Deep Conditioners are used to help retain and restore moisture to dry, and sometimes brittle hair. Be careful while deep conditioning because there is such a thing of “over conditioning” your hair. Two major signs of over conditioned hair is the hair feeling weak and very limp, which can lead to breakage. In this case, […]
The no-shampoo method is a concept explained in Lorraine Massey’s book entitled Curly Girl. There is a section for black hair, but unfortunately it doesn’t cater to unaltered coily hair. It touched on straw-setting, twist extensions, texturizing and “type 3″ hair. However, there are three sections in the book I found interesting which includes “towel-scrunching”, […]
During the winter months, natural hair care requires some change. As always, you must be gentle to keep it from harm. For some, this will require a little extra care. It also requires a little extra attention to the elements of the weather that can harm your hair. PROBLEMS Blowing Wind Strong winds can tangle […]
…Continued from Part 1 Finally December 2006 rolled around, and I traveled to Haiti to spend the final few weeks of the adoption with my daughter at the orphanage. I took down some hair stuff, but really didn’t use it much. I had thought I would just learn how to braid and twist from the […]