Getting My Natural Hair Back to Healthy
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
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About a month ago I found my hair to be very dry and breaking off a lot. I knew a few contributing factors were that I'd become lazy with moisturizing my hair in early pregnancy, and I was napping a lot, which meant laying on various surfaces without my scarf on or satin pillowcase.
Once I got my energy back the first thing I did was a henna treatment to jump-start my hair back to health. Then I resolved to find a good combination of products to moisturize my hair in between washes and I settled on a simple duo:
Oyin Handmade's Burnt Sugar Pomade and aloe vera juice/water spray.
In the spray bottle I put about 1 part aloe vera juice and 2 parts water. You could probably go with all aloe vera juice if you wanted. It's all natural. I even drink it sometimes in juice, it's good for digestion.
So in between wash days (which is usually the span of a week), about every other day, I spray my hair with the water/aloe vera juice spray, and then apply the Burnt Sugar Pomade to seal in the moisture. This gives me really shiny, soft, and moisturized hair.
I'm feeling much better about the conditioner of my hair following my henna treatment and new moisture routine.
What's your hair doing lately?
Teach me how to take care of my hair! Lol.
ReplyDeletelol. Let me know your problems and I'll try to give you solutions.
DeleteMy hair went through some shedding in the back due to hormones, so I decided to get a tapered cut
ReplyDeleteAhhhh I love natural hair tips... just an fyi.. dontttt get lazy w your hair during pregnancy. .. bc post pregnancy hair loss is not fun!! I had a lot of breakage mostly bc I was lazy during and enjoying what prenatals were doing lol...
ReplyDeleteYea I'm trying to keep up with it better, at the very least keeping it moisturized and tied up.
DeleteI'm taking down locs, 8 years old, 18 inches long. I'm cutting them about 1/2 off and then picking appart leaving about 10 inches of hair. What do you suggest I do to repair the damage dont from picking them out?
ReplyDeleteYou'll definitely want to do a a protein treatment and a deep condition treatment. This is my DIY protein treatment (http://www.nesheaholic.com/2013/03/homemad-natural-hair-protein-treatment.html) you could do it without the hibiscus petal powder. Good luck in your take-down!
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