How To Take Care Of Your Curly Hair In Summer
Holidays, sun, sea… enough to boost our mental health! But, it is also during this season that hair is particularly put to the test. Between UV rays, heat, salt, chlorine, sand, wind… hair becomes dehydrated, dries out or even lightens, especially when it is textured: wavy, curly, frizzy, kinky. This is why it is very important to pamper your natural curls during the summer with a suitable routine. Here is how to take care of your curly hair in summer!
How To Take Care Of Your Curly Hair In Summer
How to protect your curly hair during the summer? How to keep beautiful curls? How to keep your hair hydrated and shiny with health? Let us introduce you to your summer routine for curly hair!
What are the needs of curly hair in summer ?
Just as we protect our skin from the sun, hair also needs to be protected. By destroying the keratin of the hair fiber, UV rays make hair much more fragile, brittle and dull.
Salt, chlorine or sand, on the other hand, dehydrate and considerably attack the hair. This is why their needs are numerous during this season: detox, hydration, nutrition, protection.
It is therefore essential to meet these needs with a natural routine adapted to maintain the good health of your curly hair.
–Detoxify regularly
In summer, the hair, but especially the scalp, are all the more subject to the accumulation of impurities. Between sand, perspiration, frequent washing, the scalp becomes heavy and no longer breathes. It is therefore important to integrate detoxifying treatments into your summer routine for curly hair that will help your hair fiber to regenerate after long exposure to seasonal external aggressions.
The benefits are numerous:
- purify the scalp
- allow you to space out washes
- bring volume and lightness
- bring vitality and tone to your curls
Often composed of both purifying and nourishing ingredients, detoxifying treatments are essential to start again on a healthier basis and find shiny, supple and light curls.
How to proceed?
Before shampooing and on wet hair, apply a small amount of treatment to your scalp. Massage gently and leave on for a few minutes. Rinse and proceed with your usual shampoo.
You can perform a hair detox approximately 1 to 2 times a month.
–Deeply hydrate the hair fiber
When temperatures rise, the water present in the hair fiber evaporates and dries it out considerably. This is also the consequence of exposure to sea salt or chlorine from the swimming pool. By destroying the hair’s scales, they prevent it from retaining moisture. Result: porous, dry, brittle and split hair.
So, to avoid the “straw” effect, it is necessary to deeply moisturize your curls with regular moisturizing and nourishing masks.
On clean, towel-dried hair, apply the treatment to your lengths and leave on for at least 30 minutes up to several hours or even overnight. Detangle your hair then rinse. Your curls will regain all their softness and lightness.
It is also important to add protein masks to your summer routine for curly hair. Indeed, heat weakens the hair, which therefore naturally needs additional nutrients. Essential to hair health, these proteins are the only ones that can penetrate deep into the hair fiber to revitalize and strengthen it.
To moisturize your curly hair daily in the summer and create a protective barrier against external aggressions, also rely on styling products: hair milks, hair creams or even jellies. They will be perfect to protect your hair in the summer by strengthening the hair fiber while helping you form beautiful curls.
Ideal for its ultra-hydrating and all-in-one side, aloe vera is a great alternative to styling products during the summer. In addition to being able to use it as an after-sun on your skin, it will deeply moisturize your curls! After the shower, apply a small amount of the gel to your clean lengths and let it air dry for soft and bouncy curls.
–Protect your curly hair
Between exposure to the sun, salt or chlorine, hair is extremely stressed during the summer period. To protect it as much as possible, the goal is to adopt the right actions and the right products to keep your lengths healthy all summer long.
–Use a protective mist
The first reflex to adopt is to apply a protective mist to your lengths before each swim and exposure to the sun. This non-greasy treatment creates a protective film around the hair fiber to maintain the health of your curly hair and prevent breakage and split ends. With the smell of the sun and vacation, your curls will no longer be able to do without it!
The importance of protective hairstyles
For optimal protection of your textured hair, you can create protective hairstyles. Buns, braids, vanillas … the possibilities are numerous. Perfect for protecting your hair from friction and knots, they also prevent breakage of hair weakened by heat, salt or chlorine.
In addition, also remember to protect your scalp during the summer with a hat or cap. In addition to avoiding sunstroke, this will help keep your scalp healthy. Silk or satin scarves are also very good alternatives to prevent your hair from drying out.
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I hope you enjoyed this little guide on how to take care of your curly hair in summer and found it useful. Comment down below what you think of these tips, or share with us your own hair care routine for curly hair in the summertime!
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