Every woman needs to inculcate a hair care routine in their daily schedule. Hair oil nourishment, deep cleansing with shampoos and pampering your hair with conditioners is not sufficient to keep your mane healthy and shiny. According to beauty and hair experts, your hair needs additional treatments that are formulated with oil, butter and other hydrating ingredients which can be from the botanical origin or natural herbs. This special treatment to your hair is applied using a hair mask.

Hair mask provides appropriate nutrition to your hair and the procedure is very simple and can be conducted at home.

• Application of hair mask is very simple. The precondition is that you should clean your hair with shampoo before applying the hair mask. All the market available variations require 3 to 5 minutes for application. You can apply hair mask at least once a week, for better results you can increase the frequency of application.
• Make sure you wash your hair with shampoo to clean it before applying any hair mask. Don’t apply oil because it creates a barrier to the processing of hair mask ingredients.
• You can use the wooden comb with a wide tooth. You need to section your hair for better application of the hair mask. Start applying from the roots to the tips but focus more on the tips as they can have split ends and other damages. Once you cover the application of hair mask, again comb your hair so that all the hair strands get coated completely.
• Finally, you have to wash the hair mask after the stipulated time mentioned in the instructions on the packaging. You can apply your regular shampoo and conditioner for better moisturizing and nourishment effects. Be gentle when you squeeze out any excess water and allow your hair dry naturally.

Types of hair mask
Multiple options are available to choose right hair masks depending on your hair requirements. Generally, the hair mask can be classified as:

Protein hair mask
These types of hair mask are desirable for stretchy, and weak types of hair. Lack of protein and nutrients is an important factor behind the wear down of your hair. Protein hair mask can give proper nutrition to your hair making them stiff and healthy.

Moisturizing hair mask
If your hair is dry, definitely you need a moisturizing hair mask. You can recognize it easily with too many split ends or much frizz, hair breakage and loss; definitely, you need to add moisture with hydrating hair masks to your hair.

Oil-based hair mask
The oil-based hair masks can alternatively be used with the hydrating hair mask. They are useful to seal in moisture and keep the scalp and hair hydrated for longer periods of time. They are an excellent nourishment option with its oil content. Commonly used oils in oil-based hair masks include almond oil, olive oil, and coconut oil.

Bond building hair masks
They are specially prepared for colored hair. These hair masks are useful to repair the damage and restore the protein bonds in your hair strands.

Application of hair mask is time-consuming and difficult than normal shampoo and conditioner but the advantages are striking with hair masks.