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Back to the Basics: Knowing your relaxers
Relaxers are chemicals that are used to straighten hair in order to remove its natural curl pattern. Some would argue that relaxed hair is easier to manage and to detangle. Disadvantages of relaxed hair include: You have to keep on retouching the new growth at chosen intervals to maintain the straight texture. This might be cumbersome for some people. Causes more damage to the hair because relaxers work by altering the structure of the peptide chain bonds in the hair. (These bonds are called disulfide bonds). As a result of thisRead More
Book Review- Hair Care Rehab: The Ultimate Hair Repair & Reconditioning Manual by Audrey Davis-Sivasothy
I just received a copy of Hair Care Rehab: The Ultimate Hair Repair & Reconditioning Manual by Audrey Davis-Sivasothy (the author of Science of black hair) and I’m amazed how much she knows about hair. She talks about everything with regards to hair: from seborrheic dermatitis to psoriasis to regimen building, chlorine & pool water damage, dandruff& dry scalp, hair loss & thinning, shedding, ringworm, sluggish hair growth, thinning hair edges, oily hair, fine/limp hair, etc.. I mean everything. She elaborates on how to bring your hair back from ‘the dead’:Read More
Back to the basics: cleansing your hair (shampooing and other things)
Cleansing your hair is a very important step in hair management. What you use to cleanse your hair, how you do it, how frequently, etc all contribute to the health of your hair. To reduce damage from cleansing your hair, it’s so important to do a prepoo. I’ve talked about the importance of prepooing several times on this blog. [Read Back to the basics: prepooing]. What you use to cleanse your hair can either leave your feeling stripped or soft and there are severalRead More
