Hard Water Damages Your Hair

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Hard water can damage your hair and the mineral
heavy water can change how your hair products
work too. With even regular water causing damage
to your hair, heres how to minimise the effects
and the signs you should be looking out for.
HARD WATER DAMAGES YOUR HAIR

• WHAT IS HARD WATER?
• Hard water is water with a high mineral content,
  usually calcium and magnesium.

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• Soft water is the term we give to water that has
  a low to normal mineral content.
• Its said that drinking hard water can be
  slightly better for you but its not any better
  for your hair and it can be quite damaging.
• AT HOME TEST FOR HARD WATER
• Heres another way you can test if you have hard
  water at home. Take a little bit of water and
  put in some shampoo (or just soap) and give it a
  good stir. You want to see how much foam builds
  up.
• If you have soft water, youll get a lot of froth
  and foam but in hard water its very difficult
  to get soap to lather.
• WHAT DOES HARD WATER DO TO YOUR HAIR?
• Hard water opens up the cuticle of your hair and
  can cause your hair to feel rough and get
  tangled more easily. It also leaves more mineral
  deposits in your hair which can leave your hair
  feeling dry and knotty.

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HOW TO REPAIR HAIR THATS BEEN DAMAGE BY HARD
WATER There are special shampoos called chelating
shampoos. These particular clarifying shampoos
bind to the minerals and strip them out of your
hair. Chelating shampoos are very strong
cleaners and you should only use them once a
month, but I do recommend them if you live in a
hard water area to remove any mineral deposits
from your hair. I also recommend a regular
clarifying or detox shampoo once a week / once a
fortnight depending on how often youre washing
your hair.
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