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Tips On Taking Care Of Your Child's Hair

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Tips On Taking Care Of Your Child's Hair

Raise your hand if you used to bond with your mum or dad over hair. Hair care is that powerful. Although parenting doesn't come with a manual, there are a few principles on how to make it worthwhile especially through hair care. Here are a few tips on how to care for your child's hair especially if they have natural hair.  Make it fun We understand there are a thousand and one things you could be doing instead. The tears and snot don't make it easier. To make it fun, sing their favourite lullaby. If they are older, ask them...

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Hair Shrinkage

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Hair Shrinkage

Imagine fantasizing about how you intend to wear your hair and flip it from left to right and then boom, shrinkage happens. Nothing really prepares you for shrinkage. For those who might not know, shrinkage is when your natural hair transitions from stretched and lengthy to more compact and short hair. Basically, as the name suggests, your hair shrinks. Shrinkage is frustrating for a lot of people. Interestingly, our hair (especially 4C hair) shrinks when it loses moisture. To an extent, shrinkage is more of an alarm blower to let us know it's time to hydrate our hair. It also helps us...

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Let's Talk About Shrinkage

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Let's Talk About Shrinkage

Shrinkage! One of the many words the natural hair community cannot stand. If you're new to natural hair, shrinkage can be quite frustrating. Quite frankly, even veteran naturalistas are yet to come to terms with it. So here are are a few things you ought to know about shrinkage.  Shrinkage is a sign of healthy hair Yes, you read that right. Shrinkage is a sign of healthy hair. By its nature, natural hair is curly, compact and coily. Shrinkage just means your hair is able to bounce back to its naturally curly state. This indicates that your hair hasn't lost...

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Washday Routine For Natural Hair

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Washday Routine For Natural Hair

One of the basics of natural haircare is washing it. It's notoriously termed washday because it could take all-day to go through it but it doesn't necessarily have to. Once you get the hang of it, you can get it done gently but quickly. So what are the basics to go through? Detangling Before you decide to do anything at all to your hair, it is important to detangle. This is a very crucial step as it helps in loosening your hair. Aside this, detangling gently and properly helps in retaining length. If this step is skipped or not done...

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Hair Bleaching vrs Hair Dyeing

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Hair Bleaching vrs Hair Dyeing

Once in a while, we get bored with how our hair looks and desire a different look. For some of us, changing the hair colour alone is enough. You can do this by either bleaching or dyeing your hair or doing both. How do you know the difference?  What is hair bleaching? Hair bleaching entails using chemical to strip the hair of the melanin or its natural colour. Bleaching usually gives a brownish or blondish look depending on how long the chemical is left in the hair. The longer it's left in the hair, the lighter it becomes. Bleaching is...

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