Healthy Hair Quick Start-DAY 2-Nourish to Flourish

Hello, I hope I'm live.

I'm supposed to be live on the YouTube and Facebook. Talking like my mother with putting the in front of everything. Let me see. I don't know how to find just my channel. Oh, there it is. Your channel.

Got a screen up above, so that's what I'm looking at.

Make sure I see myself in the YouTube. I don't see— oh, maybe—

yes, I'm live.

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Starry—

or no, clouded sky. Hmm. Anyways. Let's go on my Facebook page. Come on.

Okay, I'm live there too.

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Not gonna worry about it then. So this is day 2 of my 3-day challenge.

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I'm doing a Healthy Hair Quick Start. 3 days to gorgeous, radiant hair. Build the foundation for healthy, vibrant hair. So day 2, we're gonna nourish to flourish. We're gonna talk about scalp health. Welcome back to day 2. So yesterday we reset our hair. With a detox.

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I didn't do that. And you probably didn't do that yet, but we discussed it. And the recipe is in yesterday's presentation. And it's also in my Facebook group. So if you want to put together the recipe, I'm going to do my detox tomorrow because we're also going to do a deep conditioning. Okay. And I like to do them at the same time. So today we're diving into how to nourish your scalp and feed your hair the nutrients it needs to flourish. I know, you know, the whole thing, you are what you eat. Well, that's kind of what we're talking about here.

So— whoops, went too far.

Scalp Health and the Best Foods and Supplements for Hair Growth. So I don't know, I don't need to grow my hair anymore. I, I kind of, well, I do, but I'm not going for length. I'm just going for healthy hair. And right now I've had it up in a ponytail because I've been busy rearranging stuff in the house. So I keep mine about shoulder length. It's a little bit longer, gets down to about my collarbone or so, and then I get it cut up to my shoulders again. That's just kind of what I do with it, and I, I like it. I like what it does. I— but right now I'm finding that my curls— like, I have some curls in there, but they're hanging and they're going bleh. So it's time to detox and do a good deep conditioning. Okay. So we're gonna nourish to flourish. How to improve scalp health and feel and fuel hair growth.

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There we go. And fuel hair growth from within.

That's what that says.

Healthy hair starts with a healthy scalp. Okay, I think a lot of us do know that, um, but maybe we don't pay attention to it as much as we should. If you want good hair growth, you need to have a healthy scalp.

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Your scalp is like the soil in a garden. Excuse me. When it's healthy, your hair can thrive. Benefits of a healthy scalp. Whoops, I went one too far again. I'm not used to this thing on my—

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The one with the duck. StreamYard.

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So the benefits of a healthy scalp are it stimulates hair growth, so it will make your hair grow healthier and faster. It reduces itchiness, dryness, and flakiness. Now I find that a lot of people have a misconception about what dandruff is. Okay. Dandruff is not dry, flaky scalp. That is dry, flaky scalp. That's dry skin. Actual dandruff is actually caused by excess, excess oil and the skin flaking away and making like layers of skin and oil. That is actual dandruff.

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And if you have actual dandruff, please, please, please, please, please don't touch that. Head and Shoulders stuff. That stuff is made to—

I—

it's not good.

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What you need is a tar-based shampoo because that's going to clean it up. And it might get to the point if your scalp is prone to get that kind of dandruff, you might have to do a monthly tar-based shampoo just to get it up. And a lot of times dandruff is actually partially eczema too. So it's a skin condition, all right? These, I don't wanna get into these hair brands, whatever. So it prevents hair thinning and breakage. So how does that— if you have a healthy scalp, that means that your follicles— so let's pretend this is a follicle.

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And the hair bulb sits within the follicle, and at the bottom of the follicle, that's what— where the nutrients come from into your hair to help your hair grow out of the follicle, like my arm would be the hair. Okay? If your follicles are not clean, then your hair cannot grow properly. So that is why we need to take care of our scalp and keep it clean, not just our hair, but the scalp. So when I wash my hair, and when I wash my customers' hair, I don't concentrate on the ends of the hair. I concentrate on the scalp. And that's why a lot of people, like, they love getting their hair washed at the salon because they're like, oh, it feels so good. Well, you should be doing that to your hair at home.

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So here's some pictures. Here we have a healthy scalp on the left and an unhealthy scalp on the right. See, this is dry, flaky scalp. That means the scalp, the skin on the scalp needs to be exfoliated. That is not dandruff. That is dry, flaky scalp. Dandruff is totally different.

Okay. Sorry, I'm talking weird.

So common scalp problems, buildup from products. So if you use a lot of heavy gels and stuff like that, or even hairspray, but you spray it more like when I want my hair to stay up and go back, I will take this and hairspray it up, let it dry off like that, and then let it go and it doesn't fall in my face as much. So this area in my hair does get a little bit product buildup. Okay. Excess oil or dryness. So the excess oil is overactive sebaceous glands. Those are the glands in down attached to your hair follicle that create oil. Okay. And then there's dandruff or inflammation, and those are skin issues. Okay. Real dandruff and inflammation. Okay. So quick tips to address these. Exfoliate with a scalp scrub, a DIY sugar scrub, which I am going to find a good, a good homemade version of that for you guys. I have in the past used scrubs made for my face to clean my scalp because it's face, your scalp, it's skin, you know. Hydrate with scalp oils like argan or Jojoba. And balance, balance your pH with an apple cider vinegar rinse. So when we're washing our hair, your hair is a pH of 4.5 to 5.5. That's just where it is.

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Water is a pH of 7. So whenever you wash your hair, your making your hair swell up because the pH is higher than what the hair's natural pH is. So when you do an apple cider vinegar rinse, number one, it removes the impurities from the outside of your hair. Like it cleans all the stuff off the cuticle layer, but it also helps the hair to not be swollen, not be inflamed. Okay. I don't know how to explain it, but that just is what it is, okay? So you are what you eat. The connection between diet and hair health. Protein builds keratin, the main component of hair. Iron and zinc boosts hair follicle strength. Vitamin A, C, D, and E promote growth and hydration. Mm-hmm. Omega-3s keep the scalp hydrated and reduce inflammation. Okay. Reducing inflammation is the devil. Yeah. Yeah. I believe that Satan invented inflammation. He must have. And it really messes with everything in and on your body, including your hair. So— whoops, I went one too far again. I keep doing that. I click on the wrong part. So protein builds keratin, the main component of hair. If you want to do a quick screenshot and get like high protein foods, unless you already know what high protein foods are.

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So that's going to help your hair to have a stronger structure from within. Iron and zinc boost hair follicle strength. So that's the part where your hair sits. And it, it creates a better follicle, a healthier follicle to create healthier, stronger hair. Okay. So I— There's High zinc and high iron. If you— well, we'll talk about supplements in a minute. High vitamin foods, vitamin A promotes growth and hydration. And so does vitamin C. And so do vitamin D foods. And vitamin E. Okay. So, Omega-3s, whoops, oh, I'm doing it again. Omega-3s keep the scalp hydrated and reduces inflammation. So omega-3 is for me, we try and have salmon as much as we can. I love salmon. There are other elements in the picture here that have high omega-3s. So this is where I got my resources from. I just wanted to share that with you in case you wanted to check it out yourself, and you can go there and maybe print out these resources. So these are foods that help, okay? Eggs have protein and biotin. Spinach has iron and vitamin C. Salmon has omega-3s and vitamin D. Sweet potatoes have beta-carotene. Avocado, healthy fats and vitamin E.

I love avocado, oh my goodness.

Berries have antioxidants and vitamin C. Nuts and seeds have zinc and ceruleum. I can't see that. Anyways. Beans have protein and zinc. Bell peppers have vitamin C. I'm not a big bell pepper fan. Occasionally. Greek yogurt has protein and vitamin B.

Mm-hmm.

Unless I put vitamin BS. Oh, B5. Sorry, that was—

sorry, that was kind of funny.

Okay, so now we're going to talk about supplements. Biotin strengthens hair and prevents thinning. So if you find your hair thinning, you might want to have a supplement with biotin. Collagen promotes scalp health and elasticity. Vitamin D is essential for hair follicle health. Iron reduces shedding due to deficiencies. So generally— Second, the hair has 3 growth phases.

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One, it's in the follicle. It's not out, out much in the scalp yet, and it's being produced. The second phase is it's growing.

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The third phase is it rests or it's time to fall out and a new hair to grow. So that, you know, as your hair gets longer, you'll notice like, holy crow, I'm shedding like crazy. That's normal.

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The longer your hair gets. I haven't been able to figure out exactly how these things are determined. And we're all human, so we're all different. And there's going to be different things about your hair that, that are different from my hair. But I believe that the hair reaches a certain length and then it falls out, and then the next hair will grow a little bit longer and then it falls out. and that's why it seems to take forever to grow your hair long. That's why the longer your hair gets, the more you shed. Like, I believe that's how it works, but I have no clinical proof on that, just my knowledge about hair and my understanding about hair. So yeah. So, so start your day with a nutrient-dense breakfast. Avocado toast, eggs. I do low carbohydrate, so I don't do the toast part, but I definitely do the avocado part. Include at least one hair-healthy snack daily. So, a handful of nuts or a fruit smoothie, those would be great things. Drink plenty of water to keep your scalp and your skin hydrated. And take supplements consistently if needed. I take supplements because, because I do. I want to make sure that I get them. Okay. So scalp massage. This is about getting your hands in and just massaging your scalp. You don't have to have anything on there. You just kind of do little circles with your fingers and your thumb. Go all the way down the bottom, all the way up the top. You can do this to yourself and it's awesome, okay? So it supplements, it stimulates blood flow to the follicles, okay? So that's something. So we're, I'm in Nebraska and it's kind of cold right now. And you know, when you're outside and let's say I forgot my gloves, but it's chilly, it's not super cold. I'm from Canada. Yeah. That's a whole other story. But just doing this, do you know why this helps you to warm your hands? Because it increases blood flow. Okay. Same thing, massaging your scalp. It's increasing your blood flow and therefore it's, it's improving your follicles because they're getting more active.

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And it improves absorption of oils and treatments.

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Tomorrow when we're doing our treatment, doing the scalp massage, I'll go over that with you guys again and, and give you like a little bit of a tutorial about it and help you to give yourself a scalp massage. And it will help. Not only does it help it to absorb the oils and treatments. But it helps to make sure that stuff doesn't get— because, okay, in the follicle, it, it— you have your hair inside of the follicle. Well, there's like little areas where stuff can get trapped. Okay, like your shampoo, your conditioners, like A lot of these things have fillers in them and stuff like that, and they can get trapped around the edge of the cuticle. Well, when you do the scalp massage, you're making sure that whatever's trapped in there is getting out. Okay, so it's a little bit of an exfoliation when you're doing the scalp massage. So have you ever noticed how great it feels to have your hair washed and conditioned at the salon? Well, this next step is for you. Use fingertips. Or you can get one of those scalp massages, but I prefer my fingertips. And you just massage in circular motions for 3 to 5 minutes. Okay, we will be doing this tomorrow with our treatments. If you decide to make a treatment and do it with me. Or you can come back and watch this video at another time, or tomorrow's video at another time and follow along with me. You can use essential oils like rosemary or peppermint for added stimulation. Melaleuca and tea tree oil can promote hair growth. I love those kind of treatments 'cause it just wakes up your scalp. It's such a good feeling. My favorite is tea tree oil.

Mm-hmm.

I want you to eat one healthy hair meal today. Tomorrow, try a DIY scalp oil treatment. You can use coconut oil, rosemary oil. Spend 5 minutes doing a scalp massage tonight and post your progress in the challenge group. Let me know how it goes. So complete your daily hair nutrition plan, apply a scalp oil treatment, share a photo or journal entry about how your scalp and hair feel in the group. I really need to modify these slides. I'm sorry, I'm getting repetitive here. So tomorrow we're going to tie it all together with techniques to lock in hydration and achieve long-lasting shine. You won't want to miss it. because it's, it's going to be great. I love doing— I do deep conditioning treatments on myself, probably not as often as I should, but I'm so looking forward to doing this with you guys tomorrow because I'm overdue. So if you have any questions or concerns, I'm going to put a thread in my group. For questions. Ask your questions in there and I will be able to address each one in the group. And I will see you tomorrow, same time, same place. I hope this is helpful for you and I hope you do this along with me because it would be great for your hair. And, uh, yeah, I want you to have healthy, beautiful hair.

Thank you. Bye. Bye.