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Ingredients that protect hair from heat damage and flat irons
Flat irons are a form of direct heat and can damage the hair strands if adequate heat protection is not used. When your hair is exposed to heat higher than 130 degrees Celsius (about 265 degrees Fahrenheit), the following can happen: Break down of the hair’s surface and a resultant radial and axial cracking across the hair shaft; Loss of the hair’s internal moisture; and Damage to the portion of the hair shaft that absorbs and reflects light. [This portion is referred to as chromophore]. It is therefore important toRead More
Hair products I will be repurchasing in 2015
Lavender Jamaican black castor oil. An oldie but a goodie. I prefer this to the regular plain Jamaican black castor oil because of the additional lavender. Jamaican black castor oil serum with argan oil. Also an oldie but a goodie. 🙂 Lush Cosmetics Caca Noir henna. I have an unpublished post on how I used this and I promise it to publish it in a few days. This replaces my regular henna. Pura body naturals murumuru moisture milk. My staple leave-in conditioner. Has good slip. Kurlee Belle thirsty kurls leave-in:Read More
2014 in review – Battle of the moisturizers part 3 – The winner
Hi guys. 2014 has been a year of experimenting for me. Yeah experimenting. When I cut my hair last year, I felt so liberated and was no longer driven to grow my hair long. My main hair goal became healthy looking hair. This year, I have delved my hands in different techniques and products. Over my next few posts, I will be discussing the techniques and products I tried out in 2014, the ones I liked and the ones I didn’t. First up is moisturizers. Why? If you are likeRead More
