Tag: natural hair
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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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My New Essential for My Natural Nighttime Hair Routine at 39

How I’m protecting my hair, supporting length retention, and making my nighttime routine feel a little more luxurious. At 39, I’ve become much more intentional about what I do with my hair at night. Not because I suddenly discovered that nighttime hair care matters, but because I’ve reached a point where I understand that maintaining…
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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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Best Hair Tools for Curly and Coily Hair: 7 Tools to Help You Style, Stretch & Protect Natural Hair

As Caribana weekend approaches, there is something that always feels especially exciting about getting ready: the hair, the beauty, the outfits, the music, and the confidence that comes with showing up as yourself. For those of us in the Afro-Caribbean diaspora, hair is about so much more than styling. Our curls and coils carry history,…
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My Natural Hair Wash Day Routine for Length Retention: The Exact Products & Steps I Use

Discover my natural hair wash day routine for length retention. Learn the products, techniques, and heat styling tips I use to reduce breakage and keep my curls healthy.
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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…


