INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Check your shampoo for sodium laureth/lauryl sulfate or ammonium laureth/lauryl sulfate, especially if your hair is naturally curly. These ingredients dry out the hair terribly, making your hair puffier and bigger. If you can't find any shampoos that don't have these ingredients, look for shampoo bars, which are sulfate-free. Silicone-based ingredients build up on the hair, and only drying sulfates remove them. Any ingredient that ends the suffixes -cone or -xane is a silicone. Some common ones are dimethicone, cyclomethicone, and amodimethicone. However, amodimethicone is a lot easier to remove than some others. Don't go by names alone. Many shampoos and conditioners that are marketed to combat frizz contain sulfates. Opt for moisturizing ingredients. Some good choices include:  Aloe vera Grape extract Avocado oil Olive extract Shea butter Basil Hibiscus Always use conditioner after using shampoo. Follow the ingredients on the bottle. Some conditioners are formulated to be left in the hair, while others should be rinsed out after a few minutes. Good moisturizing ingredients include:  Macadamia oil Jojoba oil Coconut oil Argan oil Apply a deep-conditioning hair mask once a week. Look for oil-infused masks to fight frizz. This is especially important if you live in a hot and/or humid climate, since heat has significant drying effects on the hair. Look for hydrating ingredients such as:  Shea butter Glycerine Proteins Fatty acids Any kind of natural oil, such as coconut oil, lavender oil, or jojoba oil

SUMMARY: Avoid sulfates. Avoid using silicone. Look for natural ingredients. Use a good moisturizing conditioner. Use a hair mask.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: There are a variety of water-repellant treatments such as Rain-X that can be used to help keep water and dirt off of your windshield. To apply a water-repellant windshield treatment, spray a fine mist of the fluid onto a clean, dry windshield. If the fluid doesn’t come in a spray bottle, apply a small amount to a clean microfiber cloth. Wipe it onto the windshield in small sections in a circular motion. Let the treatment dry for 5-10 minutes.  Depending on the manufacturer, you may need to reapply the water-repellant treatment up to once a week. If you see a filmy residue on your windshield after the treatment dries, buff the surface with a clean microfiber cloth using circular motions. Wiper fluid is sprayed from a nozzle just below your wipers onto your windshield. This fluid helps remove dirt and debris that you encounter on your windshield while driving. Ask your car mechanic what brand they recommend for your car. Be prepared to pay a little more than you’re used to for wiper fluid. However, it will be worth it in the long run!  Don’t opt out of wiper fluid. It’s dangerous to drive without it. If you get mud on your windshield, your wipers won’t be able to remove it and your visibility will be dangerously limited. If you run out of wiper fluid and don’t know how to refill it, ask your mechanic to do it for you. Regularly inspect your windshield wipers for issues such as corrosion and tearing. The rubber edge should be firmly attached to the blade and free of cracks or holes that can cause streaking. Gently tug the wiper blade to make sure it’s securely installed into the wiper arm. If you see any issues, talk to your mechanic about replacing your windshield wipers.

SUMMARY: Use a water-repellant treatment. Use a high quality wiper fluid. Maintain your windshield wipers.


INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Take a walk. Go on a trip. Venture out into the great unknown, or even venture into the slightly-less-impressive known. The point is that you will need to get out of bed and physically move on with your life, no matter how much you wish you could spend another day lying around and watching sad movies. Get active. Physical activity is one of the best things you can become engaged in while making an effort to get over someone. In contrast, lazing around on the couch day after day can make you feel resentful of yourself. Friends can be a great help in getting over someone, even if you have a hard time crying on their shoulders. When you need to feel appreciated and distracted, a night on the town with some close friends can be the perfect prescription.  Your friends might appreciate this, too, especially if you spent a lot of time neglecting them while in your relationship or chasing after your crush. Avoid letting your friends push you into new romances before you feel ready, though. This can seem tremendously difficult, but it can also have a huge impact on how thoroughly you recover. By meeting new people, you allow yourself to see that there are others who may come to appreciate and love you. Similarly, you might also realize that there really are other fish in the sea. New friends work just as well as new love interests. If anything, sometimes, new friends can be even better since it relieves the pressure of romantic tension and allows you to avoid the dreaded rebound. Above all else, realize that you are worthy of being loved, no matter what anybody else may think or feel. Create a list of things you love about yourself: your smile, your witty comments, your passion for books, etc. Make sure you are nurturing the parts of yourself you love the most whenever you decide to enter a new relationship.  Take time to do things you enjoy, especially if you did fewer of these things while you were with your ex or trying to impress your crush. Avoid shouldering all the blame. Understand that things just were not meant to be. It doesn't mean that it was your fault or that you are somehow unworthy of being loved. Never force yourself back out on the dating scene. Simply put, when you're ready, you're ready. Take it one day at a time and trust yourself to know when you feel ready to love someone in that way again. Pushing yourself into a rebound relationship or one night stand may only make you feel worse, especially when you realize that you gave away that sort of intimacy to someone you really were not all that fond of.

SUMMARY:
Leave the house. Hang out with other friends. Meet new people. Love yourself first. Take your time.