Natural Hair Tips
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Carrier and Essential Oils; Top 5 Differences.
How well do you know your oils? Do you know the differences between carrier and essential oils? Hello AfroQueens, hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. “Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.” Do you use oils on your hair or do you belong to the no oils club? Whichever side you are, knowledge is free and power. First,…
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Tips on how to care for Natural Hair at Home
Figuring out how to care for natural hair at home, what it likes, doesn’t like & which products to use and when can be daunting at first but it gets better as you go. Taking care of your hair is as easy as figuring out your hair’s porosity, what your hair likes, having a consistent and healthy routine and adopting healthy hair care practices Covid and lockdown got us tryna figure out how to do a couple of things by ourselves, how to care for natural hair included. I know some of us learnt how to braid, twist and which products to use and when during lockdown. “Disclosure: Some of…
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Do Scalp Massages help with Hair growth
I know you’ve heard scalp massages promote hair growth and thickness, but do they? “Disclosure: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means that, at zero cost to you, I will earn an affiliate commission if you click through the link and finalize a purchase.” Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. Scalp massages are similar to the usual body, back etc massages you get only that you have to be more gentle with your scalp. They are so relaxing and also beneficial to your hair and scalp. Ever…
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How I Stretch/ Straighten my 4C Without Heat.
Stretching 4c not only gives you more length but also minimizes knots and tangles. Have you checked out my hair care ebooks, guides and journal downloadable/ printables shop? Not yet? But why? Catch up here. Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. Don’t get me wrong, I love my shrunken Afro and frohawk but I’ve days where I wanna see my length or install some juicy two strand twists or braids and that calls for stretching my hair. I don’t use heat…
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Healthy & Simple 4C Natural Hair Routine
A consistent and healthy hair care routine is the foundation of healthy hair. Do you have a hair care routine? What does it look like? Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. Starting your hair care journey can be hectic, from figuring out products, what your hair likes to building a healthy hair care routine. In this post we will focus on building a consistent and healthy hair care routine. Just like you need a morning routine, workout routine, skin care routine,…
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Hygral fatigue: Can you Over Moisturize your Hair?
We focus much on moisturizing and keeping our hair moisturized for longer but can we over moisturize our hair? Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. Type 4 hair especially 4C needs a lot of TLC to minimize breakage, retain length and health and moisturizing is one of the top ways to keep our mane looking lush and minimizing breakage but we all know too much of something…. Is over moisturizing a thing? Yes it is and it’s referred to as hygral…
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Combing 4C Natural Hair Without Pain.
Is it possible to comb through your 4C hair without pain? Why does my scalp hurt every time I comb my hair? Join the AfroQueens mailing list for exclusive content, discounts on products, new product launch, hair care tips and so much more here. Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. I’ve heard how painful it is to comb 4c hair, the fact that the comb doesn’t smoothly comb out your length and the hair breaking the combs nightmare a couple of…
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Pre poo on Natural Hair; Benefits, on Wet vs Dry Hair & Products.
Is pre poo part of your wash day regimen? I think pre poo should be our first wash day step, what do you think? Hello ManEmbracers, I hope your hair is growing and skin glowing. Welcome to my blog and be sure to keep it here for everything hair care. To my loyal ones & day ones welcome back. Pre poo/ Pre shampoo is the process of applying conditioner/ oil treatment before shampooing to minimize the stripping of moisture & natural oils by shampoo and also leaves the hair soft and manageable. Why pre poo? Pre-poo is essential especially if your hair and scalp are super dry, hair tangles after…
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7 Things you must know before moisturizing your natural hair.
Let’s start off with good news, have you checked out our store yet? No? Well, grab products of choice at a discount here. Incase you missed the post on moisturizing methods, catch up here, it’s important you get started there. Now that you’re done with that, let get started on what to consider before moisturizing. Hello mane embracers, I hope your crowns are flourishing and your skin glowing. Thank you for stopping by and welcome to my natural hair blog. 7 things to know before moisturizing Porosity type-this is the first factor, you’ll need to know your hair porosity type since porosity(hair’s ability to absorb and retain moisture). There are…
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Trimming Natural Hair; Top 3 signs you need a trim.
Need a trim? Do you do it and how often? I did dread trimming so much cause it felt like am loosing my length, get some length then loose it to a trim? No way. Heeyyah mane embracers, how’re y’all holding up? Thank you for stopping by and welcome to my natural hair blog. Have trimmed a couple of times but my last trim was heart breaking, had many inches down simply because I hadn’t trimmed in a year plus. African kinks are fragile and need so much TLC, trimming is part of it. Trimming is getting rid of the damaged, rough and rugged split ends. The rough and split…