I dont know how to wash my hair! Options

[kameron]

ok, so i have pale blonde colored hair.
I've heard you should wash your hair with cold/cool water.
then again, when i go to the salon, my hairstylist washes with warm water.
what I'm getting to is how are you supposed to wash your hair? as in hot or cold water.
does anybody have a true answer?

[RAWRstephishere]

Lol. When I first read the title I was thinking "lather, rinse, repeat"

I heard that if you rinse your hair in cold water, it helps keep the conditioner in. I dont think it really matters what temperature water your hair gets washed at. Or your stylist could be stupid.

[kameron]

I guess I should say "does hot water fade color?"

[Laughsalot]

no it doesn;t . ppl just say you should rinse with cold water cuz it keeps your hair from frizzing. it makes it smoother.

[queen]

i think the best answer is lukewarm water. by best, i mean, most it's the generally accepted temperature for all types of hair. if your hair tends to friz, like mentioned above, then you would probably want a cooler temp, but i think warm would be all right. and remember, "warm" is respective to the individual. long story short, the temperature just has to be cool enough not to destroy your hair cuticles, and warm enough to actually rinse excess out.

[tokyo-rose]

What I've read is that you should rinse out all the shampoo and conditioner with hot water, then end the process by washing it with cold water for a minute or two. Cold water smoothes your cuticles.

[Sandraaa]

I wash mine with warm water, then I apply my conditionner, then I rinse.

[superficial]

I use hot-warm water. Isn't it bad to rinse your hair with cold water?

I got it off of Yahoo! Answers:

Your hair should be washed, and rinsed in a lukewarm tempature. Here's why:

If you use cold water to rinse shampoo out; you lock in both shampoo and dirt into your hair.

If you use hot water to shampoo or conditioner, you scald your hair, much like the effect of a curling iron and this can dull the hair and make it more brittle.

If you rinse your hair with cool water with conditioner; yes, it will look shiner; but not because it's healthier! It will look shinier, (and with thin hair, it will just look greasy and weighed down) because you will have locked a coating of conditioner into your hair. This is actually bad for you! It will get dirtier faster which means you have to wash it more; and what no one has told you so far, is that the less you have to wash your hair in the first place, the healthier it, and your scalp will be. (the scalp needs the oils that your skin secretes to stay healthier)

Quick Facts: Hot water will also burn the scalp, while cold water will leave a residue. Either one can induce the clogging of folicals; which can encourage baldness.

Residue can also weigh hair down, make it greasier, attract dirt and make it harder to curl or style. (if you want to coat it, use leave in conditioners; which are meant to be left in!)

"Pores" are already open by shampoo, (which has a lower PH than water, acidic), and closed by conditioner. (Which has a higher PH than water, (base) Your hair has no PH at all, unless it is wet with water.

[LoveToMySilas]

I would say listen to your stylist but then again she might be...uneducated. for the most part I say you should wash it with warm water.

[Just_Dream]

What I've read is that you should rinse out all the shampoo and conditioner with hot water, then end the process by washing it with cold water for a minute or two. Cold water smoothes your cuticles.

Yea. It's said that you should wash the ends with cold water because it seals the ends of your hair. It's because if your hair is really dry, it helps lock in the moisture. But only do this after you've washed out all the excess shampoo and conditioner (like you normally would). Don't do this on your scalp/roots. Just the ends.


Oh yea and for conditioning, make sure to squeeze out extra water before you condition (like right after you're done shampooing and rinsing). Then put conditioner on the roots, and leave it in for a minute. If you have long, thick hair, leave it in for maybe 3 minutes. Then rinse it out. That way the conditioner has enough time to thoroughly absorb into your ends.

[shoryuken]

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