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Are Hair Steamers Really Worth Buying?

The Natural Haven·January 29, 2014

Many of you have asked me to weigh in with some science on the effect of the ever popular hair steamers because they are really not cheap to buy and the question remains: Are they worth the investment? Well, it may surprise some of you, but there is actually very little research done on the benefits...

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4 Long-Haired Naturals You Should Subscribe to on YouTube

Chinwe·January 27, 2014

By Chinwe of Hair and Health MahoganyCurls, Hair Crush and Naptural85 are some of the more popular YouTubers out there with beautiful, long natural hair. Go to almost any hair care blog or forum, and it will be a difficult task to find one person who has not heard of these beauties. Also, if you...

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4 Unconventional Methods For Maintaining Long Natural Hair

Geniece·January 24, 2014

One of the unexpected consequences of having long natural hair (mid back length or longer in my case) was that many people assumed that I practiced “perfect” hair care. I suppose this is to be expected. After all, if I had the body of Pilar Sanders or Nicole Murphy most would assume that I had...

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8 Questions You Might Want to Ask Your New Natural Hair Stylist

Rinny·January 24, 2014

by Wisaal of Wiscellaneous.com It’s been a while since I checked in on my fro and that’s mostly because I’m trying to just let my hair be. My hair goals remain unchanged: health & length (and in that order) So as my fro has been growing, it’s gone in all different directions and formed many shapes (depending...

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5 Ways to Increase Your Good Hair Days

Christina Patrice·January 21, 2014

I mean, who doesn’t love a great hair day? I’m going to let you in on a secret: Every day isn’t going to be a fabulous hair day. Okay, so maybe that wasn’t exactly classified information. But in the world of Instagram, Pinterest, filtered selfies, and pouty-faced Vine videos, you’d be hard pressed to...

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5 Facts on Oil Rinsing

The Natural Haven·January 17, 2014

Style Icon Whitney 1. What is oil rinsing? Oil rinsing involves applying an excess amount of a liquid/liquefied oil or butter to hair, allowing to sit for a short time (5-20 minutes) with or without heat and then proceeding to rinse it off with water. You can optionally follow up with a conditioner to...

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The Link Between Crown Breakage and Porosity in Natural Hair

Chinwe·January 16, 2014

By Chinwe of Hair and Health (This article was inspired by a conversation I had with a lovely natural, my sis, Jacqueline.) For some ladies, hair in the crown area is more susceptible to breakage than in other regions of the scalp. The source of this susceptibility may be some sort of trauma and/or damage...

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Flexi Rods vs Curlformers vs Plastic Rollers: Which Curling Tool is Best?

Geniece·January 13, 2014

When I first began to style my hair, I compared and contrasted braid outs and twist outs to determine which style would provide the greatest elongation and last the longest. Recently, I compared different curling techniques to answer the same question. Which styles creates curls best suited for the needs of my schedule? Below I...

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How to Battle Frizz in Natural Hair

Rinny·January 12, 2014

FRIZZ..FRIZZ..FRIZZ..LET’S TALK ABOUT IT! Ok, so let’s chat about a topic that I get uber questions on and I’m quite sure many of us have dealt with…FRIZZ!!! As always, I hope this topic will help shed some light on a popular topic not only in the natural hair community, but, well, almost every hair community....

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The Limitations of Natural Hair: 4 Things You Can’t Do if You Want Longer Hair

The Natural Haven·January 9, 2014

Photo source: The Global Girl I am going to wade into the vipers’ nest and say that if you are totally fed up with hearing about how hair (all hair in general, 4c hair specifically) has limitations, then you are doing a disservice to yourself and possibly preventing your hair from growing longer. As a...

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