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Hair Care Tips

African American Hair Care Tips

Combing wet & tangled hair:

I like to use conditioners with jojoba or olive oil in them. It coats the hair shaft making the hair soft and less tangled. Or you may want to purchase a leave-in conditioner designed to detangle hair before combing.

Using a wide tooth comb start from the ends combing up towards the scalp this will decrease hair breakage. Never use a bristle bush on wet hair this causes breakage which leads to fly-a-ways.

Tips to care for your natural African American hair:

1. Watering your hair daily or every other day is crucial. This does not mean washing your hair but merely wetting it. Water is the best moisture for our hair. Water also acts as a toner for hair products. It helps bring hair products further into the hair shaft this way products won’t weigh your hair down. So you should always apply hair products to damp hair for wash and go styles.

If you live in colder climate and not too happy about leaving the house with wet hair then we suggest wetting your hair then adding products when you get home. Remember braiding or twisting hair at bedtime makes for easy grooming the next day.

2. Get to know and accept your hair texture. Most natural hair care products are not designed to change your hair texture, however, make it more manageable and offer your hair essentials to encourage healthy growth.

3. When applying hair products it is best to work in the product by finger combing your hair. This way you are also training your hair. When purchasing your hair products be sure to buy a water base product such as hair lotions or sprays and a moisture sealant which are oil based products such as hair oils, balms or butters. Always us the moisturizer before the moisture sealant.

4. Do NOT use bristle brushes, especially, if you have tightly coiled hair. This will weaken and cause your hair break. Use a wide toothed comb, a paddle/wig brush, or finger comb. On average we shed up to 100 stands of hair daily so it is important to groom hair. Remember to start grooming from your ends to scalp.

5. It is important to keep a clean scalp. Washing your hair 1-2 times a week is excellent! Natural shampoos are not as effective to remove cones from hair. You may have to wash hair twice if using a natural shampoo and products with dimethicone.

6. Shrinkage is normal for our type hair. The best way to combat shrinkage is preparation. A braid or twist out are great styles for African American hair. If you can’t find the time then you may want to look into a gel type of products which will only minimize shrinkage.

7. Wear a silk or satin scarf to bed. This will protect your hair and stop it from breaking and drying out. A satin pillow case will do as well.

8. Love your hair in all its glory. If your hair is healthy then it is beautiful!

Help Prevent split ends:

Try using hair products that do not contain alcohol. If alcohol is listed in the first 5 ingredients it is a danger to your fragile ends! This would include products such as: mousse, hair spray, gel, and other products used to either straighten or curl hair.

If you feel you must use these products. Try giving your tress a hot oil treatment, preferably with jojoba oil or placenta, every two weeks. You may also want to buy a conditioner with jojoba oil or shea butter. If you can not find a conditioner with jojoba or shea you may add 1/4 cup of jojoba oil to your favorite conditioner. Also treat your hair to a trim every 6-8 weeks.

To promote healthy hair, skin, and body add omega 3 fatty acid to your diet (2-3 times daily), drink 8-10 cups of water daily, and always get your 8 hours of sleep. Smoking has been proven to prematurely harden blood vessels, restricting blood flow and damaging capillaries. This will definitely harm healthy hair patterns.

Smoking has been proven to accelerate the incidence of hair loss and the accumulation of gray hair. You are sure to get more of a buzz from having beautiful healthy hair.

Have a receding hairline from braids?

Here are a few things you should keep in mind:

Try using hair close to the same weight as your own. Human hair, although, a little more expensive, would be close to the weight of your own hair. Ask your braider to braid more of your own hair in with each braid. If not, ask to have the braids around your hairline braided loosely. This will cause you to need a touch up sooner; however, the hairline should have a touch up every 30 days.

If your braids are tight, try using an oil mixture of tea tree oil or peppermint oil with jojoba oil. Use 15 drops of tea tree or peppermint oil per 2 oz of jojoba oil. Then apply to scalp around the hairline. You may also apply shea butter to the hairline.

If your hair has recently been braided try not to pull your hair back or up for the first 2 weeks and always wrap them with a silk or satin scarf before bedtime or while working out. The most important fact about braids is the care of them.

Make sure you don’t wear braid over 8-10 weeks. You must take the braids down to wash, condition and trim your hair. Remember, just because you’re wearing braids doesn’t mean you shouldn’t condition your own hair. Wear the braids for a short time then give your hair a break before you put them in again. Just know that if you have very fine hair, braids may break your hair off so just BEWARE!! Cornrows are less damaging than individual braids.

African American Hair Extensions:

You look after Hair Extensions the same as you would do long hair that you grew yourself. If you have never been able to grow your hair long before it is probably because you are killing it just as quickly as it grows. Here’s are some tips:

1. Wash, condition and MOISTURIZE (very important) your hair every 2 - 3 days. The extensions do not receive your natural scalp oils and so they need to have moisture added every wash. If you don’t moisturize your hair extensions they will become brittle and break easily leading to split and ratty ends. We recommend using a good moisturizer made for hair extensions.

2. Treat them with respect. They will not grow back if you yank at them with a brush, burn them with the blow dryer, kill them with chemicals. Be nice to them they cost a lot of money so make sure you get your money’s worth.

3. Always pick out all knots before you wash your hair, swim, or sleep. Start at the bottom and work your way up slowly using a paddle brush.

4. Make sure you wash in between the braids to keep your scalp clean and free of bacteria. Use products that contain Rosemary, Lavender, Sage, or Calendula to keep bacteria to a minimum.

African American Hair Care!