The Best Indian Hair Care Routine for Healthy and Strong hair

Indians do need a hair care routine for the climatic conditions and pollution prevailing within the country.

Do you follow a hair care routine?

Well, its quite hard juggling things between work and home which leave us less time to take proper care of hair. Although following a hair care routine is not that difficult. It’s just about maintaining healthy hair and applying the right products to your hair.

Unlike skin, our hair doesn’t need attention every day because most of the things like oiling or shampooing must be done thrice a week and not more than that.

Did you ever think what does your hair really want?

Does it require a spa treatment? I think probably it’s a big “No”.  A continuous exposure to sun, pollutants and harmful chemicals will damage your hair and results in hair loss. So, you certainly need utmost care and application of right products to retain back the moisture.

Take a sneak peek into the Indian hair care routine to maintain a healthy and strong hair.

 

6 Steps to the Indian hair care routine

 

Step 1: Oil Treatment

The first step to Indian hair care routine is Oiling your hair. Oiling is recommended as a solution for drying tresses, damaged hair, tangles, split ends, dandruff and to treat rough frizzy hair. Oiling your hair, of course, has so many benefits from revitalising to making it soft, smooth, silky and fighting with hair fall and frizz.

So, it’s clearly known that oiling hair has multi-favourable effects. However, you should be cautious about few things like when to oil your hair, How many times in a week you should apply oil? When to apply hair oil? and you should deliberately know about the oils which suit your scalp.

 Is oiling hair everyday good or bad?

Yes, it’s obviously good. Although when your oiling hair on daily basis it’s recommended to stay indoors rather than heading out. Because your oily hair which is sticky in nature tend to attract pollutants, dirt and grime. They cause major damage to your hair like dandruff and itchy scalp.

When should you apply hair oil?

You can use hair oils in three ways – as a pre-wash treatment, to control frizz and to tame flyaways. For the pre-wash treatment, you can massage with few drops of oil through your scalp and hair which can stimulate blood flow.

Similarly, to control frizz you can apply oil to towel-dried hair after hopping out from the shower and then comb your hair gently till the roots.

You can tame annoying flyaways by rubbing little oil in your palms and running your palms over the teensy weensy hairs.

What are the best oils for hair growth or for healthy and strong hair?

The oils listed as best for hair growth are,

• Castor oil
• Bhringraj oil
• Olive oil
• Argan oil
• Jojoba oil
• Coconut oil

[Read more: How to Deep condition natural hair with oils]

What should you do?

Initially, you must oil your hair by massaging the scalp and ends of hair. Massage your hair gently so that it promotes good blood circulation.

Make a mix with few drops of Castor oil, drops of normal hair oil, and 2 Vitamin E oil capsules. Castor oil and vitamin e oil along with your normal oil will give you strong and healthy hair.

Once you’re done applying oil and massaging, you need to create a bun with your whole hair and then drape a dampen warm towel covering your hair. Sit for about an hour with oil and dampen towel.

 

 

Step 2: Nourish your hair with masks

Applying hair mask is an essential step in hair care routine. Do you know why?

Hair masks will sort all the problems like constant frizz, split ends, dry and damaged hair. Hair masks are almost like a mini spa treatment for your hair. These masks that are power packed with natural and herbal ingredients will offer intense and powerful results to your hair. From deeply nourishing your to healing damaged hair due to pollution, heating or styling hair masks offer impeccable benefits.

For whatever hair problem you have, there is a hair mask. So, it is essential to incorporate these nourishing hair masks into your hair care routine.

There are ample of hair masks available in the markets which are made of natural ingredients as well as artificial chemicals. Choosing a right hair mask amongst them might be quite difficult. So, give a try to make natural homemade hair masks with the best hair growth ingredients like Hibiscus, Bhringraj, Amla, Neem, Brahmi, and Methi. Try to do homemade nourishing hair treatments though it takes an extra little time to prepare a hair mask.

 

How to prepare a hair mask?

 

Ingredients:

1. Three tablespoons of Hibiscus powder
2. Two tablespoons of Yogurt
3. Lemon juice
4. Hairbrush
5. Napkin

 

 

Process

• Take three tablespoons of Hibiscus powder in a bowl
• Add two or three tablespoons of Yogurt to the powder
• Squeeze two lemons into the mix
• Blend them into a smooth paste and start applying to each strand of your hair by draping a napkin over your shoulders

 

 

Step 3: Shampoo your hair

 

Oiling scalp treatments, shampooing, hair masks, steam are all that your hair needs to be strong and healthier. To keep your scalp and hair in good condition and to stop the overgrowth of bacteria or dandruff you must nicely shampoo your hair.

Of course, a clean scalp will always promote better hair growth and hydrates your hair. Shampooing of hair will remove the oils, dirt, sweat on your scalp that lead to dandruff or other hair problems which affect the rate of hair growth.

Although you must not shampoo hair daily because it strips away the natural oils from your scalp. Shampooing hair on alternate days is fine to an extent. Also, if you are already prone to dandruff or itchy scalp, daily shampooing will worsen the scalp conditions. Lastly, don’t forget to condition your hair.

The most important thing is to choose a right shampoo and conditioners wisely that suits your hair texture and needs.

[Read more: Best shampoos in India for faster hair growth and thickness]

 

 

Step 4: Steam up your hair

Blow drying hair may be the worst application but steaming hair is beneficial. When your hair is damaged, coloured, heat treated, steaming up hair is one of the best things you can do to grow a healthy and strong hair.

The heat produced from steam will hydrate dry hair and retain back the moisture. So, no more dry hair or parched tresses. Not just that, steaming also provides softness and growth to hair.

The steam will lift the hair cuticles and allows all the treatments you’ve done to your hair to penetrate deep into the hair shaft. Thereby, no dry, dull and damaged hair.

You must steam up your hair once a week. Weekly dosage of steam will add hydration to your hair. Steam for about 20-30 minutes. Let your cuticles and ends of hair absorb all that treatment done to your hair.

But remember not to overdo steaming. It must be done only once or twice a week. More than that can cause over-moisturizing effects. Over moist hair can weaken the scalp or hair shaft and lead to hair breakage.

Once you’re done with steaming cool down your hair. Cooling hair will seal all the benefits of treatment.

 

 

Step 5: Apply a leave-in conditioner

You should follow the basic hair rule which is “Shampoo – Condition – Leave-in conditioner”. Applying a leave-in conditioner will seal the moisture. Like a sunscreen that protects skin from sun’s UV rays, leave-in conditioners protect hair and scalp from the harmful sun’s rays.

It’s a great protectant not only from sun’s rays but also from dust, pollutants, grime, and oils. If this bad stuff is eradicated or prevented that eventually leads to a healthy scalp and strong hair.

Take few drops of leave-in conditioner into your palms, rub them in your palms and run your fingers over your hair from the roots to the top section of hair. One amongst the best leave-in conditioner is Bblunt anti-frizz leave-in conditioner.

 

If a store-bought conditioner is not satisfying your needs, you can always go natural with the natural ingredients. You can make a serum from Aloe vera gel, Vitamin E oil and Argan oil and store that in a bottle so that you can apply after each time you hop out of the shower.

 

 

Step 6: The Final touch!

Finally, once you’re done with applying a leave-in conditioner, run your comb through hair nicely. Then after few minutes if you’re applying a natural homemade conditioner wipe it off with a wet napkin. And Viola! That’s the end to your Indian hair care routine. Now, your hair is fully prepped and got all the elements required for a healthy and strong hair.

 

 

Your hair needs all that pamper and care at least few times a week. Incorporate this simple 6 steps Indian hair care routine in your routine to acquire a healthy, nourished and strong hair.

 

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