Official Thread for Those with Afro-Hair Only - Ladies and Gents . .

Thank you for your response, Weaves and braids are nice but like i say i want to wear my own hair a bit out more because i want to have the chance to treat it properley that is deep conditioning evry two weeks and washing it etc and with extensions that is not that convenient to do. Well For my deep conditioning treatment i was thinking of using natural products like a mix of mayonaise, honey and teaspon of castor oil evry two weeks and once a month do a henna treatment with that. For my leave in conditioner I was thinking of making a mix of unrefined shea butter, aloe vera gel, and castor oil and then using castor oil to seal in my hair and i would spray my hair with boiled water mixed with castor oil. I have never really donw that but i went through some natural hair forums and wanted to give that a try 1st. What do you think of that regimen and what products do you use?

your regimen sounds quite good, as for my products I use African pride olive miracles moisturizer and seal with my oil mix. I shampoo with naked rescue shampoo and condition and co-wash with Tresseme naturals conditioner.

I deep condition with a mix of egg, yoghurt, honey, oils and tresseme naturals conditioner. once in a while I pre-poo with coconut oil as well. when I'm styling my hair I use eco styler gel to keep my hair intact.

Thank you for sharing! I was thinking of using eco styler gel but being a chemist ime a bit iffy about the ingredients. I was thinking of trying out aloe vera gel as an alternative 1st hand to see how that works ... Can aloe vera gel help to define curls in 4c hair ?? Does it work in a similar manner to eco styler gel?? Ime actually super excited a i just ordered my products online and cant wait to start with my hair growth journey !!

Hello everyone, I am a bit of a newbie to the afro hair thing. My hair is coarse thick and the breakage is just frustrating. I don't know how to take care of it properly.

If anyone would be kind enough to tell me their regime and the names of the products that they use, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Breakage- what do you sleep with
what products do you use on your hair?

Hello everyone, I am a bit of a newbie to the afro hair thing. My hair is coarse thick and the breakage is just frustrating. I don't know how to take care of it properly.

If anyone would be kind enough to tell me their regime and the names of the products that they use, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Hello everyone, I am a bit of a newbie to the afro hair thing. My hair is coarse thick and the breakage is just frustrating. I don't know how to take care of it properly.

If anyone would be kind enough to tell me their regime and the names of the products that they use, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Hiyaaa beautiful people. I recently cut my hair off ! I tried to cut my hair myself (relaxed) and it went oh so wrong. Lmao. Anyway, now Im regrowing my hair. I quite like it short, but I want it to be shoulder length again. (it was shoulder length, when straight.) so, any tips for growing very curly short hair. on another note.. How can I get rid of dandruff ?

I like the Shea Moisture line of products, they're all quite affordable and if your hair likes protein, the Coconut and Hibiscus line (pink labels) is really really nice. If you are protein sensitive, try the Raw Shea Butter line (that's protein free- yellow labels). The Shea Moisture Moisture retention shampoo is supposed to be really nice. You could also try Aubrey Organics conditioners (have to order online I think) There's the Honeysuckle Rose which is protein free, and the GBP which isn't. I LOVE Tresemme Naturals condish, it's amazing! Protein free so it might help add more moisture to your hair. Yes To Carrots is also quite good (although I always mix it with honey, egg, coconut, olive, castor oil and yoghurt for a really nice moisturizing deep condition.)

Regimen-wise, I deep condition every week (my hair loves protein, so I always do a protein + moisture DC by mixing a protein conditioner (Giovannis usually) with a moisture conditioner (YTC) and adding the above oils, egg, yoghurt or avocado, and honey. I leave that on for two hours preferably, and then wash it out in the shower, shampoo, and apply more Tresemme (quite a lot!) to detangle my hair with. I detangle in four sections, after letting the tresemme sit for around 3-4 minutes to soften up any tangles. Then I do a final rinse and get out!

Sorry for the long post- the whole process takes about 45 minutes in shower, so it's really not that long, and it's even shorter if I finger detangle before I apply my deep condition.

Ive had the same problem as you! Pictures are on my blog along with how i restored my hair and a lot of tips on how to stop our hair breaking
take a look and let me know if you want anymore help:
http://mixed-hair.blogspot.co.uk/

Thank you so much for the detailed post, just what I needed. I am definitely going to try some of the products. If you don't mind, I have got a few more questions, how do you deal with shrinkage and what heat protectant do you use when blow drying? Also how do you go about trimming away split ends? Am so grateful

Thank you so much, could not agree more about the relaxer experience, just awful the damage it does. My hair is so much better eventhough it's not at its healthiest yet. Lots of good advice and new hair knowledge, lovely blog! I was wondering how exactly do you trim off the split ends? and what heat protectant do you use when blow drying?

I'm afraid I can't be much help with the heat protectant question, because I haven't used any heat on my hair in about a year! I did read that grapeseed oil is a great natural heat protectant though, and there's a Tresemme one that's also supposed to be quite good.

Shrinkage is interesting for me, I definitely get it, but my hair tends to stretch pretty easily, so what I do is after I wash it (in four sections!) I then split each section into two and plait each one. Then once it's completely dry, I have a braidout, and my hair is really nicely stretched so I can do whatever else I want with it. Another variation is to dry your hair in four buns (or however many you like, just more than one ) to keep it stretched. Once it's stretched, go ahead and style it any way you like. When I need to moisturize my hair mid-week, I just arrange to braid or twist down my hair at the same time, this way each time I add water, I'm also combating the shrinkage. I hope that helps!

Oh its so nice to have some feedback it really means a lot
Tbh I just chop of the ends as I see them and then get my hair cut about twice a year. I should get cut it more often but my hairdresser is very scissor happy and loves cutting loads off.
I use like a tresemme one. Tbh as long as it doesnt have alcohol or any bad ingredients then they're pretty much all the same imo.