, but they also do their duty caps and visors.

Loose or tied? The ideal is the soft chignon. With the hair collected, in fact, the exposed area is smaller and the tips, the most fragile part of the hair, are sheltered. Choose soft, tear-proof elastic bands.

Remember to pack wheat germ protective oils, to be applied before sun exposure.

A dip and off you go

Those who are forced to use the cap in the pool can protect their hair with oil before wearing it, to prevent it from breaking when removing it.

The suggestion is even more valid for those who want to take advantage of the holidays to attend a diving course: the wetsuit is tight and the risk of finding yourself every time with a few locks in your hands very high.

After swimming in the sea or pool, the hair should always be rinsed with fresh water. Shampoo is not necessary, but it may be useful to massage them with a specific conditioner with a sunscreen filter or with flaxseed oil.

Avoid letting your hair dry in the sun after a sea bath, although sometimes the result is better than a hairstyle done by the hairdresser.

Salt, in addition to dehydrating the hair, also attacks the scalp.

The ideal would be to keep the hair always a little damp. To keep on hand, a spray diffuser with water.

No even to drying with hairdryer, iron, straightener: at the sea the hair becomes more fragile and there is a risk of further ruining it.

There is a tip especially for him: if he has shaved or very short hair, always hair or protective oil, to penetrate well on the skin.

The sun, in fact, contributes to hair loss, as it irritates the hair bulbs. The effect is not immediate but could occur a couple of months after sunbathing.

Hair-friendly foods

Hair reflects our state of health and the type of diet followed. Vitamin and mineral salt deficiencies, of course, but above all protein. Proteins, in fact, nourish the bulbs, making them strong.

Without exaggerating with the consumption of red meat, you can expect a diet saving foliage based on fish and white meats, but also legumes such as peas, lentils, beans and chickpeas.

Eggs are biologically valuable sources of protein and retain shine. The Selenium contained in dried fruit such as walnuts and hazelnuts, fights hair aging: just a handful in fresh fruit salad.

Fruits and vegetables always, with priority to peaches, apricots, peppers and leafy vegetables.