8 Signs You’re On the Path to Long, Healthy Hair

8 signs you're on the right path to your long hair goals

Hello Lovelies!
So you’ve perfected your hair care regimen, you've nixed most of your bad hair care habits, and you’re on the path to long, healthy hair. Or are you? Sometimes in the beginning of your hair journey, it may be difficult to tell if you’re on the right path or wandering in the dark. You’re bound to make a mistake or two and possibly experience a setback on your journey to long hair, but these eight steps are surefire signs that your hair is thriving and will serve as a guidepost to your progress.

1. Fewer to No Split Ends

If you’re having a hard time finding split ends in your hair these days, congratulations are in order. Split ends are an instant sign of damaging hair care practices, so when you eliminate bad hair care practices, it’s only natural to experience fewer to no split ends. If you’re keeping your hair moist and keeping manipulation of your strands to an absolute minimum, split ends should be a thing of your hair care past.

2. No Broken Hairs on the Floor

It’s natural to see shed hairs in your comb or brush when you groom your hair, but broken hairs all over the floor or on your shirt is cause for concern. When hair goes through the normal shedding process, the shed hair is usually the length of your hair, and the root of the hair strand, a white bulb, is typically attached to the end. This indicates that the hair strand shedded from your scalp and did not break off. When hair breaks, the broken hair is usually shorter than your hair’s entire length and the root is missing from the hair strand. It’s normal to shed up to 100 strands of hair each day, but seeing little hairs all over the floor when you groom your hair is a sign of breakage and split ends. As you start to take better care of your hair, it’ll sustain less damage and hopefully breakage will come to a complete halt.

3. Your Hair is Always Manageable

Harsh shampoos and hair styling aids with all types of weird ingredients can leave your hair frazzled and hard to manage. This all a part of the cyclical plan many hair care companies have for our hair with the ultimate goal of keeping us dependent on their hair products to manage our hair, but that’s for another post. When you use hair products with a pH that is suitable for our hair’s needs, managing your hair will instantly become a breeze. Manageable hair is much easier to style, breaks less frequently, and ultimately retains length faster than hair that is unruly and hard to control.

4. You No Longer Suffer From Chronically Dry Hair

From a lack of deep conditioning to excessive heat styling, chronically dry hair has a variety of causes. Dry hair is the result of bad hair care practices but it’s also the culprit of many negative hair care setbacks. Although split ends have several causes, dry hair is one of the top culprits. Dry hair also makes your tresses harder to manage and style and just creates a cycle of negative hair growth outcomes. It takes time to fix dry hair problems, but if you work to figure out the cause of your dry hair and replace those practices with dry hair remedies, eventually you’ll notice your hair becoming softer and easier to manage.

5. You Handle Your Hair with a Patient and Gentle Touch

When you style your hair in a hurry or even while you’re angry, you tend to shred through your hair without a care for how this can affect your hair’s health and condition. This is the perfect makings of broken and damaged hair. Our hair’s condition is ultimately dependent on the things that we do to our hair, how we handle it mechanically. I like to think of our hair as a precious cashmere sweater. Cashmere, no matter how expensive, is ultimately a fiber. The gentler you handle cashmere, the longer it’ll last and the longer it’ll retain it’s like new appearance. We should strive to handle our hair in the same manner. The gentler you handle your hair strands, the longer you’ll preserve them, and the longer they’ll grow. Everytime you touch your hair there is an opportunity to create damage, but if you always handle your hair like a fine, precious cashmere sweater, you’ll submit your hair to much less stress and tension, and your hair will sustain much less damage.

6. You Have Noticeable Gains in Hair Length

Noticeable gains in length is the most obvious sign of being on the path to reaching your long hair goals, and it’s the sign that most of us look for. If you’re submitting your hair to so much damage that it breaks just as fast as it grows, your hair won’t gain very much length. When you’re treating your hair like the precious mane that it is, you’ll notice gains in length as soon as 4 weeks to a couple of months.

7. You Accept Your Hair’s Limits

This sign isn’t really measurable in outwardly apparent terms, but it’s still significant. When you really start to accept what your hair can and can’t do, you’ve really reached the pinnacle of doing only what works for your hair. Some people may be able to wear their hair down everyday, while others have to practically live in protective hairstyles to gain noticeable length, but that isn’t your concern. Your focus should only be on what your hair can withstand. On the journey to long hair, when you stop focusing on what someone else’s hair can and can’t do and only focus on your hair’s limits, you free yourself to the possibility of finally growing the long, healthy tresses you’ve always desired.

8. You Feel Good and Confident About Your Hair

When our hair doesn’t grow or is hard to manage, confidence in our hair tends to wane and neglect of our hair isn’t far behind. When you finally find out what your hair needs to thrive, something magical happens. You start to feel good about your hair. You’re confident that no matter what comes your way, you can always make your hair look its best and behave as it should. When you feel good and confident about your hair, you don’t neglect it and you make the proper care and handling of your hair a top priority.

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HOW TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW FASTER : TRUTH

8 steps to properly start your journey to long and healthy car

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PART 1 FOR HOW TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW FASTER

In Part I of this series, I recommended the first four steps every gal should take to properly start her journey to long, healthy hair. With the remaining four steps, which I will discuss below, I hope to round out the fundamentals you need to kick off your long hair journey without a hitch and prevent any and all hair growth setbacks in the future.
Find Your Hair’s Protein/Moisture Balance

The flexibility, strength, manageability, and overall quality of your hair relies heavily upon the proper protein/moisture balance. Human hair needs moisture to remain flexible and soft. Human hair also needs protein for strength and repair. Protein and moisture are interdependent when it comes to hair, and too much or too little of either can lead to breakage. Our hair is naturally imbalanced in terms of protein and moisture, so we have to use a combination of moisturizing and protein strengthening products to balance our strands.

As with all things hair, there are no hard and fast rules, so what is too little moisture or protein for one person’s head of hair, may be too much moisture or protein for someone else’s hair. The point is, you need to find the proper protein/moisture balance for your head of hair.

So how do you figure out how much protein/moisture your hair needs? It takes trial and error and experimentation, but figuring it out sooner than later will bode well for the health and condition of your hair.

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Incorporate Protective and Low Manipulation Hairstyles

In Part I, I stressed the importance of getting rid of thin, worn, and split ends to give your hair a fresh start. Well, protective and low manipulation hairstyles will protect the ends of your hair and keep split ends from combing back. For those of you who don’t know, a protective hairstyle protects the most vulnerable parts of the hair, the ends of the hair, by tucking them away and keeping them safe from things that could cause damage and breakage. A low-manipulation hairstyle is one that can be installed and worn for several days or weeks without the need to take down your hair and restyle. The less often you touch or manipulate your hair, the fewer chances you have to cause any damage to your tresses. By incorporating protective and low manipulation hairstyles from the start of your long hair journey, you can drastically reduce any chances of your hair sustaining damage and realize noticeable hair grow in a very short length of time.

Build a Custom and Solid Hair Care Regimen

When it comes to growing long hair, goals aren’t enough. As with any goal in life, you need a plan, and a hair care regimen is the best plan to help you achieve your dreams of having long and healthy hair. A hair care regimen is nothing more than a schedule of hair care practices you’ll adopt and products you’ll use  to get the longer and healthier hair you desire. All the previous steps I mentioned will assist you in building a solid hair care regimen that specifically suits your hair’s needs. For most ladies, the beginning of your long hair journey will mostly be filled with tons of trial and error, and that is to be expected. I recommend trying to address one thing at a time or trying one new product at a time, this way you know exactly what is working and what isn’t. For example, you may suffer from shedding and dryness, but focus on combating the shedding first, then move on to tackling the dryness, or vice versa.

At the bare minimum, everyone should have a hair regimen that includes, cleansing, conditioning/deep conditioning, moisturizing, protection, and strengthening. The hair care products you use to achieve those steps depends totally on your hair’s needs. For instance, your hair may be extremely dry, so you need to only use moisturizing cleansers and deep condition several times a month as opposed to once a month or biweekly. Now depending on your lifestyle and your hair’s needs, your hair care regimen may stop there. However, for other ladies, your hair care regimen may require a few additional steps or even fewer steps. In the end,  once you’ve gotten the trial and error of finding your hair’s protein/moisture balance, porosity level and other hair care needs out of the way, and you know the steps you need to take to get your hair to behave in the manner that you want, you can relax, simply follow the the regimen you’ve created and let it carry you all the way to your long hair goals.

Be Patient and Persistent

As I mentioned in this post, there is nothing that will make your hair grow faster. Absolutely nothing. All we can do on the quest for long hair is preserve our strands by giving them tender love and care and wait. Yes, wait. Your hair is going to grow no matter what, but sticking to your hair care regimen and persistently taking the utmost care of your hair will ensure that you retain whatever hair you ultimately grow. Now as your hair grows longer, you will have to re-access your hair’s needs and possibly add/remove hair care practices and products from your regimen as your hair’s needs changes, but the point is to stay the course. Continue to do the things that are obviously beneficial for your hair, and you’ll see progress and realize your long hair goals in no time.

In Part I of this series, I recommended the first four steps every gal should take to properly start her journey to long, healthy hair. With the remaining four steps, which I will discuss below, I hope to round out the fundamentals you need to kick off your long hair journey without a hitch and prevent any and all hair growth setbacks in the future.
Find Your Hair’s Protein/Moisture Balance

The flexibility, strength, manageability, and overall quality of your hair relies heavily upon the proper protein/moisture balance. Human hair needs moisture to remain flexible and soft. Human hair also needs protein for strength and repair. Protein and moisture are interdependent when it comes to hair, and too much or too little of either can lead to breakage. Our hair is naturally imbalanced in terms of protein and moisture, so we have to use a combination of moisturizing and protein strengthening products to balance our strands.

As with all things hair, there are no hard and fast rules, so what is too little moisture or protein for one person’s head of hair, may be too much moisture or protein for someone else’s hair. The point is, you need to find the proper protein/moisture balance for your head of hair.

So how do you figure out how much protein/moisture your hair needs? It takes trial and error and experimentation, but figuring it out sooner than later will bode well for the health and condition of your hair.

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Incorporate Protective and Low Manipulation Hairstyles

PART 2 FOR HOW TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW FASTER

In Part I, I stressed the importance of getting rid of thin, worn, and split ends to give your hair a fresh start. Well, protective and low manipulation hairstyles will protect the ends of your hair and keep split ends from combing back. For those of you who don’t know, a protective hairstyle protects the most vulnerable parts of the hair, the ends of the hair, by tucking them away and keeping them safe from things that could cause damage and breakage. A low-manipulation hairstyle is one that can be installed and worn for several days or weeks without the need to take down your hair and restyle. The less often you touch or manipulate your hair, the fewer chances you have to cause any damage to your tresses. By incorporating protective and low manipulation hairstyles from the start of your long hair journey, you can drastically reduce any chances of your hair sustaining damage and realize noticeable hair grow in a very short length of time.

Build a Custom and Solid Hair Care Regimen

When it comes to growing long hair, goals aren’t enough. As with any goal in life, you need a plan, and a hair care regimen is the best plan to help you achieve your dreams of having long and healthy hair. A hair care regimen is nothing more than a schedule of hair care practices you’ll adopt and products you’ll use  to get the longer and healthier hair you desire. All the previous steps I mentioned will assist you in building a solid hair care regimen that specifically suits your hair’s needs. For most ladies, the beginning of your long hair journey will mostly be filled with tons of trial and error, and that is to be expected. I recommend trying to address one thing at a time or trying one new product at a time, this way you know exactly what is working and what isn’t. For example, you may suffer from shedding and dryness, but focus on combating the shedding first, then move on to tackling the dryness, or vice versa.

At the bare minimum, everyone should have a hair regimen that includes, cleansing, conditioning/deep conditioning, moisturizing, protection, and strengthening. The hair care products you use to achieve those steps depends totally on your hair’s needs. For instance, your hair may be extremely dry, so you need to only use moisturizing cleansers and deep condition several times a month as opposed to once a month or biweekly. Now depending on your lifestyle and your hair’s needs, your hair care regimen may stop there. However, for other ladies, your hair care regimen may require a few additional steps or even fewer steps. In the end,  once you’ve gotten the trial and error of finding your hair’s protein/moisture balance, porosity level and other hair care needs out of the way, and you know the steps you need to take to get your hair to behave in the manner that you want, you can relax, simply follow the the regimen you’ve created and let it carry you all the way to your long hair goals.

Be Patient and Persistent

As I mentioned in this post, there is nothing that will make your hair grow faster. Absolutely nothing. All we can do on the quest for long hair is preserve our strands by giving them tender love and care and wait. Yes, wait. Your hair is going to grow no matter what, but sticking to your hair care regimen and persistently taking the utmost care of your hair will ensure that you retain whatever hair you ultimately grow. Now as your hair grows longer, you will have to re-access your hair’s needs and possibly add/remove hair care practices and products from your regimen as your hair’s needs changes, but the point is to stay the course. Continue to do the things that are obviously beneficial for your hair, and you’ll see progress and realize your long hair goals in no time.

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How to Make Your Hair Grow Faster Tips

Welcome to How to Make Your Hair Grow Faster Tips!

Hello Lovelies and Welcome to How to Make Your Hair Grow Faster. Whether your hair is straight, wavy or curly and highly-textured you can learn how to make your hair grow faster than ever before and grow your hair to fairytale lengths.
From ancient Greece to western mythology, and now modern times, long, healthy hair has always been an instant sign of health, fertility and femininity. Have you noticed that nearly all fairytale princesses have long hair? There is a reason for that!

I’ve always been blessed with healthy medium length hair, but I always longed for even longer lengths. However, for some reason, I could never grow hair past my bra strap that was as beautiful, healthy and vibrant as my medium length hair. I tried all kinds of potions, concoctions, hair styles, any thing I could get my hands on that promised instant length. However, none of these things ever worked as they said they would, and my hair never grew past my bra strap. Frustrated with my fruitless quest for long hair, I turned to the one thing in life that never failed me when I tried to better other areas of my life, science!

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I believe that once you learn the science behind something, you can master it! Once I delved into the science of hair growth, I instantly realized why I had never grown long healthy hair. I also realized I’d probably never get the long hair I always wanted if I didn’t make a change.

You see, I learned that hair isn’t just something that sits atop of your head, there is a science to our hair’s structure and to how hair grows. Most importantly, I learned that I was trying to make my hair do things that it naturally was not meant to do, which led me to discover two things.

1. While I could grow my hair to bra strap length, by making it do things it was not naturally structured to do, my hair could not thrive and grow to extreme lengths. This is why my bra strap length hair was not as healthy as my was at shorter lengths.

2. By putting my hair through extreme practices, whether it was physical practices via hairstyles or chemical practices via coloring (I‘m a former bleach addict!), I was stunting my hair’s ability to reach the fairy-tale lengths I always dreamed of as a little girl.

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Damaged hair simply can’t grow long.
This is not to say that you cannot occasionally experiment with hair styles and chemicals to alter your hair color or texture, but when you do, you must alter your hair care practices to suit those particular changes. In my past quests for long hair, I did not have the proper hair care regimen, and when I altered my hair via color or some other medium, I was treating my hair the same old way.

If you want to grow long hair, you must develop a hair care regimen. The thing about hair care regimens is that they are not one size fits all. Everyone’s hair is different, so there isn’t a single hair care regimen you must use to grow long hair. You have to find out what practices and products work best for your head of hair. Just as important as the products and hair care practices you use, you must take your diet and everyday routine into consideration when developing a hair care regimen.

foods for hair growthYes lovelies, the foods you eat and your lifestyle all play key roles in how fast your hair grows and how much length you retain. Healthy hair starts from the inside out, and if your internal health isn’t up to par, guess what, science proves that it shows in your hair! This is precisely why the human brain has been trained for eons of years to recognize healthy hair as a sign of health. Your tresses (and fingernails) are the last parts on your body to receive nutrients from the foods you consume, and if you aren’t consuming the proper amount of nutritious foods, your hair won’t get the nutrients it needs to grow to long healthy lengths.

So why all the focus on health? With health comes length! This perhaps the most important take away from this website. With a bit of science, re-education about hair, and patience, you can learn how to make your dreams for luscious, vibrant, and healthy long hair a reality. Here, I will teach you how to assess your hair’s current condition–whether it’s experiencing breakage, extreme dryness, brittleness or chemical damage–and nurse your hair back to health and get on track to growing longer and thicker hair than you’ve ever imagined. Additionally, you will learn which foods, vitamins and nutrients are essential for hair growth and how to identify habits and routines that are keeping you from the long locks you’ve  always longed for.

For starters, please check out our First Time Here section to get a rundown of the basic information you will need to build your hair care regimen. This section will help you determine your hair type and your hair’s present condition. From there, you can read up on the best practices for your hair’s type and current condition and start building your hair care regimen. You can also create your own personal journal as a means to keep track of your hair regimen and your overall hair growth goals.

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Lovelies, once you achieve your long hair goals, I can guarantee you that you’ll discover that the sense of accomplishment will serve as a launch pad for success in other areas of your life. It certainly did for me.

Any wise lady knows that beauty is power, and long, healthy hair is perhaps the hallmark of our beauty arsenal.

So Let’s Get to Growing!

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7 Ways To Naturally Grow Your Hair

Learning how to make your hair grow faster naturally is easy, you just have to know the right methods. By simply avoiding conventional hair products and changing a few of your everyday habits, including poor dietary choices, you will see a radical improvement in your hair's length and health. Read on and take notes.

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 1. Trim your hair every 6-8 weeks Trimming your hair while you are growing it out is essential if you want to make your hair grow faster. Trimming 1/4 of an inch of your hair every 6-8 weeks is great for you. You have to get rid of the dead ends or you'll pay for it in the long run. Remember, you want your hair to be long and healthy, not just long! 


2. You are what you eat Did you know that what you eat actually makes a difference in how fast your hair grows? If you eat a lot of protein-rich foods, you will see a huge difference in the quality of your hair, as well as the speed with which it grows. Some of the best hair foods are fish, eggs, nuts and beans. Additionally, eating fresh fruits and vegetables will provide your body with all the essential vitamins it needs for hair growth. And if you're looking for an extra boost you can supplement your diet with biotin – also known as the “hair vitamin”. Biotin stimulates cell production, which will help increase the strength and health of your hair.

3. Essential oils If you want to make your hair grow faster, essential oils can really help. Rubbing natural oils into your hair helps to stimulate hair growth and improve hair health in a number of ways. Essential oils like lavender, rosemary, thyme, cedarwood and jojoba will help to clear dirt and impurities, unblock hair follicles, and deliver nutrients and vitamins direct to the hair and scalp. Simply mix a few drops of an essential oil (or a combination of a few of them) and give yourself a scalp massage 2-3 times a week. You will be amazed at the results. 

4. Massage scalp One way to make your hair grow faster is by massaging your scalp every time you wash your hair. Gently massage your scalp for about 30 seconds to a minute. This will help open up blood vessels and increase blood circulation, which will deliver oxygen and essential nutrients to the hair follicles to enable healthy hair growth. You should see a difference in about 4-6 weeks. 

5. Homemade coconut oil hair mask Using coconut oil to grow your hair? Well, it works! Simply mix 1 part coconut oil with 1 part honey, melt it gently in a pot, and you've got yourself an awesome hair mask. Let the natural coconut oil soak into your hair for 30-90 minutes then rinse out with a natural shampoo. This will absolutely help make your hair grow faster and it's natural! 

6. Apple cider vinegar rinse If you're looking for really long hair, apple cider vinegar is the secret. Simply mix apple cider vinegar with a bit of water and use it as a hair rinse after every shampoo. Apple cider vinegar removes junk from your hair caused by pollution and conventional hair product build-up. When used regularly apple cider vinegar can revitalize your hair, leaving it soft and smooth. 

7. Use this scalp stimulator recipe Mix two teaspoons of Vodka, 5 drops each of lavender, chamomile and rosemary oil with one tablespoon of distilled water. This mixture can be gently massaged into the scalp at any convenient time, and will kill germs and open up the hair follicles to encourage quicker hair growth. Try to use good quality vodka, since it is more pure. 

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It's also important to be aware that the hair industry promotes and advertises many potential benefits and cures. However, it is ironic that it is often these same toxic hair care products that are the cause of slow hair growth. While conventional products may claim they'll make your hair longer and more beautiful, in reality they contain chemicals and preservatives that are both bad for the environment and your hair.

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How to Make Your Hair Grow Faster

There are no shortcuts to growing luscious, long locks. On average, hair grows about a half an inch per month. Your general health, well-being, and genetic factors affect your rate of hair growth.

You can encourage hair growth by maintaining healthy hair through a good diet and proper hair care. Certain herbs can help make your hair grow faster, too.

Here are the top 10 ways to help your hair grow faster.

1. Eat a healthy diet

Eating a diet rich in protein and vital vitamins and minerals is an essential prerequisite to healthy hair growth. Opt for foods high in vitamins A, B, C, and E, iron, zinc, copper, magnesium, and selenium. Vitamin B-complex, in particular, is extremely important for making your hair grow faster.

So, include a variety of foods like milk, cheese, yogurt, chicken, eggs, whole grains, salmon, spinach, broccoli, bell peppers, cabbage, parsley, grapefruit, avocado, brown bread, oats, and alfalfa in your diet to nourish your hair and scalp. Plus, drink fresh fruit and vegetable juices, such as orange, grapefruit, carrot, beet, and lettuce juice.

Fish, flax seeds, walnuts, beans, winter squash, olive oil, and other foods rich in omega-3 fatty acids are also good for hair growth as about 3% of a hair shaft is made up of omega-3 fatty acids.

Avoid nutritional deficiencies because they tend to affect your hair adversely. For example, Best Foods That Make Your Hair Grow Faster

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2. Use castor oil

Being rich in vitamin E and essential fatty acids, especially omega-9 fatty acids, castor oil promotes hair growth naturally.

• As this oil is quite viscous, mix the castor oil with an equal amount of coconut, olive, or almond oil. Massage your scalp with it and leave it on for 30 to 45 minutes. Then shampoo your hair.
• You can also add essential oils, especially rosemary, peppermint, eucalyptus, lavender, or thyme oil, to the castor oil and then put it in your hair.

3. Massage your scalp

Massaging promotes blood flow to the scalp, which in turn stimulates the hair follicles. In addition, deep condition your hair once a week with a hot oil treatment or deep conditioning hair mask.

1. Apply the oil (preferably warm) or conditioner to your hair.
2. Gently rub your fingers on your scalp in a circular motion for three to five minutes.
3. Rinse the oil or conditioner out of your hair.

4. Flip your hair upside down

This is one of the most popular tricks to promote faster hair growth. Just flip your hair upside down by flipping your head over for two to four minutes daily. It is believed to work by improving circulation.

5. Stay stress-free

Stress is one of the most important factors that contribute to hair loss. It is believed that stress can disrupt the normal hair cycle and trigger hairs to enter the telogen or fall-out phase. Thus, when striving for faster hair growth, minimize the stress in your life.

To manage stress, you can use meditation, breathing exercises, or other relaxation techniques. Plus, be sure to get your beauty sleep as the growth hormone is released during sleep.

6. Whip up an egg mask

Eggs are highly beneficial for faster hair growth because they are packed with protein and also contain iron, sulfur, phosphorus, zinc, and selenium. You can use an egg hair mask at least once a month.

• Whisk an egg. Mix in four tablespoons of grapeseed oil and a few drops of lavender oil. Apply it on your hair and scalp and leave it on for half an hour. Finally, rinse it out and shampoo your hair as usual.
• Apply a mixture of two egg yolks and two tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil on your scalp. Leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes. Wash it out with cold water and then shampoo your hair.
• Alternatively, whisk an egg and add one cup of milk, two tablespoons of extra-virgin olive oil, and the juice from half a lemon to it. Apply it on your scalp and leave it on for 20 to 30 minutes before washing it out and shampooing your hair.

7. Infuse your hair with herbs

Herbs like rosemary, catnip, nettle, burdock, horsetail, and sage promote faster hair growth. Rosemary, in particular, is excellent for hair growth because it stimulates the hair follicles. It also adds luster to your locks.
Furthermore, the polyphenols and anti-inflammatory properties of green tea are also linked to hair growth. Plus, most herbs stimulate hair growth by improving circulation.

• Prepare an herbal infusion by steeping any of these herbs in hot water for 10 to 20 minutes. Use it as a final rinse after shampooing and conditioning your hair. In addition to encouraging hair growth, it will strengthen your hair and make it soft and manageable.
• You can also mix herbal infusions or essential oils in your shampoo.
• Drink herbal teas.

8. Take vitamin and herbal supplements

In addition to eating a proper diet, you can take supplements like folic acid, biotin, kelp, fish oil, flaxseed oil, evening primrose oil, ginseng, ginkgo biloba, saw palmetto, and others to augment hair growth.

Folic acid and biotin are B-complex vitamins (vitamin B9 and B7 respectively) that aid faster growth of hair. Before taking any supplements, though, make sure you consult your doctor.

9. Nourish your hair with aloe vera

Aloe vera encourages hair growth and prevents hair loss. It also reduces dandruff and helps restore your hair’s natural sheen.

• Apply fresh aloe vera gel mixed with a little lemon juice and leave it on for about 20 minutes.Shampoo your hair. Do this once every week or two.
• You can also combine aloe vera gel with equal amounts of coconut milk and wheat germ oil and then apply it on your hair.
• Drink aloe vera juice on a regular basis.

10. Address medical problems

Your efforts to boost hair growth will not reap good results if you have underlying problems like a thyroid disorder, hormonal imbalance, chronic illness, or a severe infection.

Certain medications like birth control pills, beta-blockers, anabolic steroids, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and others may also contribute to problems such as hair thinning and hair loss.

Seborrheic dermatitis and scalp infections cause issues like itchy scalp and mild hair loss. So, identify any underlying issues contributing to hair problems and address them as soon as possible so they don’t hamper your hair growth efforts.

In addition to these tips, try some home remedies such as Indian gooseberry or amla oil, fenugreek paste, a mayonnaise hair pack, and other healthy hair ideas.

Maintain healthy hair by following a good hair care routine and using hair products that are suitable for your hair type. Plus, protect your tresses from sun damage and avoid the use of heat styling products.

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Best Foods That Make Your Hair Grow Faster

The most important factor that affects hair heath and growth is the proper nutrition. By including the right foods into your diet you can stop hair loss, make your hair grow faster and restore the healthy shine. You can also choose the right foods to strengthen the hair. Your hair, just like the rest of your body needs wholesome nutrition – it will insure that it will grow healthy and strong.

• Basic principles of the proper diet

A balanced and varied diet will help you strengthen the hair. Generally, diets are harmful for the hair, as most of them promote the exclusion of a variety of otherwise useful products. This inevitably leads to the body not being able to receive the necessary nutrients. The lack of vitamins and micro-elements immediately affects the condition of your hair. Due to the lack of foods that stimulate proper growth the hair becomes dull, dry and brittle. If the lack of the necessary nutrients is consistent, it can lead to rapid hair loss. The hair can also start falling out as a result of a dramatic weight loss. This is explained by the disruption in the normal hair growth cycle. Only a proper diet can restore the heath and strengthen the hair.

• Useful products

A diet, rich in calcium and iron, works very well for hair strength and growth. Plenty of fruits and vegetables will insure the steady supply of vitamins and minerals. A healthy scalp and, as a result, healthy hair, is impossible to achieve without getting the necessary amounts of Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. These acids are mainly found in fish, particularly salmon. Salmon also contains a lot of iron and vitamin B-12. If you are a vegetarian, you can use flax seed oil as a source of essential fatty acids – one tablespoon in the morning on an empty stomach. Hair also requires plenty of vitamins A and C, which are contained in abundance in green and leafy vegetables. Legumes can provide the necessary zinc and iron – they are also an excellent source of biotin that strengthens the hair.

Regular consumption of nuts can also improve the condition of the hair. For example, Brazil nuts are considered one of the best natural sources of trace elements such as selenium. Walnuts contain high amounts of alpha-linolenic acid – one of the important for the hair Omega-3 fatty acids. Pecans, cashews and almonds are rich in zinc. Zinc deficiency in the body leads to brittle and fragile hair, and in some cases, to hair loss. Some of the foods rich in zinc include whole grains, young lamb and grass-fed beef. Turkey and chicken meat supply the body with necessary protein and iron which strengthen the hair and are easily absorbed. Another great source of protein is chicken eggs. Calcium, which is plentiful in dairy products, is necessary for hair strength and growth, so make to include them in your diet.

• Essential vitamins

To make your hair stronger, you need vitamins and first of all, retinol (vitamin A). Vitamin A makes the hair supple and protects it from the harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation and its deficiency causes brittle hair.

Vitamin C prevents the breakage of hair bulbs. Additionally, this vitamin helps with iron absorption, which is essential for the health of the hair. Being an excellent antioxidant, vitamin C helps with enduring stress and anxiety which negatively affect the heath of your hair.

B vitamins help to make your hair string and shiny – more on 16 Ways To Make Your Hair Grow Faster Naturally

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16 Ways To Make Your Hair Grow Faster Naturally

Making your hair grow faster naturally is not all that difficult – you just need to know the right methods and apply them correctly. The tips below will help you get on the right track.

• Trim your hair at least once in 6-8 weeks

1. It may seem strange at first since your ultimate goal is to grow hair longer; however, it is still necessary to trim the dead hair ends. Otherwise you may run the risk of getting split ends and losing the healthy appearance of your hair. Trim at least ¼ of an inch every 1.5-2 months.

• Use egg whites

1. Egg whites have long been known for their medicinal properties. In particular, they have the ability to make the hair soft and shiny again. Crack a few eggs, whisk the whites and apply the mask on your hair. The effect is nearly immediate: the hair looks a lot healthier. Ultimately these types of masks help with hair growth.

• Drink more water

The rate of hair growth depends, among other things, on how well your body breaks down and eliminates toxins. In turn, the latter depends on the amount of fluids we consume. By drinking at least 8 glasses of water a day, you are not only improving your health and vitality, but also making your hair stronger. And when the hair is strong, it grows a lot faster.

• Comb your hair regularly

How often? At least twice a day – it stimulate the blood flow in the scalp, nourishes the roots and, as a result, helps them grow.

• Use the hair dryer as rarely as you can

Your hair will thank you for it – in particular, you won’t get as many split ends. If you use the hair dryer daily, try to cut the use down to every other day – you will soon notice the apparent difference.

• Essential oils

Try mixing 3 drops of lavender, 3 drops of rosemary and 2 drops of cedar oils with a small quantity of jojoba oil and then apply the mixture on the hair. You will be nicely surprised by the result!

Eat more proteins

Increase your intake of protein rich foods and you will notice a significant improvement in the appearance and the growth rate of your hair. Your diet should include fish, eggs, and, more sparingly, meat. The best kinds of fish: salmon, tuna, mackerel. Also useful for the hair are grains, nuts and, of course vegetables, particularly carrots. You are what you eat – the more nutrients your body gets, the faster the hair grows.

• Potato mask

1. It may seem funny at first but it really works. Squeeze out the juice from 3 potatoes, add one egg white and a little bit of honey – and you have a great hair mask! It will make your hair grow faster without any chemicals!

• Boiled onions

1. Onions have other uses aside from cooking. Boil a few onions and wash the hair with the concoction. Do it regularly to turbocharge the hair growth!

• Apple cider vinegar

1. Mix apple cider vinegar with water and rinse the hair after washing it with a shampoo. It will stimulate the hair follicles and make your hair look great.

• Avoid silicone-based products

Even though the silicone based hair products can create the illusion of healthier and smoother hair, they are pretty harmful in the long run. These kinds of products create a film-like layer on the hair shafts that prevents the moisture from penetrating to the follicles, which in turn results in the lumpy looking and slow growing hair. And this is true even for the best silicone-based products!

• Avoid washing the hair daily

1. If you wash the hair daily, you can forget about hair growth. Even though some claim the opposite, washing the hair daily is very counterproductive. The normal cycle should be 2-3 times a week. But if you absolutely must – make sure to use the dry shampoos – this will allow the hair to produce its own natural oils and therefore maintain the growth.

• Use palm oil as often as you can

Palm oil is an excellent source of tocotrienols (members of the vitamin E family), which substantially improve the hair growth. Apply the oil to the hair (not the scalp) for 10 minutes once or twice a week before washing. Palm oil also protects from the harmful effects of the sun, salt and chlorinated water that make your hair dry, brittle and, as a result, impossible to grow out.

• Never comb wet hair

The worst thing that you can do to your hair is combing them when they are wet. This is the time when the hair is the most vulnerable to the external factors, including negative ones and break easily. The only possible exception is when you are in the hair salon, and this is the only way to correctly determine the length of your hair and how to cut it. So just let your hair dry first before running the comb.

• Massage the scalp

1. Do it every time you wash the hair. Massage the scalp with the fingers using slow and gentle but at the same time confident movements for about 30-60 seconds. You will notice the difference in 4-6 weeks. A great option is to massage the scalp using warm vegetable oil – it makes the hair thick and silky.

• When you sleep

When you sleep, the hair should be free or nearly free. If you sleep with the hair tied up in knots, it makes them break and you can forget about growing it out. Some of the alternative options that you can use here are gentle hair bands or wrapping the hair overnight with satin or silk scarves.

So, as you can see, these are some pretty simple ideas on making your hair grow faster naturally. Go ahead and start implementing them right away and you’ll notice the difference in no time at all.

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