Budget-Friendly Hair Care
We all love to pamper ourselves every now and then with luxurious shampoos and conditioners, but sometimes high-end products don’t fit with our budget. So how can you get a salon treatment without breaking the bank? Go to your nearest grocery store or farmer’s market and…go natural! Some of the best hair care products currently [...]
Aloe Vera Gel for Natural Hair
ALOE VERA GEL FOR NATURAL HAIR (repost) Do you ever get tired of searching through forums and the net reading up on the latest “it” factor for moisture or growth? Are you exhausted after reading through the labels for hair care products? Do you need to tame the inner PJ (product junkie) in you from [...]
Ceramides: Are they truly necessary?
Ceramides are an essential part of hair care. They are a family of lipid molecules that are found in the fiber of your hair and in your skin. They bind cuticle cells to cortical cells and keep our hair strands together. A lot of people focus on maintaining their moisture and protein balance, but what [...]
Healthy Hair…Healthy Color?
Summer hair is often associated with beach waves and sun-kissed strands. It’s no surprise that many women like to dye or highlight their hair bronze, blonde, or gold during this time of year. Even though coloring one’s hair can be an exciting change and offer something different, we are also reminded that if one isn’t [...]
The Mixtress’s Guide: Storing and Preserving Homemade Mixes
Whether you’ve concocted an Ayurvedic tea rinse or whipped up a moisturizing shea butter recipe, your homemade mixes will have this in common—they need to be properly stored and preserved. It’s exciting to be able to create and blend your own conditioners and moisturizers—it’s not so exciting if their potency declines and they become overridden [...]
Tweaking Your Heat Regimen
You pick up your blow dryer, switch it on and…zap! You’ve just evaporated the moisture in your hair and raised its temperature to 80˚C—which means your hair cuticles will crack like dry skin. Whether blow drying, curling or flat ironing, overuse of direct heat will take a toll on our hair. Although one of the [...]
Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar Rinses
Benefits of ACV Rinses Patricia of Fort Wayne, IN asks: What are the benefits of rinsing with Apple Cider Vinegar? Apple Cider Vinegar rinsing has great benefits. It is a natural and simple way to achieve results that you may desire, without the complexity of the chemicals found in the average product on the shelves. [...]
Home Health Castor Oil (for hair) Review
Home Health Castor Oil Review Castor Oil…for hair??? That’s correct, the same stuff that Gram used to clean you out once a week is used to thicken up our hair (if only she would’ve slapped some in my head instead of giving me a tablespoon of it, ooooooh where my hair would be now, ha!)!!! [...]
Protein Treatments for Relaxed Hair
Protein Treatments for Relaxed Hair Felicia from Fredrick, Maryland asks: Is a protein treatment to be used before or after a relaxer? Or both? Protein treatments are undoubtedly needed after the process, as they are meant to restore the keratin bonds that are broken down during the relaxing process, which is harsh to the strands. [...]
Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer Review
Aphogee Keratin and Green Tea Restructurizer Review For those of us who have been programmed to think – heat is the enemy – think again! Though I had been staying away from direct heat for a while, I tried it after hearing so much about this product. I must admit it, blowing out my hair [...]
