Someone asked me a question a few days ago about hard water and soft water and the difference they have on your hair. If you are used to using hard water to wash your hair, and have recently switched to soft, the change can be a difficult adjustment. Hard water contains lots of minerals that tend to build up in your hair (soft water has had all the minerals removed). It’s not very healthy for your hair, but over time, it’s easy to get used to styling your hair a certain way because of the hard water. I’ve compiled these few tips for trying to control your hair and maintain your lovely locks when you switch from hard water to soft water.
• If you aren’t used to washing your hair with soft water, your hair will seem extra limp and fine. Use a volumizing shampoo and conditioner to help restore some volume to your hair. Dove is a great product to try, or go to Sally’s and use the shampoo they sell.
• You can try to wash your hair at night and then just wet it a little in the morning to help you style it.
• Remember to use less shampoo and conditioner on your hair when you use soft water instead of hard. It doesn’t take as much to get your hair clean and conditioned!
• You can style your hair with a volumizing foam or gel to get back the body that soft water has stolen!
• Rinsing your hair with cold water instead of hot will help you keep volume and body in your hair.
These are just a few tips and I hope they help any of you who are having a hard time making the switch from hard water to soft. One quick tip for those who are having the opposite dilemma, soft water to hard: try buying distilled water from the store and using that to wash your hair. Or even rainwater works too! If you aren’t used to extra minerals in your hair, hard water can be quite a shock! So give distilled water a try and see if that doesn’t help!
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October 4th, 2006 at 1:10 pm
Another tip I have heard is to shampoo all of your hair everytime you shower, but only condition the mid to ends of your hair. Don’t condition the roots everyday, but just once a week. This will prevent the “greasy” and “flathead” look from happening. You will want to condition all of your hair at least once a week, but you will have to try for yourself and see what works.
August 11th, 2007 at 7:08 am
Hello, I am located in HK and my daughter is going to study in UK (Devon). She is suffering from scalp infection easily. What will be your recommendation to her to wash her hair in UK. Thanks.