After discussing hair type, porosity and density you are probably rolling your eyes and thinking you can’t handle any more information. I’m with you! It is a lot of information, but it’s vital. This way you can respond to your hair’s needs the way it needs based on its own characteristics. So today will talk about hair texture and hair elasticity. What Is Hair Texture And Hair Elasticity? Hair texture […]
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Hair density is the third post in the Unboxing Natural Hair series. Previously we talked about hair type and hair porosity and discussed how they connect. If you haven’t read these post you might want to check them and come back here. Today we will talk about hair density – what it is, how to identify it and why it is important. What Is Hair Density? Well, hair density and hair texture get […]
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Hi there! I hope you’re ready to continue our series of Unboxing Natural Hair! Today we will talk about what is hair porosity. We now know that according to Andre Walker there are 4 different hair types and each one has its own characteristics. This is important because it helps us understand how our hair responds to styling and products. However, this alone is not sufficient to understand how natural hair behaves. […]
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The search for that special something to boost hair growth is not foreign to the natural hair community, myself included. Patience is a trade term frequently used when this conversation comes along, generally by those who have reached their length goals or are about to. How many blog posts and YouTube videos have you read and watched in the search for the Holy Grail of hair growth. It’s true I’d like my hair […]
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As we step into the natural hair world we are bombarded with terms, products, methodologies and suggestions. It’s enough to make your head spin, isn’t it? One term that you will encounter many times is “hair type”. This term flourished out of Andre Walker’s curl pattern classification. It is useless to say we’ve all noticed that African hair comes in different curl patterns. But did I ever imagined that I could fit into a […]
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“Avoid breakage at the line of what???” Avoid breakage at the line of demarcation. Yeah, I understand you completely. It’s so much information to retain that this transitioning journey is starting to look pretty exhausting, right?!…. You’re probably thinking I thought this was going to make my life easier…But, I want you to know that this particular line is very important when you’re transitioning to natural hair. Calm down, calm down! Don’t […]
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Whether you’re on a transitioning journey from relaxed to natural hair, you’re about to big chop or you’re already naturally curly you probably heard how conventional shampoo is bad for curly hair. If not, you’re definitely aware of all the sulphate free shampoos out there and how these are so much better for natural hair since they don’t have all the synthetic sulphates that make our hair dry. But, are these sulphate free […]
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When I started my transitioning hair journey I came into the notion of protective hairstyles, and how beneficial it was to include them in my hair regiment while transitioning from relaxed to natural hair. Before I started my journey my hair was dull, it had lost any kind of curly or wavy pattern it had in the past, I had split ends, was suffering from hair breakage and my hair […]
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