Shape_Malaysia__June_2017

When
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dry top layer
oily
underneath
Sweating heavily during HIIT
or hot yoga causes an oil
buildup on the underlayers
of your hair, especially where
moisture gathers at the nape
of the neck. Add in lots of
outdoor fun plus any colour
treatments, and you’ll find
that “your top layer is damaged
because of its direct
exposure to UV rays, heat
styling, and bleaching,” says
Jet Rhys, a hairstylist in San
Diego.
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To combat greasy underlayers,
aim dry shampoo into the
Damaged,
underside of the hair before your
workouts to soak up oil. One
that will add volumes to your hair
like the Matrix Waterless Full
Density Dry Shampoo (RM58)
and soothes the scalp. To prevent
damage: “Ask your colourist to
add a strengthener to the colour
formulation she uses,” says
Mika Rummo, a stylist at Salon AKS
in New York City. And apply a mask
with Phyto-keratin such as the
L’Oreal Paris Instant Resurfacing
Mask (RM88) before you head
outside or reach for hot tools to
tamp down flyaways and absorb
the impact of any harsh elements.
+ Oily dry roots
ends
you work out a lot, you sweat
a lot, and the scalp releases natural
oils. While that sweat and oil mix
doesn’t affect the health of your
hair, overwashing does. “It dries
out the scalp, which kicks your
sebaceous glands into overdrive,
making them produce more oil
and forcing you to cleanse again,”
Rummo says. “All that cleansing
means that those natural oils
never travel down the length of
your hair shaft to moisturise it, and
blow-drying zaps moisture even
more.” Underwashing brings its
own problems: Your ends may be
less dry, but your roots stay greasy .
→YOUR CUSTOM PLAN:
Wash every other day with an
oil-controlling shampoo, such as
AKS Phyto Phytocedrat Shampoo
(RM209). Then, once a week,
multimask: Before you shower,
smooth an oil-infused mask
like the L’Oréal Paris Mythic Oil
Masque (RM83), on your roots to
soak up split ends and a nourishing
mask, like System Professional
Hydrate Mask (RM117.18), on your
ends. Rinse them both out after
five minutes.
+ Flaky scalp
dry ends
+We all have a yeastlike fungus that
lives on our scalp, but when you
don’t wash your hair often enough
or you happen to have a scalp that’s
either too oily or too dry, then you
exacerbate that fungus, causing
dandruff. “The fungi feed on all the
oil and dead skin cells,” Kingsley says.
And since the pores on the scalp
are blocked from oil and dead cells,
sebum is unable to make its way from
your sebaceous glands down to your
ends, so they get dry, Rummo says.
→YOUR CUSTOM PLAN:
You’ll want to shampoo daily until
your dandruff is under control.
Try L’Oreal Paris Fall Resist 3x
Shampoo (RM23.97), which has
Elvive Arginina to strengthen the
hair while ridding scalp of dandruff.
“Really massage it into your scalp
using small, circular motions. This
increases circulation and speeds
healing,” Rummo says.
+ flat Straight in &
spots
some
wavy or
wiry in others
Sometimes hair seems to have
a mind of its own—certain sections
lie perfectly straight and flat, while
others coil and frizz uncontrollably.
→YOUR CUSTOM PLAN:
If you want to go all wavy, apply
a curl cream like Redken Curvaceous
Ringlet Cream (RM73.61) to damp
strands, scrunch, then air-dry.
“Wrap any remaining straight
pieces around a small 1⁄2- to 3⁄4-inch
curling iron to give them body,”
Rummo says. For smooth hair all
over, blow-dry using two brushes:
A round brush adds volume to flat
areas, Rhys says, and a paddle brush
controls the frizzy areas.
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