Glycerin is great for year around use even during the winter despite what you may have heard. When added to water it saturates itself and will not draw the water away from the hair.
Putting a few drops of glycerin in your spray bottle is a great way to keep your hair moisturized especially in the colder, dryer months.
Aloe Vera is a pH balancer for hair and a natural moisturizer whether you use the liquid or the gel as the properties stay the same. I still have a bottle in my bathroom cabinet and I think it’s about time I gave it a try.
2. Feeding Your Hair – Our hair needs nutrients to keep it healthy. A crappy diet is just as harmful to your hair as a lack of moisture and although we take painstaking steps to find the right products for our hair we have to take care of the inside as well.
There seems to be a rift in the natural hair world over supplement use and healthy hair. Some naturals feel that all the nutrients and vitamins your body and/or hair needs can come from the food you consume while others feel that supplements* are just as good if not better for those vitamins.
Dr. Oz, Oprah’s favorite doctor, feels that supplements* are necessary. He deems it’s completely essential for everyone to take a multivitamin*, omega-3 fatty acids, and calcium with magnesium* and tailor other supplements according to your sex, age, and health goals.
He also feels people should avoid taking more than 5 supplements* a day to avoid potential negative pill interactions and to consult your physician or pharmacist when using any drugs.
Back when food wasn’t full of hormones or wasn’t stripped of its nutrients, it was possible to obtain all the vitamins we needed in our bodies just from food. Juicing is also an excellent way of upping your vitamin intake naturally but supplements* are necessary and a great way to ensure your body and hair has all it needs to be healthy.
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I love your articles and believe this or not, I use Aloe Vera Gel and Glycerin on my hair from time to time and I love how my hair responds to it! After I shampoo and condition, I have a mixture that combines both and spray my hair with it! Good Lord, the natural curls that are achieved are great! Recently, just yesterday, I decided to put my hair in braids as a protective style and give my hair a break. I will wear the braids for about 6-8 weeks, take them out, do my hair regiment and probably wear my natural hair for about 2 weeks and depending on the shape of my hair; either leave it as is or put the hair back in braids. I desire with all my heart to grow my hair healthy and retain length. My ultimate goal is to have my hair to my shoulders. Right now, my hair is just below ear length and I know I have growth from where I started a year ago. I refuse to give up. I read your articles and have found some great information from you and other women who share their own experience and I am grateful. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing and your positive attitude is uplifting. Patience is key and you understand that and you will have past your shoulders, don’t you worry! Make sure the braids aren’t too tight and giving your hair a break from the bradis for a few weeks is key. You are on the right track love!
I started my HHJ on August 31, 2012 when I stopped relaxing my hair after 16 years. I transitioned for 11 months and big-chopped on July 26, 2013. I’ve currently reached my short-term goal of SL and I have mostly 4A coils. I use the LOC method. Believe it or not, I never use water to moisturize. I only use it to wash my hair and to re-wet my hair when I’m styling it. I use pure aloe Vera juice as my liquid, EVOO mixed with jojoba and Grapeseed as my oil, and Dark and Lovely’s Au Naturale moisturizing coil soufflé as my cream. I wash my hair with Shea Moisture Raw Shea Butter Shampoo and conditioner, clarifying with their African black soap shampoo when needed. I use the CHI keratin mist for protein, and creme of nature argan oil leave-in conditioner. Those are my staples in my regimen. I do my own protective style which is yarn twists. I put them in myself, saving money and my edges. I usually leave them in for 2 months before taking them out. My ultimate goal is to get my hair back to where it was back in 08 before I had to cut my hair from being too thin. But this time I want it to be healthier and thicker. I never thought I would go natural until my scalp and bank account just couldn’t take it anymore, lol. But I’m glad I did. I knew that going natural was going to be a tough journey, but I had the patience to keep going and I learned so much about how to properly take care of my hair. I’m glad I found this site because yall provide a lot of good information and I really enjoyed the article.
I have not had chemical in my hair for over 6 years now. I have been wearing wigs and weaves and have not been taking care of my natural hair. In November, I was going to have my weave re-done, and after removing the old one, my sister who was visiting was appalled to see the length of my hair. As a child I had naturally long, thick black hair, and to have it washed and comb was very painful, so I grew up not wanting to bother with my hair as the memories of that long thick black hair are painful. However, after my sister saw the length my hair is, she begged me to try and grow my hair back . Since I don’t see her often I decide to grow my hair and surprise her.
My hair grows fast if I take care of it, so as of the March 1, 2014 I began the journey of taking care of my hair and let it grow and started a regimen. I love it already. I wash once a week, using crème of nature Argan oil from Morocco shampoo and conditioner to wash and condition. I use Shea Butter Miracle moisture intense to moisture my hair and Jamaican Black Castor oil mixed with Palmer’s coconut oil to seal my hair. I will deep condition every other week and keep the ends trim. I wear my hair in two strand twist, making sure the ends are protected under a wig and sleep in a satin bonnet at nights. I use satin head tie for when I workout as well as under my wigs.
The best part of my hair is that it is a real nice healthy texture and I am really happy about taking care of my hair and watch it grow.
I have just found this site and this week is my first week trying your products. I have alopecia and I have tried everything to help my crown to grow back. At one point glycerin and condition showed some improvement but then it just stopped growing. I just purchased your MTG but I just read something about onion juice and would like to know your input on which would be best for alopecia.
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I will tell you something interesting. I tried the ORS curly to straight product and my hair didn’t come out as straight as I wanted it to. Not due to the product, Im just not a pro when it comes to using the flat iron. I got so frustrated because it wasn’t as straight and decided to do a twist out. Its one of the best twist outs I ever had and I think its because my hair is stretched and Im not getting a lot of shrinkage. I don’t know whats going to happen when I washed this product out, but Im very happy in regards to the length retention!!!
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