We do many things that zap the moisture out of our strands, some of it from pure laziness, some due to styling errors and others due to just plain lack of knowledge. Even the best of us make mistakes sometimes. The one thing that is most important is knowing what you are doing wrong and taking the necessary steps to fix it straight away.
1. Sleeping Without A Scarf
The next best thing for a girl without a scarf is a girl with a satin pillow case. If you are going commando and you have cotton bedding, prepare yourself for the epic fail of moisture transfer from your strands to your fluffy cotton pillow case. It might be a complicated scientific occurrence at night when you do not protect your hair, but regardless of how technical it is, having your hair exposed is the perfect formula for dry strands in the morning. The only way to really fix a ‘dry haired’ morning if you are natural is to either jump in the shower and cowash or really saturate your hair with a water based leave in. If you are relaxed you pretty much will have to do the same thing, throw in a protective style too. After solving that problem make sure you keep your bonnet next to your bed so that you never ever forget it again.
2. Blow-drying On High Heat
A blow-dryer can be your best friend or your worst enemy if you do not know what you are doing. As a matter of fact it probably has more of a tendency to be an enemy than a bestie because using high heat, destroys the strand and zaps the hair of moisture almost instantaneously. We have mentioned before that the usual causes of permanently broken bonds in hair is due to either chemicals like relaxers or due to the use of high heat. Once the top layer of your strands are compromised by heat, you end up exposing the inner core of your strand leading to dryness and lack luster hair. If you plan to blow-dry the best method is the tension blow dry method after your hair has been thoroughly moisturized and protected with a suitable heat protectant. ...
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Posted By: Jen Fad
Sunday, October 13th 2013 at 6:38PM
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