Hair Care Tips For Smoothened Hair

Hey Guys!

So I recently got my hair smoothened. I had been thinking of doing it from past 1 year but just hadn't had the patience and time to get it done. The whole procedure takes at least 3.5 hours and I honestly just can't wait that long. This time I had my mother along with me so it was easier to pass time while chatting with her and hence, the process of smoothening smoothened for me. 😄

While I got the smoothening done on my hair, I bombarded my hair dresser with questions around the process, products and hair care required during and after smoothening is done. While I am sure you will find millions of blogs sharing hair care tips for smoothened hair, I'd like to share the products my hair dresser recommended, which I am using and they actually work great! 😃

Shampoo and Hair Masque

I got this shampoo and hair masque from Loreal Paris. It's from their Xtenso Care range. It smells amazing and really soft on your chemically treated hair. You can use it on normal hair or treated hair, likewise. It leaves your hair fresh and soft. The shampoo cleans your scalp well. You would have to wash your hair twice, in case you have oiled it heavily as this is a mild one. Apply the hair masque from lengths to end and leave it for at least 5 mins for best results as that let's the conditioner to really work on your hair and provide the much needed nourishment for your chemically treated hair.

Hair Serum

A hair serum is very essential for all type of hair - be it treated or untreated. It helps to smoothen out your frizzes and makes your mane more manageable and easy to comb. My hair stylist recommended to use x-tenso care hair serum from Loreal Paris. You can apply it on either wet or dry hair. After every hair wash, take some hair serum on your palms and apply it from lengths to ends of your towel dried hair. It gives extra protection to your chemically treated hair. It nourishes, protects and gives a shine to your hair. 

Pro Tip: You can blow dry using a dryer that has a cool air setting on your smoothened air after applying hair serum. Serum acts as a heat protectant and hair dryer gives your hair a salon-like finish.

5 tips for smoothened hair: 

• Avoid washing your hair everyday as it makes your hair weak and brittle. Wash your hair twice or thrice a week or when needed. 
• Never comb wet hair. Always comb once they are completely dry as combing can make your hair brittle and reduce the longevity of your hair treatment.
• Always use a hair masque or conditioner after shampoo. If you are feeling lazy, just cold wash your hair using conditioner alone (yes! ditch the shampoo) and wash it off for best results.
• Never apply serum on your scalp as it would make your hair look oily super soon.
• Use a wide toothed comb for combing your hair like the one shown below. Avoid using a hair brush on smoothened hair as the bristles of the brush can create friction and make your hair brittle.

5 Products Winter Hair Care Routine!!!

Hi Everyone!

Today I am going to share my winter hair care routine using just 5 products.

Product #1: Oil or Anti-Hair fall cream

Winters are always accompanied with hair fall. So I like to prep my hair before I wash them. I prefer oiling or applying some anti-hair fall creme on my scalp 30 mins before I wash my hair. I like using Anti Hair Fall Cream from Himalaya Herbals. It smells amazing and reduces my hair fall after hair wash. It also triples up as a leave-in conditioner or to reduce frizz in my hair. If you are looking for an affordable multi-purpose product, this is the one.

Product #2: Shampoo

I prefer using herbal or mild shampoos for my hair which are SLS and paraben free as my hair are already thin and I don't want to strip my scalp off the natural oils completely. I am obsessed with the herbal Shikakai shampoo from Khadi as it leaves a slight fragrance in my hair, it's gentle and still cleans my hair of all the dirt. You might have to wash your hair twice, in case, you have done heavy oiling. Otherwise, once is enough.

Product #3: Leave-in conditioner + Anti-frizz cream + Heat protector

After washing my hair, I dry my hair using a microfiber towel. When my hair are slightly wet, I apply my BBlunt Climate Control Anti Frizz Leave in Cream from the lengths to the ends of my hair. It gives my hair a nice shine and keeps them manageable when dry. It also protects my hair from the damage caused by any heating tool.

Product #4: Hair dryer

I feel very lazy in washing my hair in winters. The only thing that keeps me motivated to wash my hair in winters is my hair dryer. If you are planning to buy a hair dryer, I'd suggest to invest in a good hair dryer with a high wattage and which has an ionic function because it would dry your hair faster and makes them shinier and less frizzy. I have Braun's Satin Hair 3 Power Perfection dryer - HD385. It's of 2000W and comes with 3 heat settings and 2 speeds. It comes with a cold shot button which works awesome when you want to fix your hairstyle. It comes with 2 attachments - a nozzle and a diffuser depending on how you want your hair to be. 
Pro-tip: For voluminous effect, turn your hair upside down, and then blow dry your hair using the nozzle. 😉

Product #5: Aloe vera gel

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For those days when my hair are not behaving the best and I want them to be healthy and manageable but still want to avoid oiling. I employ this hack of mixing some aloe vera gel with water and then applying on my hair from the lengths to the ends. I like using natural gel extracted from aloe vera leaves but when I am in a rush or feeling extra lazy, I use the aloe vera gel from Aroma Treasures as it's completely natural and good quality. I use it for massaging my hair to improve the blood circulation.

My quality of hair has improved ever since I have started using just these 5 amazing products. Let me know what products do you prefer in comments below, I'd love to try them.

My Experience with Britannia!

 ⚠ ⚠ So before I start, a small disclaimer, this is not a sponsored post. All the opinions, products mentioned in this post are purchased by me unless otherwise stated.

I am gonna share my experience with a brand which made me feel empowered as a consumer. I bought 2 packets of Rusk (which is essentially a dry biscuit or twice baked bread) from a local store. This is from an Indian brand called “Britannia”. When I opened the packet, I found that the rusks tasted and smelt burnt. 😞😞

(Watch full video on my Youtube channel)

Now I had 2 packets of it and I just couldn’t throw them away. I decided to give feedback about this to Britannia. (Well not exactly, I just wanted to see if that number on the pack works or not! 😜)
I dialed the number that's written on the back of the packet and I was pleasantly surprised 😮 that the number worked and via the IVRS options, I managed to reach a real support person! 
He took note of the quality problem, asked me several questions about my purchase and then assured me that their customer representative will visit me to check the quality of their product.

Now I was impressed, 'cause Man, that number worked. I didn’t really care if the executive visited me or not but I was more worried about my 80 bucks I had spent on buying those 2 packets of burnt toasts.

To my surprise, the executive visited me within 3 days of the call. After verifying the quality issue, gave me a new pack of Rusk (that weren’t burnt…. Yaay 🙋🙋) and a box full of biscuits 🍪🍪 as a goodwill gesture from the company! (woohooo…now who doesn’t love free snacks! 😊)

Pun aside, I was seriously impressed by the efforts “Britannia” put in keeping their customers empowered and gain their loyalty. 

I learnt 2 things from this incident:

1. Always report any issues with the product company via proper channel. They can’t solve something they aren’t aware of. Such complaints help them to keep a tab on manufacturing unit’s quality and performance. Otherwise cases like these may go unnoticed if customers don’t report it.
2. Always buy 1 pack of food items. In case, the company didn’t have any return policy, you might end up wasting a lot of money on burnt toasts 😀

Had I not been an Engineer?

Have you ever wondered what you would do if you were not where you are today?

Have you ever wondered if you weren't a housewife or a teacher or an IT Professional, how you would spend your day?

Have you ever explored the other possible life or career choices?

Here's a video of mine, where I have pondered over this same question and came up with the possible answers.

 

10 things to do in office on a dull day

Office can be very dull and boring at times... when you have absolutely nothing to do...

Here are some activities that you can do to pep-up your day:

1) Play hangman with your co-workers. You can even make it more interesting by guessing names of movies.

2) Play memory game with your co-workers. For example, first person says 'Ajmer', then second person will have to say 'Ajmer' followed by name of any place starting with 'R'. Now the third person will have to recite the first 2 places followed by the name of place starting with the last letter of the third place. This process continues and so the list grows. You have to remember the whole list. If you forget, you are out of the game. This is a great game to play when number of players is large.

3) Read a novel or a book.

4) Learn a new technology and improve and enhance your skills. You can even learn a new language.

5) Take a few extra minutes during lunch and tea breaks to stay away from your desk. Take this time to have some light conversation with your colleagues.

6) Surf the Internet. Read blogs or learn cooking some new dishes. Read news or movie reviews. Read jokes and forward them to your friends.

7) Write a novel or a book, if you are a creative writer. Make some decorative stuff for your desk, if you are more of an artist.

8) Take a break and catch up with your old friends or relatives on phone.

9) Play  The truth and dare version is really fun!

10) Plan your weekend. If you are planning to take a vacation, then you can search for the best places to visit at that time of the year.

and Bonus tip!!

If you have absolutely nothing to do in office on almost everyday, start looking for another job. 😃