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Tips for Maintaining Beautiful Long Hair

Looking to keep long hair healthy and beautiful?

Even though long hair looks fresh and beautiful on any girl, there are many pitfalls when managing your rapunzel locks. When I was 15 years old, my hair was short (not exactly short, I would say medium length). I really wanted to keep long hair for my 15th birthday party, so I purchased my very first hair extensions. After I tried them on, there was this feeling of complete satisfaction I still have whenever I see my super long hair. That day I realized that I couldn’t live with short or medium size hair anymore.

Three years later, my hair was finally where I wanted it to be. It was almost as long as my belly button but it wasn’t on its best condition. When I was in college, I used to dye, straight and curl my hair all the time and the mix = heat + coloring is one of the biggest enemies your hair can have. When I turned twenty, I realized I needed to stop damaging my hair. I started taking measures to keep it long and healthy. Opportunely, thanks to my own experiences, studies and reviews, now I have tips and a proven routine that maintains my hair long and soft.

ยฟQuieres mantener tu cabello largo saludable y bello?

A pesar de que el cabello largo luce fresco y precioso en cualquier chica. Existen muchas dificultades cuando se trata del cuido de tu cabellera de rapunzel. Cuando tenia 15 aรฑos, mi cabello estaba mucho mas corto y lo รบnico que querรญa era tenerlo largo para mi fiesta de cumpleaรฑos, asรญ que compre mis primeras extensiones de cabello. Luego de usarlas, tuve esa sensaciรณn de que el cabello largo era lo mio. Ese dรญa me di cuenta que no podrรญa vivir con cabello corto o mediano nunca mas.

Tres aรฑos despuรฉs, mi cabello logro crecer al largo que querรญa. Estaba casi a la altura de mi ombligo pero no estaba en su mejor estado. Cuando estaba en la universidad, me teรฑรญa el cabello muy seguido, y no hablemos del uso de la plancha y secadora. Esa mezcla entre color y calor es uno de los peores enemigos del cabello. Cuando cumplรญ 20, me di cuenta que tenia que dejar de maltratar mi cabello y empece a tomar medidas para mantenerlo largo y sano. Gracias a mis experiencias, estudios y anรกlisis, ahora tengo una rutina que me ayuda a mantener mi cabello super largo y suave.

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Learn how to keep long hair healthy and beautiful

1) Trimming

Cutting your hair doesn’t mean that you are going to get rid of your lovely locks once and for all. I usually cut my hair three times a year to make sure that the damaged tips are gone! Cutting your hair also stimulates growth. Don’t think about cutting, think about rebuilding your hair the next time you get a trim.

Cortar tu cabello no significa que va desaparecer completamente. Por lo general, yoย corto mi cabello tres veces al aรฑo para asegurarme que las puntas maltratadas se hayan ido! Cortar tu cabello tambiรฉn estimula el crecimiento del mismo. No pienses en que lo vas a cortar; piensa que lo estas reconstruyendo cada vez que vayas al salon por un corte.

2) Shampoo and conditioner

You might call me crazy and you probably wash your hair every day but I don’t. Even though shampoos and conditioners are created to clean your scalp and keep your hair moisturized; they also have many chemicals that can potentially harm your hair if you use them too often. For that reason, I decided to rinse my hair twice a week.

I used to wash my hair 4 or 5 times a week before starting with my official hair care routine. Making a comparison between now and then, I can tell you that now is working great for me. Have you heard of less is more? Well, I guess that phrase applies a lot in this case. To be honest, I never keep the same shampoo, I used Kรฉrastase Densifiqueย Shampoo for a long time, but since I recently dyed my hair, I bought a shampoo specifically for treated hair (Kรฉrastase Reflection Chroma Captive)

Probablemente piensen que estoy loca y ustedes tal vez lavan su cabello diario pero yo no. A pesar de que los shampoos y acondicionadores fueron creados para limpiar tu crรกneo y cabellera; tambiรฉn contienen muchos quรญmicos que pueden maltratarย tu cabello si los utilizas muy seguido. Por esa razรณn, decidรญ lavar mi cabello dos veces por semana.

Antes solรญa lavarlo cuatro o cinco veces a la semana pero comparando mi rutina con la de antes. Debo decir que ahora estoy teniendo mejores resultados. Para serles honesta, nunca utilizo el mismo shampoo, estuve usando elย Kรฉrastase Densifique por bastante tiempo pero desde la ultima vez que me pinte el cabello, compre un shampoo creado para cabellos con color. (Kรฉrastase Reflection Chroma Captive)

3) Hair masks

Hair masks shouldn’t be used too often if your hair is in great conditions. In my case, every time I dye my hair, it tends to look/feel dry and unhealthy. My after-dyeing routine consists of applying my hair mask (Kรฉrastase Reflection Chroma Richeย Mask) after my conditioner, massage my scalp and rest of the hair for 5 minutes, wait another 10 minutes and then rinse with warm water. I do this twice a week for at least two months (what it usually takes my hair to recover its damage). After those months, I only wear the hair mask once a month to keep my hair moisturized and soft. Again, hair masks have a formula that contains a lot of chemicals and cannot be used regularly; so once a month should be fine.

Las mascarillas de cabello no deberรญan utilizarse muy seguido si tu cabello se encuentra en excelentes condiciones. En mi caso, cada vez que aplico color a mi cabello, tiende a lucir seco y 0 saludable. Mi rutina despuรฉs de pintarme el cabello consiste en aplicar mi mascaraย (Kรฉrastase Reflection Chroma Richeย Mask) despuรฉs de mi acondicionador, masajear mi crรกneo y dejar reposar la mascara por cinco minutos, esperar otros diez minutos y luego enjuagar con agua tibia. Esta rutina la repito dos veces por semana (el tiempo que le toma a mi cabello recuperarse de su daรฑo). Luego de dos meses, solamente uso la mascara una vez al mes para mantener mi cabello humectado y suave. Nuevamente, les repito que las mascaras para cabello contienen muchos quรญmicos y no pueden usarse regularmente. Asรญ que una vez al mes es lo ideal.

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4) Try out alternative hairstyles

Whether it is for school or work, we want to give a great impression, and keeping our hair gorgeous is part of that idea. Blowers and heat tools are amazing ways to make our hair look decent, but they can also become a bad influence if you use them too often.

Here is what I do. Whenever I have important events such as weddings, baptisms, birthday parties or any type of special occasion I use those heating tools. But for everything else I try some hairstyles that don’t involve any type of heat. I guess my favorite is the hair bun because it’s the easiest one, but I also wear a lot of ponytails. Since braids are very trendy lately, I’ve trying out some hairstyles involving braids.ย  Choose the ones that better suit you and try to blend them with your daily routine. You will see a less damaged hair if you avoid the curler or blower and start trying out some alternative hairstyles.

Ya sea para la escuela o el trabajo, es importante dar una buena primera impresiรณn. Mantener nuestro cabello en optimas condiciones es parte de ese pensamiento. Las herramientas de calor son excelentes maneras de mantener nuestro cabello lindo; pero tambiรฉn se pueden convertir en mala influencia su las utilizamos muy seguido.

Esto es lo que yo hago. Cuando tengo eventos importantes como bodas, bautizos, fiestas de cumpleaรฑos u otro evento especial, acudo a la plancha o rizadora. Pero para cualquier otra cosa, trato de utilizar peinados que no involucren ningรบn tipo de daรฑo. Creo que mi favorito es la moรฑa porque es la mas fรกcil de hacer, pero tambiรฉn me gusta usar colas de caballo. Las trenzas son otra alternativa increรญble ya que estรกn muy de moda. Puedes escoger entre miles de estilos y mezclar aquel que mas se adapte a tu cara, personalidad, estilo, etc.

5) Don’t dye your hair too often

Here is one fact you probably didn’t know about me: I dye my hair once a year. Yes! You probably don’t believe it but it’s true, you can ask my hair stylist and he’ll be happy to confirm what I’m saying. I decided to do this because color will always make your hair vulnerable to damage. I do dye my roots once a month, but the rest of my hair remains untouched for the rest of the year. In order to keep my color, I use the shampoo I mentioned you before for colored and treated hair.

Aquรญ les cuento algo que no sabรญan sobre mi: Solamente me tiรฑo el cabello una vez al aรฑo. Si! Probablemente no me crean, pero pueden preguntarle a mi estilista y estarรก feliz de confirmarselos. Decidรญ hacer esto porque el tinte siempre hace que tu cabello sea mas vulnerable a maltratarse. Claro que retoco mis raรญces una vez al mes, pero el resto de mi cabello queda intacto por el resto del aรฑo.ย Para mantener el color utilizo el shampoo que les mencione anteriormente diseรฑado para cabellos maltratados y procesados.

XOXO
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6 Comments
  • Sharni
    September 9, 2016

    Thankyou for writing this post! Your hair is so gorgeous and it’s nice to know how you keep it that way!

    Sharni X

    • Priscilla Eslo
      September 29, 2016

      Thank you so much Sharni!!! It’s a hard job but at the end it’s worth it ๐Ÿ™‚

  • Cattleya
    September 10, 2016

    I’ve been thinking about growing my hair out for a while now. These tips are great. I already do most of these but it’s a good reminder to keep with it. I need to pick up a new hair mask. I ran out of mine a while ago. Thanks for sharing!

    x. Cattleya

    alittlecattleya.com

    • Priscilla Eslo
      October 1, 2016

      Thanks for reading! You should let your hair grow!!! Let me know how that goes ๐Ÿ˜‰

  • Lanae Bond
    September 14, 2016

    Excellent tips! I know for the fact that the first two tips are essentials!

    • Priscilla Eslo
      October 1, 2016

      Indeed! Thanks for reading ๐Ÿ™‚