Women. Hello. Question. Are you fed up with your hair giving away your true age when you still feel 23 inside? There’s no denying that people react differently to older folk – there’s a frailty in their voice and a sympathetic (almost apologetic) lighter voice that they put on when they think they’re dealing with someone who’s over the hill. You know the voice I mean. They do it with a head tilt. And they can’t wait to get rid of you. No time for dithering old biddies in the fast-paced world of iPhone software updates and the latest TikTok viral dance tutorials. Crow lines and darkened patches around the eyes can soon be addressed with the right amount of sleep, exercise, mineral water by the bucket load, and reassuringly expensive moisturizers that could smooth out the Grand Canyon if they made a big enough tub of it. But hair? This is going to take some effort.
Pastures new
Your scalp is a farmer’s field. Your hair is the crop. If you want a tall and leafy harvest, you’re going to need to pay attention to the very stuff from which you’re expecting your crop to spring forth. We are, naturally, referencing your scalp. Do you know how many hair follicles call your scalp home? About 100,000. That’s hundreds. More than hundreds. In fact, it’s a number so big you might need a little help. Act now, before you’re left wishing you’d bought some scalp cleanser when weeks and months from now you’re still standing in the mirror and wondering if everyone else can also see how thin you think your hair looks.
Go more natural than you’ve ever dared before
Heat kills hair. Well, that is to say, too much heat dries out the hair until it is fossilized and twig-like. There’s a whole industry built around selling both the heated implements of hair torture and the protective sprays and creams that will defend your newest style from the frying effects of straighteners and curlers. However, here’s the thing. If you were to let your hair dry naturally (this will take some planning around timing, granted), and if you were to go to bed with your natural hair in two tousled and loose braids, your hair the morning after will look more full of life than a thousand products could hope to achieve. Taming it might be an issue. But containing bold hair is more desirable than trying to breathe life into deflated, flat, and dead hair.
