Hair and  Air Travel!

Hiya, 

As most of you know, I have been doing quite a few air trips this month, flew to Houston from Lagos and in a few days had to fly to LA and just came back from LA to Houston today!! Whew!!

With all this air travel I had to come up with a game plan to protect my hair. You all know how DRY being on the plane for long periods of time is. It's so dry that the hostesses recommend drinking water regularly, so you can imagine what that dry air is doing to your hair!

So in this post I share how I combated the dryness.  First thing I did few days before the trip was an overnight deep conditioning hair treatment infusing hair conditioner and essential oils like olive, coconut, sweet almond and tea tree oil.

Make sure you thoroughly detangle your hair and I mean thoroughly when you wash out the treatment the next day because you won't be touching your hair with a comb till you get to your destination especially if you like me are going on a long flight. In my case 6hrs to France and the 9hrs to Houston! 

With styling I wanted to let my hair down and let it blow in the wind! Who was I kidding! By the time my  8month old baby pulled my hair when he was throwing a fit while we went through security nobody told me to find the nearest restroom to put my hair in a bun; which leads to my next advice- make sure your hair is comfortably styled with your ends properly protected(leaving the ends out especially if they are past your neck is not advisable! What was I thinking!!) 

And always have at least 3 bobby pins stuck  in your hair. It was the bobby pins I used to hold the  bun instead of a hair band because it's less stress and tension on the hair.

Then in a travel sized spray bottle, I mixed glycerin and water. Let me tell you if you do not do anything for your hair during air travel AT LEAST try this step out. I sprayed my hair at least every two hoursfrom root to tip focusing especially on the ends.  For a shorter flight like the LA/Houston 3hrs flight, I'd advice spraying your hair at least once. 

I didn't comb or brush my hair though just used my fingers to smooth my hair out. Combing or brushing would have caused undue stress on my hair especially because the moisture from the water/glycerin mix didn't exactly get sealed that's why I sprayed it so often. I thought of adding oils to the mix but changed my mind because I didnt want my hair to become greasy.

When you finally land, please repeat the overnight  deep conditioning treatment. The water/glycerin mix would have served as a preepoo anyway so just slap on your most conditioning moisturizer, in my case its the 2min hair reconstructor by Aphogee, pop on your shower cap,  tie it down with your silk scarf or bonnet and go to zzzzz land!

I did these steps and my hair did not suffer as much as it has suffered in the past when I just traveled without a plan. Try these steps when next you travel especially long distance and let me know how they work for you!! Thanks to all the ladies that have participated in the hair products sales promo or would I say 'your welcome' to them :) because frankly this is an ample chance for hair savvy readers to get all the hair goodies for their hair! Those still interested feel free to send me an email I might be able to squeeze in your orders.

Hope this post is helpful, catch you on the next one!

Xxx

Dabs