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Top 5 Tips For Curly Hair

• If you find Your brush is always tangling in your hair, splash out on one made of boars hair bristles, which don't stick.

• If you don't want to fork out for that just use your fingers. They're better for curly hair than most brushes and you won't have to spend a penny.

• If your curls have gone fiat over night don't think you need to style just tip your head upside down and massage. The hair near your scalp in a circular motion. This generates volume at the roots and wakes up your look.

• To protect hair from further dehydration always stop blow drying just before the ends are completely dry. It's in the last few minutes of drying that the final water leaves the strands, leading to dehydration and breaking.

• Curly heads often think they can only have long hair to look good. Not true. Layered, short styles which prevent the hair from spilling outwards work as well as long, heavy locks.

Your 5 Key Products

• Moisturizing shampoo

• Leave-in conditioner

• Hot oil treatment

• Diffuser

• Boar's bristle brush.

Treatment For your Hair

For a rich, moisturizing mask that will add gloss and sheen to curly hair combine the following ingredients -

• ½ cup olive oil

• 10 drops lavender essential oil.

Place the olive oil in a small saucepan and warm it gently (the oil should not be hot, just heated). Remove from the heat and add the lavender oil. Once you've double-checked the temperature, apply the mixture to your hair. Wrap it in a towel to maximize oil penetration and relax for 20 minutes. Wash out the oil with a gentle shampoo (you may need to repeat two or three times) and condition well.