Sure, your stylist tells you to return for a trim every 6 to 8 weeks, but who actually keeps that timetable? I mean, life is just too busy to keep regular appointments these days. And many people can get by much longer than 6 weeks without a haircut. So, how can you tell when it is time to get a cut?
For many styles, like short and textured cuts, regular haircuts are a must or your style just looks ragged. For others, such as long and sleek cuts, you can get by without a cut for a few months without noticing any change in your style. The key then to knowing when it is time to get a cut lies in knowing your hair inside and out.
It is fairly easy to tell when short cuts need to be revived. It becomes almost impossible to style your hair the way that you like it and it takes more and more spray to keep your style in place. Many people will also experience a style that goes flat halfway through the day due to the extra length pulling their style out.
But when it comes to longer styles, the line of when it is time to get a cut often gets blurred, especially if you don’t do much styling. For these types of styles, you should look for the following clues to know when it is time to get a cut:
·Overall frizzy, dry or dull appearance ·Frayed ends or ends with white colored or burnt tips ·Feeling of roughness close to the ends of the hair ·Change in color on the ends of hair ·Inability of hair to hold curl ·Loss of shape or style of cut
In most cases, the appearance of your hair and style will have you headed to the salon before much damage occurs. That way your stylist can get rid of the split ends by only taking off ½” to 1”. But there are those few that let their hair go without a cut for months and maybe even years. When these clients come into the salon, sometimes the only thing to do to get their hair back into shape is take off several inches. So, if you have long hair and want to keep it healthy and long, be sure to take your hair seriously when it tells you that it is time for a cut.
Personally I would advise you to practice a regular stress management program whether you are over stressed or not. This is because a daily relaxation session will help you feel refreshed and keep you recharged throughout the day and also improve your performance potential at work and at home.
Ideally everyone should practice regular relaxation techniques. Not only is it important from the point of view of prevention of stress induced disorders, but for those already suffering from one or the other stress related diseases, it is mandatory also.
There is a simple way to recognize your stress status and your need for stress management program.
When you are faced with any situation, pause for a few moments to analyze your reaction/response during the event and after the event. Did you suffer from any of the following?
Palpitations, restlessness, anxiety of no identified cause, anger, tightness in your muscles, headaches, irritability, feeling a bit burnt out and general uneasiness and edginess. All of these categories may indicate you have unresolved or unmanaged stress levels.
If you have admitted to suffering from any of these, you simply must engage in a relaxation program. You need stress management techniques. It is as simple as that!
Relaxation programs can be easily learnt and acquired and once learnt can be a very valuable tool in your stress management
routine. Consistent relaxation over time will allow you to relax at will in stress and anxiety provoking situations. Common techniques include lying down and progressively tensing each muscle group in your body and then relaxing each one in turn.
This is fairly effective but often does not go deep enough or far enough. Imagine if you could literally switch off the stress producing areas in your brain that are responsible for you feeling overwhelmed in the first place.
Understanding how stress builds up and seeps into us gradually in the first place is crucial to acquiring the skill to turn your stress thermostat down again to manageable levels.
The main anxiety producing areas are in the reptilian part of the brain and the limbic system. The structures known as the thalamus and the hypothalamus and the pituitary glands play the major part in recognizing stress and then they send signals to your adrenal glands which in turn secrete adrenaline and cortisol into your bloodstream. Indeed your l blood cortisol levels paint an accurate picture of how much stress a person is in.
Being aware of where these specific structures are located in the brain is the first step to being able to learn how to turn them off or turn them down. Then we can utilize a simple visualization method to systematically switch off each parts reaction and response making you feel deeply relaxed and very, very calm.
You might like to visit the authors link to discover exactly how to do this technique
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