Cold Weather Alert: 3 Things to do to offset the impact of cold weather on your curls. By Nina Christmas, Creative Director, Huetiful
Our hair like plants and leaves react to changing humidity each season. Here are 3 ways to protect your hair from below zero weather and low humidity.
Infuse Hydration / Steam Treat Hair: Our hair has the capacity to absorb water until it is full. 15-20 minutes under the steamer can fill your hair to capacity with hydration and ingredients from your oil treatment or conditioner. You can mimic steam by turning your shower up to high and making your bathroom a sauna, heat and reheat wet towels in the microwave and wrap them around your wet hair and capture the steam under a plastic cap. In the winter, I steam weekly to replenish the hydration that evaporated from my hair in the cold and use the Huetiful Hydrating Conditioner with Moringa Oil.
Oil: Adding oil to the hair strands and scalp can be beneficial and moisturizing. Your favorite oil will mimic the oil glands production of sebum, which is the natural moisturizer our body creates. Foods that have an oil content like fish and olives will increase natural sebum production and aid your sebaceous glands in the effort to moisturize your hair and the rest of your body.
Brush: Cold weather can leave our bodies dehydrated, cause more dry skin and create a flaky scalp. Many that claim to have dandruff which is a bacterial skin disorder that develops in dark damp environments may only have skin cells that have naturally shed and need to be exfoliated. Dry skin or a flaky scalp can be exfoliated by brushing with a boar bristled brush to reveal fresh layers of skin. This is an easy attempt when wearing a flat ironed silk press but a task from the past when in a curly look. I remember my mother brushing my hair into ponytails by adding a oily or creamy styling product, this is my current method of brushing.
Incorporate these three things into your methods of hair care and your hair will remain vibrant despite cold, dehydrating temperatures.