I’m a hairdresser – four reasons your hair is getting greasy quickly and how you’ve been washing your locks wrong
THERE’S nothing worse than giving yourself the best blowdry, only to feel like your hair is greasy and in need of a wash the next day.
Luckily a hairdresser is sharing her tips on how to keep your hair cleaner for longer.
Rachel, known online as @rachelvalentinehair, regularly shares hair care tips with her 37,000 followers.
In one of her recent videos, the hairstylist shares four tips for girls with greasy hair.
These include doing a double shampoo, checking your products, keeping an eye on your diet, and considering using a scalp scrub.
“If you feel your hair gets greasy really, really quickly, I’m going to give you a few reasons why this might be happening.
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“You must know that just like our skin, some people have oiler skin than others and that’s exactly the same as our scalp.
“So, naturally in your genes, some people may have a naturally oiler scalp.
“First of all, you need to make sure that you’re shampooing your hair twice every single time because if your scalp is not thoroughly cleaned, and all the oils are not removed properly, then you will get a build-up much quicker and your hair will get greasier quicker.
“Secondly, if you feel like your hair is getting heavy really quickly, sometimes it’s not actually the fact that your scalp is greasy, it may just be that you’ve got a bit of product build-up, or maybe your shampoo and conditioner is too heavy for your hair.
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“Just make sure that you’re using something that’s suitable for your hair type, and if you’ve got finer hair, something that’s really lightweight and not gonna weigh it down.
“So you probably notice when you have a really poor diet or you’ve had a bit of a bad weekend with food, you’ll notice it come out in your skin.
“It’s the same with your hair. So if you are consuming lots of oily foods that are high in saturated fats, you are going to see that you’ll get an increase of oil production on your scalp.
“And if you’ve done all them things and you’re still getting an oily scalp, then you may want to think about getting a scalp scrub because that really helps exfoliate our scalp and remove all the dirt and oils giving it a super deep clean.
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“And if you need to, you may need to wash your hair more often.”
Fans loved the hair pro’s tips, with the video gaining more than 6,200 likes and 162,000 views.
In the comments, Rachel’s followers thanked her for the advice, with one writing: “Ooohhh I think I need to try a scalp scrub! Thank you.”
Another said: “For someone who gets oily hair A DAY after washing – shampooing twice has helped massively.”
Someone else commented: “Oh I love your videos.”
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Others shared their own suggestions, with one writing: “Might also be none of those things, it could be mineral build-up from hard water if you live in a hard water area. I had to get a shower filter head.”
Another said: “Also your hair can get more oily if you wash it too often.”