Healthy Lifestyle: Right nutrition, right rest and right exercise is what it takes to build you stronger from inside and your inner strength reflects on your outer self. Eat fresh fruits, green leafy vegetables, nutritious legumes and exercise regularly.

Trim regularly: Regular trimming helps you get rid of dry, damaged and split ends. Trimming should be done every two months.

Keep your hair tied loosely: Do not feel tempted to let your hair long and loose everytime because constant rubbing against clothing, pillowcases and car seats will dry and damage your hair. You should also keep your hair protected even at night by using a silk or satin hair cover or pillowcase than cotton ones.

Opt out of applying heat to your hair: Blow drying with hot air, straightening or curling iron, all are harsh to your hair causing immense damage. Opt for styling which is as natural as possible.

Daily Conditioning: Apart from right shampoo and oil you also need a good deep conditioner; use it at least once a month. Well-moisturized hair is less prone to dryness and breakage, leading to more hair retention.

To make the homemade shampoo you first need a soap base to clean your scalp. For the soap base, you can use castile soap as it is mild and will keep your scalp clean from excess oils. Avoid chemicals like paraben, methylparaben, propylene glycol, cetearyl alcohol, propylparaben, glycol, Polyoxyethylene, or distearate as they obstruct with hair growth stimulation. Next, add a teaspoon of essential oils or herbal tinctures that promote hair growth. To add essential oils, purchase alcohol free oils. Add one teaspoon to the soap base.

Herbal tinctures can be made at home by adding three teaspoons of herbs to six ounces of water. Allow the herbs to steep for 15 minutes and then strain out the herbs. Two ounces of the tincture can be added to four ounces of soap base.

You can also use nettles as hair growth stimulant. These native plants can be picked in the spring or summer and used fresh or dried.  Rosemary also has stimulating action on hair follicles. Rosemary blooms all summer long and can be picked and used fresh in a tincture, or dried for later use.

Home made shampoos can be best stores in glass containers as the glass does not react with the herbs. You also need to refrigerate these homemade herbal shampoos, as natural ingredients are not as stable as a commercial shampoo, and the homemade shampoo does not contain additives used to keep products stable at room temperature.