The intense heat from straightening irons, curling irons and dryers tends to leave hair opaque and lifeless. Discover how to recover hair broken by a straightener.
Do you love straightening your hair with a straightener, but have you noticed that it is brittle?
The tip is to use powerful hydration to recover hair broken by the straightener as soon as possible.
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Processes that involve intense heat on the locks, such as straightening irons, curling irons and dryers, tend to remove water from the hair, leaving it opaque and lifeless.
When hair loses its natural hydration, it becomes weaker and prone to breakage.
To solve this problem, it is essential to carry out constant hydration and, of course, apply a thermal protector to your hair before heat procedures.
The role of this product is to create a protective film on the locks so that the heat does not ‘steal’ their natural hydration.
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Homemade hydration recipe to recover hair broken by straightening iron
What to know before doing it…
The secret is in the carrot.
For those who turn up their nose at the vegetable in their diet, we have to say that in addition to being positive for the hair when ingested as food, it is also highly effective when used topically to promote hydration of the locks.
Carrots have a high concentration of nutrients that help strengthen the hair and put an end to the breakage process.
If you were already a fan of carrots in your life because they contain beta-carotene, which helps maintain your skin’s tan, you should know that it also has a significant amount of antioxidants that help keep your scalp free from impurities as well as replenish water lost in processes that involve heat.
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Perfect for damaged strands
Although this homemade recipe for recovering hair broken by a straightener can be used on all types of hair, it is even more interesting for cases of extreme damage.
The objective is to return to the hair the water and nutrients that were lost due to the harmful action of the straightener.
If your hair is very damaged, repeat the process once a week, if the data is minimal, do it once every 15 days.
After all, how can you make a recipe to recover hair broken by a straightener?
Below we will teach you step by step how to make this moisturizing carrot mask.
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Ingredients
– ½ carrot (must be previously cut into cubes)
– 2 tablespoons of moisturizing mask of your choice
– ½ glass of filtered water
How to make
Start by placing the carrot in the blender along with the filtered water and blend.
One way to enhance the moisturizing effect is to add ½ peeled beetroot and also cut into cubes to the mixture.
After blending, strain so that only the juice remains and then add the hydration mask of your choice.
Reserve.
How to apply
You should only wash your hair with shampoo and use a towel to remove excess water.
Then apply the mask to the hair using the strand-by-strand gloving process.
The action time is half an hour, after this period, simply rinse your locks and finish washing using your usual conditioner.
From the first application, you will notice more shine and freshness in your hair.
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