Truth be told – It can get really boring to wear your Afro-textured, 4C hair in one style. Yes, the natural hair community advocates for protective styling and ensuring that your ends are tucked away but once in a while you may want a fresh new curly look. If you do a quick search on YouTube you will realize every … Read More
Effective Natural Remedies For Dandruff in 4C Hair
There is nothing as annoying as noticing white flakes on your cloths the moment you touch your head! Unfortunately very many of us suffer from dandruff and despite doing so many things that we think will alleviate the problem we still find those ANNO-YING white flakes on our sparkling clean cloths. In this article, based on extensive research, I have … Read More
Causes and Remedies of Heat Damage in 4C Hair
Heat damage is a condition that results when strands of hair are exposed to instant extreme heat or repeated use of heat leading to moisture content loss, destruction of the natural morphology of hair which may lead to permanent change in structure. Heat damage results from various sources such as heat styling appliances (blow driers, curling irons etc) and ultraviolet … Read More
Prevent Split Ends in 4C Hair with these 8 Tips
There is nothing as beautiful as a crown of healthy natural hair. Achieving this, is however not a walk in the park. Top of the list of the challenges of growing healthy natural hair, and particularly 4C hair is split ends. Truth be told, our hair may never be completely free from split ends but by taking the right measures, … Read More
How To Test 4C Hair Porosity: 4 Easy Techniques
Arguably – Understanding your hair porosity is one of the most important things you need to do in order to build an effective 4C hair care routine. There are 4 easy and common methods to test 4C hair porosity. These include: (i) Float Test, (ii) Slip and Slide Test, (iii) Dry Test and (iv) Water Shed Test. This article will … Read More
Understanding 4C Hair 101: Growth and Damage
Before the natural hair movement, there was a perception that African hair does not grow past the shoulder length. This was probably because most of us had hair that stagnated at that length. However, over the recent years we have started seeing African women particularly those who have transitioned to natural, grow their hair to as long as thigh length. … Read More
Why Does My Natural 4C Hair Shrink So Much?
Experiencing extreme shrinkage when you really want to show off your full length or a blown-out look is one of the thousand ways to get worked up. I know, I can relate! This is mostly the case for those with tighter curls, in fact, the tighter the curls the more shrinkage you will experience. I am here to tell you … Read More
What is ‘Going Natural’? Is It Worth the Hype?
Times are changing. Women are learning to embrace a natural lifestyle. The most remarkable trend in the natural lifestyle movement is women of African descent going natural with their hair. What is ‘Going natural’? Going natural simply means that you are restoring your hair back from the chemically altered texture to its original unaltered state. The chemicals applied to the … Read More
4C Hair: Curl Pattern, Hair Care & Hair Typing Systems
Do you have 4C hair? Or maybe 4A, 4B, 3A, 2B: according to the Andre Walker System. What if you are using the LOIS hair typing system? Your hair type could be an “IS” or an “OS” In this article we are going to cover everything you possibly need to know about 4C hair. This will help you understand how … Read More