Ok, now, this would seem like it wouldn’t be that difficult to figure out. You’ve probably taken care of your hair most of your life. Won’t the same regime work for your natural hair? Just buy some products and call it a day right? Wrong!! If you are ONLY going natural, this may very well be the case, however, if you want healthy, beautiful, GROWING natural hair, then you need to know a few things. First thing…there are a lot of companies out there, owned by every ethnic group there is, that’s just not that into our hair. And don’t think that just because there’s a picture of someone on the box that looks like you, that these products are best for you. These companies create and distribute products that are full of harmful ingredients and will then put one drop of something good in it and blast that miniscule ingredient super large on the packaging. ”Made with 100% pure SHEA BUTTER!!!” You’ve seen ‘em! *If you’re not familiar with the positives of Shea butter, please google it! This stuff is not only good for the skin, but for the hair and scalp also.
How many products have you seen with Shea butter advertised in great big ole’ letters on the front of the jar and when you read the ingredient list, it’s listed as next to the last item in the product? *Note: Ingredients are listed in the order of amount in product, meaning, when you see a product’s ingredient list, the first thing listed is what’s most in the product. Most of these products use fillers; the equation for these fillers is: Make more + Sell more= Take your money!
Some of the most popular filler ingredients for hair products are petroleum and mineral oil. I try to avoid these as they can be extremely suffocating to your hair and scalp; they “coat” your hair strands, keeping moisture out and causing dryness to your strands. The “base” used prior to a relaxer process is made of petroleum; the petroleum helps block the harmful relaxer cream from reaching your scalp. If petroleum can block lye, it definitely will block any type of moisture from reaching your strands. Observing the ingredient list is also very important, so guys, take the time to research the main ingredients in the products you choose to use in/on your hair and scalp. It can make a heck of a difference! And this goes for your shampoos (we’ll get in more details about that later!), conditioners, pomades, etc…
Hey! Where ya going? Ok…, go ahead and refill your drink, take a restroom break but do come back! Heck, bring a friend back with you! This post only touched on a very small part of what you “need to know” about products; we still have conditioners, shampoos, leave-ins, gels, etc… to cover! :)
*A Lil’ Extra: On Shea butter- I purchase my 100% pure shea butter online at: www.butters-n-bars.com . I haven’t been disappointed yet!
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