The cold weather is upon us at ZALA HQ! Cold dry air throughout the winter months can be super damaging to your hair. Read on as we explore winter hair care tips for ensuring your hair and extensions remain gorgeous throughout the cold months.

Winter Hair Care Tips

Cold and dry air is unavoidable throughout winter! Here are some tips on how you can ensure your hair is hydrated and gorgeous throughout these colder months.

First and foremost, a Deep Conditioning treatment will do wonders to your hair this winter! Treating your hair once a week during these colder months will ensure your hair does not dry out as soon as your step outside. Deep conditioning treatments will also help prevent static on your hair.

You can watch our tutorial on how to make a DIY hair mask below to treat your hair and extensions:

Secondly, limiting hair washing to 2-3 times a week will encourage natural oils to hydrate your hair throughout winter. By restricting hair washes to 2-3 times a week throughout winter, you will be guaranteed soft and shiny hair.

Don’t forget: Be sure to choose a Sulphate and Paraben free shampoo and conditioner to ensure your hair and extensions do not dry out throughout these winter months. Before styling your hair with heat tools, it is super important to use a good quality heat protecting spray or serum to ensure you don’t add damage to your hair throughout winter. Heat serums are also hydrating to your hair which is an added bonus throughout winter.

When someone says “humidity” we immediately think of frizz! However, when you have the heater on throughout winter in your home, you are drying out the air even more. By adding humidity to the air, you are creating a less damaging environment for your hair and skin!

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Wanting longer fuller hair this winter? Send 2-3 images of your hair to our Colour Match Service for a quick response to match you to one of our gorgeous ZALA Shades.

At ZALA, we’re always on the look out for the latest hair and beauty trends. DIY Scalp scrubs are gaining popularity in the beauty community. By gently exfoliating your scalp and roots, your hair is meant to appear more voluminous and shiny! And oh boy do we love shine! So read on as we explore this trend and The Benefits of a DIY scalp Scrub, and a DIY Scrub that you can make using ingredients you have at home.

DIY Scalp Scrub

We’ve researched the best ingredients to ensure your DIY scalp scrub is effective and affordable.

Coffee and Coconut Oil, the two holy grails to make themselves known in the beauty community. These two items you will easily find in your pantry at home, and if you don’t have them on hand, you will be able to pick them up for cheap at your nearest grocery store.

What you’ll need:

• Ground Coffee Beans (2 Teaspoons)
• Cold Pressed Coconut oil (2 Tablespoons)

For this DIY Scalp Scrub, a little goes a long way! We would suggest making batches as you need them. For this scrub 1-2 table spoons of coconut oil and 2 teaspoons of ground coffee beans will do the trick!

Method:

1. In a small plastic container, combine the ingredients using a spoon. You’ll find that the coconut oil does soften quickly therefore you should be able to mix this with the coffee easily.
2. In the shower, wet your hair with warm water to encourage this scrub to spread.
3. Gently massage your DIY Coffee & Coconut Oil scrub into your scalp for 2-3 minutes.
4. Thoroughly rinse out of your hair and follow by washing your hair as normal with sulphate free shampoo and conditioner. (You may need to shampoo your hair 2-3 times to ensure your hair is not left greasy.)

Let your hair dry and enjoy feeling invigorated!

The Benefits of coffee and coconut Oil for your scalp and hair

By invigorating your scalp and roots with a scrub, it promotes blood flow and oxygen to the surface of your scalp, promoting hair growth and volume. Coconut oil is also very hydrating and naturally contains Hyaluronic Acid which is also beneficial to cuticle regeneration. Your hair will appear refreshed and shiny.

After more volume and length? Check out our range of Human Hair Extensions available in our Clip in Range and Tape Range. 

Want to nourish your hair even more? Check out our Video and blog post on how to make a DIY Hair Mask: