Means for styling hair (styling means) are used to give the hair volume and shine, modeling and fixing its shape. In addition, today, many styling products can protect hair from various adverse factors - exposure to hot air from a hair dryer, sun and frost.
How to choose a means for styling hair?
Modern cosmetic industry offers a wide choice of styling products, differing in texture, method of application, impact on hair, price. Choose for yourself the best means for styling hair, based on the following factors:
- type of hair (dry, normal or fat, straight or curly, hard or soft, etc.);
- length of hair (short, medium, long);
- condition of hair (healthy and damaged);
- desired effect and type of fixation.
Professional hair styling products
Professional styling products, in contrast to the means for independent daily use, have a more pronounced effect. But they act on the hair more rigidly, so the use of such "assistants" is not calculated for every day. It is advisable to use them only in cases when the hairstyle is subjected to increased demands. For example, when you need to keep it for a very long time, when your hair will be exposed to unfavorable weather conditions, etc.
Professional hair styling products are produced by the following brands:
- L'Oreal Paris;
- Nouvelle;
- Davines;
- Corioliss;
- ESTEL Professional;
- MAXIMA and others.
Means for styling curly (curly) hair
Care for curls is a time consuming occupation, but the time and effort spent are worth the result. Styling products for curly hair can be divided into two types:
- means for styling ringlets;
- means for straightening styling.
In order to have luxurious and well-groomed curly locks, you should apply a special remedy for washed damp hair. These drugs include creams, sprays, milk, gels, foams, etc. For soft and fine hair, it is better to choose products on a watery basis, for hard and thick hair - on an oily or creamy basis.
Here are a few brands of hair styling products:
- MATRIX Curl Life - molochko for curly hair;
- Londa Professional Coil Up - cream for shaping ringlets;
- OShwarzkopf OSIS Twin Curl - a two-phase cream to create curls
- Wella Wellaflex - spray for laying curls.
To straighten curly hair it is possible by means of the hair drier and a brashing or ironing, having put before before a special agent, for example:
- Kaaral Dazzling - light cream for straightening hair with a hairdryer;
- Estel Professional Airex - thermal protection for straightening hair with a hairdryer or ironing.
- Sexi Hair - straightening lotion for fine hair.
Means for styling fine hair
It is very difficult to find the right styling product for fine hair. Such hair is very vulnerable, and if they are also dry, some styling products can do them harm.
It is not recommended to use styling products in the form of gel, wax and varnish, because they make the hair heavier and can only exacerbate the problem. It is better to give preference to light foams, mousses, sprays. From such means it is possible to allocate the following:
- Kerastase Resistance Volumactive - a mousse for packing of thin and fragile hair
- Londa 3D-Sculpt Volume Volumation - a thermal protection lotion for giving volume;
- Senscience Volume Boost Styling Foam - Foam for laying soft, fine hair
- Kapous Root Volume is a spray for giving volume to the roots.
Folk remedies for hair styling
Beer and live kvass add stiffness, help fix the hair.
But the gelatin solution is a tool for laying thin and unruly hair. It is prepared in this way:
- Pour half a glass of cold water a third of a teaspoon of gelatin.
- Leave for 3 hours.
- Put on a slow fire and bring to a boil.
- Stir and cool.
- Strain and apply to hair.
A sugar solution is suitable for making dry curls. And any moisturizer - to create the effect of wet hair.