There is a common misconception that in order to have beautiful natural hair, you have to do a lot. But the natural gurus on our writing staff know better than that. Over the next several days we will share how our writers maintain incredible natural hair on very simple and basic regimens. Next up is Chinwe. You can read Tori’s regimenhere, Elle’s regimen here, Geniece’s regimen here, Cassandre’s regimen here and Portia’s regimen here. Short washing and detangling regimen (1.5 hours max) I skip my usual pre-poo step and go straight into washing with a cleansing conditioner, such as As I Am
How To Carefully Add Blow Drying To Your Natural Hair Regimen With Little or No Heat Damage For most naturals keen on growing their hair, avoiding heat is a very sacred mantra. We know that blowdrying, even on a low setting, literally dries the hair by taking internal moisture levels to below what air drying would produce and never rebalancing with humidity in air. You can read the science here. However, some naturals actually attribute low temperature blow drying to being able to manage their hair better as hair dries faster, has reduced tangling and shrinkage due to the stretching