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Our Winter Hair Care Routine

As a treat for our customers we’ve carefully selected products out of our line to put together the perfect hair care routine designed to protect and maintain your curls during the winter. Our Seasonal Winter Hair Care set contains all that is needed to protect, moisturize, and seal your hair during the cold wintry months. [...]

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Protective Styling

Now that winter is approaching it is time to begin protecting the hair. Curly hair is best protected when put in some type of protective style. So what is protective styling? Protective Styling: A low maintenance hair style where the ends are usually tucked and the hair is not manipulated often. So now that we [...]

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Winter Curl Care

The icy cold weather is on its way as we approach autumn and if you have naturally curly hair, now is the time to begin to start taking the extra precautions to care for your curls. Proper maintenance of natural hair during the winter will prevent unwanted breakage due to dry hair. So what can [...]

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How to Comb Naturally Curly Hair

Naturally curly hair is very unique in many ways. If you have naturally curly/kinky hair you should know that your hair is very special and unique and special hair needs to be cared for in a “unique and special” way. Even combing your hair has to be done differently so here’s how to do it [...]

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Co-Washing 101

What is Co-Washing? Co-Washing (Conditioner Washing): The act of cleansing the hair with conditioner instead of shampoo to restore moisture levels. So now that we understand what co-washing is how often should it be done? If you have dry hair I recommend only washing the hair with conditioner and clarifying with a sulfate free shampoo once per [...]

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Natural Hair Shrinkage: How to Reduce it

If you have natural hair you know all about shrinkage. Your hair may be longer than it looks, but due to shrinkage it always looks shorter. If you don’t know what shrinkage is, here’s a brief definition of it: Shrinkage: shrinkage in natural hair is when the hair due to the introduction of water as [...]

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Protein: The Building Blocks of Natural Hair

What is your hair made of? Hair is a fiber made up of mostly keratin. Hair has 3 layers: The Cuticle, Cortex, and Medulla(Only African American hair contain this layer). The Cortex is where the keratin is bundled within the cell structure of the hair fibers. What is keratin? Keratin refers to a family of fibrous structural [...]

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