Hot hair wrap

To care for the body, many representatives of the fair sex successfully use a variety of wraps. Such procedures are very useful for hair - with the help of hot wraps, you can achieve excellent results, making the strands smooth and shiny. The effect of restoring the hair structure is quite realistic by doing such procedures at home.   

What are the hair care procedures for

The health and strength of the hair depend on many factors. Careful attitude, sparing styling and staining, properly selected hair care products are important. Much also depends on the quality of water for washing, general health, everyday diet and lifestyle. In modern conditions, perhaps there is no way to completely eliminate the influence of all negative factors that can negatively affect the condition of the hair.

Often it can be noted that the hair has become naughty and resemble the appearance of the palsy, it is difficult to styling, it is difficult to comb after washing. If you look at the hair in multiple approximation under a microscope, you can see that it is covered with peculiar scales (cuticles). If the hair is healthy, these cuticles fit tightly to the base - as a result, the hair looks smooth and silky. With a violated structure of the strands, scales are revealed, due to a violation of their fitting, the hair rods are gradually damaged-as a result of this, the strands are largely losing moisture, become dull and lifeless, prone to fragility.

In such cases, if the condition of the hair leaves much to be desired, hot hair wraps will come to the rescue. These useful procedures allow us to normalize the condition of the weakened strands, make them again strong, healthy and silky, to protect them from negative influences of the external environment.

Who is suitable for hot hair wraps

Warm hair masks are useful for various hair structures.

The use of hot oil wraps for hair is effective in the following cases:

• in the presence of dull, porous, lost strength and volume of strands;
• in the case of split ends;
• for dried, damaged bleaching, aggressive hair coloring;
• in the case of a tendency to loss, as well as with slow hair growth;
• for those tired of the effects of lifting products and drying with a hot hairdryer of strands;
• with increased fragility and brittle hair;
• for electrified hair and tangled strands that are difficult to comb.

It should be borne in mind that in the presence of enhanced hair loss, you should first determine the cause of this phenomenon and try to remove it, and then use this type of exposure as hot masks.

Advantages of hot hair wrap

This procedure is universal and suitable for various types of hair. Hotwearing based on oils has a beneficial effect on the condition of the scalp and hair, improving their condition and giving strength, smoothness and elasticity to the strands. Thus, under the influence of hot hair wrap:

• metabolic processes and blood microcirculation in the processed area are normalized, due to this, blood supply to hair follicles improves;
• the scalp is saturated with oxygen and useful nutrients;
• a natural protective shell in the form of an elastic film helps to restore the structure of strands along the entire length.

As a result of the procedures done, the hair is strengthened, become soft and obedient.

The principle of operation of hot hair wrap

To carry out a hot hair wrap procedure at home, basic masks based on oils are mainly used, with the addition of other nutrient components. The mixture is heated in a water bath and applied to the scalp and hair along the entire length. The head is carefully wrapped in a film and insulated with a heated thick towel, a woolen scarf, etc. (You can also use a hairdryer to maintain the thermal effect).

The mask needs to be kept on the hair for at least 20 minutes, maintaining heat. With the help of hot hair wrap, which consists in constant exposure to the heated mixture, you can achieve the speedy and most effective effect of the procedure. Thus, the nutrients actively transported inward nourish the hair, smoothing the scales of the strands and restoring its structure. Cosmetologists argue that compared to conventional wraps, hot hair masks are much more useful - as a result of heating, their active substances affect about 40% more effective. For injured strands with a significantly damaged structure of the best accumulative effect, you can achieve with a fairly frequent use of hot hair wraps-a course of 5-8 procedures with an interval of one to two weeks, for the maintenance of such sessions one to twice a month is enough. By conducting intense warm wraps and subsequent haircuts of the tips with hot scissors, you can completely restore the hair structure.

Contraindications to the use of hot hair wraps

Like most other cosmetic procedures, there are contraindications to the use of hot hair wraps.

These include:

• poor health, fever, the presence of infectious and exacerbation of chronic diseases;
• the presence of skin diseases (eczema, psoriasis, exacerbation of seborrhea), wounds and damage, with irritated and inflamed scalp;
• the presence of inflamed lymph nodes in the processed area, as well as nearby;
• diseases of the endocrine and cardiovascular system. In particular, hypertension during warm wraps can feel nausea and dizziness;
• in case of tendency to allergic reactions and the presence of individual intolerance to the components of the acting mixture.

It is also recommended to refuse to carry out this procedure during pregnancy.

Carrying out a hot hair wrap procedure

Hot hair wraps in beauty salons are a rather popular procedure to improve the condition of strands and their restoration, which has won many fans. Hot hair wrapping session usually includes:

• washing the head with the subsequent application of the acting mixture to the wet strands;
• hair is wrapped in a film and heated terry towel;
• after a while, the hair is moistened with water and the mixture is washed by means of light massage;
• further, the cosmetologist applies a special serum to the hair to consolidate the result, as well as, if necessary, air conditioning.

As a rule, in beauty salons, the price of a hot hair wrap session is quite high. However, if you do not have enough time and money, such useful procedures are easy to spend on your own. According to reviews, using hot hair wraps, you can significantly improve the condition of strands at home. In this way, it is easy to quickly bring the hair into the best form in front of any important event. To do this, you can use your own prepared natural compositions based on various oils and their mixtures. First, it is recommended to use hot hair wrap based on one or two oils, in the future it will be possible to experiment with the composition, adding various components useful for the mixture.

In addition, you can buy products for hot hair wrapping - such drugs are distinguished by a specially balanced composition and are quite convenient to use.   As a rule, to conduct a hot hair wrap session, special preliminary preparation is not required, such a procedure can be carried out at any time. Cosmetologists recommend that the hair improves in the evening, optimally - from 18 to 21 hours. At this time, the scalp is most susceptible to various cosmetic influences, actively absorbs useful substances and gets rid of accumulated toxins.

Silk wrap for hair

With the help of hot hair wrapping with natural silk, it is easy to turn the hair into a flowing smooth waterfall. Special components that make up the hair lamination tool (silk proteins) have super moisturizing properties. They are distinguished by the ability to hold moisture up to 7 times more compared to other cosmetics. Complex sessions of laminating and hot hair wraps based on silk are successfully used in salons as a therapeutic effect that significantly improves the condition of the hair.

In addition, such a procedure can be carried out independently at home - for example, using a special series of Constant Delight. This complex includes shampoo with silk proteins, a Constant Delight hair wrapping a hair wrap, as well as massage whey, caring for hair ends and a supporting mask.

Oil hair wraps

Warm wraps based on oils can be used for various types of hair. The main thing is to carefully choose the appropriate composition for the procedure. The effect of hot hair wraps for hair is individual and depends on their type and structure, as well as the composition of the acting mixture.

Easy use and accessible hair restoration is olive oil. Other types of vegetable oils, including::

• burdock oil - will give the hair elasticity and obedience;
• castor oil - has a slight drying effect, as a result of which it is suitable for the hair prone to oily. In addition, Kastorka will give power to thin brittle hair;
• sesame oil - is used to restore weak thinned hair prone to loss;
• coconut oil - will calm the irritated peeling skin, help get rid of dandruff, give the strands elasticity and shine;
• avocado oil is an indispensable choice for dry and naughty curly hair, perfectly moisturizes and softens curls;
• jojoba oil is ideal for oily hair, since the composition is a plant analogue of skin fat. It is easily washed off, softening the hair and at the same time without weighting it.

In addition, the acting mixtures for hot hair wraps can be enriched with various essential oils, adding a few drops to your choice - depending on the problem that needs to be solved.

In the composition of hot hair wraps, various decoctions and infusions of medicinal herbs will be useful. The healing exposure for hair differs:

• rosemary, field horsetail, nettle, calendula - give the curls strength and shine;
• mint, thyme, sage - stimulate hair growth;
• chamomile, lavender, scarlet - effectively moisturize.

Stages of conducting the hair wrap

To carry out hot wraps at home, it is necessary to prepare 1-2 dense terry towels or a warming cap (warm woolen scarf, hat), iron, as well as containers for heating the mixture in a water bath, food film or foil. You should not wash your head before hot wrapping.

Next, you need to do the following sequence of actions:

• heat the acting oil mixture in a water bath - for this, two containers entering each other are used (smaller dishes will be observed in large, filled with water and placed on fire). If you want to add medicinal herbs, a dry herbal collection must be diluted with a small amount of water and heated in a water bath, and then add oil and steam for half an hour;
• to remove particles of grass, this composition must be filtered through a strainer or several layers of gauze. So that at the end of the procedure, the acting composition can easily be washed from the strands, in the oil mixture that cooled to room temperature, you can add 1-2 chicken yolks;
• the prepared mixture with a brush or sponge is applied to the scalp and distributed along the entire length of the hair, allowing the strands to be completely saturated with the composition;
• next, it is necessary to wrap the hair with a dietary film or foil, and then heat it with a hairdryer with a stream of warm (not hot!) air and wrap it in a warm towel, warmed up with an iron;
• as the mask cools on the hair, it is necessary to warm them with a hairdryer through the insulation cap. You can also change the cooled towel (warm the second panel with an iron and wrap your hair). In general, the exposure time of a hot mask is about 30-40 minutes;
• wash your hair with shampoo, thoroughly rinse the strands with a large amount of warm water. To fix the effect, rinse the hair with acidified water with the addition of lemon juice or apple cider vinegar, or a decoction of herbs.

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