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Healthy beautiful hair at 60

10.19.20

HELLO friends!  This post is about healthy beautiful hair at 60 but really — any age!

Because who doesn’t want healthy beautiful hair at any age really?

Disclosure: I have thick hair & lots of it.  I credit great genes and my care technique to it. Understand that this is my personal opinion and personal preference on caring for my hair and my type of hair!  But I believe if you want long, strong hair, it can be possible by following my routine.

It’s been 4 years since I decided I was done coloring my hair.  Best decision I ever made.  Because before then, I would spend 4 or more hours at the hair salon and lots & lots of hard earned money.  I could own a vacation home (or shanty) on what I spent on my hair back in the day. Lol.

Healthy beautiful hair at 60

My hair care routine consists of monthly oil treatments that I credit to strong & healthy hair. I use very little hair products, and I air dry when possible.  I live in the Midwest where temps are cooler longer and there’s less times that I can actually go dryer free.

Healthy beautiful hair at 60-gcc-hair
If you’ve ever made tamales, there’s the step where you soak the corn husks in warm water before you use them. My hair when wet or damp feels just like the wet corn husks.  Seriously–LOL! It’s coarse, dry feeling and like there’s no life to it.  Plus it tangles like crazy.  Once dry though it’s soft, manageable & forgiving.

Wash

I wash my hair once a week with a double wash before I condition.  One wash of purple shampoo and one wash of regular shampoo, followed by conditioner. Using a wide tooth comb (less breakage—trust me on this), for brushing out all the tangles before drying.  I straighten or curl depending on what mood I’m in!

Oil Treatment

Once a month I saturate my entire hair & head with coconut oil.  Using my hands, I rub it gently into my scalp once I have drenched all of my hair. I clip it up and leave it in for about 4-5 hours followed by a shampoo & lite conditioning.  Dry & style.


Should I notice that I am losing lots of hair at one time (usually caused by stress or weather effects), I do the following:  I combine 1/2 coconut oil & 1/2 castor oil and follow my oil treatment above.  This method works beautifully if you are experiencing hair loss and/or if you are wanting to really jump start your hair to a healthy sheen again!  I’ve noticed that when I do this treatment my hair seems to grow way faster too. (My hair grows fast on its own already!)

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Hair goals

When I was a little girl I was in love with my grandma’s hair.  It was long, (past her waist), silver, thin, and straight.  She always kept it in a neat little braided bun.

Each night, she would take it down, brush it several times and braid it back up.  In the morning she would tuck it into a bun again.  The first time I ever saw her take down her beautiful silver bun and brush it out, I was hooked!

I’ve always wanted silver hair past my waist & to braid it into a sweet, old lady bun!

I have way too much hair for a cute little granny bun like hers.  I’ll have to settle for messy hair buns!

But someday when I’m done with styling my hair, I might go with a “Willie” style… grow it past my waist and braid it for sure!

What are your hair care “musts, helps & goals”?

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Gully Creek Cottage is a lifestyle blog authored by Belle Jaeger. Sharing DIY's, Cooking, Fashion, Woodworking and life in general! Belle writes about her latest projects, shares some of her favorite recipes, and influences via fashion and DIY's!

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