Properly caring for hair tinsel helps extend its lifespan and keep it looking vibrant and beautiful.
Caring for hair tinsel involves gentle handling during brushing, washing, and styling to prevent snagging, stretching, or breakage.
Essential Hair Tinsel Care Tips
Maintaining the sparkle of your hair tinsel requires a specific approach to avoid damaging the delicate strands. The primary areas of focus are brushing, washing, and heat styling.
Brushing Your Hair with Tinsel
Brushing is one of the most crucial steps. Incorrect technique can quickly lead to tangles or break the tinsel strands.
- Brush from the bottom, mid to top. This technique helps detangle your natural hair without pulling on the tinsel.
- Be sure not to pull on the strands and stretch them as this causes tangling! Gentleness is key.
- Avoid using a brush directly on the area where the tinsel is tied or where the tinsel strands are concentrated. The combing may stretch out the tinsel or cause the tinsel to break.
- Lastly, brush the tinsel back into the hair lightly with your fingers. Use your fingers to smooth the tinsel back down and blend it with your hair after brushing.
Washing Your Hair
You can wash your hair with tinsel in it, but some precautions are needed.
- Use a mild, sulfate-free shampoo and conditioner.
- Focus on cleaning the scalp and roots.
- Avoid scrubbing the lengths of your hair roughly where the tinsel is located.
- Rinse gently, letting the water flow down.
- Blot your hair dry with a towel instead of rubbing vigorously.
Heat Styling
Most hair tinsel is made from heat-resistant polyester, but excessive heat can still cause damage or loss of shine.
- Check the heat resistance of your specific tinsel if possible.
- Use low to medium heat settings when styling your hair with straighteners, curlers, or blow dryers.
- Try to avoid direct, prolonged heat directly on the tinsel strands themselves. Focus on styling your natural hair around the tinsel.
Sleeping with Tinsel
Protecting your hair while sleeping helps prevent tangles.
- Consider tying your hair in a loose braid or ponytail.
- Using a satin or silk pillowcase can also reduce friction and tangling.
By following these simple care instructions, particularly the gentle brushing technique, your hair tinsel can remain sparkly and beautiful for weeks.
