10 simple ways to take care of your hair in this heat

The mercury is soaring, and so is the worry for women--how to maintain a style statement, and not spoil our hair in this heat? Figuring out how not to lose the cool with open hair this summer is a big deal, and we have the perfect answer for you.

We spoke exclusively to celebrity stylist and hair expert, Priscilla Corner--a State-Registered Senior Hair Dresser with the Hair Council of UK, and a consultant at June Tomkyns in Kolkata. Corner showed us some very easy ways to take care of your hair in this summer heat.

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1. Washing your hair is a must: Increase the number of washes in a week. It will avoid accumulation of sweat on the scalp, and keep your hair clean and shiny.

2. Choose the right shampoo: Use a shampoo that addresses the problem of sweat, and does not strip your scalp. You cannot have a good building if the foundation is weak, so you have to have a strong scalp to maintain good quality hair.

3. Shampoo to suit the purpose: Use moisture or hydration shampoo and NOT creamy or heavy shampoo during summer.

4. How to use conditioners: The trick is to mix water with conditioners and use a little diluted version. It will not make hair feel heavy yet keep it moisturised.

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5. Oiling is a must: Use light weight oil only for summers. For example Keo Karpin, Emami hair oil or Almond oil will give strength to scalp and hair. Your grandparents still have lovely hair due to oiling of hair regularly, and some traditions are actually going to help you maintain beautiful hair.

6. Aroma reduces stress: So take a break on your weekly-off, and spend some time oiling your scalp with scented oil. Aroma works wonders because the oil will go away and fragrance will stay.

7. Do not touch: People who have frizzy hair should avoid touching there hair too much. The more you comb your hair, the more you turn it into a ticking bomb. Coconut oil when applied on frizzy hair for two to three hours eases the frizz.

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8. Losing sleep over hair loss: Two drops of rosemary essential oil is a fabulous recipe when mixed with regular oil of your choice. Apply it on your scalp only, and you'll have a stress-free and rejuvenating sleep.

9. Right time for a hair cut: The hair grows faster in summer making it the perfect reason for you to chop the crop. There are more split ends due to tying of hair, and pinning up too--the hair cut avoids this for sure. A hair cut can change how you look in the same attire, giving you an easy makeover.

10. Hair spa time has come: Just as your body needs nourishment, the hair deserves it as well. So find time out this weekend and engage yourself in a relaxing spa.

Do not wait for a weekend to get a hair massage from your loved ones at home. The good 'champi' is a miraculous way to de-stress and heal naturally.

Skin care and hair care: Combat changing seasons with these expert tips

Winter has finally said goodbye and summer is knocking at the doors and with this changing weather, one should take extra care of hair and skin by using a nice face wash and right natural replenishing shampoo and conditioner, say experts.

Rashmi Shetty, Dermatologist and advisor on Pond’s skin panel says that it’s important to keep five key factors in mind when it comes to ‘skincare tips to combat changing seasons and they are Humidity, Temperature, Pollution, Exposure to UV rays and Lifestyle Changes.

She also lists the factors that one should keep in mind for the skin during the changing season.

* Summer gets too hot and too humid, and our face tends to get dirty and dull. This is why it is important to use a good facewash, like one with activated carbon so it can remove the dirt particles that pollution and air cause.

* Summer also requires moisturisers and creams that are very light and hydrating. The right texture of a moisturiser is an important thing to keep in mind.

* One can also use creams that have skin lightening ingredients. Something enriched with vitamins that don’t over sensitise the skin but can combat dullness and dark spots.

Daniel Bauer, hair care expert of TRESemmé, on the other hand, lists tips to keep in mind for hair.

* While it’s hot and humid, there is no excuse for your hair to look like a crow’s nest. Cooling down in the pool or a dip in the ocean is great for you, but not for your hair. Chlorine in swimming pools can strip away the natural oils that coat your hair, while sea salt literally sucks the moisture from your hair and can sometimes interact with your hair dye, making it fade much sooner.

Nobody wants this! Lost hair oils and moisture will gradually comeback to your hair, but the right natural replenishing shampoo and conditioner will help aid the recovery.

*Use the right shampoo and conditioner for each Indian season as using the same shampoo and conditioner all year round will only work sometimes.

* Usually in summers try and just stick to braids and top knots. With the right hair care, you can leave the buns and braids behind this season and have fantastic open wavy or beach hair all year round. Just cheat with the right shampoo and conditioner.

How this high-end hair tools brand blows away the competition

If the aughts are remembered for any single runway trend, it will arguably be long, stick-straight hair. Locks that look as if they’ve been pressed at the laundry and shaped by a razor’s edge adorn magazine covers year after year, and the style shows few signs of slowing down in 2017.

ghd, a high-end hair tools retailer, isn’t the brand solely responsible for iconic hair styles. It is, however, one of the most notable names in hair care — specifically, high-end straighteners and hair tools — and a market leader in the UK. Though the company is primarily renowned for its straightening irons, it also makes dryers, curlers, brushes and combs, and styling products.

Hair tool tech 

One of the reasons ghd tools tend to be on the pricier side is because of their patented technology. The Eclipse straightener, for instance, uses "tri-zone technology" and a series of six sensors to maintain constant temperature, minimising damage to hair while taming even the unruliest of tresses with a single stroke.

"When GHD was launched back in 2001, it revolutionised the way hair was styled – from the way in which hairdressers could work, to giving women the power to easily achieve a professional-looking style at home," GHD CEO Paul Stoneham told Marketing Week in a 2013 case study. "Our ongoing quest is to launch products with groundbreaking technology of professional stylist salon quality that make life easier for our clients."

Strength of brand

Since the company’s inception in 2001 in Leeds (by three entrepreneurs and just £15,000, mind you), the brand has seen great success. It’s estimated that ghd hair tools are used and sold in more than 50,000 salons worldwide. In 2016, the company was acquired by the U.S.-based company Coty, the world’s third-largest beauty firm, for £420 million.

ghd’s products have also been endorsed by a litany of A-list celebrities and fashion icons; the company partnered with the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in 2013, and has been called "The Rolls-Royce of irons." The comparison to a luxury automobile is accurate, down to the price point —ghd hair tools cost enough for fashion-focused social media influencers to refer to them as "investments."

As with any brand that has an eye to the future, ghd is well equipped for the fashion world of tomorrow: Its ecommerce business is booming; its state-of-the-art technology promises to stay on the cutting-edge of hair care, no matter what fashion trends may come and go.

Another reason why ghd is relatively future-proof lies in the company’s strength of brand: On top of exquisite branding and edgy, effective advertising campaigns, ghd’s network of big-name brand ambassadors keeps ghd front and centre in beauty blogs and fashionista circles around the globe.

Even the businesses’ name evokes power and emotion: After all, who hasn’t experienced the confidence-boosting power of a truly good hair day?