Understand what suits your hair best
Hair masks have gained immense popularity in recent years, becoming a staple in many people's hair care routines. But are hair masks just a passing trend or do they truly provide significant benefits to your hair? In this article, we explore the world of hair masks, their purpose, and the science behind their effectiveness. Let's find out if they are indeed just a fad or an effective treatment for our tresses.
While you may not be comfortable with the idea of sitting around with semi-damp hair for minutes, hair mask application can actually help strengthen, hydrate, de-frizz, and restore dry and damaged hair. Each hair type calls for a different hair mask and the frequency of repeating the same. In this day and age, with the amount of damage one’s hair goes through with heat, styling, and colouring, hair masks compensate for the lost nourishment and revive your hair.
How does it work on your hair?
Hair masks are high-powered formulas that, unlike shampoos and conditioners, reach further into your hair strands, giving astonishing benefits in a single use. Conditioners also nourish and strengthen hair but hair masks are more intense. Apart from the thicker hair texture, hair masks differ in the way they nourish your hair. While conditioners protect the outer layer of your hair, hair masks go deep inside and regenerate each hair strand. They contain natural oils, proteins, vitamins, and botanical extracts that repair daily damage. Each hair mask caters to a specific hair concern. Deep hydration, damage repair, nourishment, frizz control, and colour protection are some of the common benefits of including them in your hair care regime.
What is the correct way of using hair masks?
To get the maximum benefit from your hair mask, it is important to use it correctly. Here are a few steps to keep in mind when you add a hair mask to your hair care routine:
- Choose the right mask: Select a hair mask that caters to your specific hair concerns, whether it's hydration, repair, damage control, frizziness, or color protection.
- Cleanse your hair: Before applying the hair mask, ensure your scalp and hair are clean and free from excess product buildup. Shampoo your hair and gently towel-dry it.
- Apply the mask: Take a generous amount of the hair mask and evenly distribute it through your damp hair, focusing on the mid-lengths and ends. Use a wide-tooth comb to ensure even coverage.
- Time it right: Check the instructions on the hair mask to determine the recommended duration for leaving it on your hair. Typically, it ranges from 5 to 10 minutes.
- Rinse it well: After the recommended time, rinse off the hair mask thoroughly with lukewarm water. Style your hair as desired, and flaunt your gorgeous hair.
How to pick the right hair mask?
The choice of your hair mask depends on your hair and scalp type. Every hair concern demands a different hair mask treatment. Hence, it is important to identify the same while picking the right one. Here are some of the hair masks by Schwarzkopf, each targeting a specific hair concern:
Schwarzkopf’s Bonacure Colour Freeze Treatment provides in-depth care, reduces frizz, and smoothens the surface of each strand for brilliantly shiny hair. It makes the hair reach its optimal pH level of 4.5, achieving 90% colour retention for up to 30 washes.
This vegan formula is known for intensively nourishing and taming unruly and frizzy hair. Schwarzkopf’s Frizz Away Treatment smoothens the surface instantly, improves hair’s manageability, and adds shine. Additionally, it promotes detangling too.
Schwarzkopf’s Time Restore Clay Treatment is a vegan formula reactivating the hair and unclogging the scalp’s pores. It provides intense care for mature hair and protects the scalp from external aggressors with an antioxidant action, leaving a moisturized feeling for up to 48 hours. It is a mask for your scalp that can also be used on hair whereas a regular hair mask is not recommended to be used on the scalp.
Its Advanced Technology with Vegan Keratin and Arginine is known to instantly reverse 3 years of damage in just one application. Schwarzkopf’s Repair Rescue Treatment is a vegan formula that intensively repairs and nourishes damaged hair to reduce breakage. It smoothens the hair surface by providing a long-lasting conditioning effect.
Enriched with Glycerol, Schwarzkopf’s Moisture Kick Treatment rebalances the hair's moisture level. It is an in-depth treatment that moisturizes, enriches, and adds suppleness, treating normal to dry and textured hair. It not only effectively moisturizes hair for a lightweight feeling and improves hair elasticity, but also makes it look healthy and shiny.