Growing up my hair has always been FULL and THICK, which is something everyone admires but, I am not a big fan of because doing my hair is such work. When I got pregnant with my first daughter I made a decision that I wasn’t going to put any type of chemical in her hair such as a relaxer/perm, I know the amount of damage relaxers did to my hair especially my scalp so I just wanted her hair to flourish and do a lot better than mine. But as God would have it, she has the same exact hair texture as mine from fullness to thickness it can be quite the day’s job doing her hair. So to avoid her hair breaking, I have had to learn some hair care routines for her hair over the years.
- Conditioner is our best friend! I make sure to deep condition her hair every other week (shop my favorite here), it gives the hair moisture and makes it easier to comb through (her least favorite part lol)
- LOC Method, when I started my natural hair journey and started researching ways to care for our hair, moisture and moisture retention was major key! And one of the ways I learnt to help is the LOC METHOD (for all you new to natural hair care, that means liquid, oil, cream) I try to use this method especially after deep conditioning while her hair is still wet, I put oil in her hair, then lock in the moisture from the water and oil with any type of cream based hair lotion.
- Protective styling goes a long way. In order to prevent breakage we stick to a strong protective styling schedule and not messing with her hair too much, keeping her hair braided up for a week to a 2 weeks and just moisturizing it through out the week.
- The right products, I am not gonna lie I have tried my fair share of products but, just using products that are geared towards her hair type as well as products that will help to keep her hair heavily moisturized.
I will be honest I am no master at this, but these are some things I have learnt over time that work for me. What/how are some ways you all take care of your little ones hair?
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