How to Style Textured African American Hair

There are women who are endowed with beautiful, long, thick, lustrous, and manageable American African hair.  If you knew exactly how to maintain your hair properly, you can be one of them, too.

Read on to find out how

  1. Use the right shampoo and conditioner.
    More often times than not, African American hair tends to be on the dry side.  It needs to be moisturized more than any other hair types.  There seems to be so many hair care manufacturers out there who did not have African American hair in mind when they manufactured their products.  I say this because their products contain active ingredients that are quite detrimental to this type of hair.  Among them are products that contain sulfates, derivative, glycols, and silicones.  All these rip black hair of its natural moisture.  Stay away from them at all cost.  The good news is there are hair care products that are made for African American hair alone.  A very good example of this is the hair care line of Beauty 4 Ashes.  It is made up of all natural ingredients and they target the problems usually encountered by black curly hair.  It is also used in so many professional salons so it is worth checking them out.
  1. Although it has been said that you should not wash your hair daily, it is very important to keep the hair clean.  Shampoo your hair at least once a week.  Besides, with the right shampoo and conditioner, you will not be stripping it of its natural oils.  Also, keeping the hair clean will help reduce residue build-up which is the main cause of pore blockage in the scalp
  2. Moisturize your hair as much as you can.  There is no such thing as over moisturizing as long as you use the right products.  Check out Aubrey Organics and Beauty 4 Ashes for more of their specialized hair conditioners
  3. Handle your hair with a lot of TLC.  Since your hair is very delicate, never brush it harshly.  Also, use a wide-tooth comb when smoothing out wet hair. Avoid hard bristle brushes as they can easily cause damage and breakage.
  4. When combing your hair, always start from the bottom up.  Most tangles are at the tips of your hair; straighten those up first before you go on smoothing out the rest.  Also a conditioner that will effectively smooth out those tangles, if conditioning is not enough then use a light conditioning leave on cream to help it out
  5. Never use grease to oil your scalp.  Use natural light oils like olive and coconut oil
  6. Avoid heat styling tools as much as possible.  If you must, then keep it on a low temperature.
  7. Too much chemical treatment is a no-no.  If your hair has undergone a hair relaxer treatment then stay away from other chemical treatments like hair dye and perms.
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