About a year after beginning my healthy hair journey, I was fairly certain that I had successfully mastered growing my coily hair. However, I had yet to figure out how to detangle my fro without it being an all-day affair. Perhaps, that’s an exaggeration, but it lasted much longer than I felt necessary. So for the last 4 years, I’ve been on a quest to make detangling my hair easy, relatively quick … [Read more...]
3 Things Every Woman Should do Before Straightening Curly Hair
From weaves and hair color to protective styling, the choices for women who wear their hair natural these days are endless. For many women looking to change things up a bit, a popular alternative is to wear their naturally curly, wavy or kinky locks straight. But, be warned. While the ability to change your look one day to the next offers great versatility, this kind of styling flexibility … [Read more...]
How to remove single strand knots in Natural hair
(source) One of the biggest headaches Naturals face has to be single strand knots or fairy knots. They are just knots that can form on a single strand or even a few strands on our tresses. They are annoying and pretty common in our kinky, coily, curly hair. Many may just choose to cut them out or yank them out but there are better ways to deal with them that won't cause you to lose your … [Read more...]
The Truth On Scab Hair – Natural Hair Term
Most Naturals have heard of it or even experienced it and although we all knew it was an unscientific term we believed it to exist. Scab hair is a nuisance that many newly naturals complain of during their initial transitioning to natural hair regardless if they BC'd or long-term transitioned. Now, not being an actual scientific term had many leery of stating it's existence. Naturals may … [Read more...]
Things to Consider Before Returning to Natural
1. Do you have the time to invest in your hair’s health? If you are looking for something super low maintenance, you may want to re-think returning natural. Taking care of your hair will require a lot of time and patience. Wash day for some naturals can span up to two days. If your goal is overall hair health you will need to make sure your hair is properly moisturized at all times. In the end … [Read more...]