7 wavy hair tips for women over 50

As you age, your hair’s growth cycle becomes shorter, resulting in thinner and weaker strands. Your scalp produces less natural oil, making your hair drier and less shiny. Hair thinning or loss happens more often due to hormonal changes, especially during menopause. Less melanin is produced, causing grey or white hair to appear.


Additionally, over time external factors like sun exposure, smoking, or stress contribute to hair damage and affect hair quality. 


Want to maintain your youthful looking waves? Scroll for our 7 tips...

1. Improve your diet

A balanced diet provides the essential nutrients that support hair growth and strength. Incorporate foods rich in vitamins and minerals such as:

- Omega-3 fatty acids. Found in fish like salmon and seeds like flaxseed. Helps keep your scalp healthy.

- Iron-rich foods like spinach and lean meats can prevent hair loss.

- Biotin-rich foods like eggs and nuts can promote stronger hair.

2. Moisturise regularly

As you age, your hair becomes drier and more brittle. This is due to your scalp producing less natural oil, and hormonal changes reduce the strength and moisture of your hair. The outer layer of your hair (the cuticle) also gets rougher, making it harder for your hair to retain moisture, leading to dryness and breakage.

Choose sulphate-free, hydrating shampoos and conditioners to maintain that moisture balance. Then use a few drops of oil to seal that moisture in.

If your hair needs a big hydration hit, try using our Purple Deep Conditioning Mask to nourish your hair while neutralising any brassy tones often seen in silver or grey hair types.

3. Handle your hair gently

Over time, your protective cuticle layer weakens, making hair more vulnerable to environmental damage and everyday stress, leading to increased brittleness and breakage.

Switch from rougher cotton towels to a microfibre hair wrap. This will reduce friction when drying your hair, causing less breakages and frizz.

Sleep on silk. It reduces friction which maintains your waves shape and definition.

As we always advocate, limit heat styling to protect your hair.

4. Trim frequently

Aging hair is more prone to dryness, split ends, and breakage. Regular trims help remove damaged ends, prevent further splitting and maintain the overall health and appearance of your hair.

Trimming also encourages healthier growth and helps your hair look fuller and less fragile.

Adding layers can also give your waves more movement and body, making them look fresh.

5. Limit Chemical Treatments

Hair dyes, perms, or relaxers, can strip away natural oils, weaken the hair's protein structure, and damage the cuticle layer. This leads to increased brittleness, breakage, and dryness, especially in women over 50 whose hair is more vulnerable due to hormonal changes, reduced oil production, and thinning.

If you use them, space them out. If your hair is damaged then you should use a Plex Treatment to restore those broken hair bonds.

6. Clarify monthly

Clarifying removes product buildup, oils, and environmental pollutants, which makes your hair look dull and lifeless. It allows your hair to better absorb moisture and nutrients from your conditioners.

Since aging hair is naturally drier and more prone to damage, keeping it clean and free of residue helps maintain its health, shine and manageability.

This keeps your waves light, refreshed and bouncy.

Discover our clarifying shampoo here.

7. Cool water rinse

After conditioning, rinse your hair with cool water to seal the cuticle and add shine.

This simple step smooths your waves and locks in moisture. Vital for ageing hair.

Follow these tips to keep your gorgeous wavy hair looking its best. Whatever your age. Whatever the occasion.