shampooing too often. using a shampoo with harsh ingredients, such as sulfates, that are drying for your type of hair. not using a conditioner often enough or one that's designed for your type of hair. not including a moisturizing hair mask in your hair care routine.
Each hair is made up of little scales. The hard water tends to make the scales stand up. Creating a rough and tangled feeling. A healthy and cost-efficient way to solving the problem is simply switching from hard water to softer water.
Hot water melts away your natural hair oils, leaving it dry, brittle, and frizzy. Excess heat also lifts your hair cuticles, the outermost layer.
Restore Moisture
If your hair feels like straw, it's more than likely because it lacks moisture. A great place to start when it comes to solving dry locks is your haircare regime. Switch things up with different products and be sure to introduce a nourishing treatment mask.
Treating Hard Water Hair
If hard water is a problem in your home, you may notice your hair feels filmy and straw-like. This is because the excess minerals in the water combine with shampoo to for a curd-like substance that sticks to your hair, much like soap scum sticks to the walls of your shower.
Tangling, knotting, frizz, dullness, breakage: these are all signs of very dehydrated hair. The good news? There are easy ways to treat and prevent not just the annoying symptoms of dryness, but the dry, dehydrated hair itself.
Moisture overload occurs when there is too much moisture and too little protein. This is the second kind of imbalance your hair can experience. Moisture overload tends to affect those who have high hair porosity, causing it to look limp, stringy, and even greasy.
Overwashing your hair or using harsh cleansers will strip your hair of crucial moisture and leave it looking dry and crunchy. Make sure your wash day isn't doing more harm than good, and switch to a gentle, moisturizing shampoo that won't strip away your hair's natural oils.
Our skin glands produce less sebum making our tresses feel perpetually dry. Having low hair porosity or even high hair porosity and using the wrong products can also contribute to having dry hair, even when using a conditioner. Low porosity hair is hard to hydrate while high porosity hair loses moisture easily.
Coconut oil has innumerable benefits on hair and helps in preventing dry and frizzy hair. In order to calm down your dry hair after a shower, soothe your tresses with coconut oil. Take a small quantity of coconut oil and start applying on the damp air. Make sure you apply on the ends and work it for some time.
You've got two shampoo options to help you remove hard water buildup: chelating and clarifying shampoos. Chelating shampoos (sometimes called demineralizing shampoos) tend to be harsher and more drying than clarifying shampoos, and they work by binding to the minerals and breaking them down while you suds up.
Sulfate shampoos (and sulfate-free shampoos, in some cases) contain cleansers that decrease the hair's moisture levels. Every time you shampoo, you're removing natural oils from your hair and scalp, which can upset your moisture balance and give way to a straw-like texture.
Greasy hair after washing may be due to a person's hair care routine, an overproduction of sebum, environmental factors, or underlying health conditions. People may be able to stop hair from becoming greasy as quickly by using a gentle clarifying shampoo and lightweight, non-greasy hair products.
You might notice frizz, or that your curls aren't as springy and well-defined. Your hair may begin to feel coarse and dry. These are all indicators that you may be shampooing too much. Split ends are always a sign that your hair is in distress, and usually, that comes from overwashing.
Deep conditioner is your new best friend, well, at least in your haircare routine. Look for a product that contains keratin and is labeled for dry, damaged hair. Run product throughout hair and leave on for several minutes. The product will absorb into your hair shaft and help soften hay-like strands.
Take a strand of your hair and try stretching it. If it stretches quite far, feels a tad mushy and then snaps, it is indicative of the hair being over-moisturised. You may need more protein to reinforce your hair cuticle. If it feels dry and brittle and snaps almost immediately, it is indicative of a protein overload.
Take an inch of your hair and stretch it, if it doesn't stretch or breaks, feels dry and rough, it is brittle/damaged and needs moisture treatment. If the hair stretches far and does not return and/or breaks, feels mushy, gummy or cotton candy-like, your hair needs protein.
Hair that is stringy, flat, or limp is a definite sign that your hair needs a protein treatment. Normally, hair should be pretty durable and full, so when it starts to droop, take notice. By adding protein back into the hair, you can revitalize your strands and get them to a healthier state.
Both dry and damaged hair can appear frizzy and dull, and can feel brittle. You might notice stray hairs and split ends.
Using products that are designed to nourish the scalp and hair can definitely speed up this process, but on average you'd be looking at six months to a year to fully see a difference in your hair's condition.