Keep your hair healthy! 🌱
How to maintain your afro hair?
Using the right protective measures and products on your afro will keep it strong and healthy, ensuring a speedy natural hair growth.
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1. Moisture, moisture, moisture! 💧
It’s essential for healthy-looking hair. Keeping your afro well-nourished and moisturised will help to enhance elasticity and shine, and curb brittleness and breakage.
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2. Wrap your hair before you go to sleep. 💤
A silk scarf will protect your hair from friction, preventing tangles, dryness and further damage.
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3. Use a silk or satin pillowcase. 🛌
Yes, we have more to say on the perks of sleeping on silk – it works wonders! A naturally hypoallergenic organic silk pillowcase reduces the loss of natural hair oils and moisture, minimises damage to thinning hair and prevents split ends and frizzing.
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4. Beat the heat.♨️
Avoid heated tools as much as possible. Instead, let your hair dry naturally. Heat is one of the biggest damagers of hair, especially if you want to go natural. If using a hairdryer is necessary, set it on the lowest heat and remember to always use a heat protectant spray.
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5. Snip, snip.✂️
Don’t forget to go for regular trims. This is the best way to prevent split ends and enhance growth. A fresh cut will also make your hair easier to style as the dead ends would have been chopped away.
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6. Know your products.🧴
Products that contain nourishing natural ingredients like argan, avocado oil, jojoba and shea butter are the most beneficial for taming frizz, keeping the hair’s moisture levels high and stopping further breakage.
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7. Use the correct hair bands.👳🏾
If you’re going to tie your hair up or push it out of your face, ensure you use a hair band made out of silk or satin. (Yes, we’re sounding like a stuck record!) Other fabrics such as elastic can cause breakage and damage the cuticles.
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8. Comb correctly.👌🏾
Use a wide-tooth comb to pick at your afro instead of a small one, which can cause breakage. Picking allows your style to remain volumised and less knotty.