The Main Causes of Dry, Brittle & Porous Hair Plus 2 Home Remedies

If you have very porous dry hair, you will also notice that your hair feels and looks very brittle, it may also lack the texture and sheen of healthy hair. When worse comes to worst, your hair can even start to feel like a piece of steel wool (gasp!) Dry and brittle hair is more vulnerable and prone to breakage and can very quickly become damaged. The main causes for brittle and dry hair include factors such as poor nutrition, environmental factors, medical conditions, overuse of hair tools and other improper hair care.
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The main causes of dry, brittle and damaged porous hair include but are not limited to: Continue reading →

How to Use Castor Oil for Hair Growth

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Growing natural hair requires patience and tender love and care.  I remember when I had my big chop!  There was a time when my hair was growing really fast and a time when things went on a plateau.  The plateau phase is so frustrating for hair growth!  It’s like watching paint dry all day.  I guess I was Ms. Impatient until I started a hair regimen that actually showed results.  Continue reading →

Are you Conditioning your Hair the Right Way?

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Hair conditioner has been dismantled and over-analyzed.  Sometimes the whole “do this not that” concept can be quite confusing.  How long to leave it on? Can you leave it longer than recommended? Let’s talk about rinse out conditioner.  It seems easy like ABC but can be puzzling when it comes to applying it after your shampoo.  The back of the bottle makes the directions very point form and they don’t tell you how to maximize the moisturizing benefits of your conditioning session. Continue reading →

Olive Oil With Honey Hair Mask for Dry Hair

Right now I’m all on board with making sure I combat dry hair and get soft natural hair instead.  I have found some moisture rich oils to work with and experimenting has been key to that.  I have curls that tend to be soft when I take care of them and just plain mean when I neglect them.  I’ve been able to wear a lot of protective hair styles to get me through Old Man Winter.dry-natural-hair-mask

Since I can not find any natural hair salons around (to get my deep conditioning mask), I have taken to working it all on my own at home.  I realize that experimenting is not for everyone.  Some people don’t have the time to go through all that work.  Myself included, I get lazy at times!  I like to share my discoveries and make it easier on you to try the hair masks out for your dry hair.

With honey being sticky, I was a bit antsy about putting it into my scalp.  But fear not! Here is the simple deep conditioning recipe that I used. Continue reading →

Natural Hair Is Hip, Modern and Very Fashion Forward

Natural hair sometimes gets a lot of flack for being difficult to manage, hard to control or style, – even though at times that is definitely true ( just ask me on days when I’m trying to detangle my hair…), natural hair is also very versatile when it comes to the different ways to which you can style it and wear it, but only if you use the right techniques and products.

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The best thing about wearing your hair natural is a light drizzle or rain does not usually become your sudden and worst enemy!  That being said, take a look below at some great examples of beautiful and fashionable ladies rocking their Continue reading →