Dandruff – dead skin flakes – are noticeable in a person’s hair and on clothing. The real cause of dandruff is unknown but studies seem to show that it may be caused by a type of fungus.

It isn’t contagious but at times embarrassing. Shampoos containing salicylic acid, zinc, tars, or selenium sulfide can reduce dandruff flakes. Scrubbing your hair with your fingers for at least 5 minutes will loosen the flakes. Then rinse your hair well after washing. When this procedure fails, see your doctor for a prescription shampoo and possibly a lotion or liquid to rub into your scalp.

Nioxin Actives–these are formulated for people who do not color their hair or treat them with chemicals. It has a varied list of products that help people with thinning hair treat their problems or help people prevent the thinning of hair through deep cleansing the harmful hormones. This will prevent environment build up, which in the process lead to thinning hair for both men and women.

Here are some popular Nioxin Actives: Bionutrient Actives Cleanser, Bionutrient Actives Treatment, leave in conditioner and Bionutrient Active Scalp Therapy.

Hair serums are selling like hot cakes in the market. This is because of the increasing symptoms of sun damage the hair is being exposed to every day. The best kind of hair serum coats the hair with sun protection. Yes there is such a thing as sun block for your hair. In fact, it is a popular treatment form Hollywood celebrities. It must be noted that the hair is the part of the body which suffers direct contact from the sun. Having said this, it is only natural that it gets damaged pretty badly. Over exposure to the sun can cause the hair to be dry and brittle. This is where hair serum comes in, it provides a second layer so that the hair does not have to be the first line of defense against the sun. Lets just say that the hair serum acts like some kind of an umbrella.

The many graying heads all over the globe have all been pondering the mystery of graying hair. Now with new scientific data it has finally been answered, graying hair is a result of the body producing it’s own natural hydrogen peroxide that is produced by the body in excess amounts as we age. Hydrogen peroxide is one of the many by-products that cells produce that slowly contributes to it’s own demise. As the body ages, more and more of this melanin eating compound accumulates in the body, getting released through the hair as though evaporating into the air. Seems the body is responsible for all the problems we have, as it adapts to the environment around it, without our conscious control.

Many people who follow fashion trends resort to using hair bleach to attain the look of their favorite fashion idols. But there is a nasty side to hair bleach that makes it a very polluting beauty product, it most surely contains hydrogen peroxide a highly reactive chemical. This active ingredient is responsible for the many cases of hyper-sensitivity due to it’s very chemical nature to which the skin or scalp can react. There is however some good news coming, for Japanese scientists are developing a green hair dye that contains no hydrogen peroxide but instead uses a derivative from a sort of fungus that is more commonly known as white rot, a fungus that is the bane of wooden structures all over the place. Apparently, this fungus contains enzymes that eats up melanin, the natural pigment that gives our skin and hair the color it has.

Everything in today’s world seems to be harmful and not surprisingly, most of them are thanks to our lack of understanding of how our lives have impacted the world leaving us a world with harsh weather and with gaping holes in the ozone layer that protects us all form the sun’s harmful UV rays. Salts, UV and Chlorine in the water we use everyday, all have the potential to ruin hair which makes a complete and nourishing hair protection system vital to maintain healthy and glowing hair. Products often work in a complete system that complements each other, call it commercialized hair care but that’s how businesses work. Read the rest of this entry »

Everybody wants to help the earth and so do we who are now becoming conscious of the ways our activities influences the environment. Made known and much buzzed about by the famed Body Shop, which started to produce products that were commercialized yet produced with naturally produced products bought from indigenous people all over the globe who get paid for producing environmentally friendly crops and plants for use in their products.
They aren’t the only ones who set out to break the often oppressing world of commercialism for people, half a world away may have labored a lot for a few dollars they earn for a day of hard back-breaking work. From fair labor to green products that come free of the many chemicals we have been immersed in through previous trends in the beauty industry. There are a host of natural products from big commercial companies and even micro-economic businesses that produces products for locals who may work for them and their neighbors while earning a buck are also there. Read the rest of this entry »

The hair styling trends that we see in the many fashion shows and sported by our favorite stars on Hollywood are the expertise of hair stylers who work hard to attain their inner feelings towards a particular style adding drama and their own expression of that style in their work. These hair styles are not always for everyday style and you yourself are a hairstylist on your own by choosing the styles that work for you with the help of your stylist who tells you which works and which doesn’t. Now for the commercialized part of the industry, as said, it’s all about business and with the thousands of products out on the marketplace, how one selects products that works for them is based on personal preference and other factors such as advertising which plays an important part in our selection process. They play a role in your everyday life without you even knowing about them working for or against you. Read the rest of this entry »

New studies into the efficacy of the lowly milkweed plant which covers a wide variety of plants considered to be succulents including euphorbias and others are proving to be a good source of cancer fighting extracts for use in shampoos, conditioners and many other health care products. The effects of the extracts were so miraculous, it is being hailed as the next wonder cure for cancer and prevention of the debilitating disease. Milkweed as a plant is deadly when ingested for it contains cardenolides, a deadly substance for both livestock and humans. The research into the effectivity of the plant as the next generation source for products that are valuable have been stepped up for commercial production and should start trickling into the market in the coming years.
Milkweed has been found to be a good anti-bacterial, sunblock (UVA and UVB) plus the anti-cancer abilities that is effective even on drug resistant variants. Shampoos and conditioners are being developed to bring out all these traits making one good all natural product that would help protect your hair from the rigors of daily life.

Many love hair gel mainly because it is cheap and it works well to keep the style you desire all day. There is however a very dangerous side to using it that a quick scan of the ingredients/components section(if there is one) located at the back level in the teeny-tiny print. You’ll find some nasty industrial chemicals that are within such as formaldehyde or embalming fluid, propylene glycol or anti-freeze and other industrial chemicals that may be causing your excessive hair fall lately. Manufacturers will swear on the safety of their products and say the quantities are so minimal to pose a serious threat to your health. But formaldehyde is formaldehyde so try to read labels before getting stuff blindly for you are how you shop. Imagine having a crown of healthy embalmed hair and scalp just because its cheap!!!