Daily Hair Care For Your Kid's Hair

[Michelle R Morency]

Proper Washing - Use a gentle shampoo
for cleansing children's hair. Emulsify your shampoo in your palms and spread it through, concentrating on the scalp. With the tips of your fingers, rub semi-firmly all over the scalp and squeeze the shampoo into the ends gently. Be sure to rinse sufficiently. Scalp itchiness and irritation can be caused by deposit of your shampoo. Be sure to lift the hair away from the scalp and let sufficient rinse water flow through.

Conditioning - If your child has long hair and suffers from static electric, be sure to use a daily conditioner which will keep it smooth and well-behaved. Be sure to thoroughly rinse well, especially the scalp to reduce conditioner build-up.

Tangles - Leave-In-Conditioner is the key here.
And a wide tooth comb. Plus a great deal of patience, To eliminate the pain factor for the child, you should always start combing at the ends and work your way up. Take hold of the section of hair you're working with midway down and hold it securely. This way, the tugging is contained in your hand rather than to your child's scalp. If your child's hair is thick, separate it into a few mid size sections and comb thoroughly each section before combing the hair as a whole before you style your child's hair.

Chlorine -
Now if the hair has a sickly greenish cast to it already from exposure to chlorine, there are some tricks you can do to neutralize the green color.Use a rinse with tomato juice, and or make a shampoo paste by mixing your shampoo with a tad of water and one of the following ingredients...baking soda, dissolved aspirin, or alka seltzer tablets and rub it briskly into the hair. Leave on for 10-15 minutes. Rinse and condition as usual. Apple cider vinegar is also a good rinse for removing chlorine.

As a preventative measure, saturate the hair with a treatment which is a conditioning ch-elating treatment. It protects hair from discoloration due to chlorine, copper and other impurities.

[Hair*happy]

I recommend that my clients have their kids wash 2x with each shampoo unless it's everyday then it is 1x. I have gotten great feedback from this advice. Kids (and parents) don't realize that 1 shampoo does not always get it clean. I tell them 1 shampoo lifts the grime, and 2nd shampoo carries it away. For itchiness, I suggest rotating shampoos or even using fragrance free poos. Goldwell makes a nice one for this. Also going to bed with damp hair will cause further itching due to a moist environment at the scalp.

For chlorine I sell Malibu Swimmers shampoo. They also sell an additive that can be mixed with regular shampoo for removing the green. Malibu shampoos work amazingly well. Since chlorine really changes the porosity of the hair, I also suggest at-home protein treatments.