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Oct 29

3 Best Shampoo and Conditioner Duos for Natural Hair That Feels Stripped After Washing

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

Clean hair should not feel like punishment. It shouldn't feel like your hair is in danger until you get conditioner on it lol! You know that feeling. You've rinsed out the shampoo, and suddenly your strands feel rough, tangled, and almost squeaky. You're reaching for the conditioner like it's an emergency. Sometimes the shampoo is cleansing more aggressively than your…

Oct 25

3 Best Shampoos for Thick, Coarse Natural Hair

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

Some shampoos leave thick natural hair feeling like somebody washed it with dish soap and a prayer. The scalp is clean, absolutely. Well, hopefully. Do we ever really know, though? Lol. Usually, we stop when the hair, especially near the roots, starts feeling unnecessarily rough.

Oct 21

When Your Favorite Products Stop Working Try This Curl Reset

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

A protective style is not a get-out-of-hair-care-free card. Braids, twists, weaves, wigs, and crochet styles can reduce daily manipulation, but they can also collect shed hair, product, and tension. The takedown is where all that maintenance comes due. Rush it, and the style that was supposed to save your hair can leave you looking for where it all went.

Oct 19

3 Best Strengthening Shampoos Under $15 for Natural Hair That Keeps Breaking

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

We want longer hair, but wash day keeps leaving little broken pieces on our fingers. It is tempting to look for the strongest curly shampoo and conditioner on the shelf and expect the word strengthening to handle everything. A useful cleanser can fit into an anti-breakage routine, but it still has one immediate job: clean the scalp and hair without…

Oct 18

Best Drugstore Cleansers for Box Braids When Your Scalp Needs a Wash

By Nikki Walton Curly Nikki, Natural Hair No Comments

The braids still look good. The scalp underneath them needs a wash. Three affordable cleansers that help us reach between the braids.