how to style your single braids

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How to care for your hair in the upcoming winter

Different seasons require different hair care techniques to maintain healthy hair. While you might wear your hair out much more often in the summer and rely on carefree styles when it's warm outside, your hair care routine will change during winter if you want to maintain healthy locks. Here are some winter hair care tips that will keep your tresses in great shape so that when spring rolls around, your hair will be ready to face warm weather in good health.

1. Beware Breakage

If you experience breakage in one or two specific areas of your hair, it might have nothing to do with how you care for it, but what you wear on it. Wool hats and scarves can rub against and pull on delicate black hair, breaking it off at the nape of your neck (where the scarf might sit) or at the crown of your head. You need a hat and scarf if you live in a snowy climate, but the trick is wearing them the right way to avoid damage. Try sewing a satin or silk lining inside your wool cap. If you're not crafty enough to do this, ask a friend or family member who is. Before wrapping that wool scarf around your neck, make sure your hair is out of the way, either through a protective style or already secured beneath your properly lined hat.

2. Deep Condition More Often

Heated homes and work spaces can dry out your hair, so combat this dryness with extra deep conditioning. Look for humectant products which hold in moisture and use a good deep conditioner about once a week.

3. Wet Less Often

It's no fun leaving the house on a frosty morning with wet or damp hair. If you live in a freezing climate, your hair may actually freeze and break if you step outside with wet hair. Even if a wash n' go was your go-to style in the spring and summer, winter requires less shampooing and daily wetting. You should still shampoo and condition about once a week, but since you aren't swimming often, you don't need to wet and/or conditioner wash as much.

4. Use Heat Even Less

Indoor heating is going to suck some of the moisture from your hair. Don't help it along with flat irons, blow dryers and curling irons. Winter is an ideal season to practice setting techniques like wet sets (completely dry before you head out the door), pin curls and wraps, none of which require heat to style your hair.

5. Rethink Protective Styling

While wearing protective styles is always a good idea for keeping hair ends up and out of the way, they work especially well in winter for protecting your hair from harsh weather. Snow, sleet and heat won't be able to damage your hair as much when you keep it styled in buns, topknots, braids, twists and French rolls.

Interseting article I found for straightening our hair ladies:)

How To Straighten Afro Hair

Straighten Afro Hair. Make up artist and hair stylist Claire De-Graft shows how to straighten afro hair that has been relaxed.

Step 1: You will need

a heat protective hair product some large hair clips 1 tail comb ceramic straighteners some hair spray

1. Step 2: Prepare the hair

   Apply some heat protective product to the hair first to protect it when straightening. Put a small amount on your hands and rub them together. Then work the product through the hair from the roots to the tips, making sure it is evenly applied.

2. Step 3: Clip into sections

   Separate the hair into sections using a tail comb. Leave some loose at the bottom and pin the rest up with a large clip.

3. Step 4: Heat the straighteners

   Your straighteners will need some time to heat up- always follow the manufacturer's instructions. Place them on a non-flammable surface while they are heating and do not leave them unattended.

4. Step 5: Straighten

   Close the straighteners over the loose section of hair and, starting from the root, drag them down the hair to the tip. Immediately run the comb through the straightened section.

5. Step 6: Repeat

   Repeat the previous step, loosening another section of hair each time, straightening and combing through as before. Continue straightening the rest of the hair

6. Step 7: Style

   Part the hair using the tail end of the comb and style into a sleek look.
   To prevent frizzing and hold the style in place, spray lightly with hair spray.

Also known as:

• (How Do I Straighten Afro Hair)

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Interesting article on Natural Hair and the image it portrays in the Corporate World

http://www.diversityinc.com/article/4731/Do-Blacks-Need-to-Relax-Their-Natural-Hair-to-Get-Promoted/

Funky summer hairdos:)

Relaxed Hair

Because summer is almost here and I am sure you are all just as excited as i am, a lot of people will probably give their hair a rest from the braids. I am gonna try relaxing my hair this summer and hopefully seeing how long i can be able to last with my hair exposed to the newfoundland weather. a couple of tips i am gonna give to the ladies and to myself about the upkeep of relaxed hair.
1 keep your hair moisturized as much as possible
2 avoid getting it wet unnecessarily
3 if you do wash it make sure you oil treat it with cholesterol or hair mayonnaise.
4 do not shower or sleep with your head uncovered.

If there are a couple of tips I left out or ways you guys think might be able to help with the upkeep of relaxed hair please feel free to post them. In the world of hair you learn new things everyday, and I would love to learn new things from you guys:)

hot summer hair trends :)

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