Hair Porosity

How porous is your hair?  I recently read an article about hair porosity and I found out that my hair is very porous. Which means that it absorbs a lot of moisture, which isn't bad, but not that good either. The more moisture my hair draws in when its wet, the drier it gets when it dries.  Normal hair can absorb  30% of its weight in water, extremely porous hair can absorb up to 40-50% of its weight in water. I have...

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Product Review: Organic Root Stimulator Jojoba Oil

Ok, so I've been using this product for a week now, and I have to say... I like it. Pros: It makes my hair soft. It was relatively inexpensive. It made my hair easy to comb through especially when I apply it to wet hair. Cons: . The jojoba oil is way down in the ingredients list, when the label makes it seem like its the first and only ingredient. It leaves a slight  greasy feel. Ingredients: Petrolatum, Soybean Oil Glycine...

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Top Ten Chlorine-Fighting Conditioners

For all you  naturals and  transitioners planning on soaking up the sun and basically living at the poolside this summer, don't be afraid to jump in the water! naturallycurly.com has come up with a list of the top ten chlorine-fighting conditioners to use this summer. Make sure to wet your hair and apply the conditioner before up swim! Head on over to naturallycurly.com add stock up on these conditioners! ...

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Pre-Pooing

Pre-Pooing (pre-shampooing) is something most naturals do to help retain or get lots of moisture to their hair before shampooing. It also helps to protect whatever moisture you have in your hair just in case the shampoo strips your hair of its moisture. Shampooing natural hair often (well in my case) tends to strip my hair too much and leaves my hair feeling, and sounding "squeaky". When Pre-Pooing, you can apply any oils or products that...

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How to tell if you are still at the TWA stage

Naturally Curly.com did a post on determining if you are still at the TWA (teeny weeny afro) stage or not. Go check out the article here and see if you are still at the  TWA stage. ...

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Testing, Testing

Hey! If your wondering where we have gone, we girls are testing some products we recently got our hands on. We'll be back soon! ...

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OUR FREATURE FRIDAY GUEST TODAY IS TRUSHA!! Trusha is here rocking her new style sister locks How long you had natural hair? I have Transitioned for 2 months now... I love my natural hair!..the perm wash too expensive and too damaging.   What do u like about being natural? I like the fact that I can just get up and go!..I don't have to worry about flat-iorning everyday to keep it neat or wrapping it at nights or anything...

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protective styles

I was TIRED  of dealing with the two textures so i did this style to BLEND  the two textures together, I think u can call it a BRAID OUT. what do you think? Look at those waves..^-^                                                              ...

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protective styles

Here I am 3 months natural..I CORNROWED my hair.I did this style because i was having difficulty styling my hair and constantly having my hands in my hair. This style lasts a long time if you maintain it and protect it at nights. ...

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