Just how for example, not all oily skin will react positively to the same products, hair is just as complex. The numerical hair system is supposed to be used as a guide. I can only shop for products based on the hair typing system, all 4C hair should require the same productsįalse. Try: Aveda Nutri-Plenish Conditioner Deep Moisture, £23.50 8. And then you should put on a leave-in conditioner.” So even the best deep conditioner should be washed out. Kadar says: “You're not supposed to be sleeping with them because they harden over the hair and make the hair brittle over time. They will also work best if put under a little heat or shower/bath steam, but they’re intended to be washed out. Deep conditioners are designed to be on the hair for 20 to 30 minutes at best. The longer I leave my deep conditioner, the smoother my hair will beįalse. So when it comes to the winter months and you notice your hair drying out, seek out hydrating products/high water content products or steam treatments.” Richardson tells us: “Steam treatments work really well and make your products work really hard. To tackle dryness, steam treatments work a treat.
Winnie Awa, founder of online marketplace Antidote Street, tells GLAMOUR: “Greasing your scalp can clog up the pores at the follicles, which will lead to poor quality hair growth”. However, be careful of the grease baths on your scalp. Oils are way more beneficial to lock in moisture, so after you have applied a hydrating water-based product like a good leave-in conditioner, then you can apply the oil on top. If your hair is dry, it will need to be hydrated, with water-based products, not oils. If your hair looks dry, add oils and grease your scalpįalse. Try: Sachajuan Scalp Shampoo, £11, Cult Beauty and Keracare Dry and Itchy Scalp Anti-Dandruff Moisturising Shampoo, £8.75, Beautybay 3. If your scalp is doing well and thriving, it'll show up in the rest of your hair.” In fact, according to Kadar, the secret is to treat them as different entities: “I’d separate them by the hair that's closest to the scalp that has all your nutrients and the things that you need, and the mid-shaft to ends.” If you have long hair, Renee Kadar, global artistic director of texture for Aveda, tells GLAMOUR: “The way that I see it is, healthy scalp, healthy hair.
You should focus on the mid-shaft of your hair and below, as that's where you get the most breakageįalse. It’s essential to make sure that the braiding styles you choose are not causing too much tension on your scalp and edges or baby hairs. Not to mention the traction you can get from the tightness of said braid style. Adding extensions to your braids or sewing in a weave can cause a lot of pressure on your scalp. Maybe due to very chunky braids, or extensions, or weave-in and styles that's been there for a while as well.” This happens because some braid styles put a lot of pressure on hair follicles that have been built to only cope with the weight of the hair you grow. So that's a pulling force that's been applied, because of a very tight style. The thing about braids is that depending on the styling or the person braiding them, they can cause more harm than the general environmental damage, or traction via brushing you would get, from simply leaving your coils loose and free.Įleanor Richardson, who is a consultant trichologist at the Fulham Scalp & Hair Clinic, tells GLAMOUR: “The most common damage that we end up seeing in the clinic is traction. All braids are protective hairstylesįalse. Opinions do differ in this overly-scrutinised-but-under-researched hair texture, so we've rounded up some of the biggest Black hair myths directly from the experts below. After centuries of trial, error, and research, the Afro hair community is starting to find that alternative and traditional methods which we’ve been conditioned to believe in, may not always be good, useful, or progressive to the health of our hair and scalps. I know I'm not alone in remembering all those years watching my parents scramble over ways to deal with my textured hair. I call it ‘prolific hair-ritage’.įor diaspora children, growing up with a lack of accessibility and resources specifically catering to Black hair, was just one of the many nuanced annoyances we had to endure. Methods to manage it have of course evolved from simple box braids or cornrows to styles such as dreadlocks, faux locs and afro shape-ups, all found in drawings, engravings, and hieroglyphs from Ancient Egypt. It’s no secret that afro and curly hair can be complex to navigate around.
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