Want glossy, shiny hair that looks strong, bouncy, and healthy? Keep reading as Evalectric explains what you need to do to achieve exactly that: 

Use Shampoos and Conditioners That Are Designed to Restore Shine

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Your first point of call, if you want to revamp your hair care routine to bring about shiny hair, should be to take a close look at the shampoo and conditioner you’re using. Ideally, you need a formula that’s designed to restore shine, meaning one that’s as moisturizing as possible. The more moisture these products are able to give to your strands, the silkier and softer they’ll look.

If moisturizing isn’t something that your shampoo and conditioner prioritize, consider switching to Evalectric’s duo. Both the Evalectric Moisturizing Shampoo and the Evalectric Moisturizing Conditioner have been infused with argan oil, a botanical that’s revered for its hydrating capabilities. It’s packed with antioxidants too, which will also give your hair a stronger and shinier finish. 

Enhance Hydration by Double Conditioning

Double cleansing has been a popular technique in the skincare world for a while now, with double moisturizing also recently gaining traction. When it comes to hair, double conditioning is the way to go if your strands currently feel dry, rough, and dehydrated. As we mentioned above, moisture equals shine, and double conditioning provides plenty of extra moisture. 

Is it as simple as using the same conditioner twice? No – just like double cleansing, double conditioning involves applying and rinsing off your usual conditioner before applying a hair mask or another conditioning treatment, and then rinsing that off after the allotted time. 

Apply a Heat Protectant While Your Hair is Still Damp

Don’t plan on heat styling? Then you can skip this tip. However, once you read our next snippet of advice, you may reconsider, especially when it comes to drying your hair. 

Either way, whether you’re going to be using a blow dryer, a hair straightener, a curling iron, or any other heated styling tool, a heat protectant is a must. Go without and your strands will only end up dull and dry from heat damage. The way in which a heat protectant coats each strand of hair and takes the worst of the heat will go a long way in giving you smooth, shiny hair. 

For best results, apply your heat protectant while your hair is damp. Wet hair is much more permeable than dry hair, which will allow the heat protectant to absorb into your strands more efficiently. 

Know How to Dry Your Hair Safely

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How you dry your hair can have a huge impact on how shiny your mane looks. Certain methods, such as blow drying, can really enhance gloss, so long as you do it safely and correctly.

You’ll need a few tools for this. The first is a high-performance hair dryer, like the Evalectric Pro Beauty Dryer. It comes with a concentrator nozzle that’s perfect for focusing air flow downward and smoothing down hair cuticles, which is what you need for shiny hair. Brush your hair while you’re drying it – this will also boost shine. 

Protect Your Hair From Sun Damage

You’re probably aware that if you want your skin to glow, you need to protect it from the harmful effects of the sun. Well, the same applies to your hair too. Research shows that hair that’s exposed to UV rays will end up more brittle, stiff, and dry than hair that’s protected from the sun. Those same studies also point to how the hair’s ability to retain moisture declines after exposure to the sun. As we mentioned above, moisture will give you shiny hair, meaning that the sun only works against this.

How can you protect your hair from sun damage? There are now several hair-specific sunscreens out there that you could try. However, a simpler and cheaper option is to wear a hat or a scarf so that you have a physical barrier between your hair and the sun. Protective hairstyles, like braids, can be useful too.

Be Careful When Heat Styling

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It’s not just the sun that will minimize your hair’s shine. Other forms of heat will do this too, particularly heated styling tools. We’ve already talked about how important it is to use a heat protectant if you plan on heat styling, but there are other ways to minimize heat damage as well.

It all comes down to your choice of heated styling tools. Some are designed to keep the appearance of damage to a minimum. How can you tell? By taking a look at the various features that each model offers. Take the Evalectric Crazy Pink Classic Styler as an example. This hair straightener has ceramic plates, negative ion technology, far infrared heat, and an adjustable temperature dial. All of this will leave your hair feeling safer and better protected than a flat iron that doesn’t have these features. 

Incorporate a Clarifying Shampoo Into Your Routine

While a moisturizing shampoo is what you should be using on a regular basis if you’re hoping for shiny hair, turning to a clarifying shampoo every once in a while can be extremely beneficial too. These shampoos are formulated to tackle deep-seated residue that regular shampoos often aren’t able to remove. All of that buildup can leave the hair looking dull, heavy, and lifeless. A clarifying shampoo can quickly turn this around!

With that said, you don’t want to use a clarifying shampoo too often. If you don’t use too many styling products and don’t regularly swim in chlorinated water, once or twice a month should be more than enough. If you do often end up with residue in your hair, you may want to increase usage slightly.

Don’t Wash Your Hair Too Often

Why shouldn’t you use a clarifying shampoo too often? For the same reason you shouldn’t use a regular shampoo too often either! Overwashing your hair strips away the sebum that naturally coats your strands. This sebum plays a big role in how healthy and shiny your hair looks. Completely removing it will leave your strands dry and brittle.

Likewise, not washing your hair enough will also have detrimental effects. This makes it important to strike the perfect balance. Keep your hair type and your lifestyle habits in mind, and only wash your hair when it actually needs to be washed.

Avoid Hot Water

Speaking of washing hair, the water temperature that you use when doing so will also influence how glossy your hair looks. Even if you’re using a gentle moisturizing shampoo and aren’t washing your hair too often, exposing your locks to high water temperatures will make it nearly impossible to achieve shiny hair.

Why? Because hot water melts and removes sebum. As we discussed above, sebum keeps your hair conditioned and shiny. Sure, too much of it will leave you with limp and greasy strands but you don’t want to end up with a lack of sebum due to hot water stripping it away either. 

Instead, turn the temperature down to lukewarm. Not only will this help to preserve the sebum on your strands, but it will do the same for the sebum on your skin too!

Show Your Scalp Some Love

When on a quest for shiny hair, people tend to place all of their focus on their strands. However, it’s important to also pay attention to your scalp. After all, this is where your hairs grow from. The healthier your scalp is, the healthier your strands will look.

Fortunately, scalp care is relatively easy. Start by incorporating a scalp massage into your hair care routine. The best time to do this is when you’re shampooing your hair. Use your fingertips rather than your nails so that you don’t end up scratching your scalp.

Scalp scrubs can also be very helpful. Exfoliating your scalp will help to unclog pores and remove dead cells. This then allows your strands to grow uninhibited! 

Snooze on Silk or Satin

While you may do everything right for your hair during the day, all of that hard work can quickly be undone at night once your head hits the pillow. Most people tend to sleep on pillowcases made from cotton or other similar materials. They may feel soft to the touch but whenever your strands rub against them, friction is created. This roughs up your hair cuticles, contributing to frizz and detracting from shine. 

What should you do instead? Switch to a silk or satin pillowcase. These materials are significantly smoother, meaning that they don’t lead to friction when your hair rubs against them. They’re also not as absorbent as other materials, meaning that they won’t suck moisture out of your strands while you sleep. 

Eat the Right Foods

The food that you eat has a huge impact on your appearance, including that of your hair. After all, those are the nutrients that feed your scalp and strands from within. Give your body the right foods and this will be reflected in your mane. 

So, what should you be eating if you want shiny hair? Ideally, plenty of protein, healthy fats, and vitamins. Here are some of the foods worth incorporating into your diet:

• Eggs – full of biotin and protein
• Fatty fish – not only a great protein source but also chock-full of essential fatty acids
• Lean meats – again, these are full of protein
• Nuts and seeds – these contain vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids
• Leafy greens – packed with vitamins and antioxidants
• Berries – another great source of vitamins and antioxidants
• Sweet potatoes, plus other red/orange vegetables – contain beta-carotene, which can prevent dull hair

Achieving Shiny Hair With Evalectric

Unfortunately, there isn’t one single step that you can take to magically make your hair look shinier for good. Instead, you’ll need to incorporate several of the tips that we’ve shared above. They’ll all come together to not only give you a glossier and shinier mane, but will also leave your strands feeling stronger, more elastic, and more resilient against potential damage.

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