Getting right to the point, I was recently preparing my hair care products on my last wash day and it was the week I protein treat my hair. I’ve been using a DIY goat’s milk conditioner recipe that I adapted to suit my hair’s needs. So, as I’m whipping out all of my ingredients (frozen…
Naturally curly hair is fragile. Thanks to all the twists and turns that make up a strand of curly hair, the chance of breakage is higher than for someone with straight hair. Fine natural hair is even more fragile. That’s because it doesn’t have much “weight” to it. Pair that with it’s naturally fragile state…
One of the biggest challenges of having fine natural hair (or just fine hair in general) is styling it in a way that looks full and voluminous. Then, there may be concerns over maintaining one’s length. When looking to achieve length and/or density, you have to look at each goal separately but also jointly. Fine hair…
The Science of Transitioning by Audrey Davis-Sivasothy is the successor of the popular hair care book, The Science of Black Hair. It’s written to make transitioning to natural hair an easier experience for those who choose to do so. I received this book complimentary to review. The opinions I’m about to share are completely my…
You never really stop learning your hair. Just when you think you’ve arrived and know all there is to know about caring for your hair, up pops a new epiphany that has you rethinking everything you have been doing to grow, maintain and style it. That’s not a bad thing. Your hair’s needs can change…
I wrote this post about hair growth a short while ago (It’s one of my bright ideas where my natural hair is concerned lol). These bright idea posts aren’t scientifically proven but they do make you wonder. Today I was thinking about co-washing and how it might be causing excessive shedding. That is, depending on how you…
It’s no secret that protective styling helps with length retention. How you protective style however, can determine if you retain 20%, 50%, 80% or 90% more healthy length. Add the challenge of these cold, frigid temperatures to the mix and protective styling is pretty popular right now. That’s because as the weather gets colder, we have…
Nobody wants to be told their natural hair sucks. Natural hair is the bomb dot com! Who cares what anybody else thinks. Exactly. Suckiness (ay, I’m coining a new word here 🙂 ) is more about perception than reality. How YOU perceive your natural hair to be is much more important than what somebody else’s…
Continuing with sharing tips to maintain length on fine natural hair, now we are going to talk about the actual care of your fine tresses. You can read part 1 here. Picking up with the tips… Wash Hair in 6 Sections For my hair at the length it’s at now, I’m finding 4 sections is…
