6. Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize
Curly hair is prone to dryness, that’s just a fact. So we have to help the hair maintain its moisture by adding some daily to the new growth as well as the relaxed portion of the hair to avoid breakage.
Moisturizing is never done without sealing, both are married and there is no sign of divorce. If you are going to spend all your time adding moisture then spend just as much time sealing the moisture into the strands.
This will ensure long lasting softness until its time to do it all over again! Find a great oil that you love, experiment with more oils*, it certainly couldn’t hurt and it might be fun too!
We would also suggest getting used to deep conditioning often as this is without a doubt, one of the best ways of adding moisture to your hair on a weekly basis. Deep condition on dry hair, overnight, steam, before you shampoo or after, it doesn’t matter just get at least one deep conditioning* session in every single week.
7. Be Careful With Heat Styling
No one wants you to throw out your flat iron* so if you are transitioning long term and using heat makes it easier for you to manage both textures, I get it. But you have to be extremely careful about how you go about it.
Because excessive heat can cause irreparable damage, protecting your hair is a priority so make sure the heat protectant* is always on deck and for goodness sake use a suitable temperature when styling.
Deep condition your hair often and with protein to keep the relaxed hair strong and intact. Use heat styling options that are less damaging such as roller sets or rod sets with a hooded dryer*.
Finally, find a way to stretch your heat styles so that you are not constantly flat ironing from one wash day to the next. Some ladies find that bunning for 2 weeks without daily manipulation is particularly helpful for transitioning in the long term.
8. Gradually Cut Your Ends
Yes I know you are trying to keep as much hair on your head as possibly during your transition but in my experience I find that a lot of us just fear the one big drastic ‘Big Chop’ but we are not adverse to little trims every so often.
Cutting the ends off your hair as you transition makes things a little easier for you as things progress. Not only will you be one great trim closer to being fully natural, but you want to keep your ends blunt and super healthy so that there are no splits that can travel up the strand eventually hurting your new growth.
Use professional hair shears to do your trims if you are doing them yourself in order to keep your hair in the best condition possible.
Greene Kenya says
I feel like this every single day that why I am not relaxing no more been 2 years the last relaxer was my mother funeral after that no more