When you’re first starting out on your healthy hair journey, wading through the hundreds of options that are now on the market might feel a bit overwhelming but learning what to look for and knowing what ingredients work well for your hair will make conditioner shopping a breeze. HOW TO SPOT A “DEEP CONDITIONER” Not...
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Acidic and Alkaline pH Levels & Why They Matter for Healthy Hair
Wondering why the pH level of your products matters? Acidic products close the cuticle layer of the hair. For high porosity ladies, using an acidic product after deep conditioning will help close the cuticles along the hair shaft, thereby sealing moisture into the hair. For low porosity ladies, whose hair cuticles are already tightly sealed, using a product with a low pH will further compact the cuticles, making it harder for moisture to penetrate into the hair shaft.
4 Ways to Protect Your Hair When Swimming
This week’s #washdayexperience theme is “Sun & Swimming Hair Protection. Here are 4 ways to protect your hair when swimming. I’ll back with sun protection tips later this week! How do you protect your hair when swimming?
4 Benefits of Honey For Healthy Hair and Scalp
As a rule of thumb, if we can eat, we can use it for our hair. Here’s are 4 reasons to keep a jar of raw honey in your kitchen when you aren’t adding a little to tea or using it to soothe a sore throat. 1. conditions and softens hair Honey is a humectant...
5 Tips for Soft, Defined Twist Outs
When I decided to transition to natural, twist outs were one of things I was most looking forward to trying out. My first twist out was faaaarrrrrr from cute. I felt like a walking chia pet and refused to leave my apartment that day. But as the old adage goes, “if at first you don’t...