How to moisturize your FRO

Like My never before seen mentor Naptural85 would say; Natural Hair is Naturally dry. This is so true and If you have kept your Natural Hair for any period in Time you would agree with this statement.
I walk around town and I hear comments like how do you maintain your hair, I could never do it my natural hair is so dry and hard and strong and unbearable. Yours is so soft, if mine was like yours I would keep it. Well today is your lucky day. Your hair can be as luscious and juicy as mine and as God intended with a little TLC:

Tips:

• Step one is water. Ensure you drink loads of water and also spray/ sprinkle water on your hair daily. Your hair is like a plant, just the way you do not drench your hair in water or leave it dry, the same way you do not over wet or leave your hair dry. I suggest getting a spray bottle, and using it to spray you hair with water every time your hair feels dry. I do mine morning and Night just because that's when I have the time.
• Step two is sealing: After watering your Locs you have got to seal them, and by sealing i mean protect and minimize evaporation of the water you just misted your hair with. Sealants are oils or butter. Now weather you use oils or butters would depend solely on the thickness and curly or how coily your strands are. For any 4 Hair type (4a, 4b. 4c. 4s, 4z) your hair would seal better with thicker creamer oils like shea butter or olive oil. For lighter coils or curls oils like almond oil, coconut oil and the like would suit you best.
• keep your fingers out of the Hair Please. These would keep your hair from over manipulation and moisturizing your fingers instead of your hair.

Above all if you would just embrace your beautiful curls and coils and texture just the way they are for what they are and stop comparing them to your Brazilian/peruvian/morrocan/indian weave on texture you would love your natural hair for what it is. Till nest time x o x o

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If so how much secrets?
What kind of secrets?
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All you are?
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what if you just aren't ready to share?
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To hide from the truth.

AFRO CORNER

Over the past 4 years I have seen a big come back of the natural African woman’s hair. This change probably arose due to over prized ‘weave-ons’ and quickly thinning and declining hair lines. Well I am pleased to say that with your natural hair you are quite unlikely to have thinning hair as long as it is not being chemically altered. In this corner I will drop tips to easily maintaining a ‘Fro’ and might I just add. Anything worth having is worth putting the time and resource to.

QUICK TIPS ON HANDLING YOUR NATURAL HAIR

• ·         Before you wash your hair put hair in small sections ready for de-tangling
• ·         It is best to detangle with a wide tooth comb. Lightly oil hair with Shea butter (best detangling oil ever!)
• ·         Cover hair with an elastic waterproof cap and allow the Shea butter steam the hair, you can add favorite oils.
• ·         Shampoo only your roots and not the whole length of natural hair this reduces drying of hair which leads to breakage (It is wise to use sulfate free shampoos). Rinsing the shampoo through the length of the hair is enough to clean the hair.
• ·         Remember to use a conditioner with enough slip in it. (It’s easier to condition if the hair is still in sections)
• ·         Allow the hair to Air dry, don't forget to add in your hair moisturizer and oils.

·         To properly maintain your natural hair. Heat use should be minimized as it alters the texture of hair and heat damaged hair is impossible to repair as the protein bond in the hair would be destroyed.

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Till next time stay frosty….