| Our top Black Healthy Hair Tips for keeping your hair | | | | Marrakesh brands is great also for adding shine and |
| healthy can be a snap. Here are some basics that will | | | | smoothness. |
| keep your style healthy and strong! | | | | - Only apply heat when necessary. Try to keep heat |
| - Drink lots of water and eat foods enriched with | | | | usage to a minimum of once a week. With proper |
| Omega 3 fatty acids. You may also consider adding | | | | maintenance; your hair should retain its style without |
| vitamin supplements for increasing growth rate for | | | | having to be retouched with heat. Your hair will thank |
| tensile strength. | | | | you. |
| - Apply natural-based products. Nature based | | | | - Try taking a break from heat styles. Try wash and |
| products that contain Emu, Shea, and Jojoba oils are | | | | go's, two-strand twists, and other no-heat styles. |
| moisturizing and therapeutic. | | | | - Always detangle your hair before going to bed, and |
| - Invest in the right tools (Wide Tooth Comb, | | | | apply essential oils to ends of hair at night. This will |
| Denman Brush, Plastic Conditioning Caps, Bonnet Hair | | | | protect your ends from breakage. |
| Dryer, Ionic Blow Dryer, Flat Iron and Silk Scarf). | | | | - Cover with silk scarf before going to bed nightly. |
| These tools will be your biggest defense against | | | | Covering your hair protects your hair and keeps your |
| breakage. | | | | style in place. |
| - Wash every three to five days, especially if hair is | | | | - Avoid heavy, oil-laden styling products and finishers |
| relaxed. Black hair tends to be dry. Shampoo with a | | | | such as oil sheen. Heavy oil based products weigh |
| moisture-enriched shampoo. Be gentle - too much | | | | down and clogs follicles. Instead, try products made |
| agitation can cause breaking. | | | | with dimethicone and other synthetic shine enhancers. |
| - Combat products build up by clarifying once a | | | | These products deliver a healthy shine without |
| month. | | | | weighing down your hair or clogging follicles. |
| - Apply a moisturizing conditioner (preferably one that | | | | - Keep trimmed as needed. |
| detangles) weekly, and deep condition under a | | | | Maintaining healthy black hair isn't as hard as it seems. |
| bonnet dryer for 20 minutes monthly. | | | | Developing a sticking to a regimen that works for |
| - Apply a protein treatment once a month. | | | | you without being cumbersome is the best way to |
| - Apply hot oil treatments every six weeks such as | | | | get and keep a healthy style. |
| Jojoba Oil or Emu Oil. Argan Oil in Moroccan Oil or | | | | |
