Using TOO hot of water on either dry hair or skin is a MAJOR problem .....if you are over 50..years of age, it is even worse. Dry skin people and dry hair people should NEVER use hot water...only just barely warm for either. You wouldn't wash your most valuable hand knitted sweater in HOT,HOT so it is the same thing. I was a hair dresser for 25 years and the worst thing I see ,,after putting on a great style for someone or a perm , the next time you see them...the hair is dull and crummy. DO NOT USE HOT WATER ON EITHER YOUR HAIR OR YOUR SKIN ...if you are over 50 even more reason. Use a empty shampoo bottle to put about 1/2 bottle of shampoo in and 2 to 3 teaspoons of almond oil and then fill it almost to the top with distilled water. If you are really dry use 3 teaspoons per bottle.(water that has been purified or you can get an infection at the scalp line ..they are impossible to get rid of practically) WET your hair first in the sink.. do not wash your hair in the shower because you use TOO hot of water for your HAIR. After it is wet, add a LITTLE shampoo and work it to the scalp...do not RUB your hair around. CLEANING is for the scalp only, the rest of the hair (unless it is VERY dirty) will get washed with the scalp washing. I am mostly against reapplying shampoo for a second wash if you have dry hair or a perm or colored hair because it will take the life and shine right out of it. ONE lathering with a diluted shampoo is enough if you shampoo everyday/every other day or once a week depending on how old you are OR how oily you are. Older women do not produce very much oil if they are considered dry skin types and can go for a week. There are products that will REFRESH your do and they are worth the money to use on the hairdo each day....One of them is called "Health Goddess" by TIGI....BED HEAD a product line sold in salons and some in stores. The product rehydrates your hair and leaves you with a fresh 'do' rather than wash the hair all the time. IF you have dry skin....ONLY wash YOUR FACE in the EVENING because the overnight DEW that is collected by your skin will refresh it and it is a sanitizer that will keep infection away as well. ONLY splash your face in the morning to freshen it up...do NOT use something that will take the subtle oils that have collected overnight. IF you do...you are promoting AGEING of the face. USE vitamin A creme MORNING and EVENING and you will soften the wrinkles that you have already or soften the ones as they happen and you will look YEARS YOUNGER. Seriously. I've used a product MAX A for YEARS ..since the 80's that I sold and I don't look anywhere NEAR my age. Be careful applying makeup and lotions to the face...you can do damage to your skin yourself. IF you tend to be heavy handed...use your 'pinkie' finger to apply stuff with. Be careful on that face! It's got to last! Have shiny hair as you age, it looks good!
When my sister was passing away at Christmas time and it was also her Birthday...we had a Birthday CARD (just cards...cute ones) for her for Christmas AND her birthday. I gave her an OVER the top Birthday party at the hospital and invited ALL of her friends and family to bring a CARD to the "Birthday card/Christmas "card" party! We really did have a good time and we had mechanical ANIMAL (animals that are battery operated) RACES for little 'gifts'. Anyone of the guests who participated in the mechanical ANIMAL races got a prize.! WE PUT a LIGHT weight piece of Foam core on the hospital bed frame....she could look on to the races and see the racers RIGHT at her Bedside! We had ice cream and balloons and popcorn and it was DELIGHTful in an awful situation. A CARD party is affordable to all the guests and they brought FUNNY cards and read them to her themselves! It was love! Made a really BAD situation for everyone bearable and maybe some fun! A good memory! Try it! sincerely, pinkavoo ... View related article.
