Your hair can be your crowning glory if you treat it right!

1. Healthy hair, like healthy skin, starts from within. Begin with your diet. Eat lots of green leafy vegetables and juicy fruits, plus dairy products like milk and fresh yogurt. In Ayurveda, fresh coconut is also considered excellent "hair food". Indian women like to sprinkle grated coconut over salads, diced fresh fruit and rice.

2. Use hair-friendly spices in your cooking, like cumin, turmeric and black pepper. Besides adding flavour to food, they nourish hair.

3. Everyday stress is said to have a negative effect on hair health and colour. Minimise work and home pressures, and relax and sleep well to help the natural process of rejuvenation.

4. Never use a brush on wet hair, no matter how rushed for time you are. Remove tangles with a wide-toothed comb. Excessive blow-drying leads to brittleness and split ends. When possible, let hair dry naturally.

5. Once a week, massage the scalp with Rene Furterer Complexe 5 Regenerating Extract to regenerate the scalp and strengthen hair for more body and shine.

Extracted from: Simply Her magazine (Jul 2007) - Ad by Rene Furterer