In the past, I struggled with extremely dry relaxed hair during relaxer stretches. It was like my hair had an internal clock and knew when to act out around 10 weeks post relaxer. I wanted to stretch my relaxer for at least 16 weeks but I could never successfully do it because of excessive breakage. After many…
Hair Porosity
Is Relaxed Hair Really Protein Sensitive?
I follow many blogs, articles and healthy hair enthusiasts. While playing catch up on some reading, I noticed an article that bluntly stated, relaxed hair is not protein sensitive. What’s wrong with that statement? I thought you’d never ask — everything! Most would skim over this statement and accept it to be fact. I, on…
Protein and Moisture Balance in Hair
Protein and moisture in hair have a unique relationship because the forces must be balanced in order to maintain a healthy head of hair. An imbalance of the two forces can (and likely) wreak havoc on progress. Balancing protein and moisture has challenged me through the years and occasionally challenges me present day. Sitting here attempting to write this…
What is Hair Porosity?
Have you seen the word porosity tossed around in healthy hair discussions and thought – What is Hair Porosity? Porosity is the hair’s ability to absorb water and is usually measured by low, medium or high. — Hair Porosity Types — All hair is porous but porosity level is impacted by the amount of damage the cuticle…
Quickly Restore Moisture with Baggying Relaxed Hair
If you’re looking for a way to quickly restore moisture to your hair without washing and deep conditioning, you should try baggying your hair. What is Baggying? Baggying simply means to apply a moisturizer to your hair, place a plastic processing cap over on your head and leave it on for a few hours. You will…
13 Regimen Hacks for Managing Low Porosity Hair
Are you struggling with unexplainable dryness and breakage? Do products just sit on top of your hair? Does your hair take forever to get soaking wet? Perhaps you have low porosity hair. 13 Hacks for Managing Low Porosity Hair I struggled with dryness and breakage for quite sometime. During my trial and error phases of learning how…