I haven’t been to a beauty salon in years and when I decided to start going again just to have my hair relaxed every 8 weeks or so every beautician I interviewed suggested clipping my ends! I said I want to grow my hair not make it shorter! I even had one girl suggest to [...]

Some women wonder if they hair will fall out or break if they go swimming. The answer is no. Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic women go swimming all the time without experiencing extreme hair loss. The key is to moisturize and remove chlorine from your hair after your swim. Before you go swimming you should apply a [...]

So the word of the day is “Breakage”, “Black Hair Breakage” that is. Looking over the key words for this month this is what I came across. I’ve decided to tackle this topic head on as one of the Black Hair Blog’s articles! Why does our hair break so much? The answers are: Dryness Weaves [...]

This weeks article addresses how black women comb their hair and how we should comb our hair along with what type of combs we should use in our hair. Remember: Never ever use a brush in African American hair! It rips the hair directly from your head! To properly manage black relaxed hair you will [...]

I no longer recommend the use of shampoo’s containing sulfate’s unless it’s used to clarify the hair once a month. Have you ever wondered what is the best type of shampoo to use on your relaxed black hair? Well the answer to this question is a shampoo that carries the right pH balance for relaxed [...]

Flat irons, straigtening combs, curling irons, all these appliances our dry hair dreads so dearly. These appliances actually dry out and damage our hair and can cause breakage if used way too often. Do you flat iron or press your hair daily? How many times have you used your curling iron this week? Do you [...]

Please see this post after reading this product review. I’ve been using the Ultra Black Hair Lotion Creme Moisturizer product for about a month and a half and so far so good. I wish I would’ve ordered the larger bottle because I wasn’t planning on using it as much as I’ve been using it. I [...]

Today’s article will address African American hair and the issue of double processing which causes the hair to become weak, limp, and damaged. So what is double processing? Double Processing is when the hair is treated with two different chemical processes such as hair color and a relaxer which is the most popular of the [...]

I was reading an article the other day in the Essence magazine about taking care of your daughter’s hair while they were in school. I can’t for life of me remember what months issue is was, but I agreed with most of what they said except for the part about using a brush to stimulate [...]

One way to keep your hair on your head and to add length is by wearing hair styles that require low maintenance. Low maintenance hair styles don’t require the use of lot’s of heat, combing, tugging, and pulling. These hair styles will give the hair a rest and allow the hair to grow longer and [...]

I’ve been receiving comments and emails concerning a common hair problem that many women including myself face: Hair thinning or the so-called “slow growth”. For me my problem lies with the fact that I wore microbraids almost 2 years ago which caused hair breakage at my edges so my hair is shorter in those areas [...]

 I read the article “Big Night Beauty Strands” on page 38 in the December magazine issue of Essence a few days ago and there were quite a few things that I did not agree with in the article: Every style looks better with trimmed ends. Before you rock a straight or even curly look get that quarter [...]

This shampoo contains sulfates and I no longer recommend the use of shampoo’s with sulfates at all unless it’s for clarifying the hair once a month. After looking over the formulations of shampoo’s made for African American hair, I decided to venture out and look at other shampoo’s that aren’t made specifically for a certain [...]

Every month I will add an email to the Black Hair Blog that I’ve received from one of our visitors and my response. This month my email is from a concerned parent regarding her daughter’s hair and the use of a relaxer in her natural hair: My daughter is 15 and does not have a [...]

In the winter moisturizing black hair is essential because our hair and scalp is exposed to dry air inside and out. Your hair and scalp is exposed to cold dry air outside and dry hot hair inside. The hair and scalp is constantly being exposed to extreme temperature changings daily. A daily routine of your day in the [...]

So what do I mean by too much heat? Well if you are wearing your hair natural or even relaxed for that matter you should play close attention to the heated styling tools you are using in your hair. Women who’ve decided to wear their hair natural and free of chemicals should take this close [...]

Do you like to wear wigs and clip in ponytails? What if I told you that the combs in these hair pieces can cause scalp damage resulting in your hair thinning out. Also the use of a wig daily is never good because it suffocates the scalp which can result in slow hair growth. Your [...]

I’ve been doing a lot of research on shampoo’s that are best for black hair and I learned some things from actual experience and from the research I did. The first thing I learned was that sodium laureth sulfate is a milder cleansing agent than sodium lauryl, but it is still drying to the already [...]

I recently cut my hair in the beginning of January so I could start over and go completely natural. My hair was only 1/2 inch long when I cut it. I decided to get single medium sized braids last month (about 2 weeks ago). My hair was 1 1/2 inches long when I went into [...]

Have you ever shampooed your hair and noticed that there was alot of breakage and some hair loss while you were rinsing? This may be because of several different factors including: damaged weak hair, washing too vigoriously, and natural hair shedding. First and foremost, African American women shed about 100 hairs a day. These hairs [...]