Essence December ’08: Big Night Beauty Strands
Written by Samara on November 13, 2008
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 inch health cut from your stylist. – Essence
I don’t know how much I can stress it but, clipping the ends will not make your hair healthier or make your hair grow for that matter. If you are trying to gain length taking this approach will get you no where. Clipping the ends are for appearance purposes only. It will only make your hair look neat, but it won’t prevent breakage, split ends, or improve the hairs overall health., however, a deep conditioning treatment will.
Essence also again suggests using a brush in the hair in 2 different occasions in this article which I am also against because it has been proven that brushing the hair does more harm than good. It actually rips the hair out and causes major damage. If you are trying to gain length opt out of using a brush in your hair ladies!
Another tip from Essence was to use leave in conditioners. Conditioners or any sort of hair product containing protein should always be rinsed out, instead a deep conditioning treatment should be used and rinsed out completely. Leave in conditoners are a waste of money.
I did slightly agree with Essence when they did suggest getting a hot oil treatment and a deep condition every 2 weeks, but you should deep condition your hair every time you wash it rather it’s once a week or every 3 days. Every 2 weeks are not enough times to condition or wash. Condition every time for beautiful long hair!
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