Knowing Your Hair
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Why I learned To Embrace My Shrinkage
In the natural community, we have the tendency to view shrinkage as a bad thing, but what if I told you that it’s not necessarily a bad thing, that it can be a…
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Why I Stopped Using Heavy Oils and Butters
As tightly coiled naturals, one of the biggest complaints that you’ll usually hear is that our hair is dry. The nature of our tightly coiled strands can create some challenges where hydration is…
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Why I Stopped Co-washing My Hair
People are sometimes surprised when they find out what I don’t do to my hair. The common belief in the natural hair community is that there are certain holy grail steps that we…
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5 Key Points About Tightly Coiled Curls
Curls come in many different shapes and sizes. The diameter of your curls (or how large/small) your curl, kink, coil, or wave is can determine how tight your curls are. Tighter coils will…
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Healthy Hair Tips to Prevent Hair Breakage
For some of us, length retention is big deal. In fact, for many of us, a lot of the reason we decided to “go natural” included a desire to see our hair flourish…
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The “D” Word: Understanding What Causes Hair Damage
Our goal on this journey is (or at least should be) healthy natural hair. While damage usually isn’t intentional. It sometimes can be the result of our own ignorance, negligence, or over ambitious…
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Fighting Frustrations on Your Natural Hair Journey
Having been natural for the past several years, I know how challenging navigating this natural journey can be. Especially when there doesn’t seem to be a clear path or reliable sources that you…
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Make It Work: 5 Reasons Your Wash And Go Failed & How To Fix Them
There can be several reasons why your wash and go is unsuccessful. Here are some of the more common reasons your wash and go didn’t work and how you can avoid making those…
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Poor Us: We’re Still Struggling with Porosity
Porosity, everyone’s talking about it, but do you really know what it is or why it is important to establishing your hair care routine? I can admit, during the early part of my…
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It Feels Good: Surface texture and Density, Getting to Know Your Natural Hair
Knowing your hair can greatly change your expectations when it comes to your desired styles, “hair goals”, and overall pleasure with your natural hair. Often times we are too focused on achieving a…
