Shampoo Tip

Come on now! We are all victims of the herbal essence commercials! We all think when we shampoo our hair, we think we need to shampoo the entire head of hair and that is not the case. Please listen to your hair. With ethnic hair, the main part you should clean is your scalp and roots. By shampooing all of your hair, you are taking out the needed moisture out of your hair. I shampoo my hair once every two weeks unless I worked out that week. My hair works better with conditioner washes. We need moisture, moisture and more moisture. Now if you have oily hair, then you might can take the once a week shampoo wash. The main point is to listen to what your hair needs not do what everyone else does for their hair. We all have different textures and hair types. If your hair is breaking you might need a protein treatment and a moisturizing treatment to follow up with it. Protein treatments are determined by if you are relaxed or natural and how strong/weak your hair is. If your hair feels like straw, do a deep conditioning treatment and let it sit for 30-45 mins, half the time under heat. All in all, figure out what works best for you. Please remember to be kind to your tresses.

Ugh! Dry Hair

Battling Dry Hair? Here are a couple of fixes: There are many things that you can do to fix the problem. When your hair has a brittle feeling, cut back on shampooing your hair and load up on conditioning your hair every week until it starts to feel softer. If you have any extra virgin olive oil or coconut oil, add about a tablespoon to your conditioner. It will help strengthen and soften your hair. Hair not ...keeping moisture well? No problem, when you decide to moisturize your hair, sleep with a plastic cap on underneath your satin cap. That helps keep the moisture in while you sleep. Also, do a hot oil treatment that contains coconut oil in it. After applying the oil, put a plastic cap on your hair and let it sit or sit under a dryer for deeper penetration. When using products, make sure water is one of the main ingredients. My moisturizing spray and leave-in conditioner are the best water based moisturizers. Remember, be kind to your tresses.

HAIR PRODUCTS!!!!

Lets get serious about what is in our hair. Did you know that guanidine hydroxide is one of the ingredients in no-lye relaxers? It has a pH of 9 to 10 and that is very bad for any hair type and can be dangerous to the scalp and hair. Getting relaxers takes away the strength and shine of our hair. Note: By adding chemicals to your scalp, it can potentially seep into the pores and go into your bloodstream. That is never a good thing. Chemicals can cause long term harm to your body...including products we use daily on our hair and scalp. WAIT! Did somebody say products? I have created a natural hair care line that I am proud of and back up 100% and it is called Kinky Kera Naturals! It is great for men, women and children. It is an all natural product for relaxed, natural, locks and textured hair. All products aren't created equal but you cannot go wrong with a natural product. This product was created to achieve healthy hair. If you are interested in checking it out, please check out my store on Facebook: Kinky Kera Naturals LLC. Remember- be kind to your tresses..