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Top 5 natural hair care tips .

Black women have been embracing their natural hair and styling it creatively. It however, takes some great care and proper treatment to maintains thick, lush hair. Inadequate care and treatment can lead to hair loss, dryness, thinning and stunted growth. These are our top five tips to care for natural hair.

1 Reduce the number of washes.

Constantly washing your hair may strip it of essential hair nutrients thereby compromising its volume and qulaity. Limit the number of washes to your hair to perhaps twice a week and ensure that you use proper natural hair products that are suitable for your hair type.

2 Trim the ends.

Make sure to trim the split ends of your hair and thereafter treat the ends with a deep conditioning treatment at least once a week. Trimming the ends also enables hair growth. This measures your hair will gain more length.

3 Reduce heat styling.

Heat styling poses the danger of damaging your hair. To ensure that you hair is not damaged when you feel the need to use heat styling, apply a heat protecting first such as leave in creams. These will at as a protective shield against the heat.

4 Oil,oil,oil.

Never let your hair and scalp go dry. Massage oils into your hair and scalp and ensure your stays moisturized. There is nothing more fatal to hair growth and maintanance than leaving it dry.

5 Use baking soda.

Replace your regurlar shampoo with some baking soda for a few weeks. Baking soda can be massaged into the scalp and hai before rinsing it off to prevent flaking and to stimulate natural oil production.

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