Waxing is a technique for temporary hair removal, but the procedure is such that the hair doesn't grow back during up to six weeks. This is accounted by the fact that while waxing each hair is pulled out from the root as warm wax easily enters the follicle. Hair waxing is perfect for those wishing to get rid of large amounts of hair at once. However, it has the drawback of being a rather painful procedure, but the effect is very long-lasting (compared to other temporary hair removal methods).

Take a cup of coconut and mustard oils. Soak half a cup of curry leaves in the oil mixture and keep it for a night. Next morning, heat on a slow fire till the curry leaves turn crisp. Remove from heat and add two to three camphor balls. Allow oil to cool and then strain. Apply oil to hair roots using cotton wool along the parting and massage in circular movements. Leave the oil overnight and shampoo the next morning. Repeat twice a week.

Use cold water as a final rinse; it will make your hair shinier. The cold water closes the scales that the hair has on its surface, which open when washed with hot water. Moreover, if your scalp tends to be greasy, cold water prevents dilatation of sebaceous glands and moderate sebum production.

Use mild shampoos if you want to wash often (they create fewer bubbles but this doesn't mean that they don't wash well; excess suds are more aggressive). Do not use children's shampoos, which are not soft but less galling; they contain over-greasing agents that make the hair more loose.

Dry hair often gets frizzy, entangled and is prone to split ends. Combing becomes a lot more difficult. Dandruff is another problem. Dry hair may result from too much washing, harsh detergents, a dry environment, inadequate diet, or underlying conditions, such as those due to malnutrition. Dry, brittle hair may be a symptom of metabolic diseases such as hypothyroidism and Menkes kinky hair syndrome.

Make sure you get your hair really wet for the first shampoo. Most people don't get as effective a shampoo unless the hair is thoroughly wet.

Scrub your fingernails with soap and a nail brush before you get into the shower, otherwise it is like using your hair for a fingernail brush! Yuck!

Try to rinse for longer than you might usually, insufficient rinsing is the most common reason for limp hair. Pour the conditioner onto your hands just as you did with the shampoo. Make sure you condition the ends of your hair rather than rubbing into your scalp (this can cause itchiness and flaking sometimes - conditioner is not designed for the scalp).

Wet your hair properly before applying shampoo on your hair. Use shampoo according to your hair length. Excessive shampoo may harm your hair. If your hair are long use a tablespoon of shampoo, if you hair are short use shampoo in lesser quantity.

When you shampoo your hair, you should always condition them to keep the hair healthy; I personally don't use the shampoo which has a mixture of shampoo and conditioner. Apply the Conditioner in the same manner prescribed above and wait for few minutes. Risen off well.