Tag: hair breakage
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Why Your Natural Hair Is Breaking More Than It Used To

If you’ve noticed more hair snapping when you detangle, wash, style, or even run your hands through your hair, you’re probably wondering what changed. Maybe your hair used to feel stronger. Maybe you were finally seeing length, and suddenly it seems like you’re losing all of your progress. Or maybe your curls don’t look or…
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Best Products for Length Retention on Type 4 Hair: What I Actually Recommend

If you have Type 4 hair and feel like your hair is growing but you aren’t actually seeing the length, let’s talk about the part of the conversation that gets overlooked: Length retention. Because your hair can absolutely be growing while you continue losing length from breakage, split ends, excessive manipulation, heat damage and rough…
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Why Your Hair Is Growing But You’re Not Seeing Length

Your hair might actually be growing—you just may not be **retaining the length**. If your natural hair seems stuck at the same length, especially if you have 4B/4C hair, breakage, split ends, shrinkage, heat damage, dryness, and excessive manipulation could be getting in the way. Here’s how to figure out what’s happening and start keeping…
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How to Prevent Breakage When Wearing Your Natural Hair Out

Learn how to prevent breakage when wearing your natural hair out with simple tips for detangling, moisturizing, protecting your ends, reducing manipulation, and retaining length.
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Why Your Hair Is Growing But You’re Not Seeing Length
After being stuck around collarbone length for nearly eight years, I’ve had to completely rethink what it means to grow long natural hair. Here’s what I’ve learned about hair growth, length retention, breakage, postpartum shedding, and how my hair-care needs have changed at 39.
