HAIR TIPS: MY WEEKLY REGIMEN

Hi sweeties... how are you?

Like I said in my last post, I started my hair regimen around November, 2013. So its been 11 months and my hair has really improved not just in length but in health. I will be sharing
with you what I do most weekends.

* I cowash my hair in between week days and wash with a sulphate free shampoo every week. I also wash with a sulphate shampoo every 6 - 8 weeks to remove build up.

* I deep condition my hair every week alternating between a protein conditioner and a moisture conditioner or i mix both conditioners and let the conditioner sit on my hair for minimum of 30 minutes.

* I rinse out the conditioner with cold water and then dry with a t - shirt. When damp, I moisturise and then seal with olive oil.

* Every other day, I just moisturise and seal and when my hair feels dry or tangled, I just detangle with my fingers. My hair has really thanked me for this.

And please, keep in mind:
*Relax your hair every 8 to 12 weeks or more.

*Follow the directions on the relaxer and do not allow relaxer to sit on your hair more than required.

*Do not comb your hair every day. You can use a soft brittle brush to just brush it down or simple use your fingers to detangle.


I hope this was informative.

With love, Martyna.

HEALTHY HAIR ESSENTIALS

Hi sweeties, i'm dedicating this post to my beginners.

I started my hair regimen around November 2013 and I deemed it necessary to share with you all my hair regimen. A healthy hair regimen will guide you and enable you understand your mistakes and correct them. You can experiment with new products considering the fact that you know what to buy.

1. Sulphate shampoo

ORS olive oil creamy aloe shampoo is a sulphate shampoo and is used to clarify the hair after relaxing and to remove build ups caused during the weekly hair treatment. This should be used every one to six weeks and after relaxing the hair.

2. Non - sulphate shampoo

Elasta QP crème conditioning, ORS hair repair invigorating shampoo are sulphate free shampoo. Sulphate free shampoo are mild on the hair when compared with the sulphate based shampoo. This shampoo can be used to wash our hair every week since it doesn't contain sulphate.

3. Protein/ Moisture based deep conditioner

ORS hair mayonnaise, organics root stimulator replenishing conditioner is protein based and Africa's best organics olive oil deep conditioner is moisture based. The protein based helps to prevent hair breakage. While the moisture based as the name implies conditions and as well adds moisturise to the hair.

4. Conditioner for co- washing

Any VO5 conditioner. Co-washing can be done in between wash days to add moisture to our hair.

5. Hair moisturisers

Africa's best organics carrot oil, Africa's best organics olive oil cream. This is used on daily basis to moisturise the hair. Just like you moisturise your body on daily basis, It is also necessary you do same to your hair.

6. Oil for sealing

Extra virgin olive oil, sweet almond oil, coconut oil. This is used to seal in moisture.

I hope this was informative. Do let us know if you benefitted.

With love, Martyna

HEALTH TIPS : Natural remedy; prevention and treatment of cancer.

It is easier to prevent cancer than to treat it. Many things which prevent it as discussed in this article help safeguard all of us. But once contracted, some treatments help one person more than another. So, prevention is the best way to deal with cancer.

About 80% of cancer cases appear to be linked to the way people live there lives. For example, whether or not you smoke, the foods you eat and certain industrial pollutants all affect your likelihood of getting cancer. The role of diet in the cause and prevention of cancer is particularly important. About 35% of cancer deaths maybe associated with dietary influence.

The seven things you must do to avoid contracting cancer are listed below

1. Avoid obesity: If you are 40% or more over weight, you increase your risk of colon, breast, prostrate, gallbladder, ovary and uterine cancer.

2. Cut down on total fat intake: High-fat intake maybe a factor in the development of certain cancers (particularly breast, colon and prostrate). By avoiding fatty food, you are better able to control body weight.

3. Eat more fibre foods: These includes vegetables, fruits and legumes such as dry peas and beans. These foods may help reduce the risk of colon cancer.

4. Include food rich in vitamin A and C: Favourable foods are dark-green and deep-yellow fresh vegetables and fruits such as carrots, peaches and apricot for beta carotene, the precursor of vitamin A. Also use oranges, grape fruits, strawberries, and green and red pepper for vitamin C. These foods may help lower risk of cancers of the larynx, esophagus and the lungs.

5. Daily intake of cruciferous vegetables: These are cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts and others. They have ingredients that build resistant to certain cancers.

6 . Avoid salt-cured, smoked or nitrate-cured foods: Among those who eat these foods frequently, there is more incidence of cancer of the esophagus and stomach.

7. Keep alcohol consumption moderate if you must drink: Heavy use of alcohol especially when accompanied by cigarettes smoking or smokeless tobacco, increases risk of cancers of the mouth, larynx, throat, esophagus, lungs and liver.

Hope this was informative. Do let us know if you benefitted.


Martyna

BALDNESS AND HAIR LOSS

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There are several types of hair loss: baldness or loss of hair ( alopecia), Loss of all scalp hair (alopecia totalis), Hair falling out in patches(alopecia areata), Another type of hair loss is localised and caused by scarring.

Alopecia most frequently occurs in men, but occasionally in women. A single hair generally last 2-6 years and is then replaced by a new hair. When baldness begins, there is an excess of shorter, thinner hair- the kinds babies have on heir head. Although, it is normal to lose as much as 100 hairs a day. Once the hair follicle dies, it never again produces hair. Yet there are instances in which the hair follicle has not died, but only has stopped producing hair. Careful treatment restores growth.

CAUSES OF BALDNESS AND HAIR LOSS
Heredity ( especially in men), hormonal factors, aging, local or systematic disease. Localised hair loss could also be caused by scarring following a wound or operation.
Other factors include poor circulation, high fever or other acute illness, surgery, radiation (X ray therapy), medicinal drugs, anesthesia, stress, poor diets, skin diseases, sudden weight loss, iron defficiency, thyroid diseases, obesity, birth control pills, diabetes, or vitamin deficiency,

Significant causes of hair baldness include the use of hair dyes. Washing it daily, or hot-air dryers. Hair pulled too tight in ponytails or braids, or set in tight rollers can sometimes come out as patches.

Hair loss in women most often occurs after menopause. Some women lose some hair 2-3 months after childbirth because hormonal changes during late term tend to block normal hair loss. But this is reversed within 6 months. Hypothyroidism can cause hair loss. Too little vitamin A can cause hair loss.


Martyna