 Relaxers, relaxed black hair can be a challenge to care for. Relaxed hair often goes through cyclical periods of growth and breakage. These tips will teach you how to maximize the health, appearance, growth and feel of relaxed African hair.
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 Braids are easy, fun and just about anyone can do this style effectively. Unlike the Afro, braids can be done on chemically-treated hair, naturally straight hair, naturall
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Type 1 - Straight Hair
There is no discernible wave pattern.
Due to the lack of speed-bumps (curls/waves), hairs' natural oil (sebum) is able to work its way from root to tip more readily with straight hair than any other hair type. Straight hair therefore gets oilier quicker, usually needs more frequent shampooing than other hair types and has the potential to attain greater lengths.
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 FORM AND FUNCTION
It's what you use and it's how you use it. As I'm sure you've learned by now, caring for dreadlocks isn't a science, but it does require finessing of your maintenance skills and techniques.
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Spring showers bring spring flowers -- and bad hair days! Seasonal rains and temperature changes can cause humidity to rise, which means frizz and flatness for most women's hair. But you can beat the humidity! Here's how:
If humidity makes your hair flat...
First, switch to a shampoo and conditioner made for fine hair. They won't leave a heavy residue, which can weigh hair down when made damp from the moisture in the air.
Next, find a spray-on volumizer. Apply to damp roots, and blow dry with your head flipped upside down to maximize height at the roots.
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This style can be achieved with hair of any length. It produces a neat, curly appearance on shorter hair, and a wilder, more untamed look (depending on your texture) on longer hair.
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 All-Purpose or Witch-Hazel Astringents: Whenever you are in need of retwist, try spritzing your locks with an astringent to loosen any existing oils rather than adding more oils/butters. The Astringents work wonders and reduce build-up. They also make shampooing easier and help keep locks refreshed and clean in-between maintenance.
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Back in middle school I went for my first hair cut which was ultimately a disaster. I wanted layers and I walked out looking like a poodle but I digress. When the stylist began cutting my hair, she commented on how much hair I had.
My aunt who'd accompanied me replied, "Yes, her hair is very thick."
The stylist replied in turn, "No, her hair isn't 'thick.' She just has a lot of hair."
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If you've read up until this point then I'm going to ask you to recall the incident I shared regarding my first hair cut where the stylist said that I didn't have thick hair, I just had a lot of it. In the previous section we learned about hair strand texture typing. In my case, I have Medium strand hair, but what accounts for my friends, family and people to this day stating that my hair is "thick?" The answer is, "volume."
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 Hair relaxers or straighteners are very popular today and widely used by individuals desiring to straighten very curly or kinky hair.
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Have you ever wanted to defined, bouncy, volumized curls? Do products leave your hair dry, stiff or crunchy? The S~Factor Technique was developed by naani’s naturals to address the curl concerns of people with types 3, 4 and 5 hair. This article will help you understand how to use naani products and maximize your curls.
Curls…it's all about layering. The reason why the No-Poo method is so popular is because it avoids stripping natural oil (sebum) and some product remnants from our hair. Where OTC shampoos have a tendency to over-cleanse and strip hair, the No-Poo ideology works on the premise that a lil' build-up more closely mimics our hair's natural state. After all, our hair naturally produces an oil called sebum which encourages growth, seals and protects.
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As we've already discussed, just because you have a certain hair type, doesn't mean your hair lacks some of the characteristics associated with other hair types. So for example, you can without a doubt have Straight hair, but what if there are slight bumps and waves? Does that make your hair Curly? Of course not, it's Straight, it's just has identity issues.
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 Do you have curly hair and wish it were straight? Have you investigated the variety of treatments available?
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Kinky and Nappy hair have been a BEAST for me to describe because where I do not want to fall into the trap of classifying these hair types as "African," I do want to take into consideration the special needs of natural Black hair.
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Relaxers, relaxed black hair can be a challenge to care for. Relaxed hair often goes through cyclical periods of growth and breakage. These tips will teach you how to maximize the health, appearance, growth and feel of relaxed Afr
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