Q) I want lots of shine in my hair. What can I do to get shinier hair without it looking greasy?
Professional Hair Care Tips - There are so many things you can do to make your hair shinier! There is a product by John Frieda called a 'Glaze'. You can buy glazes with or without color. Use a color glaze to refresh your color in between color treatments or use the 'clear' glaze, as it only adds shine to your hair. You can find rich colors like John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze-Honey Caramel, and John Frieda Luminous Color Glaze-Platinum to Champagne. *This product works best when using the 'dry hair' method. (Instructions are on the box)
To get more shine, there are also a vast amount of shine products on the market. I find that the creams work the best, as they don't make your hair look oily or greasy. Again, John Frieda has some great products to choose from in his Frizz Ease collection. My all time favorite is Satin Shine Finishing Creme.
Other things you can do is to apply mayonnaise or olive oil to your hair overnight and wash it out in the morning. Your hair might be limp for a few days, so if you wear straight hairstyles, this will work well for you.
A beer rinse after you wash and shampoo works well to. Just shampoo and condition as usual, then pour any beer on your hair and then lightly rinse it. As your hair dries, the beer smell will go away I promise! OR you can simply do a final rinse with cold water. That will also make the hair shinier.
You can also use lemon in your hair! Lemons really make your hair shiny. To use lemons, squeeze the juice from one lemon all over the top of your hair. Then sit out in the sun for an hour till it dries all the way. Shampoo and condition afterwards. You'll add soft highlights along with shinier hair!
If your hair starts to frizz and look dull during the day, just rub your hands on your hair. The oil from your palms gets distributed through your hair and helps make it frizz free give you shinier hair.
Ion or Nano blow dryers also make your hair shinier too, so don't discount them. Make the last blast a cold/cool one and that will help close the cuticle and give your hair more shine too. Also, blonde highlights around your face, light up your face and make give you shinier hair.
Of course, you can also use botanical shampoos made with organic ingredients! Your hair will be healthy and shiny!