Changing one part of your shampooing routine could make your hair healthier. Surely we all know how to wash our hair , right? You would think it's as easy as slapping on some shampoo and thoroughly rinsing it out again, but it turns out there's a lot more to it than that - and most of us have been doing it wrong our entire lives. Today (October 1) is National Hair Day, and a hairdresser shared a viral video in which she explains how you can get salon-sleek hair at home, just by changing a few things in your shower routine.
She claimed many of us don't shampoo our hair the right way, and even said there's one section of our locks that shouldn't touch the soap suds at all. In a video on TikTok , Rachel Valentine said she always gets asked how to wash hair properly at home. She began her video by insisting she usually washes her hair over the bath, with her head flipped upside down and her body completely out of the shower.
Then, she makes sure her hair is soaking wet all over before she begins her washing routine. She said: "Once I have the shampoo in my hands, I break it down a little bit just to make the product go further, and then I actually swipe the shampoo all onto my scalp first before I scrub. This is just going to make sure that it's really evenly distributed.
Then, I'm using my fingertips with a good, decent amount of pressure and just going around each area of my head and scrubbing. This is one of the reasons I like to do it over the bath, as it allows me to reach a.
