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2010
The Truth About Hair
Hair is THE most important feature of your appearance. I really mean this! I believe that the state of your hair can make or break your looks.
Your hair is your crown and it has the ability to make you look thinner, plumper, shorter, taller, prettier or uglier. I'm dead serious about this.
If you have a thin face, a short bob would make your face look rounder. If you have a plump face, a straight long hairstyle can slim your features. Blunt bangs can draw attention to your eyes. Curly hair can fill out your face. The list goes on and on.
But more important than your hairstyle, the condition of your hair can ultimately ruin or enhance any hairstyle, no matter how awesome the hairstyle may be.
There are many hair care advice out there that are totally untrue. So, here I bring you a short list of hair myths that many people believe.
1. If you pluck one grey hair, three new ones will grow
It takes about 3 months for one single strand of hair (grey or not) to grow. It would take another 3 months for 3 more to grow to be noticeable. So, if you do pluck out a grey hair, another 3 grey hair is not going to magically appear on your head.
However, yanking hair out is harmful to your hair as it damages the follicle and can break other healthy hair, especially if you use tweezers. So, your best bet is to repress that urge to pluck your grey hair.
2. You must wash your hair every day.
Your head produces natural oil that keeps your hair conditioned. Although some of us do wash our hair to avoid the appearance of oily hair, washing your hair too much can dry out your hair.
What you can do is just shampoo your hair near the roots as it is your scalp that gets oily. This will leave your scalp clean and the rest of your hair will still retain its shine.
3. Trimming often can make your hair grow faster
Whether you cut your hair or not, it will only grow about half an inch a month. Your hair growing faster has nothing to do with your stylist's technique but everything to do with hormones.
What trimming does do though, is to get rid of split ends which will make your hair appear healthier.
4. You can mend split ends
There is only ONE way to get rid of split ends - cut them off! Hair products that claims to reduce split ends actually only temporarily seal the ends to make them less noticeable.
Get a trim every 6 weeks as leaving them be just lets the split move up along your hair. Also, resist the temptation to pick at your split ends because that will only cause more damage.
There are so much more myths about hair care that a lot of people still do believe. I think the most important thing for your hair is to use the right hair products, don't dye or perm your hair too often and eat healthy (Yes, what you eat can affect the condition of your hair).
With that, I leave you to your weekend. Ta! :D
For those who were wondering where I got my hair curled permanently, it was at I Salon in Gadong, staircase beside TK Teahouse. Prices are a little on the high side, but for me, it is worth every cent spent. It's been 2 years that I permed my hair, and the curls are still there.
You can call Kenny of I Salon for an appointment at 245 1425.
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