She'kia Renea is back, and with the weather getting all chilly and lacking humidity, she's showing us how to wash, blowout, and flat iron your natural hair. Enjoy! Watch Now!>>>
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by Emilia Obiekea of AdoreBotanicals.com The biggest issues for naturals when flat ironing -Premature Reversion -Maintaining Moisture -Avoiding Heat Damage Maintaining my hair when I have flat ironed it used to be a losing task. I have found that moisturizing my hair starts before ever applying any direct heat. This is my go to process: Read On!>>> Preparing the hair…
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KandyKurls Smoke Points- Why Oil Doesn't Work as a Heat Protectant #ScienceTho Is Oil Really Protecting Your Hair from Heat? Here’s the Truth Back in 2014, when flat irons were flying off the shelves and silk presses ruled the season, we all started asking the same question, can I straighten my natural hair without frying it? I remember standing in…
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#Genius Nappy Fu writes: "Sometimes a Natural likes to rock straight styles, better yet, semi straight styles. However, if your natural hair is kinky and coily this can be a challenge. Have you ever done a blow-out in which your hair looks like you didn’t just spend two hours blow drying section by section? Yes honey, been there done that.…
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by Sister Scientist In my Fry Eggs, Not Your Hair experiment I demonstrate the effects of heat transfer on an egg to emphasize the importance of incorporating a heat protection product into your thermal styling regimen. If this demonstration does not convince you that heat damage is real, I really do not know what will. Heat softens the keratin in…
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