Ahead are sunny summer days and trips to the sea, which can be a serious test for your hair. Under the action of sunlight and sea water, hair loses its luster, fades, breaks off, and is difficult to style. To keep your hair healthy and beautiful, you should take care of it now.

What vitamins and minerals are important for hair health
To keep your hair healthy and shiny, proper hair care alone is not enough. It is important that your body receives a sufficient amount of vitamins and minerals, because any change in the body can affect the condition of the hair. Unbalanced diet, bad habits, stress – all this negatively affects the condition of the hair. It is important that your diet contains foods rich in vitamins E, C, protein, vitamin A, zinc, iron and copper – these elements are important for hair. Vitamin E will help the scalp not to dry out, vitamin C in combination with proteins stimulates the production of collagen, thanks to which the hair acquires elasticity.

Vitamin A is the “food” for the hair roots, it ensures the saturation of the hair follicle with oxygen. Therefore, do not forget to regularly eat green vegetables, citrus fruits, berries, cabbage, lean meat and fish, carrots, eggs, sea buckthorn oil. Meat and seafood will provide your body with zinc, a building material for hair. Red meat and dark leafy vegetables contain iron, which provides blood supply to the hair and oxygen enrichment, while liver and nuts replenish copper in the body. Copper affects hair pigmentation and color.
Don’t forget to drink clean water – because water gives hair flexibility. In the absence of edema, you need to drink 8 glasses per day (200 g – one glass) of pure non-carbonated water.
How to protect your hair from sun exposure
In the hot season, the hair and scalp suffer from drying out and burning in the parting areas, the hair shaft can also dry out after swimming in the sea and frequent drying of the hair. To make your hair less damaged under the influence of solar ultraviolet radiation, you should:
wear hats, panamas, scarves, etc.
use sunscreen hair spray before sun exposure (20 minutes in advance) and after swimming
do not forget to do moisturizing hair masks at least 2 times a week
try not to use tongs and irons in spring and summer, but Minimize the use of a hair dryer.
Before bathing in sea water, it is useful to moisten your hair with ordinary fresh water.
How to strengthen hair at home

When choosing hair care products, use shampoos and balms containing keratin, panthenol, coconut and palm oil. These substances will help restore the structure of damaged hair and facilitate combing. Nourishing hair masks you can cook yourself and use at home:
for 1 st. take a spoonful of yeast, take 1 egg white, pour the yeast with warm boiled water until a slurry is formed and add the pre-whipped egg white. The mixture is rubbed into the scalp, then you should wait for it to dry completely and rinse.
Dilute 1 teaspoon of salt in 1 liter of milk. Washed hair is wetted in the resulting solution. The mixture is washed off after 10 minutes, then it is useful to rinse the hair with herbal decoction. For the preparation of decoctions, lavender, chamomile (flowers), calendula, lemon balm, rosemary, verbena are suitable.