How to Make Your Hair Bouncy When You Have Uncontrollable Hair

Whether your hair is thick, coarse or over-processed, the key to achieving bouncy hair is by repairing dry, split, rough or damaged strands and utilizing a healthy hair care regimen for keeping your mane shiny, manageable and full of body. Learn how to repair hair and keep it healthy and under control for soft, shiny hair that effortlessly bounces with every step. Does this Spark an idea?

Don’t wash hair daily. Over-washing can strip hair of its natural oils, which help keep hair shiny and manageable.

Use a fortifying, clarifying shampoo and conditioner with avocado oil and pro-vitamins to rejuvenate dry, damaged hair, soften thick or course strands and remove product buildup.

Use a deep conditioner once a week to moisturize hair follicles and strands, and fix split-ends.

Apply a quarter-size amount of volumizing mousse to wet roots before blow-drying hair for lift. Use a round brush to softly curl ends when blow drying hair to add body and bounce.

Wear a scarf or hat outside to protect hair from the sun’s damaging ultraviolet rays.

Get a trim between haircuts, or every four to six weeks, to remove dry, split or brittle ends, which can leave hair looking dry, flat and damaged.

Use heat-protective styling products with heat tools such as blow dryers and straightening irons to prevent split-ends and over-drying.

Apply 1 teaspoon of vitamin E oil or olive oil, or work mashed avocado flesh into hair once a week, wait 30 minutes, then shampoo and condition as usual to rejuvenate hair with restorative vitamins.

Tips

- Make thick hair more manageable with a layered haircut.

- Add 1 teaspoon of olive oil to shampoo bottles to soften coarse hair.

- Avoid elastic pony tail holders, which can break hair.

- Avoid over-styling hair to prevent product buildup, which can damage hair and weigh it down.