Home » Beauty » Hair care »  Treasure Your Tresses Summer heat and monsoon humidity can be damaging to your hair. It is all about keeping your hair manageable and simple. Proper preventive steps need to be taken during this season to ensure that your hair does not get damaged.

Here are some Hair Care Tips for the summer / monsoon season:

• Wear a scarf, hat or cap to protect your hair from the sun.
• If you know you are going to be in the sun for a long time and if you don't want to wear anything on your head, use a "leave- on" conditioner with sunscreen in it before you venture out.
• If you are outside and you forgot to put "leave on" conditioner with sunscreen in your hair, you can put a regular sunscreen in your hair, but make sure you rinse it out thoroughly with a deep cleansing shampoo when you get back home.

• Try to avoid using items such as a blow dryers and curling irons on your hair. If on real wet days, you have to use a dryer, then use a leave-on conditioner before using the above items.
• Avoid taking hot showers or washing your hair in hot water, as it can damage your hair and skin. Lukewarm water works best.
• When your hair is moist, lock in the moisture by running your hair through cold water, this will also give your hair an extra shine.
• Staying hydrated is important for healthy hair as well as your overall health, so make sure that you are taking enough water during the day.
• Avoid hair products with formaldehyde or alcohol in it, which dry out hair, try to use natural products that are gentler on your hair.
• Don't wash your hair too often; shampooing your hair strips the moisture out of your hair. When you do shampoo, use a conditioner without fail. Also use a moisturizing shampoo instead of the regular shampoo.

• Before going into the pool/ocean wet your hair, this will decrease the absorption of chlorinated/salt water into your hair.
• Use a clarifying shampoo after swimming to wash out the chlorine/salt and any residues that may be in your hair. Chlorine will severely dry out your hair if it is not washed out.
• Get your hair trimmed every six to eight weeks, your hair grows faster in the warmer months and frizzes are more common in the monsoon months due to the humidity and moisture.
• Hair products that have the word "Replenish" on them are meant for moisturizing your hair.
• Knotting your hair, braiding it or wearing it up or in a bun will help contain entanglements.

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