S-H-I-N-E What Is It and When Does It Occur?

As in my previous blog, we went over what causes "dull" hair. Now I'll go over what naturally contributes to shiny hair.
1. Straight hair has a tight cuticle (outside layer). When the cuticle is closed then the light reflects off the cuticle as "shine". Curly hair does not have the tight cuticle,(if it did the hair would not be curly).
2. No chemical processes on the hair. Not even semi-permanent color.
3. Regular haircuts, be it every 4 weeks to 10 weeks, removes frayed ends, so that the ends of the hair remains stronger.
Most of us cannot leave our hair alone. We may have to tint our hair, don't always have time to cut our hair and welike to change the color of our hair. In fact I have a client who claims to be a shine junky, because she does not see that natural shine that straight hair has. She is looking for that intense shine only found on TV commercials.
Darker hair shines more than blonde hair. The only time that I have seen blonde hair be intensely shiny was when a client regularly swam indoors without a swim cap. The hair had absorbed the pool chemicals and sealed the hair. Her hair did not turn green, because this client swam indoors. Sunlight turns the hair green.
If your hair feels silky and soft (not dry or crunchy) then your hair will shine.