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Pro Solutions to 8 Summer Hair Issues
Summer is here, and it's our favorite time of the year! Summer means family vacations, cookouts, pool time and relief from cold weather.Â
But even though the warm, sunny days of summer are a welcome reprieve, the impact of summer heat and humidity is a different story! To keep your hair healthy and vibrant all summer long, it's important to tweak your hair-care routine for summer. Just a few changes will have a huge impact on your hair's health this season!Â
We put together our definitive list of summer hair issues and exactly how you can prevent them. Read on to learn more about how to kick summer frizz, flat hair, dryness and more to the curb for a summer of gorgeous, healthy hair!
Pro Tips for Preventing Your Hair Color from Fading
6 Biases Against Womenâs Hair
As women, we put up with a lot of opinions about our hair, and this (often) unsolicited advice only increases as we age. We all know that age bias exists, and our hair is no exception. There's ageism in hair care, in advertising and in much of the media we consume.Â
So many "shoulds" are piled onto women, especially after 40: We should wear certain hairstyles "appropriate" for middle-aged women, we should cover our grays and we should chop off longer locksâand many of these have permeated the workplace as well.Â
If there's no one drowning out the judgment, this can feel overwhelming!Â
At Better Not Younger, we get it. Our company was founded specifically to push back on the belief that there's no market for quality, aging hair-care products. Newsflash: Women don't simply disappear after we hit menopause!Â
We compiled a list of past and present hair biases, including aging hair-care biases, that women have been hearing for far too long, plus our take on these false, outdated myths!
8 Winter Hair Coloring Tips and Tricks
Can I Dye My Hair with Dry Shampoo in It?
I Want to Start Coloring My Grays⊠What Are My Options?
Whether your hair is just starting to gray or youâve been rocking a full head of stunning silver strands for the last few years, the question remains the same: To dye or not to dye?
If youâve decided that dyeing your hair is the right move for you, then you probably have a few questions, such as:
- Should I lighten my grays or darken them?
- Do I want to completely cover my gray? Or should I make my natural grays look more like highlights in darker hair?
- Does my skinâs undertone matter? If it does, how do I determine mine so that I choose the right hair color for my skin tone?
Letâs pause here for a moment because this last one is super-important and will become a common theme throughout your hair-coloring journey. While your skinâs undertone is probably not the first thing that pops into your head when contemplating your new hair color, itâs actually more significant than you might think. Have you ever heard horror stories from friends whoâve left the salon, looked in the mirror, and felt that something about their new color was just⊠off? This might have been due to them or their stylist not taking their undertone into account.
Fear not: All colors come in both warm and cool tones, so your skinâs undertone shouldnât keep you from getting the hair color you really want. It just might mean getting a different version of brown, blonde or purple. Yes, we said purpleâmore on that later.