Wednesday, October 22, 2014
How to || Heatless Blowout on 4B/4C Natural Hair
Watch Nyla's tutorial for a heatless blow out on thick 4B/4C hair.
Description: overnight braid out on damp hair followed by threading (worn for only a few hours).
Tools: thread, brush (or wide-tooth comb)
Absolutely NO HEAT! :o)
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Type 4 Series
Winter Healthy Hair Tip || Retaining Moisture During Washes
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Don't like to co-wash? Here are some other options:
- Use a cleansing conditioner, which is designed to clean the hair better than a regular conditioner.
- Apply conditioner to your strands and only shampoo your scalp. This way your ends are protected from moisture loss.
- Pre-poo with an oil and/conditioner.
- Use a mud wash or clay.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Hair Diary || Back to Protective Styling ... But With Heat and Jumbo Twists?
So, after another summer of going wild (hair-wise, that is), it is time to get back into protective style mode. However, there will be some changes from my usual small/medium twists on air dried hair. Why?
- I want to see my length more. My twists shrink a lot, if you haven't noticed already.
- I want to be able to switch from a protective style to a loose style and back in one day. After spending hours to twist my hair, undo-ing those babies prior to 3-4 weeks is seemingly wasteful.
- I want shorter detangling sessions. Long-term protective styles equate to hours of detangling while short-term protective styles can mean 45 minutes or less. However, the trade-off is more manipulation (re-styling) per month.
From "purple haze" back to ... |
Copper. Semi-flat ironed hair. |
Old braid out. |
Twist out and pinkish (accidentally via "purple haze" mixed with conditioner as a toner) hair. |
Mixology || Orange and Vanilla Honey Shampoo
Do you want softer, easier to detangle hair after a wash? Then check out this honey-based recipe.
Recipe Source
Ingredients:
1/2 cup castile soap
3/4 cup raw honey
1/4 cup African black soap (or just more castile soap)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sweet orange essential oil
1 tsp vanilla essential oil
Instructions:
Mix together thoroughly, wet hair, massage mixture into hair, then rinse out completely.
Recipe Source
Ingredients:
1/2 cup castile soap
3/4 cup raw honey
1/4 cup African black soap (or just more castile soap)
1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
1 tsp sweet orange essential oil
1 tsp vanilla essential oil
Instructions:
Mix together thoroughly, wet hair, massage mixture into hair, then rinse out completely.
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