Question: If you saw it you could describe my hair as dull as dishwater. Yet the hair on those girls in the shampoo ads gleams like patent leather. What do I have to do have that kind of shiny hair?

The type of hair you’re dealing with affects how shiny it can be obviously. For instance curly hair tends not to reflect as much light so it tends not to be as shiny. But let’s see what we can do. Sharing nine stylist tricks anyone can do to try to add more shine to their hair.

It all starts with understanding what you eat and which styling products used affects the amount of gloss your hair exhibits.

Are you eating enough fresh fruit and green leafy vegetables? Eating more of those plus foods rich in fish oil and whole grains can’t hurt and just might help.

Some have reported another way to kick up the shine quotient is with a generous sprinkling of ground flax over their corn flakes. It’s the omega-3 fatty acids in the flax seeds that are supposed to help add shine.

Were you aware hair damaged by too much heat treatment is more likely to deflect, rather than reflect, light?

You can apply shine serum both before and after you blow dry to make your strands more shiny and sassy.

Also you don’t get much sleekness from unwanted product build up. To fix that use a clarifying shampoo two or three times a month. It will not only clear things up but you hair will be more receptive to the moisture available from any conditioners you’re using.

Don’t forget a weekly conditioning mask.

Look for products that have jojoba oil in them. It’s similar to the oils your scalp produces naturally. This can leave your hair looking shinier too without weighing it down.

You want to prevent the oxidizing effect of UV rays as that creates dullness. So protecting your hair is a must if you want more shine. UV blockers work as does shine spray with UV filters included.

Which reminds me, there are two ways to apply shine spray. Either mist it on your hair brush and brush it on. Or create a bit of a shine spray cloud and walk through it.

So that’s about it. Your nine shine enhancing secrets to give you hair that gleams like a shiny new car in the sun. Just want you need to make your hair outrageously shiny.

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