I’m ashamed to say this, but 2021 was the year I fully embraced and wore my natural hair. That’s saying something cause I’ve been natural for seven years. Between heat damage, destructive styles, poor manipulation, terrible upkeep, and being occasionally scissor-happy, I’d never truly taken the time to care for and love my hair. Plus,…
Category: Natural Hair
6 Protective Styling Mistakes Causing Your Natural Hair To Break
In the natural hair community, I think it’s safe to say we all have a universally despised common enemy – Breakage. Breakage is the enemy of length retention, and we know that length retention is the only way to see any real progress in our inches. After all, isn’t that why we detangle? Why we…
The Easiest (and Fastest) Way To Blow-Dry Your Natural Hair
Let’s face it. Blow-drying natural hair is an extreme sport. Blowdrying type 4 natural hair is an even bigger challenge. But it doesn’t have to be. For most of my natural hair journey, I’ve avoided using a blow-dryer for many reasons. It’s not because I’m terrified of heat damage; it’s more so because of the…