WHAT CAUSES HAIR TANGLING?

• NOT COMBING. This one’s probably the most obvious. Not combing your hair results in kinks, oil and residue building, which eventually disrupts the health of your strands.

 

• SLEEPING WITH YOUR HAIR DOWN. Going to bed without tying your hair up is a major no go, even more so if your hair is still wet. Which leads us to the next point…

 

• DETANGLING YOUR HAIR WHILE IT’S WET. When your hair is wet, its hydrogen bonds are broken, making it extremely fragile. The result? Your strands will snap and get even more tangled up.

 

• DAMAGED HAIR. You wash your hair, you blow-dry it, you style it and put all kinds of products in it. All of this can make your hair shafts break, leaving the cortex exposed, and accelerating damage and tangling.

 

• DEHYDRATION. Dehydration leads to the outer layers of your hair shaft breaking, which causes friction, tension and eventually tangles.

 

HOW TO GET RID OF TANGLES ONCE AND FOR ALL

• START IN THE SHOWER. Many people tend to wildly rub their hair around when shampooing, so it’s no surprise that tangling often starts in the shower. To avoid creating unnecessary knots, concentrate all movements on your scalp – that way you’ll avoid damaging your strands and drying out your ends. Dry, brittle hair is more prone to tangling, so be sure to never end your washing routine without using a moisture-locking conditioner. Deeply moisturizing and reparative, ViTA’s conditioner will allow you to gently loosen up any major knots, revealing softer and silkier hair. Finish off by rinsing with cold water to close your cuticles and prevent damage.

 

• CHOOSE THE RIGHT PRODUCTS. Many products contain harmful ingredients like alcohol and sulfates which are known to dry out your hair and ruin its texture. Keep a look out for hair care products based on natural ingredients, labelled free of SLS, parabens, silicones, phthalates or synthetic fragrances.

 

• DRY YOUR HAIR (THE RIGHT WAY!). A great way to avoid tangles is to take the extra time when towel drying your hair. Hair is most sensitive when it’s wet, so it’s important to be extremely careful while drying. Instead of aggressively rubbing your hair with a towel (which disturbs the structure of the cuticles), squeeze all the excess water from your strands before simply wrapping it up in a towel for about 20 minutes. In the meanwhile, how about using the spare time for a quick mask or your makeup routine?

 

• WORK YOUR WAY UP & BE GENTLE. Yanking your brush down from your roots to the tip is about the worst thing you can do to your hair. Just think about it – when you start from the roots you have to work through numerous tangles to get to the ends. Avoid hair loss, breakage and split ends by combing the ends of your hair and slowly working your way up one tangle at a time. Don’t force it! Pulling hard just roughs up the hair’s cuticle and leads to breakage.

 

• GET REGULAR TRIMS. Ever noticed how your split ends look like a tangled mess in the morning? That’s because you need to get rid of them! Save yourself the unnecessary hair troubles by maintaining regular trim appointments to keep your ends in better condition.

 

• GO SLOW WITH THE HEAT STYLING TOOLS. Blow dryers, curling irons and straighteners are sure to dry and damage your hair by scraping off its external layers and leaving the inner layer exposed and unprotected. This accelerates the damage on your cuticles and facilitates tangling. Avoid using heat styling tools whenever possible or use the lowest heat setting.

 

• PROTECT YOUR HAIR WHILE SLEEPING. Just like your body, your locks need their well-deserved rest at night. Protect your hair from all the tossing and turning by pulling it up or braiding it before bedtime. Even better: invest in a silk or satin pillowcase. Cotton pillowcases are rough in texture and tend to cause friction, whereas silk or satin pillowcases allow your hair to glide on the surface without rubbing.

 

The way you treat your hair can make a world of a difference! Rather than going totally crazy with a brush in hand, risking self-induced split ends and being left with half the amount of hair you started with, say goodbye to tangles by nourishing your locks with organic, sustainable and natural ingredients such as coconut water, neem flower and oil, Moroccan argan oil, aloe, and many more. Designed to clean, repair and volumize hair while replenishing nutrients and adding shine through infused organics, ViTA’s hair care duo, includes key bio-actives, compounds and vitamins that encourage hair development and prevent breakage and tangles. Goodbye tangles, hello healthy locks!