Oh Yeah!
There’s going to be a Curly Meet Up this weekend for the DC/MD/VA area natural hair folks!! Please join us for lunch, product swap and a fun time if you’re free this Saturday, April 3rd! Please send me an email at daydreamshdc@hotmaill.com if you’re interested and I’ll give you all the details! Talk with ya later!!
Monday, March 29, 2010
Rethinking Shampoos...
Hello Ya’ll!
I know, I know...long time, huh? Well, with so much going on with me, (taking classes, serving the community, acting travel agent for the family, etc..) I just haven’t found the time to get to the page as I’d like, HOWEVER, I will pop in every now and then until I can pull that extra time together!
I just wanted to check in with ya’ll to let you in on my latest “lesson learned”. Although I love the co-wash and have alternated between that and shampooing with some form of non-sulfate shampoo, (albeit only about once a month) I’ve now learned we may want to use a (non-sulfate) shampoo on a more regular basis. The reason being, ONLY using conditioner to wash your hair can cause major build-up on the scalp and hair. As I was told, shampoo is used to “take away” a certain element whereas conditioner is used to “add something to” our hair. So using only conditioner to clean your hair won’t take away the dirt and cleanse the hair and scalp as needed.
So, find yourself a good NON-SULFATE shampoo that works for your hair and go for it; Giovanni brand, diluted Dr Bonners, Trader Joe's Nourish Spa, Kinky Curly Come Clean, to name a few. You must remember though, you STILL need to make sure you condition your hair afterwards to “add back” the moisture that shampooing takes away!
*A Lil Extra: To hear more of the shampoo and conditioner explanation, check out Kimmaytube’s Youtube channel! Just go to Youtube.com and google “kimmaytube, natural hair”...this lady has it together seriously folks, and I think ya'll will get so much out of her videos. Until next time ya’ll, later!
I know, I know...long time, huh? Well, with so much going on with me, (taking classes, serving the community, acting travel agent for the family, etc..) I just haven’t found the time to get to the page as I’d like, HOWEVER, I will pop in every now and then until I can pull that extra time together!
I just wanted to check in with ya’ll to let you in on my latest “lesson learned”. Although I love the co-wash and have alternated between that and shampooing with some form of non-sulfate shampoo, (albeit only about once a month) I’ve now learned we may want to use a (non-sulfate) shampoo on a more regular basis. The reason being, ONLY using conditioner to wash your hair can cause major build-up on the scalp and hair. As I was told, shampoo is used to “take away” a certain element whereas conditioner is used to “add something to” our hair. So using only conditioner to clean your hair won’t take away the dirt and cleanse the hair and scalp as needed.
So, find yourself a good NON-SULFATE shampoo that works for your hair and go for it; Giovanni brand, diluted Dr Bonners, Trader Joe's Nourish Spa, Kinky Curly Come Clean, to name a few. You must remember though, you STILL need to make sure you condition your hair afterwards to “add back” the moisture that shampooing takes away!
*A Lil Extra: To hear more of the shampoo and conditioner explanation, check out Kimmaytube’s Youtube channel! Just go to Youtube.com and google “kimmaytube, natural hair”...this lady has it together seriously folks, and I think ya'll will get so much out of her videos. Until next time ya’ll, later!
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