How to Wash Your Hair

This may seem like a simple task, but you would be surprised how many people do it wrong. Washing your hair correctly can keep your scalp free of dandruff, lice and other scalp diseases and give your hair a clean look

1. Get your hair completely soaked with water by rinsing it for around half a minute.
2. Rub a dollop of shampoo, around the size of a quarter or a 2p, between the palms of your hands and smooth onto the scalp area of your head.
3. Massage with your fingertips, but not too vigorously! Do not mound hair on top of your head to scrub it, this will cause tangles. You can also use clawed fingers to get the shampoo into the scalp.
   
   
   
   
4. Completely rinse your hair until water runs out with no bubbles. This is very important for getting clean hair as not rinsing it out enough may leave a greasy film.
5. If you so choose, wash with shampoo again.
6. You can use a flat comb and comb out all the knots to make it extra smooth before you add conditioner.
7. Run conditioner (a dollop size again, more if needed) through the middle and tips of your hair. Your scalp produces its own oils to condition the roots, so there's no need to apply conditioner there. Gently comb the hair at this point.
8. Rinse completely until the water running down the drain has no more suds in it.
9. End with a rinse of icy cold water. This will not prevent frizz, as many think, but will only temporarily make hair appear less frizzy. Also, cold water acts to "close the pores" of your hair (as it does with skin), so your hair will look shinier when it dries.
10. Dry the hair. If you are towel drying do not rub the hair with the towel as it is damaging to the hair. Instead lightly scrunch and pat your hair.