When transitioning or if already in the natural state, your hair needs time to time treatments and attention. I will be illustrating how to make some home made products.
1. DEEP CONDITIONER.
- 1/4 cup honey and 1/4 cup olive oil.
- 1/2 cup plain yogurt, 1/2 cup mayonnaise, 1 egg white
- 1 avocado, 1/2 can coconut milk, 1/4 cup mayonnaise, 1/4 cup honey and 1/2 banana.
Be sure to mix properly and apply evenly to your hair. You should be expecting a little drip but you can wrap your hair with a wet towel or just cover with a processing cap for 30 mins. Rinse off and voila!
2. HOT OIL TREATMENT. This is quite easy to do. You will need oils(jojoba, sesame, olive, coconut,sweet almond, castor avocado or argan). 
- Choose whichever oil you want to use.
- Pour about 1/2 cup of the oil into a bowl ( for dandruff mix 1-2 drops of tea tree oil)
- Boil water in a pot and remove when fully boiled
- Place the bowl into the hot water until the oil is warm enough. be sure to test on your skin i order not to burn your scalp.
- Section your hair into parts and evenly distribute the oil mixture throughout each section
- Carefully and gently massage the oil into your scalp and process for 30 mins.
For some of this treatments, you will need coconut oil which can also be easily extracted at home.
3. COCONUT OIL.
- Be sure to use the mature brown coconut
- Open the coconut and cut out the meat
- Cut into small pieces and blend
- Use a normal kitchen filter or mesh drainer and filter the coconut milk as many times as possible.
- Pour into a jar and leave for about 24hrs
- At this point, the oil should start separating from it.
Click here for how to make avocado oil.
There are two ways of going natural with your hair.
1.
The BC (Big Chop) which basically means cutting off all the relaxed/damaged part of the hair and allowing the natural hair grow out. But not everybody is comfortable with the idea of keeping a TWA (Teeny Weeny Afro) so the second option comes to place.
2.
Transitioning. As oppose to the BC, you don't have to cut off all the relaxed part at once instead you stop the relaxing process and allow your natural hair grow out. You can transition for as long as you want but because you are dealing with two texture of hair, you have to treat it and care for it properly.
CARE FOR YOUR TRANSITIONING HAIR
There are different types of hair textures and the easiest to break is the 4c which is called the kinky hair. It is important to know how to care for your hair in order for growth to be fast and effective.
1. STAY AWAY FROM HEAT.
When you are about 2 to 3 months in, you will notice the difference in the texture and you might be tempted to yank out your straightener to the rescue BAD IDEA. Heat damages hair texture and trust me you do not want to start your new hair damaged.
2. DO NOT PUT TOO MUCH PRODUCT.
The 4c texture of your hair might tempt you to put in lots of products to make it soft and easy to brush but you do not have to. All you need is a leave-in conditioner for moisture and a very good deep conditioner (preferably homemade). I personally recommend cantu leave-in conditioner.
3. FALL IN LOVE WITH OILS. If there is any thing good enough for your hair, its oils. For example, avocado oil, castor oil, olive oil, coconut oil, almond oil and sesame oil. You can use any of this oils for hot oil treatment and massage into hair to prevent frizzy hair.
4. DON'T COMB YOUR HAIR WHEN ITS DRY.
This is very important. before you run comb through your hair, moisturize in order to prevent breaking.
5. PROTECT YOUR HAIR AT NIGHT. Prevent your hair from rubbing against your pillow at night cover with a silk or satin bonnet or sleep with a satin pillowcase. Satin or silk wont absorb your hair's natural oils and therefore keep your hair frizz free all trough the night. Satin bonnets come in different sizes so you don't have to worry about your big hair. lol.
6. CREATE A REGIMEN. Washing your hair everyday takes out the natural oils in it so you have to create a timetable sort of for washing your hair and treating it.
Hello, this is my official first post so am just going to explain what this blog is about. I will be posting stuffs about hair(natural and relaxed), protective styles, make ups, crafts (sewing, knitting, crocheting), and diys. I will also be doing a little bit of product reviews and basically anything else that makes a girl look fabulous.
