Tag: natural hair tips
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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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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 Protect Your Natural Hair While Sleeping: 10 Nighttime Tips for Natural Hair
If you have natural hair, you already know that wash day is only part of the equation. What you do with your hair at night can make a noticeable difference in how your hair looks and feels the next morning — and over time, it can help reduce unnecessary friction, tangling and breakage. This is…
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Best Shampoos for Dry, Coily & Type 4 Hair
If you have dry, coily, curly, or Type 4 hair, finding the right shampoo can feel like a never ending search. You want your hair and scalp to feel clean, but you do not want that clean feeling to come with dry, stiff, stripped hair. And if you have Type 4 hair, you already know…
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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.
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The Ultimate Guide to Growing Long Natural Hair After 35
If you’re trying to grow long natural hair after 35, you’ve probably noticed that what worked for your hair in your twenties may not work quite the same way now. Maybe your hair seems to grow slowly. Maybe you feel like you’ve been stuck at the same length for years. Maybe you reach collarbone length…
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Can the Hair Diagram System Finally Give Me a Humidity-Proof Silk Press at Home? Why I’m Excited to Put It to the Test
As a natural hair girl, there is one thing I’ve learned over the years: Summer and silk presses don’t always get along. In fact, I’ve intentionally avoided silk presses during the summer for years. Not because I don’t love the look of a sleek, bouncy silk press. Trust me, I do. The problem is that…
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Why Heat Protection Is Essential for Natural Hair Growth and Length Retention
Natural hair has always been versatile. From silk presses and stretched blowouts to braid prep and low-manipulation styling, heat styling can absolutely have a place in a healthy natural hair routine. Yet one of the biggest myths in the natural hair community is that heat itself is automatically damaging. The truth is this: heat is…
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How to Blow Dry Natural Hair Without Spending a Fortune
If you’re on a natural hair journey, you know the challenge: you want smooth, soft, and healthy hair, but professional blow dryers often cost hundreds of dollars. After my Laifen blow dryer broke down, I had to find a budget-friendly solution that still gave me salon-quality results without damaging my hair. After some research and…
