Sunday, February 16, 2014

LENGTH RETENTION TIPS FOR YOUR HAIR



1. Don’t touch your hair
It can be tempting to play with your new hair growth, but excessive manipulation causes breakage. Keeping your hair back and out of your face (in braids, buns, twists, etc) will help relieve some of the temptation to touch your hair. If you want to keep it, don’t touch it!


2. Lay off the heat
Every time you use heat on your hair, you are damaging it. Try going six months without using heat and see what happens; your hair will be much healthier and you will have better length retention. Cutting back will still make a difference—if you usually use heat every day, try only using it once a week. 

3. Protective Styling
Protective styles are great for length retention—they require little to no manipulation and your hair will be protected from environmental damage. But you can’t completely forget about your hair when it’s in a protective style. Remember to continue cleansing moisturizing your scalp and hair on a regular basis.

4. Finger Detangling
Finger detangling is best for fine hair or hair that’s prone to breakage. But there is definitely a fine line when it comes to detangling—as I mentioned earlier, you want to avoid excessive manipulation. You should detangle as little as possible, while keeping your hair as untangled as possible. Protective styling is a great way to keep that balance, and you should use natural oils or conditioner in the detangling process to avoid breakage. And of course, patience is key!

35 comments:

  1. That picture made me laugh out loud! Too funny.

    Such great tips, every single one of them!

    It took me a while to figure out the finger detangling but it has made such a difference.

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  2. I am good with protective styling, but I do fail with keeping my natural hair moisturized and cleansed.

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  3. Hahaha, it is so true. There is always that temptation to want to play with the new growth or when you start seeing your hair progress in length and body. You always nail it with all your points and tips. Thanks and keep it up!

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  4. Oh men! Its so hard not to play with the new growth. i have to get over it.
    Nice post dear!

    x Lori
    http://fabeau-trends.blogspot.com

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  5. Great tips... It was hard for me to stop combing and touching my natural hair. Now I just keep it braided and do protective styles


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  6. Lol @the picture. Nice tips especially the 3rd one

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  7. Laying off the heat is one that I have to work on because I do it so much when I have extensions and I know it's bad for my hair...I'll have to work on this & I agree on the protective styling!
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  8. That image is funny, lol!!! Great tips. Laying off the heat for 6 months? Hehe...hmmm will try that and see. Thanks for sharing dear.

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  9. Lol at that picture! Great tips! I'm really crap at looking after my hair...need to do a lot more of number 3.

    Sam
    www.lilmissbuttercup.com

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  10. That picture is everything lolol
    i will be back to comment let me finish ma laugh
    www.fashionitazbybuitiblogspot.

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  11. Hilarious picture, don't touch ke,difficult, but would try, great tips Uche. @ Buiti, still waiting for your update.

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  12. Very funny picture but I usually use heat like once in a month hope that's not much. Trying really hard to get the best out of my hair but since am going natural the only way to get my hair to cooperate with me is through straightening it out. If you have other ways, I would love to know it because my hair is seriously kinky and hard to comb through (it freaking breaks combs and gives me a headache).

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  13. Very funny picture. May steal it ;-) I am seriously considering buying a hair dryer, just have to watch how often I use it.

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  14. I was impressed at how good finger detangling has been to my hair. I never thought that I could do it.

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  15. I love the picture..lol Great tips!
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  16. Im so dead at that picture lol wow
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  17. It's always good to see most of my blogger friends here. lol!

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  18. I have always been in the habit of playing with my own hair. Now I've passed it on to my son while he's feeding.

    http://Blessedbowtie.blogspot.com

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  19. hahaha... that picture is funny. Its been a while since I commented here but I follow your blog religiously. I have tried laying off heat for two months and I'm happy eith the results plus castor oil has really made my hair healthier and more shiny (which I like)

    If you have a moment, check out my latest blog post
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  20. Tanx dear for the tips, byt i get tempted to touch

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  21. Fantastic tips,I wish I could do with all these don'ts but man, I can't do without touching my hair for a second. I need to hold unto these rules cause I want my hair down my toes. Have a fantastic day,bless...

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  22. My biggest thing is keeping my hair moisturized. I keep it in a protective style all the time, so I don't fiddle with it, but I always have to remind myself (and make the time) to moisturize my hair and scalp every day.

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  23. Nice tips; I got my hair in locks right now and can't wait for it to grow out so I can put it up in a bun.
    Thanks for sharing yet again.

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  24. Nice tips

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  25. i am back now, thanks for the tips dear
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  26. Just checking on you,*wink* bless..
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  27. I think I do everything you said we shouldn't be doing -__- I hope I can still have hair longer than shoulder length one day !...
    Hugs

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  28. lol That picture is a joke. Anyway that is an interesting article.
    http://witnstyle.com

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  29. I just started doing finger detangling/combing and it is working out fine. I have fine hair so it is necessary for me.

    http://journalofapetitediva.blogspot.com

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