Keeping a healthy hair
Hello Ladies! What does it take to keep your hair healthy?
For me, it takes weekly washing and treatments with shampoo and conditioners, refresh of protective styling which I do after the washing process, trimming of ends when I due fit, avoidance of playing with my front hair, that's is, the hairs along my front hairlines. I struggle with the urge to twist it around my fingers or tog on it always. Its like a bad habit of mine. And oh, not to forget that I also practice allowing my scalp to breath. That is, not have it in a bonnet or wig always.
My hair goal is to have a healthy kinky hair that stretches and grows down to my butt. Achieving this goal seem very tough for my kind of hair. It is in fact tough because I have been keeping my natural 4c hair for two years now and I have not gone past my usual shoulder length hair stage. Talk about annoying hair plateau.
I had my big chop around April 2020 and had ever since tried to avoid heat or chemical treatment that was said to be an enemy of hair growth. I worked with the no chemical or heat advised till a week ago when I decided I'll straighten my hair with a flat iron to achieve those silk and adorable bone straight hair worn by Instagram girls but to my disappointment, I couldn't achieve that. Or should I say I came close to it only to have my hair revert after three days of exposure. Afterwards my hair became more freezy and seem like it needs a trim and so I did. Yeah, I cut it off.
Trimming the hair made it look so much better though much shorter. The hair looks like it needs time to recover from my attempt to have it straightened.
While I have the plan to texlax it afterwards, for now I have kept it in a protective style that I hope to leave for a whole month.
Now, that's a lot of time for someone that can't tolerate not washing her hair or changing style for two weeks. However, I'm determined to see how far I can go with this one and what good it will bring to my hair growth. I must say that this idea was inspired by those ladies that claim they got massive hair growth for leaving their hairs in braids or twists for three months on youtube. While I can't do three months no wash marathon, I'll try out one month. I hope I meet the one month challenge though because I can barely have a hairdo last beyond three weeks. Not that I have oily scalp or dandruff issues, I just don't make it beyond three weeks before I take it down.
Now that I mention dandruff and oily scalp, would it interest you to know that dandruff is not as a result of dry scalp like we normally think but it is as a matter of fact due to too oily scalp. Shocker right? I know!
Even I was surprised to hear this while watching a video about popular hair myth. Among the lot of hair myth these two professionals debunked, the 'dandruff is caused oily scalp' truth surprised me. 
Their argument was that the dandruff causing agent, mould, is an oil lover. It loves oily and sticky conditions. It thrives best when our scalps are oily as it wallows and soak up all the oil and leave our hairs dry and flaky. I know. Not what any one would imagine but their rationale made a lot of sense to me.
So the next time you want to apply oils on your hair, don't over do it. Apply the right amount because they also said that oils don't moisturize the hair. Water does. The role oils play is to lock in moisture,reduce friction and give shine.
There you go ladies! I hope this post was insightful and interesting to you. Please feel free to let me know what your hair care regime is like. How often do you wash your hair? When was the last time you got a trim and what difference did it make?
Thanks for reading.
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You cut that your long hair 😭
Lol sometimes one need to let go.
True sha
You cut off half of your hair 😄
I cut all of my hair like every two years and I kept it natural until last year. I might be on relaxed hair now but I know a lot about caring for natural hair. My regimen then was deep conditioning every two weeks, frequent washing and always style while damp.
You'd hear a lot of do's and don'ts but you'll be highly misled if you don't pay attention to what works for your hair. The simpler the better, and I washed every week contrary to popular natural hair opinion.
Right now, I don't really know how to care for my relaxed hair and I sometimes forget it is now straight so I make the mistake of using a leave-in conditioner and it gets all tangled up. It's so frustrating and funny.
I use a relaxer every three months and touch only the roots. It's thriving but I feel like being on low-cut again. In a few months it will be two years, time for another cycle.
Lovely. Haha not everyone has the courage to try out your this your circle though. Especially someone with 4c hair. To barb hair skin every two years!
It took lots of deliberation before I cut mine.
And oh, thanks for 'the no leave in conditioner on relaxed hair' tip.
I admire your courage to cut your hair every two years, the last time I cut my hair I was looking like my brother. Never again!
When I see some people on low cut I do love it on them but I can't just afford to cut mine, I love my hair long.
I do relax my hair every two months before when it was too stubborn but now I'm leaving it for about three months before putting on a relaxer and changing my hairstyles every two to four weeks.
I do apply coconut oil on my hair and it has been very helpful in stopping the brokerages, it also help my hair to softer, longer, healthier and shiny.
I think one just have to find out what works and do not work for their hair.
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Dandruff is the result of an oily scalp? That's something I didn't expect. I associated the dandruff that I sometimes get because my skin is a dry type, so I thought it was logical that my scalp would be dry too.... Thanks for the tip!
I was amazed too. But yeah, that's what they said.
To combat dandruff, they recommended regular washing of hair with shampoos that's made for dandruff elimination.
Hello @ozohu hair care is very delicate. I tell you that I have very fine hair, little and it is wavy. That's why I don't use shampoo, I wash it twice a week I moisturize it with rice water, 1 cup of rice in a cup of water and I apply it on my hair. Flaxseed is wonderful and leaves perfect waves in the hair, although when it dries it is very hard, I suggest you squeeze them gently until you get the texture you want!
I've shaved it twice, and I love the way I look, now it's growing out beautifully.
My best friend/life sister has hair like yours, she washes it twice a week and moisturizes it with flaxseed, her hair looks beautiful.
Interesting. But then,what do you wash with if not shampoo? I mean, you apply oil for shine sometimes right?
How do you strap your hair of product build up?
I'm really curious about this one @aguamiel because I sometimes lowkey wish for an alternative to shampoo.
Antes de lavar lo hidrato con de aceite de olivo o de coco en las puntas, mientras lo dejo actuar por 20 minutos, rayo la pepa del aguacate (palta, avocado, 🥑) se cubre con agua y se hierbe, dejas enfriar y la remueves con las manos escurra todo su jugo.
Sacas el aceite del cabello, y te aplicas esta agua, lo peinas, masajeas el cuero cabelludo y lo cubres con un gorro por 30 minutos. Lo sacas con abundante agua, y aplicas como shampu: agua de vinagre de manzana, vas a mezclar una taza de agua por una cucharada de vinagre, masajeas tu cuero cabelludo con sutileza, lo lavas y aplicas el agua de arroz o la linaza. El cabello queda muy suve.
Cuando se seque tu cabello, y tienes frizz, usa el agua de arroz.
A mi me funciona muy bien. Teniendo en cuenta la diferencia en la texturas y las formas.
te abrazo
Before washing I moisturize with olive or coconut oil on the ends, while I leave it on for 20 minutes, I grate the avocado pit (avocado, avocado, 🥑), cover it with water and boil it, let it cool and remove it with your hands to drain all its juice.
Remove the oil from the hair, and you apply this water, comb it, massage the scalp and cover it with a cap for 30 minutes. Take it out with plenty of water, and apply as shampu: apple cider vinegar water, mix a cup of water for a tablespoon of vinegar, massage your scalp gently, wash it and apply the rice water or flaxseed. Your hair will be very soft.
When your hair is dry, and you have frizz, use the rice water.
It works very well for me. Keeping in mind the difference in textures and shapes.
Hugs to you
Many thanks! Thanks for sharing.
I recently got to know about apply cider vinegar for hair care. I tried it few days back.
Haircare is time-consuming and expensive too. I wash my hair every 2 weeks. which mostly involves shampoo, deep and leave-in conditioner, oils, and butter but sometimes I get lazy and skip some parts. Then I put it in protective styles and wear a wig 90% of the time. I think I should be like you and let my scalp enjoy some air.
The natural hair community is filled with different myths. I didn't even know the cause of dandruff, I used to think it was due to dirty hair.
Right! Nurturing our kind of hair can be time consuming and there are just too many tips out there for us.
Mostly ridiculous tips though.
Imagine boiling rice and tea bag for hair care. Lols