Natural Hair Moisturizing Products

Moisture is important in maintaining natural hair. Here are some products that gives natural hair the moisture boost that they need.

Dudley's Quench Moisture Mist
This product moisturizes your hair and stop frizziness.


Carol's Daughter Black Vanilla Leave-in Conditioner
This is a leave in conditioner that you spray in your hair. It smells like vanilla and works well in moisturizing your hair.

Infusium 23 Leave in Conditioner
This leave in conditioner moisturizes and softens hair.

Honey
That's right honey can moisturize your hair. Add some honey to your hair, put on a shower cap, leave in for about two hours and rinse out.

Three reasons to transition from permed to natural hair

Let's face it. Transitioning can be a difficult task. After all you may encounter some obstacles. Those obstacles could include negative thoughts that you may have or what you may think someone will think. But once you face your obstacles or put negativity aside, transitioning will not be so hard.

While in transition, you may have thoughts of changing your mind about going natural. But don't fret. You are not the first one to have that thought and you won't be the last. Just think though that there are several reasons to go natural. Here are three reasons to go natural:

Chemical free hair

Just think about how strong and healthy your hair can become with natural hair. Not to say that your hair can't be strong with permed hair but natural hair is can be less prone to damage. Chemicals applied to the hair can damage it especially if not applied correctly.

More versatility or edge

When someone wears their hair natural, they have a "look at me" stand out in the crowd aura about them. 

Natural hair gives an edge that chemically treated hair does not have. Also depending on a person's hair texture and length of their hair, they can create more styles with natural hair.

Freedom 

After the transitioning period, there is almost a sense of new found freedom. At least that's what I felt when I went natural. With that freedom comes with knowing that you do not have to worry about those perm touch-ups when new growth comes in.

A Must Have Product: Carol's Daughter Khoret Amen Hair Smoothie

One of my must have products is Khoret Amen Hair Smoothie. It is a deep conditioner and leaves the hair soft after use. It makes for a good detangler especially if you need to loosen your hair after wearing braids or two-strand twists for a while. After using this product I was surprised at how well it detangles and how manageable my hair was.

Using the product 

You use the product after you have washed your hair. While your hair is still wet, apply the hair smoothie to your hair. Let the hair smoothie work its magic for 10 minutes :). Then, rinse the hair smoothie from your hair.  I like using this product because it makes it easier to comb through my hair after I wash it. No tug a war fights with the hair here :).

Where to obtain the product

The product can be obtained through the Carol's Daughter website. The site sells numerous products for natural hair. I have been using Carol's Daughter products for two and half years and I can truly say that their hair smoothies are good.

Summer Natural Hair Styles

Pictures will be posted soon (June 2011)

Have you decided how you want to style your hair this summer? Two-strand twists are a braided hairstyle may be a good summer style to combat the season's humidity.

TWA
For those with a tiny winy afro or TWA, you can rock your short due in the summer. You may want to accessorize your do with accessories.

Experiment with your long natural hair

For those with longer natural hair, for instance ear length or shoulder length, you can experiment with different updo styles. You could pin it up.

Deep Conditioning

Hey everyone,
You probably know the importance of conditioning your hair. Natural hair especially needs moisture. Here is some information on how to condition natural hair http://www.ehow.com/how_5934427_condition-natural-hair.html.
The above link to the article is an article that I wrote on the site ehow.

Here we go with the palm roll hairstyle

How to transition from permed to natural hair easier

Here is information on two-strand twists-How to do two strand twists for natural hair

Palm roll in 2008.

Transitioning with ease

So if you are in transition or new to having natural hair,  you may run into some challenges. Those challenges may include having negative thoughts. You may think, "do I really want to go natural?" " How will I manage my hair?" you think. You may look around and see others with permed hair and start comtemplating whether you should perm your hair. Or you may have seen others with natural hair and thought "that looks good on them." Then when it comes to yourself you start thinking it may not look good on you. You may start thinking what will people say about me. "Will they think that I am ugly or not as attractive?," you ask yourself. You may feel bad that you are thinking such negative thoughts. Well, I am here to tell you that you are not alone. Many have thought the same thing that you have thought.

While in transition, you can where your hair in different styles. You do not have to cut all your hair off to go natural. You can slowly transition as you will develop two hair textures your permed hair and your curly or wavy natural hair. You can where braids or put two strand twists in your hair. You can wear your hair in these styles for a while until you feel comfortable wearing your hair completely natural.
You could be in the transition phase for one month, six months, a year or many years.

If you go decide to cut your hair all off from the very beginning don't fret because remember that your hair will grow back. If you cutting out all the perm from your hair is the best thing, then go for it. If you are suffering from breakage, then cutting your hair right from the get go is the way to go instead of transitioning for several months. Whatever you decide embrace the change and the natural you.