Our hair is constantly stressed by factors such as heat, friction, chemical treatments and harsh ingredients. Therefore, you should protect your hair as much as possible by reducing factors that damage your hair.
1. Aggressive surfactants remove the protective lipid of your hair and can lead to dryness. We recommend mild and sulfate-free shampoos.
2. Friction caused by combing can stress the rough curl structure. Although wet hair is more fragile, the frictional friction is very high when combing curls dry. Therefore, use a conditioning product that improves the wet combability of your hair and reduces friction during combing. For curls, we also recommend using a coarse tooth comb instead of a brush. Because of the widely spaced teeth, the comb will not break up the curl bundle as much as a brush would.
3. A rough towel structure, e.g. with terry cloth, causes friction and raises the surface of the hair even more. Wrap your wet hair in a towel with a smooth surface, e.g. microfibre. A sustainable alternative to microfibre are towels made from organic bamboo. Also, never rub your hair dry. This can also roughen the surface of your hair and lead to knots that need to be combed out afterwards.
4. The large difference in temperature between cold, wet hair and the sudden heat of the hairdryer is a real temperature shock for the hair. This promotes moisture loss and can encourage dryness. As air drying alone is very time-consuming, we recommend wrapping the hair in an absorbent towel for a few minutes. Then leave the damp hair to air-dry for a few minutes before using a blow-dryer on a cold or medium setting. For curly heads, we also recommend using a diffuser attachment to distribute the airflow evenly.
5. the biggest stress on our hair is colouring. Not everyone wants to give up hair colouring or covering the first grey hairs. This is where it is important to restore moisture to the hair and regularly use a care product that can retain moisture in the hair to counteract drying.
