Ways to prevent or minimise split ends: - Regular trims - Be gentle when detangling and styling - Don't overdo the dye or chemical treatments - Go easy on the heat and, if you choose to use higher heat, use a heat protectant - DO NOT apply extreme heat to wet hair (eg straightening) - Use leave ins, gels, creams etc to protect the hair - Sleep protect overnight - Avoid over manipulation (accessories, constantly fiddling with the hair, etc.) Any of you guys get frequent split ends? How do you tackle them? ❤ Graphics: created in canva and paint 3D by [welshiecurlgirl] Sources: @therighthairstyles @philip_kingsley @marieclaireuk Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_DAohoDKw

Hello curly gurls. After a decade of straightening my hair, I am embracing my natural hair texture and returning to the curly life. A lot of things are very new for me. My question is, how do you put up your hair for things like the gym? I usually brush it (!) into a bun. This will obviously break up the curls and ruin them. But my hair is too heavy and hot to work out without putting it up. What do?

I wish mousse did this for me! Artist is @cassandracalin on instagram.

  What have you learned along the way you wish you would have known at the beginning? Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn-Mvu1I8DE

I use loads of conditioner, or else I couldn't detangle! Anyone else relate?

For me, I love kinky curly knot today. I don't need a lot and it gives me just enough moisture. If it had protein I think it would be perfect. My favorite gel is Ouidad climate control (white bottle). It is a heat protectant as well and I feel like I don't need a whole lot of it. I'm currently experimenting with mousse/foams but it's hard to beat this gel. I am really liking the Mop Top shampoos, most low-poos feel like they don't clean enough but these do. Btw I have long, fine, low density hair that is mostly 3a/3b and is more on the high porosity side. Also I snagged a dyson supersonic second-hand and it is so much better than my previous dryer I used with the deva diffuser. It feels kinda hot but it doesn't do heat damage (that I've noticed at least).

What is your summer routine, products and process? I have thick coarse loosely but stubbornly curly hair (around 2c), mostly low porosity and having good success with: Malibu C hard water shampoo Innersense Hydrating Cream Conditioner (raked through in sections working up from nape, mostly left in, just a gentle rinse of the roots) Jessicurl confident coils & Davines serum raked into sections, very wet hair (4 sections, each gets one pump of the lotion and one drop of the serum, mixed) Squelch squelch scrunch then blot with a cloth. Sometimes wrap it in a plop arrangement, trying not to stretch it out. Then Ouidad Climate Control Extreme gel. Patted through the length, and scrunched into the ends. Then if I have time, air dry an hour before diffusing. If I don't have time, hair dryer on high without diffuser for 5 minutes trying not to let it move around too much, then a quick scrunch with the diffuser on. It doesn't get all the way dry but any time with hair dryer cuts overall dry time by hours.

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   >Gels by hold level 😍 with visuals. >Here's a round up of some of the gels I have used and gotten great wash days from, categorised according to hold. Hopefully this will be helpful if you're considering investing in a gel and you're not sure where to start. >I have made hold level judgements based both on how wash days held, and how I had to refresh following wash day. It's worth noting, though, that some of the lightest hold products here have given me amazing wash days, so I dont always go for super hard hold. My choice often depends on the weather and when I'm next able to wash. >Yes - I have a LOT of gels. No - I've never used them all at once 🤣 nor do I intend too. The hold levels are also based off my personal experience with these gels. Individual experiences will obviously vary. >What's your favourite gel? Do you prefer light, medium or hard hold? ❤ Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CnAi8mIoY0T

Here is the before:  >My curls now vs my curls in 2020 🤭 it’s been 3 years since I started my curly hair journey!! >The picture in 2020 was when I finally decided to chop off inches of my hair & go natural because my hair was VERY damaged (to the point where I had breakage & my hair was thinning) from heat since I was constantly blow drying & straightening my hair lol 😭 >It’s funny when I see old pictures of my hair because I would’ve never thought my hair would look like the way it looks now. I remember being afraid of cutting my hair cause I was very attached to my “straight hair” since it was the only way I felt my best in terms of “beauty” 🌚 >But 3 years later I’m more grateful for than ever 🫶🏼 Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CtPd3lvufBE

One of the best afros I've seen, a true queen 👑 Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CrG26wxuWlA

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I love how much volume you can get with natural hair. **Natural hair is POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, VERSATILE, PROFESSIONAL and so much more!!!** >A small reminder: My natural hair Is NOT something « exotic », something you can touch with no permission, it is NOT an object, NOT fake, NOT a mane, NOT a bush, NOT something I must hide, NOT prettier when it’s straight etc…etc… These are some words that I have already heard towards my hair throughout my life. I know that as a teenager these words were so offending to me but now these words do not hurt me no more. Just watch your mouth before speaking because it can be harmful and it can ruin self-esteem. Think before you speak because WE ARE TIRED of hearing those bad projections and stereotypes about natural hair. Natural hair is POWERFUL, BEAUTIFUL, VERSATILE, PROFESSIONAL and so much more!!! PERIODTTT ✊🏾👩🏽‍🦱🗣️ ! Put « 🙋🏽‍♀️ » if you agree in the comments. Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CpirsZAI006

@rose.rizos has some of the most beautiful long hair style I've ever seen, definitely inspiration goals for me Taken from: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoSlJRdOZ3j

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        Here's an excerpt from the science-y hair blog about when to add protein: >**Whose hair needs the extra boost protein can offer?** As a generalization: ©Science-y Hair Blog 2013 >People whose hair is losing more water than it should - porous or damaged hair. >That means: >Bleached or highlighted hair >Chemically relaxed or permanent waved hair >Hair that has been frequently brushed >Hair you take swimming frequently in chlorinated pools or salt water >Hair that spends several hours each week under the full sun (winter in higher latitudes might not matter as much) >Some hair that tends to be dry no matter how much oil and conditioner you use >Hair that has been styled with high heat - flat irons, curling irons, hair dryers on "hot." >People whose hair needs conditioning, but cannot take a lot of added weight. That's you, fine-to-medium-haired people, or anybody with silky, soft hair. Protein can bulk your hair up a little and add strength. >**Who needs to approach protein with caution?** >If your hair is quite coarse (wide hairs), it may not tolerate protein very often. Or it may tolerate the smaller proteins and amino acids. >Coarse but porous hair may tolerate (and benefit from) protein more than coarse, lower porosity hair. Referenced from: https://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2013/09/more-about-protein.html

Due to my skin condition, if I go too long without using H&S my scalp health really starts to really suffer. I don't find H&S to be as harsh as people say but I wonder if there's a better shampoo out there with the same active ingredient (zinc pyrithione). Does anyone else here suffer with eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, or other skin conditions linked to inflammation on the scalp? What do you use to balance scalp health and maintain beautiful curls? thanks ahead of time!

An interesting dive on what hygral fatigue is and the supporting evidence as well as the evidence against it.         [Sarah Ingle video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdQnlQRlM2w&t=71s) [Afobe Atoyebi video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbWa_xzrUu8&t=264s) [Science-y hair blog article](https://science-yhairblog.blogspot.com/2013/07/hair-swelling-in-water.html) [Sura Kamil blog article](https://surakamil.medium.com/hygral-fatigue-is-a-myth-why-we-all-need-a-healthy-dose-of-skepticism-f50aa9ae1aa5) [Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometric investigation of penetration of coconut oil and mineral oils into human hair fibers: Relevance to hair damage” Published in Journal of Cosmetic Science , 2001 , Volume 52 , Issue 3 , pp. 169–184](https://library.scconline.org/v052n03/13) [Lee Y, Kim YD, Hyun HJ, Pi LQ, Jin X, Lee WS. Hair shaft damage from heat and drying time of hair dryer. Ann Dermatol. 2011 Nov;23(4):455-62. doi: 10.5021/ad.2011.23.4.455. Epub 2011 Nov 3. PMID: 22148012; PMCID: PMC3229938.](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22148012/) Stam PB, Kratz RF, White HJ. The Swelling of Human Hair in Water and Water Vapor. Textile Research Journal. 1952;22(7):448-465. doi:10.1177/004051755202200702 (Couldn't find a free link to this one) [Gamez-Garcia, M. The cracking of human hair cuticles by cyclical thermal stresses. 1998 May. Journal of the Society of Cosmetic Chemists 49(3):141-153](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/286849276_The_cracking_of_human_hair_cuticles_by_cyclical_thermal_stresses) [Yang FC, Zhang Y, Rheinstädter MC. The structure of people's hair. PeerJ. 2014 Oct 14;2:e619. doi: 10.7717/peerj.619. PMID: 25332846; PMCID: PMC4201279.](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4201279/) [Franbourg A, Hallegot P, Baltenneck F, Toutain C, Leroy F. Current research on ethnic hair. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2003 Jun;48(6 Suppl):S115-9. doi: 10.1067/mjd.2003.277. PMID: 12789163.](https://sci-hub.hkvisa.net/10.1067/mjd.2003.277)