Cutting and chopping off your hair can often seem like your only option when your ends are so dry, damaged, brittle and unhealthy that you feel as though nothing is ever going to improve your hair health. Well, if you’re wanting to know how you can specifically target and improve your split ends and hair breakage without doing ‘the chop’, then this is exactly for you. When it comes to hair health, there is no one quick fix solution that is going to instantly solved all your problems overnight. Truly healthy hair requires a consistent natural haircare routine, practicing good daily hair habits and prioritising your physical health. However, there are two key elements you can focus on within your routine in order to promote strong, hydrated, healthy and shiny hair and experience your best long term results. So, let’s dive straight into exactly what you need to be focusing on so you can say goodbye to dry, unhealthy split ends and hair breakage once and for all.
1. Identify the cause of your hair damage and breakage
Our scalp and hair are exposed to an endless list of factors that can potentially cause damage and negatively impact the condition of our hair. These factors can include frequent use of heated styling tools, aggressive brushing and styling, using the wrong types of brushes on your hair, UV exposure, damaging hairstyles and accessories, as well as hair colouring or bleaching. Diet, illnesses, poor physical health and medications can also influence your hair health. When your hair is damaged by any of these factors, you can experience hair protein loss, leaving you with dry, brittle hair that is more prone to breakage and split ends. Ultimately, this can result in hair that becomes thin, unhealthy, spiny and difficult to style.
So, the very first step to treating and repairing your hair is by identifying what is specifically causing damage to your hair. Identifying the exact causes and then avoiding these factors as much as possible is going to help prevent any further damage to your hair in the future. You might assume that the very first step to improving your hair health is to apply a treatment product for dry hair. However, unless you first make an effort to understand why your hair is dry and unhealthy, then do what you can to prevent this damage from continuing, you simply won’t see your best results from any treatment product. Using hair products for dry, damaged hair and breakage will not be truly effective unless you intentionally care for your hair by limiting heated styling, protecting your hair from UV exposure, investing in the right detangling hairbrush and carefully planning your hair colour choices with your trusted hairdresser. It is impossible to completely avoid everything that is known to potentially cause hair breakage. But often, there are specific hair habits in our own routines that have resulted in unhealthy hair that we can avoid as much as possible to see our best results moving forward.
2. Choose your best hair treatment products for dry hair
After you have identified the reasons why your hair has become so dry, brittle and thin in the first place, it is then time to look at haircare treatments. Nourishing hair masks and oils are the best treatments for dry hair, split ends, damage and breakage that you can implement into your consistent haircare routine. However, finding and investing in the right products (then using them on a continuous basis) is absolutely essential if you genuinely want to transform your hair. Understanding the ingredients formulated into hair masks and treatments is an important part of choosing the right products that are going to effectively target your concerns and improve your hair health not just in the short term but, more importantly, in the long term. Many traditional hair products contain silicones and other non-natural ingredients that can leave you with the illusion that your hair is smooth and silky initially; however, depending on the specific types of ingredients used, silicones can create a build up over time, which can result in dry hair long term.
So, instead of looking for quick fix solutions or a hair product to reverse damage in one use, choose an all-natural hair treatment alternative. Our Sozo Hair Health Mask is an Australian made, silicone free hair mask formulated to target, nourish, repair, hydrate, condition and strengthen your hair, as well as smooth and increase shine. Plus, it has also been formulated to nourish, reduce inflammation and condition the scalp to ultimately support healthy hair growth long term. So often, hair masks are designed exclusively to target your ends, but they neglect your scalp. However, if healthy hair starts with a healthy scalp, then using a hair treatment product that targets dry, damaged, split ends, as well as irritated scalps, is a non-negotiable in your haircare routine. This is why our Australian hair mask has been specifically formulated to do exactly this.
To experience your best results with our Hair Health Mask, simply start with our Sozo Hair Health Shampoo, then apply our natural hair mask in place of conditioner, leave it to absorb for a couple of minutes in the shower or for up to 30 minutes, then rinse thoroughly. By doing this at least once a week, or more often depending on your hair health concerns, you can achieve strong, healthy ends, more shine, less frizz and less hair breakage long term.
Another treatment to use alongside your hair mask is an oil or serum. Prewash scalp and hair oiling is a step in your haircare routine that can provide undeniable benefits. Our Sozo Scalp & Hair Health Serum, specifically, contains rosemary oil, aloe, argan oil, jojoba, macadamia oil, beetroot extract, baobab oil and more to soothe, condition and reduce inflammation on your scalp, as well as increase circulation to the hair follicles, which is important for healthy hair growth. Not only will our Scalp & Hair Health Serum help you to achieve your healthiest scalp and support healthy hair growth, but it will also hydrate, strengthen, condition, increase shine and smooth your hair for stronger, healthier ends. For your best results with prewash oil treatments, apply our natural and silicone free hair serum generously to your scalp and hair at least 30 minutes before washing, then wash as normal and double shampoo. For particularly dry, frizzy and coarse hair, our serum can also be applied to your ends after washing and in between washes to help maintain hydrated, healthy and shiny hair. Because it’s an ultra-lightweight hair oil, simply apply a couple of drops to the ends of your hair, gradually adding more as you need it and style as you wish. This is an especially important step in your post shower routine if you do style with heat or blow dry your hair, as our Scalp & Hair Health Serum contains sunflower seed oil, jojoba esters and grapeseed oil which are known to help protect against the effects of heated styling. By using our natural hair serum for both styling and prewash oil treatments in your haircare routine, you can actively nourish and treat your hair while also protecting it to maintain your shiniest and smoothest hair possible.
There is no doubt that to achieve your truly healthiest scalp and hair, you must create and commit to a consistent haircare routine based on products you trust, practice good hair habits and prioritise your physical health. But if your goal is to focus specifically on repairing damaged hair and improving the condition of your ends, you must prevent further damage to your hair, then invest in the right treatment products proven to hydrate, strengthen, condition and enhance both your scalp and hair health. Your hair transformation won’t take place overnight, but with consistency and patience, you will see your very best results.
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