Natural hair tips
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The ultimate 5 Step Wash day routine for 4c Hair
At some point you have heard the wash day is an extreme sport phrase but is it really? Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for hair care tips and tricks. Let’s talk about simplified wash day steps, just how your wash day ought to look like. It shouldn’t be an extreme sport though, wash day is as easy or complicated as you wanna make it. So, keep it short, healthy & sweet. Detangling is my least favorite wash day step especially if I’ve been wearing my hair out for a week or two. What’s…
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Is Rice water a perfect pre-poo treatment for Type 4 Hair.
Your girl is on the rice water hype & I might be hyping you with the rice water for growth post lol. Catch up on my first rice water trial post here. I noticed a decrease in shed hair after taking down my 6 weeks mini twists & am thinking maybe just maybe rice water might be a blessing to my hair, will keep you updated. I did try using rice water for pre-poo, would I recommend it? Did it work for me? Read on Hello ManEmbracers, how are y’all doing. I hope your hair is growing and skin is glowing. Welcome to my blog. So, I did try using…
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6 Months Length retention challenge with Mini Twists.
This is the last post of the natural hair length retention challenge with mini twists. Hello ManEmbracers, Welcome to my blog, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. If you have been following my socials or blog posts, you know have been on length retention challenge since February. So far so good and am more obsessed with two strands than I did prior to this challenge. Do I notice more length? Yes, I do though I didn’t enjoy the twisting part of this challenge. My mini twists tip; start off with twisting medium/chunky twists then minimize them. Length retention challenge post you might have missed; Natural hair length…
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Maintaining Mini Twists for 6 weeks
Update on my 6 weeks old mini twists. How I have been maintaining them from moisturizing, washing, conditioning & stretching for more length. Hello ManEmbracers. I hope your skin is glowing and hair growing. Welcome to my blog and keep it here, you’ll learn & love it. Have had mini twists for the longest time and for some reason I feel so proud of myself. The longest I’ve worn my mini twists is 3-4 weeks, the urge to see my Afro out doesn’t let me wear protective styles for longer. The mini twists started off as medium twists. Installed medium size twists then reduced them to mini twists. I love…
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My first Rice Water trial on my Type 4 Hair.
So, I hopped into the Rice water bandwagon. I’ve been a chicken about it for the longest time cos ain’t so much into hyped stuff but I do get FOMO sometimes. Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing & skin glowing. Thank you for stopping by & for my being here tribe thank you sticking around. Let’s get into my first rice water trial but before that, check out a detailed post on the history of rice water, its benefits, and how to prepare and store it. How I prepared the rice water. I ended up using fermented rice water though it wasn’t the initial plan. The plan was…
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Is Moisture and Protein balance essential for healthy Natural Hair ?
How often do you deep condition with protein and moisture deep conditioner? Do you know the difference between the two? No? Check out different conditioner types and how to use them here. Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your skin is glowing and your hair growing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for all the tea on Afro hair. Did you know moisture and protein balance is essential for growth of healthy hair? Our hair is made up of keratin, a protein but due to manipulation, the hair’s protein structure is destroyed. That’s why protein treatments also known as reconstructors come in to reconstruct the protein structure. If…
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Natural hair puffs; Top 8 Things you Must Know.
Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. On to Mane Motivation Monday & it’s a twist out motivation like a how it started and how it’s going thing. I wear a puff one or twice every month mostly because it’s an easy style to achieve. I mean, you can achieve it in less than 5 minutes, you can accessorize it and there are different ways to style it( high puff, side puff, a puff with bangs/twist/twist outs, low puff) the list is endless, just get creative with your puff. Let’s get down to a few things you need to know about wearing a puff. How to…
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Don’t get it twisted, You can nail a bomb twist out.
Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. On to Mane Motivation Monday & it’s a twist out motivation like a how it started and how it’s going thing. This is my very first defined twist out. You have no idea how excited I was, my hair was fairly long & had less volume but I loved it as it was. I mean I ain’t depleting my products after a couple of weeks or complaining about the change in product’s consistency. I used movit curling cream to achieve the look. I don’t use the product anymore, haven’t used it for the last 3-4 years or so. Started…
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5 Months Length Retention Challenge Update.
Who knew documenting a journey can be this difficult? I had made a promise to myself to do better with documenting but well, I tried & here is how my two strand twists length retention challenge has been so far. I started the challenge in February, catch up on a post about the my hair care routine during the challenge here. Have I noticed any difference with my hair? Oh yeah! For the very first time I held my hair in a bun not once but twice and have noticed more length plus my edges are flourishing & growing. February Twists & Twist outs. March Twists & Twist outs Took…
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Top 11 Essential Natural Hair Care Products and Tools.
Heeyah manEmbracer, I hope your skin is glowing and your hair growing. How’s your hair journey unfolding? Growing, flourishing, struggling etc, I would love to know. So, let’s talk about my must-have products and tools. Ain’t a product junkie so you won’t find stocked products from different brands or all hair care tools out there. I do have a couple of products and tools that are a must have, let’s get into my must have hair care products and tools. Products. Oils. I’ll always have oils with me cos I seal with oils and sometimes butter(I love light butters). Have you seen the oil as a sealant trend? Me too…
