There’s nothing that can really prepare you for a life as a naturally curly girl. When I started my hair journey I had literally no idea what I was doing other than to stop getting hair relaxers. At the time, I had no goal to grow my hair to waist length (as I did) or become a curly hair blogger helping other naturalistas (who knew?!). My goal was simple – to stop my […]
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Though the basic steps to taking care of hair are the same for everyone hair care practices will be different. They will depend on your hair’s characteristics (density, porosity, texture, etc) and hair care needs and some people will need to be more diligent than on others in this respect. When it comes to a conditioning treatment, I am a big supporter of it and in my book, anyone who wants healthy […]
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Deep conditioning isn’t some new practice that suddenly made its appearance in the hair care arena. However, for most of us, I believe, it was faced as an indulgence. A little treat we gave ourselves, and our hair, from time to time. Like going in for a body massage or facial treatment. Not necessarily a practice that needed regular doing. Now, I know better. If you’re thinking about using a deep […]
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In case you don’t know, I’m a pretty analytical girl, I like to get to the bottom of things, I like data, facts… Yep, that’s me! But today I’m gonna go out on a limb, throw all caution aside and simply state that every woman on earth has had damaged hair. No, I didn’t read or carried out a scientific study, but I’m pretty sure of this assumption. I’ll go even further and say […]
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There’s no curly girl or any woman for that matter, that doesn’t like to showcase their curls or a perfectly achieved hairstyle. To reach this level of awesomeness and what would certainly be a glorious day-slash-week it’s very important to choose the right products or have the right product combination or one can end up with frizzy curly hair. Any curly girl knows this, right?! To avoid the frizz that always seems to be […]
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When it comes to styling our curly tresses, very few things infuriate us more than mixing two hair products and being ‘rewarded’ with snowflakes all over the hair. It’s one of those things most if not all curly girls have experienced at least once in their natural hair journeys whether they’re newbies or experienced naturalistas. However, if you rather avoid the hair flaking altogether or if it keeps happening to you there […]
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When signing into a curly girl life, I guess pretty much everyone understands the importance of deep conditioning to achieve healthy, strong natural hair. Among the natural hair community, the frequency of its practice ranges from those who do it religiously to those who claim they don’t have the time or patience to do it. Wherever your heart may be I wanna make sure you’re not wasting your deep conditioner when you get […]
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Most curly girls know about the importance of deep conditioning curly hair. It’s something that has become part of the natural hair indoctrination and it’s something that rapidly becomes a part of any curly hair routine. Though it is a fairly simple hair care practice to do, it’s easy to not reap the full benefits a deep conditioning session has all because you’ve been doing it the wrong way. Outch! Talk […]
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