Almost everyone has hair on his or her head. Almost no one really knows what to do with that hair. Very few people know how to best care and share their hair properly. There is help for the vast majority who firmly believe that hair was simply meant to keep your head warm in winter.

1. Do not wash and repeat. The idea of keeping natural oils in your hair may seem gross, but it is actually the best way to have healthy, shiny, and beautiful hair. The most that is recommended for washing your hair is once every other day. The other days, the hair should be rinsed, but not washed. This helps to prevent the over oiling of the hair by overactive oil glands that are thrust into over activity due to the dry nature of the hair and scalp from frequent hair washing.

2. Pick a color, any color. The idea of constantly re-dying the hair over and over again is getting old and doing some serious damage to the hair. While the dying practices are much gentler now then before, dying one’s hair can still cause dry hair and scalp. Constant dying can also increase the chances of breakage and split ends.

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