Returning to natural and chemical-free products turns out to be a jackpot. Our skin and hair care routine is getting more conscious day by day. We know that artificial products give an illusion of a beautiful appearance and superficial effects. We end up with extremely dry hair, brittle nails, too much sebum… Therefore, we are leaning towards natural ingredients in beauty care more often. Where to search for them and what benefits they deliver for hair?

1. Natural ingredients – what are these? What does hair need to keep healthy?

You must know what to look for in cosmetics, food and supplements to enjoy beautiful healthy hair and care for it the right way.

• Biotin – known also as pantothenic acid. The lack of it leads to hair breakage and dryness. The biotin deficiency hugely weakens the hair and contributes to hair loss.
• Vitamins of youth – A, C, E. Nothing has changed for ages – nothing is going to replace the power of hair-friendly vitamins. Especially the vitamins of youth. Thanks to them, hair grows thick and healthy, it is protected from damage and thinning. The deficit of the vitamins causes hair breakage and splitting.
• Folic acid – directly contributes to the growth of new strong healthy hair.
• EFA – essential fatty acids – reinforce hair and bulbs, prevent the oxidative stress, protect hair from damage and toxins.
• Methionine, Cystine – the coveted, essential sulfate amino acids that make up the hair structure. The deficit of these acids damages the hair, leading to weak, brittle, dull tresses which lack volume and don’t grow.
• Zinc – the key ingredient in hair care which takes part in the synthesis of protein (as important as zinc). Dull, frizzy hair is the symptom of zinc deficiency.
• Phytosterols – bring amazing skin and hair benefits, have the ability to synthesize collagen and reduce the loss of elastin so both hair and skin keep healthy and youthful.
• Flavonoids – essential in hair care, have strong antioxidant properties, delay aging processes, prevent hair damage, strengthen fragile blood vessels, increase the blood flow to the scalp, making the bulbs stronger.

2. Natural ingredients in hair care – where to look for them? The best products

• Biotin is included in supplements yet you should deliver it with natural products you eat daily e.g. nuts, soy, oats, rice, liver, etc.
• Most EFA, vitamins, flavonoids and phytosterols are included in natural oils – a brilliant remedy for damaged, weak or even greasy and easily weighed-down hair. Apply them once a week to strands and scalp like a hair mask. Natural oils upgrade the hair appearance and condition as well as stimulate faster growth and hold back hair loss.
• Folic acid is found in green vegetables, beans, cereal products.
• Zinc and Methionine are in cheese, dairy products, fish, dark meat.