A great night time routine is as essential to healthy hair care as your daytime routine. One of the things that cause hair breakage and split ends is when the ends of the hair rub against cotton pillowcases at night, causing friction. This problem can be mitigated and eliminated by switching from regular cotton pillowcases to silk or satin pillowcases. This was one of the crucial changes I made when Read More
Hair Care Tips – Cleansing Hair with Minimal Hair Loss
One of the issues that can contribute to hair loss is mishandling hair when wet. Your cuticle is raised when you’re washing your hair and this is when it’s the most fragile. By the time you’ve put it through shampooing, deep conditioning, leave in, gel application and styling every week, you might end up with more hair in your sink than on your head. Don’t get me wrong. You will Read More
Understanding Hair Growth Cycle
A lot of people want hip bone length hair but in order to achieve this or any other length goals, it is important to understand the natural hair growth cycle as well as the reasons why your hair acts a certain way at certain times of the year/over the years. This article will cover the natural hair growth cycle, the four stages of the hair growth cycle, what each phase Read More
What’s My Hair Type?
I receive several questions about hair type so I decided to create a comprehensive post that addresses the questions – what’s my hair type? What’s my curl pattern? All human hair is composed primarily of keratin. Keratin is a kind of protein that’s formulated in the cells of the hair follicles. Your curl pattern is determined by the number of bonds between the keratin and other proteins within your hair Read More
All the Natural Hair Acronyms You Need to Know
If you’re newly natural, then the first thing you are likely to come across are the bajillion acronyms curly ladies use to refer to everything related to the natural hair life. It’s like learning a whole new language at the beginning. This post will comprise of all the natural hair acronyms out there, what each one means and leads to more information where relevant. 30 Plus Natural Hair Acronyms A Read More
Best Tips for Trimming Natural Hair
Trimming natural hair sounds like a daunting task especially if you’re newly natural but allowing hair stylists to trim your hair has led to a big chop on many occasions. It bodes on the safe side to learn how to trim your hair yourself. Let me share a self-trimming horror story with you. When I was still relaxed, I came across an article that suggested the best way to trim Read More