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Better Not Younger features a woman whose hair is blown and shiny to illustrate this article about the best practices to air dry your hair.

Jun 13, 2022

8 Common Air-Drying Mistakes

Showering and heading out the door may feel like a good idea on a busy day, but you don’t want to let your hair air-dry without considering all the ways it can go wrong. Yes, there is a wrong way to air-dry your hair! Common air-drying mistakes can lead to breakage, damage and frizz galore, especially with aging hair that’s already prone to these concerns. Air-drying your hair has tons of benefits and air-drying your hair the right way is easy, once you know how to avoid all the wrong ways. Here’s what you might be doing wrong—so you can start doing it right!

Better Not Younger features a woman with long gray hair outdoors during summer.

Jun 10, 2022

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.

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!

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!

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Jun 08, 2022

Must-Have Minis for All Your Summer Escapes

Summer is here, and it's travel season! This year, we made your favorite summer hair products available in travel-friendly minis kits that come with stylish bags so you can stay organized on the go! Plus, their compact size means they take up less real estate in your suitcase, and they meet TSA regulations for carry-on luggage!

Now there's no need to resort to the lower quality hair products hotels often offer—all of your favorite summer hair products are available in minis kits to keep your hair looking healthy, fresh and vibrant no matter where the summer takes you!

Better Not Younger's summer hair product travel kits were designed to address the unique needs of mature tresses, from curl care to volume-boosting to shine revitalization. Try one that contains your favorite hair products, or grab two to test-drive new additions to your hair-care routine!

Check out our 5 must-have travel kits packed with our minis for all your summer travels!

Better Not Younger features a mature woman shampooing her hair.

Jun 06, 2022

Should I Wash My Hair More in the Summer?

We've all heard that we shouldn't wash our hair daily, but what about when it's hot outside? We're more active outdoors in the summertime, which means more sweat and grease on our scalp. It feels good to take a nice, cool shower after being outside on a hot summer day. But how often should we wash our hair in the summer?

The answer hinges on a couple of factors. How many times a week you should wash your hair in the summer is dependent on your hair type and your activity levels. If you're doing a lot of high-intensity cardio outdoors, you may need to wash your hair more frequently than someone spending most of her days indoors.

We put together a guide to help you determine how often you should wash your hair in the summer, along with some pro tips to help you get by between wash days no matter your hair type! Read on to learn more about the ideal shampooing frequency for your hair type and summer activities!

Better Not Younger features a woman floating on a pool and her hair in withing the water while she looks relaxed..

Jun 03, 2022

How to Prep Your Hair for a Day at the Pool

We love summer because it's the season for cookouts, vacations and pool parties. The weather is gorgeous, and the overcast, gloomy winter is a distant memory. But those family pool parties can take a toll on our hair, causing it to dry out and even turn green!

Pool water is rough on our hair because of the chlorine used to kill bacteria in pools. At low levels—like the amount found in tap water—chlorine doesn't really hurt our hair. But at the increased levels found in pools, it's important to protect your hair from chlorine because it strips our hair of its natural oils. This results in frizz and dry, damaged hair.

So, how can we protect our hair from chlorine while still having fun swimming with our friends and family this summer? Read on for more about how to protect your hair from chlorine and how to prevent your hair from turning green in the pool!

Better not younger features a blonde woman enjoying summer outside in front of a shopping mall. Her hair looks beautiful with amazing waves.

Jun 01, 2022

How to Stop Sweat from Ruining Your Summer Hairstyles

Along with gorgeous summer weather comes an increase in heat and humidity, which can cause sweaty hair and scalp. And we all know that scalp sweating—whether from an intense workout or the summer heat—can wreak havoc on our hair. Frizz, grease and dull, flat hair all result from sweating.

But is sweating actually bad for our hair? And are there ways we can minimize sweaty hair to ensure a flawless look?

We've got the scoop on maintaining gorgeous hair despite increased scalp sweating, along with our favorite hairstyle ideas and how to keep your scalp cool when the mercury rises!

Better Not Younger features a woman over 40 eating a salad as her gut health might be related to hair loss. She has long blonde hair and looks happy.

May 23, 2022

Could Your Gut Be Behind Your Hair Loss?

Digestive problems and hair loss are two common issues many people, especially women, face. But what may be less widespread is the knowledge that digestion and hair loss can go hand in hand, because your gut is tied to nearly every function in your body. When your gut health is off, everything is off—and that means if you have poor gut health, you could even experience hair thinning and hair loss. Gut health and hair loss may not have been something you considered when meal planning for the week, but perhaps you will going forward! There’s a lot to understand about gut bacteria and hormones, digestive problems and hair loss, and all the ways you can improve your own gut health. So let’s get started!

Better Not Younger features a woman with beautiful long hair practicing meditation in her garden as she might be incorporating meditation to her hair growth routine.

May 13, 2022

How Meditation Can Help Your Hair Growth Routine

It can be super frustrating when we feel like we've tried everything to achieve healthy hair growth, yet we're still dealing with excess hair fall and thinning tresses. If you feel like you've tried everything to combat thinning hair and you're still experiencing hair loss, it might be time to try meditation for hair regrowth!

If you're skeptical, that's understandable. After all, how does being more mindful help our hair? What on earth can meditation do for hair growth?

The answer is that it's not the act of mindfulness and meditating that promotes healthy hair and skin. Instead, it's the numerous physical benefits we reap from meditating that support healthy hair growth and glowing skin.

Read on to learn more about meditation benefits for hair and the connections between meditation and hair loss!

Better Not Younger features a mature woman covering her hair with a white scarf. This is a good way to protect your hair from air pollution.

May 09, 2022

8 Ways to Protect Your Hair from Air Pollution

As we age, we start to think more and more about how to support and protect our mature tresses. We know which ingredients to avoid in our hair-care routine to best protect our hair.

But what we might not know is that we also need to be protecting our hair from air pollution. Free radicals from environmental pollutants can cause hair loss, and these often fly under our radar as potential culprits when we start seeing thinning and weakened hair.

Research shows that the oxidative stress that environmental pollutants put our bodies through impacts our hair by damaging its proteins. This results in two key side effects for our hair: hair loss and graying. But these aren’t the only side effects—dullness, buildup and an inflamed scalp can also occur.

May 04, 2022

Your Essential Guide to Postpartum Skincare

For many of us, pregnancy brought healthy, shiny hair and glowing skin. (And an adorable, chunky baby, which is a pretty good deal!) But what about after we've given birth and the influx of estrogen and hormones is over?

Similar to our pregnancy skincare, postpartum skincare can be tough to navigate because we want to have an effective postpartum skincare routine while also ensuring that the products we use are safe for baby.

As our bodies recalibrate after creating a new life, our skin often bears the brunt of this adjustment period. Our post-pregnancy skin has been stretched more than ever, so new skin issues like stretch marks and looseness are common. While pregnant, we may have developed darker skin pigmentation, or melasma, and some of us may have experienced breakouts we haven’t seen since middle school!

While every woman’s skin journey during pregnancy looks a little different, our postpartum skin issues vary as well. And the go-to skincare routines we had pre-pregnancy or during pregnancy might not effectively address our new postpartum skin.

We also know that new moms have a ton on their plates! That's why we created an essential guide to postpartum skincare, including products to avoid while breastfeeding and products with ingredients that are safe and effective in addressing the most common postpartum skincare issues.

Apr 29, 2022

Are Chia Seeds the Secret to Strong, Shiny Hair?

Chia seeds are an ancient superfood that have been used for centuries for their nutritional benefits. But did you know chia seeds benefit hair, too? Using chia seeds for your hair—both by eating them and choosing hair-care products that include them—is a great way to promote strong, shiny hair. This is one of our favorite benefits of eating chia seeds for hair, because who doesn’t want lustrous locks! Plus, chia seeds can even help promote hair health, something that’s very important if you’re dealing with hair loss.

Knowing the benefits of chia seeds for skin and hair, and especially how chia seeds benefit hair, can help you get your own aging hair back to its shiny, lustrous glory. Keep reading to find out how chia seeds benefit hair in addition to being a nutritional powerhouse.

A woman hiding her widening hair part and smiling.

Apr 25, 2022

How to Hide a Widening Hair Part

Sometimes thinning hair sneaks up on us. Because women aren't prone to patchy or concentrated hair loss patterns like men, our hair loss tends to show up gradually. We start to notice more hair in our shower drain. Our ponytails become thinner, and our hair part becomes noticeably wider.

The realization that we might be dealing with thinning hair can be upsetting, but there are steps we can take to tackle female-pattern hair loss and thicken our ponytails and hair parts.

To understand why our hair parts are getting wider, it's important to look at what can cause hair loss and thinning, along with steps we can take to support healthy hair growth and how to camouflage a wide hair part in the meantime.

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