Your hair ages along with everything else. The hair shaft begins to lose volume and becomes more fragile and drier. Hormonal changes will cause hair strands to gray. You’ll find that your hair will also begin to feel much coarser. Calcium is beginning to build up in the follicle restricting the growth of hair to the shaft. The growth cycle is changing, and more follicles are now resting.
Choices
There’s a lot that can be done. A new and refreshing hair color, a more flattering cut, and some simple restorative techniques can make a huge difference.
Loosen your hair. Tight hair or “helmet hair” looks dated and ages you. Plus it looks like you don’t know how to care for your hair. Stiff hair no matter how it’s styled looks old. Solve the problem and take away the years by limiting or eliminating hair spray.
Make It Shine
Shine is young and matte is old especially with aging hair. There are many effective shine-enhancing treatments and glosses on the market. Your stylist can give you a professional shine treatment. A wash-in hair gloss can enhance your natural color or you can purchase a tinted color to easily hide gray.
Gray Games
Some women become even more fabulous by embracing their gray while others are relieved that they can experiment with coloring and not have to worry about the frequent touch ups of their darker days. Some women look great, while others can appear washed out when going gray.
Don’t use high heat on gray hair as it will singe and turn yellow and brassy. Don’t overuse relaxers. Gray tends to make straightened hair look even more coarse. Be careful using colored gels and styling products. Gray hair absorbs hair more quickly.
Almost Natural
If your hair is less than half gray, you probably can get away with a semi-permanent color. Choose one with no ammonia. You’ll find that not only does a semi-permanent color cover the gray, but will boost shine while looking very natural.
Choose Your Favorite Length
Celebrities don’t let age define their length. They don’t chop off their hair just because they’ve reached a landmark birthday. Some women look great in short hair while some cannot carry it off no matter what their age.
However, hair past the shoulders does drag the face down. Layers are youthful on all lengths. Consider the youthful effects of a face framing style.
Volumizing Shampoo
Look for the ingredient polyquaternium-10 to achieve more body in your hair. This ingredient also acts as a detangler.
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Article posted on Friday, August 28th, 2009, under Hair and Nails.
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