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How I Helped My Daughter Get Over Her Disdain For Deep Conditioning

My 7-year-old never used to want her hair to be deep conditioned so I used to shampoo it once a ...
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6 Years And My Hair Is The Same Length – What Am I Doing Wrong?

@naturallytemi We get a ton of emails from women who feel a bit defeated with regards to their hair growth ...
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Deep Conditioning 101 – The Best Practices For Deep Conditioning Your Dry Hair

@luvcrystalrenee Deep conditioning is one of the most important practices you can do for your hair especially if it is ...
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3 Tips On How You Can Get The Best Out Of Your Diy Deep Conditioning Mix

Deep conditioning is meant to enrich our hair and put back all of the nutrients which have been stripped by ...
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6 Tips That Will Help You Retain Moisture When You Have High Porosity Hair

@coolcalmcurly Porosity refers to your hair’s ability to absorb and retain moisture. If you are struggling with dry hair, the ...
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The Best Way To Cowash Or Cleanse 4C Natural Hair To Avoid Tangles

Us 4C naturals can have the toughest time learning how best to care for our coils and kinks because our ...
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My Top 5 Clarifying Shampoos

Clarifying shampoos are like your regular wash day shampoos, except they give your hair an extra boost of cleanness. It’s ...
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Note To Self – Never Leave Crochet Braids In For 6 Weeks And Go Swimming

I’ve always heard horror stories about leaving a style in too long, but I never thought that one of those ...
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How I Survived Those Super Frustrating Moments Early In My Hair Journey

Amandla Stenberg This is one of the questions I have been asked mostly by transitioning naturals who, like I was, ...
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No Surgery, No Drugs – New Hair Treatment For Women Suffering From Hair Loss

There is a new treatment on the market that actually works to prevent hair loss– PRP or Platelet Rich Plasma ...
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5 Questions About Natural Hair and Dandruff–Answered!

Dandruff is one of those things that we try to keep on the hush hush when we are suffering from ...
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Study Proves That Scalp Massages Can Re Grow Your Hair

We all know that scalp massages can do wonders for our hair growth. As a matter of fact on every ...
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How I Save Money On Shampoo Products While In College

I am sure there was a time in your life where you tried many methods for saving money with products ...
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My 5 Quick Tips For Preserving And Growing Your Edges

Our hairline is the most sensitive area of our heads. The edges and nape often suffer the most hair loss ...
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My Experience With Traction Alopecia

I was a serial hair puller; I would wear tight buns and ponytails during the day then tightly tie my ...
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DEBUNKED:4 Common Myths and Misconceptions About Heat Damage

Natural, relaxed, and transitioning women are all on very different hair journeys but one thing we all have in common? ...
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A Super DIY Hair Growth Oil Recipe That Isn’t For The Faint Of Heart

Whenever I find a recipe dedicated to hair growth I get just a tad bit intrigued. If you are into ...
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My Banana Split Hair Disaster

I clicked on the YouTube video to learn how to deep condition my natural hair. I’d been faithfully subscribed to ...
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Tips To Get Rid Of Stubborn Frizzy Roots

Since discovering my natural curl pattern I have been obsessed with the idea of producing defined, frizz-free curls throughout my ...
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Does Curl Training Lead To Over Conditioning?

After my last post in which I shared how I curl train to define my curls by leaving deep conditioner ...
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Three Must Have Ingredients in Your Deep Conditioner

Moisture. How do you get it? There is really only one way and that is by adding water to your ...
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How I Stopped Obsessing Over Hair Growth

I can remember the day I big chopped just like it was yesterday. I had been transitioning for almost a ...
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This Essential Oil Is Proven To Speed Up Hair Growth

Yes, it’s peppermint essential oil that has been shown to speed up hair growth! I am unashamed to say that ...
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Curl Training: The Secret To Defined, Frizz-Free Hair

@natashaleeds The secret to having defined, frizz-free curls is through curl training. This method slowly restores curl memory, which clumps ...
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I Stopped Washing Out My Deep Conditioner, and Loved It!

@natashaleeds When it comes to taking care of natural hair, I’ve found that the standard rules for everyone else’s hair ...
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How Hair Porosity Affects Moisture

If you don’t know whether you have low, medium or high porosity hair, you may be stunting your growth and ...
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DIY Protein Packed ‘Green Machine’ Shake For Hair Growth And To Strengthen Fragile Hair

If you’ve been learning and dealing with the ins and outs of hair care, then by now you know ...
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Delicious DIY “Root Juice” For Long, Healthy Hair

Y’all know as well as I do that what goes into your body will either positively or negatively affect the outside ...
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What Are The Best Products To Use For Lost Edges?

We get this question all the time! Hair loss is a big deal. Just this week we published a post ...
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6 Hair Problems You Can Self Diagnose And What To Do About Them

When I first started my hair journey I went through a ton of times when I was in denial about ...
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Could You Be Harming Your Hair By Deep Conditioning Too Long?

@journeytowaistlength Deep conditioning is vital to the health of natural hair which is prone to drying and breakage. The kinks, ...
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Elongtress Biotin Giveaway – 3 Reasons Biotin Was the Number 1 Supplement Used By Our Readers Last Year (CLOSED)

Hair growth is still the number one priority for most of our readers, and at some point in your life even ...
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Q-Redew Handheld Hair Steamer 1st Impressions Type 4 Hair

The Q-Redew hand held steamer is the newest craze in the natural hair community, for one the company has been ...
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5 Celebs Who Prove That Weave Protective Styling Works For Hair Growth

I know I bleat on about protective styling, hey, hair growth is the point of BHI’s existence and protective styling ...
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Fashionable Woman Wearing Fur Coat In Studio In Front Of Christmas Tree

Maximize Your Hair Retention this Winter

When it comes to hair growth, there are no hard and fast rules but the general rule of thumb is ...
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