Learn how to take care of your relaxed hair for optimum growth Here are 5 easy ways to get your chemically relaxed hair to grow and grow! 1. Deep Conditioning Treatments– This is key in the health of your relaxed hair. Moisture promotes elasticity which is important in making the hair resilient to damage. Relaxed [...]
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The Basic Steps Of Giving Relaxed Hair Movement. Yes even short relaxed hair!
February 14, 2010 1 Comment
Understand why your hair is straight but stiff and attain soft flowing hair All hair is made up of the same material. Keratin. The way it looks and behaves (curly, wavy or straight) is something that is predetermined by genetics. Achieving hair with lots of movement in black kinky and especially shorter hair, is very [...]
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Tutorial on How To Give Relaxed Hair Movement. Yes even short Relaxed Hair!
February 14, 2010 4 Comments
Beat the dryness and get your hair moving! If you have read the previous article, you will already know why your relaxed hair is straight but stiff. Below is a step by step tutorial on how to get your hair to fall through your fingers. Here’s what you will need: 1. A moisturizing deep conditioner [...]
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Get a new head of hair by stopping those ends from breaking off So you’ve finally taken the plunge and relaxed your hair. Are you worried about the breakage associated with chemical relaxers of have you been relaxing your hair for years but have never been able to retain length? You know your hair is [...]
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Which one is for you? Relaxing, texturizing and texlaxing are in actual fact quite similar. All 3 involve the use of chemicals called relaxers or texturizers to change the basic structure of the hair. The length of time the chemicals are left in the hair and the type of chemical used, determine whether the hair [...]
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And wearing your hair natural is not a political statement When did how a black woman chooses to wear her hair become a political statement rather that what it is; a hairstyle? I recently saw a thread on a black hair forum about relaxers being no different in terms of self hate than skin lightening [...]
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It comes as no surprise that the most common question I get asked is ‘How can I grow my hair long?’. What is relatively surprising though is that of every 10 times I get asked that question, 9 of the ladies have relaxed hair. Is there a theme here or is it just me? Ok, [...]
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Since featuring Brittany, an avid heat training enthusiast, on the website a few weeks ago, I have had few emails and comments suggesting that I give a more balanced view on the subject so here it is! So what is heat training? From my research online, I have found two definitions for it. Using heat [...]
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