Once Upon A Natural

Hair tips and Update

My Detangle Method:
Step 1: use a generous amount of cream base moisturizer and saturate the selected section of hair.

Step 2: gently pull hair apart while using the already applied cream to continue saturate the hair. Repeat till saturated completely.

Step 3: gently comb out knots and tangles with comb from ends to roots.

I use the cantu deep treatment mask to moisturize as my regular moisturizer instead of a deep treatment mask.
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                      Hair Tips:
1. After washing hair immediately apply moisturizer and do your protective styling . This will keep your hair moisturize and help prevent tangles when dry.

2. Protective styling helps retain moisture but if left in for a long period of time your hair can get dry.

3. While it's best and recommended to wash your hair with your regular temperature of tap water, using warm water will help remove dirt better and reduce itching. That's why the ginger, garlic, honey treatment is done using warm water.

4. Help reduce split ends and breakage by preventing your ends from continuously brushing against your shoulders.

5. Also help prevent breakage by reducing how many times you comb your hair. I comb my hair once a week and do a protective style immediately after. I always detangle before i comb my hair to prevent it drying and breaking since i won't be applying anything to it during the week.

5. Try not to do style that are too tight or fine to prevent hair thining  (and bumps on your scalp or hair line) and breakage when removing style.

                  Hair Update
Perviously I said that oil makes my hair dry and that statement remains, but I still wanted to use oil in my hair so i continued to try different techniques to apply oil. 
What I found out that works best for me when applying the oil is applying the oil to my hair after I do a protective style or before I pull out a protective style. I do not use a generous amount of oil , only enough to rub on my hair. I do not use braids to do my protective styles so it reaches my hair however. I like to oil it before I take out my protective style that way when I detangle an comb again the oil will naturally spread across my hair.

I switch hair vitamins two weeks ago to nature's bounty hair, skin and nails and so far it seems to be working excellent for me  especially when it come to my nails.

Protective style comes in all size, forms and shapes so enjoy and experiment.