How to get rid of split ends at home

Split ends - the problem of many girls and women. Hair loses its former beauty and radiance, so that requires special care. How to get rid of split ends at home? First you need to deal with the causes of their appearance, and then proceed to treatment.

Causes of split hair:

• incorrect or excessive care;
• weather;
• regular installation of thermo-devices;
• unbalanced diet;
• other factors: alcohol, smoking, hard antibiotics, etc.

General recommendations

1. Take as a basis regularly to visit the hairdresser that he cut off the split hair. The procedure does not take much time, but thanks to her hair will begin to grow healthy and shiny, and you will walk without a hedgehog on your head. The recommended frequency of visits to the salon - 1 time per month.
2. Not everyone knows, but the same towel drying after washing the head can greatly harm the hair. The tips break, and the curls begin to split along the entire length, forming the so-called "snake tongue". To avoid such consequences, after a shower, massage the locks, no need to pull at them in a circular motion. You can also not wipe them at all in such a way, it is enough to tie a towel on your head, fix it in a convenient way and walk for 15 minutes until the water is absorbed into the fabric.
3. If your haircut involves daily styling, perform the procedure only after the hair has completely dried. Never comb wet strands, especially a comb with iron teeth. If you need it, purchase a brush with natural bristles in the store of hairdressing accessories.
4. Owners of long hair who like to make a high tail at the crown, tightening their tight elastic band, it is desirable to abandon such manipulations. Hairstyle implies a constant tension of the strands, so that the bulbs do not hold in their places. Hair does not get enough nutrients, vitamins and minerals do not come to its full length,so the tips begin to split. Let your scalp and hair rest, do not wear such hairstyles for more than 5 hours in a row.

Split hair masks

Do not be lazy to prepare masks 4-5 times a week, simple manipulations will help you get rid of "cockroaches" in a short time. All of the following folk remedies are beneficial hair, they do not contain chemical components and questionable additives.

Pumpkin Mask

• basil oil - 45 ml.
• corn oil - 35 ml.
• burdock oil - 35 ml.
• pumpkin - 100 gr.
• Rosemary essential oil - 4 drops

Grate the pumpkin on a fine grater or chop in a combine before the formation of porridge. Pour in oil, mix the mixture and cover it with hair, carefully working through the ends. Soak 45 minutes.

Mask with vitamins E and A

• Vitamin E (in ampoules) - 4 pcs.
• Vitamin A (in ampoules) - 4 pcs.
• Almond oil - 80 ml.

Add vitamins to the oil, make up the hair over the entire length, hold for at least 1 hour.

White Clay Mask

• Dogwood berries - 45 gr.
• white clay - 60 g.
• olive oil - 60 ml.
• lemon juice - 20 ml.

Crush the berries in a blender or crush with a fork, pour white clay with water and mix the two components together. Add butter and lemon juice, then cover with a mixture of strands.Wrap your head with cling film or plastic bag, wrap yourself in a towel and lie down to rest for 50 minutes.

Honey Mask with Egg

• quail yolks - 3 pcs.
• honey - 35 gr.
• sunflower oil - 30 ml.

Whisk yolks, whip honey in a microwave for 1 minute. Mix the ingredients, pour in the oil, apply the mass and leave for 25 minutes. It is recommended after this mask to rinse the hair with a decoction of medicinal herbs (chamomile, sage, rosemary, mint, ginseng).

Mango mask

• mango - 1 pc.
• corn oil - 30 ml.
• sour cream with fat content not less than 15% - 30 gr.

Peel the mango, remove the bone and chop the fruit in a blender until the porridge forms. Combine with butter and sour cream, cover the hair, carefully rubbing the mixture into the scalp, wait 30-40 minutes.

Kiwi Mask

• Kiwi - 3 pcs.
• Kefir - 50 ml.
• sour cream - 40 gr.

Peel kiwi, chop in a blender, mash with a fork or grate. Combine with sour cream and kefir, apply first to the root zone, hold for half an hour, then spread over the entire length, wait another half hour. After the procedure in 2 stages, the mask can be removed with water.

Tea Leaf and Henna Mask

• colorless henna - 30 g.
• green tea leaves - 50 gr.
• egg yolk - 2 pcs.
• lemon juice - 20 ml.

Do not beat the yolk, combine it with lemon juice. Pour boiling water over the tea leaves and put the henna in there, wait 20 minutes. Combine all the ingredients in a uniform composition and coat the hair with a mixture. Wrap a plastic bag over your head, then cover it with a towel. Get down to rest for 3 hours.

Apple mask

• cream fat content of at least 20% - 30 gr.
• honey - 35 gr.
• burdock oil - 35 ml.
• green apple - 1 pc.
• chicken egg - 1 pc.

Grate the apple on a fine grater or chop it in a combine. Combine it with butter, honey and cream, mix thoroughly and let stand for 20 minutes. After the expiration date, beat 1 egg and add to the mixture. Apply to curls, wrap head with cling film and wrap a towel. Hold 50 minutes. Be sure to rinse with cool water so that the protein does not stick to the hair.

Fish oil mask
Get at the pharmacy fish oil (liquid), cover it with hair. Hold for 45 minutes, then rinse with warm water. You can also use fish oil capsules for ingestion, it will make the hair shiny and strengthen the hair follicles.

Mask based on sour cream

• sour cream with fat content of 20% - 45 gr.
• corn oil - 30 ml.
• burdock oil - 30 ml.
• lemon juice - 10 ml.
• egg yolk - 1 pc.

Combine sour cream with yolk, pour in butter and lemon juice. Apply over the entire length of the hair, but most of the mixture focus on the tips. Wait 25 minutes, then remove the mask with warm water. It is also recommended to rinse the hair with a decoction of chamomile and sage immediately after the procedure.

Nettle mask

• fresh nettle - 60 gr.
• horseradish table - 30 gr.
• red currant berries - 40 gr.

Crush the berries in the porridge, nettle pour boiling water, wait 10 minutes. Add horseradish, mix thoroughly and apply to hair. Wash off immediately when a burning sensation begins, usually this happens after 15 minutes.

Aloe Vera Mask

• aloe vera juice - 40 ml.
• garlic - 2 cloves
• sour cream - 20 gr.
• lemon juice - 30 ml.
• honey - 20 gr.
• egg yolk - 2 pcs.

Squeeze aloe juice in a convenient way or purchase a ready-made product at a pharmacy. Crush the garlic in a crush and mix it with lemon juice, then add honey. Beat the yolks, combine them with sour cream and mix all the ingredients into a homogeneous mass. Soak for at least 1 hour, do not worry about the smell of garlic, it is suppressed by lemon juice.

Beauty salons offer all sorts of procedures aimed at smoothing scales and "soldering" the tips, but they are quite expensive. Do not neglect the use of masks, they are very effective in the fight against splitting hair. Follow the recommendations, and the hair will once again become healthy and smooth!

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