Full-body massages are relaxing, sure, but have you ever tried a scalp massage? Pure heaven.

In today’s article, we’ll list down scalp massage benefits for your hair and why you should get one right now!

1. Promotes healthy hair growth

One of the scalp massage benefits that we absolutely love is the ability to promote healthy hair growth. If you’re looking for a tried and tested way to get thicker and stronger hair, then scalp massages are certainly for you.

By regularly massaging your scalp, you’re helping to promote the growth of strands from existing follicles, as well as promoting the development of new and healthy hair follicles.

It doesn’t necessarily mean that you’ll get thicker hair in terms of strand quantity, but there’s a chance that the strands themselves will become thicker over time. This will eventually give the appearance of a fuller head of hair.

2. Stimulates blood circulation

Keeping your hair follicles healthy is very important in keeping your hair strong and beautiful. While the rest of your strands are actually dead–now you know why it doesn’t hurt to break off a strand–your hair follicles are completely alive.

Sadly, there are some times that hair follicles can get blocked, usually by dirt or other pollutants. In cases like this, the best remedy would be to induce dilation of the arteries in order to increase blood flow and unblock these blocked follicles. And what’s a good way to increase blood flow?

That’s right – scalp massages! They can greatly improve blood flow to follicles by stimulating circulation, which in turn helps keep your hair gorgeous and healthy.

3. Greatly lowers stress levels

Nobody likes being stressed, and what better way to lower your stress levels than by getting a massage?

Although a full-body massage is enough to relax your entire body – head included – a scalp massage feels even better for reducing stress, especially since it’s much nearer to your brain.

Stress causes plenty of adverse effects on the body, including potential hair loss. If you’re consistently getting stressed, there’s a high chance that you may experience balding sooner than later in life.

4. Helps regulate sebum production

Sebum, another term for the oil that your own body produces, is an important part of maintaining a healthy scalp. Without proper sebum production, your hair will develop several issues that shouldn’t be present in healthy scaps.

For instance, too little sebum will cause dry scalp, which can lead to dandruff and itchiness. It may also lead to oily hair since your scalp with try to overcompensate for the lack of sebum. Obviously, you wouldn’t want that either.

5. Soothes your scalp

Last but definitely not the least, massaging your scalp on a daily basis helps soothe your scalp.

While this may not necessarily have a direct connection with growing your hair, having something that soothes you at the end of a tiring day is certainly a welcome addition to your daily routine. And you finally see the effect it has on your crowning glory? even better.

As you can see, scalp massages are very beneficial for your hair! The best part of this is that they’re extremely easy to do – in fact, you can even do them yourself, in the comforts of your own home. Remember to make it a daily habit and you’re sure to see the good effects in no time at all!

For more hair tips and tricks, check out our ZALA blog!

PUBLISHED 31ST AUGUST 2019

All About Hair Serums

If you’ve never heard about hair serums before, well, you’re not alone. Hair serums have only been popular for a few years, unlike other hair products like hairsprays or hair oils.

Nevertheless, hair serums are an amazing little product that certainly deserves a spot in your regular hair care regimen. Curious? In today’s article, we’ll be talking all about this miracle product: what are they and what are their benefits?

What Are Hair Serums?

Hair serums are a more concentrated form of hair product that protects and moisturizes hair by coating the entire surface of your strands. This helps keep out harmful substances in the atmosphere and the environment, all the while keeping in all the moisture.

In addition to this, there are also different kinds that are suitable for different hair types and different hair issues. The best type of hair serum for you, of course, is one that suits your situation better than any other type.

Also, they are a bit similar to hair oils, except the former works on a surface level while the latter works by deeply nourishing and moisturizing the hair from within.

What Are The Benefits?

This wonder-in-a-bottle offers plenty of benefits to your strands. Just like hair oils, they are designed to improve your hair’s condition with consistent use.

Here are some of the benefits of hair serums for your hair.

Protects your hair against exposure

Since hair serums work on a surface level, their main job is to protect your locks, be it from the sun, from pollution, or just from the environment in general.

If you live in a humid environment, for example, your hair may tend to get frizzy when you’re outside.

Hair serums can combat this by coating your strands in a protective layer that keeps all the good things – moisture, hydration – in while keeping all the bad things – pollution, UV rays – out.

Keep your hair moisturized

As mentioned above, hair serums can help keep your crowning glory hmoisturized by keeping all the moisture in your strands.

No matter how much you condition your hair, if you always spend your time out in the sun, your hair is bound to become dry again. Hair serums can help avoid that problem by thoroughly protecting your hair, helping to keep it smooth, soft, and frizz-free no matter how bad the weather gets.

Solve specific hair issues

Hair serums can solve specific hair issues too. For example, there are some that protect dehydrated hair, some that are specifically for colored hair, some that are for permed hair, and so on and so forth.

When choosing the right serum for your hair, make sure to determine the root cause of the problem first.

For example, if you’re suffering from frizz, that doesn’t mean you should automatically reach for the serum for frizzy hair. If you’re suffering from frizz because you have permed hair, it’s probably much better to get a serum that’s formulated for permed hair instead of frizzy hair. It’s much better and definitely more effective to address the root cause of the problem than deal with the symptoms one by one.

As you can see, hair serums can be an absolute lifesaver, especially if you’re dealing with some pesky hair-related issues. For more articles related to this, don’t forget to check out our ZALA blog!

PUBLISHED 29TH AUGUST 2019

Benefits Of Purple Shampoo To Bleached Hair

We all love a new look every now and then, be it a minor change or a drastic makeover. And for many women, even hair damage is a risk that they’re willing to take as long as they get that sweet, new color on their strands.

How far are you willing to go for your lighter hair, though? And what happens when your once beautiful, bleached locks have turned brassy as time goes on? Still think it’s worth all that hassle?

In today’s article, we’ll talk about the benefits of purple shampoo and how it can literally save bleached hair from ruins.

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What’s with all the purple?

Ever wondered why purple shampoo is, well, purple?

When you bleach your hair, you’re actually stripping away the pigment in your strands. The lack of pigment is what makes your hair light brown, yellow, and eventually, white.

However, as time goes by, you’ll start your hair slowly going back to yellow or even orange. The reason for this is because even bleach isn’t strong enough to actually remove all the pigment from your strands. Of course, it won’t go back to your natural black, brown, or red – instead, it’ll stay at a warm, orange-y or yellowish tone.

Understandably, you may not want to retain this yellowish color, as it does look unnatural (it certainly doesn’t look like the gorgeous hue that natural blondes have) and can even ‘cheapen’ the look of your hair. In that case, what you’ll need is a good toner, preferably purple shampoo.

Benefits of Purple Shampoo to Bleached Hair

Purple shampoo can benefit your bleached hair in many ways.

Cancel out the yellow

Do you remember the color wheel from your art class way back in primary school? Quick, what color is directly across purple?

That’s right – yellow! Purple is directly across yellow on the color wheel, which means that they’re what we call complementary colors. These colors, if we’re looking at it in terms of light spectrums, can ‘mix’ together to form white light. In other words, they can ‘cancel’ each other out.

The same thing is happening here with your yellow, brassy hair and the purple shampoo. The purple pigment in this shampoo can ‘mix’ with your hair, thus giving it a more whitish appearance. Depending on the intensity of your bleach, purple shampoo may even give your brassy hair a nice silver color.

Give your hair a cooler tone

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Even if all you want A is to give your hair a lighter, cooler tone, purple shampoo can still do the trick.

For example, if you have brown hair, you’re not going to see any change if you apply purple shampoo since it doesn’t have any effect on brown. If you have blonde highlights, however, it could lighten the color a bit, removing the yellow and giving you a much cooler color than before.

Extremely light brown hair that has orange tones can also benefit slightly from purple shampoo since it can also reduce orange hues in the hair.

Reduces bleaching times

If you’ve ever tried bleaching before, you’ll know what a pain it is to actually arrive at a color you want. It’s not uncommon to have to do it once, twice, thrice, or even four times just to get that color that you’re aiming for.

Unfortunately, this comes at a big cost, since bleaching greatly damages your hair. Sadly, most of the time, the damages are irreparable, especially if you go past the three times mark.

Purple shampoo can help you reach your goal faster though by removing all the yellow from every step of your bleaching process. Many people believe that their hair still needs bleaching to lighten the color, when all it actually needs is some good toning.

Start by bleaching your hair one round, then using purple shampoo next. Bleach it again, then use purple shampoo one more time. At this point, it may not even need to be bleached again for the third time.

Now you know the benefits of purple shampoo to bleached hair! To read more about bleaching and other hair treatments, don’t forget to check out our ZALA blog!

PUBLISHED 25TH AUGUST 2019

The Right Way To Detangle Tangled Hair

We’ve all experienced tangled hair before. They’re annoying, irritating, and sometimes, downright frustrating. Sometimes you may even feel like just cutting your tangles if they get too bad. Yes, it can get so bad that even you’d be okay with a DIY haircut in your pajamas.

But before you go for the scissors, maybe you should read this first. Here’s the right way to detangle tangled hair!

What causes tangled hair?

Tangles may be annoying, but it’s important to determine what causes them to develop in the first place. By knowing the many different causes, you’ll have a better idea of how to avoid them next time.

Permed hair

Permed hair tends to be more prone to tangles because of it’s also more prone to breakage and dryness. When your hair is damaged, its cuticles, also known as the outer layer of your strands, open up. Open cuticles tend to rub and snag against each other. This is what causes the tangles to form.

Rebonded hair

On the other hand, rebonded hair is also more prone to tangles. The process of rebonding itself is quite harsh on the hair since it literally breaks down the bonds of your hair strands and ‘rebonds’ them back together. This makes rebonded hair very vulnerable to cuticle damage.

Frizzy hair

Frizzy hair is also extremely prone to getting tangled. Just like permed hair and rebonded hair, frizzy hair tends to be very dry, and thus more likely to have its cuticles damaged. Humid climates tend to worsen frizz since the strands will start trying to get moisture from the air to compensate for its own lack of moisture.

How to detangle tangled hair

The first thing you have to remember before trying to detangle tangled hair is to handle it with care. Tangled hair is very, very, and we mean very prone to breakage. Unless you want to look as if someone had grabbed on your hair and pulled hard, you should always handle your tangled hair with care.

1. Moisturize your hair

Regardless of the reason why you have tangled hair – maybe your hair is permed, rebonded, or just plain frizzy – it exists for one reason alone: lack of moisture.

Therefore, the first step to detangling horribly tangled hair is to add moisture to your hair. A lot of it.

First, wet your hair slightly with lukewarm water, which opens up your hair cuticles, thus making it easier for the conditioner to penetrate. Then, use the most hydrating conditioner that you have in your arsenal.

You can use this time to detangle some of the major knots in your hair, especially since the conditioner makes it easy to run your fingers through your strands.

Leave the conditioner on for a few minutes, then rinse off with cold water to close your cuticles.

2. Use a detangling brush

After washing and moisturizing your hair, allow it to dry completely before doing this next step. Wet hair is very vulnerable to breakage since it’s much weaker than its dry state.

The knots should be much smaller now that you’ve already used conditioner. Take a detangling brush and begin brushing from the bottom. You don’t want to yank on any pesky tangles. Just slowly brush from the bottom, going up and up as the tangles disappear.

Remember to do this step very carefully, unless you want to see plenty of hair strands stuck on your comb.

3. Put on leave-in conditioner

Once the tangles are completely gone, let them stay gone by putting on leave-in conditioner to seal the deal.

Leave-in conditioner acts as a sealant as well as a protector, sealing in the moisture and protecting your hair from any excessive dryness caused by your environment.

Now you know how to detangle tangled hair! Hopefully, with proper hair care, you won’t have to deal with it again in the future. And of course, for more hair tips and tricks, check out our ZALA blog!

PUBLISHED 23RD AUGUST 2019

7 Bad Hair Care Habits You Need To Get Rid Of – And How To Break Them

In part one of this article, we discussed the first 5 bad hair care habits that you need to get rid of.

Now, we’ll discuss the last 2 bad habits and provide some tips on how you can kick these bad hair care habits for good!

6. Heat-styling every day

You already know that heat is your hair’s biggest enemy is heat, so why do you have to engage them in battle every single day?

Heat-styling can dehydrate your healthy hair and cause further damage to already dry and weak hair. If you really have to keep heat-styling your hair, regardless of the reason, make sure that it’s at least protected by a heat protection serum or something. That way, you can at least mitigate any potential damage on your strands.

7. Not having a hair care routine

What’s worse than having a bad hair care routine? Not having one in the first place.

If you don’t care enough for your hair to build a good and effective routine, then nothing we say or do can improve your hair’s state. You see, if you’re not motivated enough yourself, you probably won’t stick to anything we say, either.

This is the worst habit to have if you want to have gorgeous hair, but it’s also the hardest to break. Most of the time, it’s caused by laziness or lack of interest, both of which are pretty hard to combat.

How to break bad hair care habits

Of course, there are many ways on how you can break any type of bad habit, but here are three of our tips on how to break bad hair care habits in particular.

1. Know your ‘why’

In whatever you do, knowing your ‘why’ is important. After all, if you don’t know why you’re doing something, there’s a good chance that you won’t feel very motivated to keep on doing it.

For instance, if you’re trying out a new hair treatment but you don’t really see why you need to do it, there’s a pretty high chance that you’ll only do it once and never think about it again.

Similarly, if you’re trying to break a bad hair care habit, you have to know why you want to break it in the first place. Want to use your crowning glory to feel more confident at work? Want to start impressing someone? Just want to have great hair in general? Whatever your ‘why’ is, feel it, visualize it, and most importantly, let it empower you to break through your bad habits.

2. Go slowly but surely

Rome wasn’t built in a day, nor will you break your bad hair care habits in the same time.

The best strategy is to go slowly but surely. Let’s say you want to start eating vegetables because you read that vitamin-rich foods are good for your hair. If you’ve been carnivore your whole life before this decision, you certainly won’t have an easy time if you suddenly decide to cut meat out of your diet, or if you suddenly replace your dinner with a salad. Just start small, like maybe add broccoli here or there, and you’ll slowly start getting used to it.

3. Find an alternative

Another way to break a bad hair care habit is to find an alternative to whatever it is you were doing.

This works best for habits like heat-styling your hair way too often. If you’re used to using a blower on your strands every day, why not start air-drying? Not only will it not damage your hair, but air-drying also has a lot of benefits too, you know.

Or if you really need to use a heat-styling tool, why not find a less harsh alternative? You can also adjust the tool’s heat setting to make sure that you’re only getting the heat you need and nothing more.

Breaking bad habits isn’t easy, but with enough discipline and dedication, you’ll surely be able to kick them in no time at all! If you need more tips and tricks, feel free to check out our ZALA blog!

PUBLISHED 15TH AUGUST 2019

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