As the temperatures drop and the
bitter cold creeps in, naturals are scampering to find the ultimate protective
style. But what if you are not a fan of protective styling? Can you still
protect your hair without having your ends tucked away? Here a few tips:
·
Deep condition-
Moisture Moisture Moisture *in my Jan Brady voice*. Weekly deep conditioning
for at least 30 minutes helps to replenish loss moisture which is a necessity
in caring for textured hair.
·
Hair Steaming-
Hair steaming is the God Mother of deep conditioning methods. The steam opens
up the cuticle of your hair allowing deeper penetration, leaving it soft and
preventing breakage.
·
Protein
treatments- Protein treatments are a porous head of hair’s best friend. If you
have high porosity strands, moisture retention will be a challenge. Protein
helps fill in the gaps that have been created from chemical processing.
Incorporating protein treatments into your hair care regimen is essential to
the health of your hair.
·
Section Shampoo
Method- Shampooing your tresses (with a moisturizing shampoo) in sections
allows you to have more control over the process. Smaller sections will result
in less tangles, decreased hair loss and will make for a less laboring task.
·
Dry Styling- Dry
styling aids in preventing curls from coiling around eachother creating more
tangles resulting in breakage. (bantu knots, twist outs, braid outs)
·
Leave in
conditioner- What’s better than conditioning your hair? Leaving the conditioner
in! A good leave in conditioner will ensure that the detangling process is much
easier while adding moisture and maintaining those moisture levels for a longer
period of time.
·
Hands off- Try to
limit the amount of time you spend “playing” in your curls. All of that
twisting and twirling once it has been styled is unnecessary manipulation that
could ultimately lead to breakage.
·
Little or no
heat- Minimizing the heat exposure to your hair will prevent irreversible
damage and changes in your curl pattern. Keep those blow dryers and flat irons
at bay as much as possible.
What's your routine?
It’s Friday so don’t forget to check me out over on Curly
Nikki!
XX Chicas!
2 comments:
I agree with everything you have said! Winter can be tough for naturals and non-naturals. I would definitely advise to invest in a home portable steamer as life can be so much easier! But deep conditioning is a must as well as the protein treatments.
Sometimes I have found that protein treatments makes my hair fragile- any advice on how to manage this or is some hair types not suited to protein?
@NubianSisters It sounds like your hair may be protein sensitive, which basically means your hair already has all the protein it needs so adding to it puts you into overload so to speak.Not sure of your hair history so that's a general response.Email me if you would like more detail chica!
Post a Comment