TOP 5 SEALANTS FOR YOUR NATURAL HAIR

We all know natural hair tends to be dry and we also acknowledge the seemingly unending struggle to keep our natural hair moisturized beyond wash day. The natural oils produced by the scalp cannot be evenly distributed along the hair shaft because of the twists and turns in natural hair, unlike straight hair. To counter this, you must apply oils and natural hair butters to help seal in the moisture that you have worked so hard to infuse into your natural hair. These oils and natural hair butters also help to lubricate hair, thereby reducing the knots and tangles.

What’s The Difference Between Moisturizers and Sealants?

As a budding naturalista, you may often interchange moisturizers with sealants. It’s forgivable. Learning the right terms and moving forward is what is important. 

NATURAL OILS FOR NATURAL HAIR CARE

Natural Oil is Holy Grail when it come to hair care and scalp treatment.  From the Egyptians to the Greeks to the Arabians, different eras of civilization have applied the use of natural Oils for medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Mary even anointed Jesus’s feet with perfume made of pure Nard Oil in biblical times.

Uses/Benefits of Natural Oils

Natural Oils have many health benefits. Headache relief, cough relief, improve sleep, aid in weight-loss. In Hair care, they are used as sealants, moisturizers, conditioners, detanglers, treatments for Dandruff and scalp issues. Many naturalistas with ‘healthy hair’ boasts about the wonders of Natural Oils on their tresses when added to their regimen and method of moisturizing (LOC/LCO/LOCO).

They are also great for fighting skin issues. Tea-Tree Oil is used to fight acne and Lemon and Roseoil can lighten visibility of acne scars.


Types Of Natural Oils

Natural Oils are categorized into, Carrier Oils (CO) and Essential Oils (EO)


Carrier Oils

Jojoba Oil, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Castor Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Hempseed Oil, Canola Oil, Safflower Oil, Sunflower Oil, Emu Oil, Argan OIl, Sweet Almod Oil


Essential Oils

Tee-Tree Oil, Lavender Oil, Rosemary Oil, Cintronella Oil, Peppermint Oil, Basil Oil, Sandalwood Oil,Thyme Oil, Spearmint Essential Oil, Chamomile Oil.


Why Natural Oils are great for Natural Hair?

Essential Oils evaporate easily and penetrate the scalp and skin. They contain small concentrated molecules that can reach even the blood stream. Carrier Oils do not evaporate and are used to dilute essential oils, reducing its concentration without altering its therapeutic qualities.

• Rich in anti-oxidants, vitamins and minerals from plant essence that can penetrate and nourish scalp and hair
• Used as conditioners, detanglers, sealants
• Natural oils add moisture and shine to your hair
• They moisturize the scalp helping to stop dry, flaky skin
• Help to get rid of dandruff
• Aid faster and healthier hair growth. Opening scalp pores and improving blood circulation
• Free of artificial and harmful chemicals
• Generally affordable to buying products containing processed ingredients

In my next posts we will discuss extensively on different ESSENTIAL AND CARRIER OILS. How to use them, apply them and their many benefits.  I mix Coconut oil and Citronella oil with my daily moisturizer and spritz. My hair and skin loves it!

Do you have favorite Natural Oils you use for your hair? What benefits have you noticed?



Love&Nappiness,

Ese.

How I Grew my Edges

Hi Naturalistas,

How are you all doing? Just want to share some tips on how I grew my edges back. I shared a similar post earlier this year.

Sometime in 2014, my hair was shedding a lot and my hairline was so bad. I actually made a post about it here. I searched online, watched various Youtube videos which made me experiment on different things and I learnt a lot as well. Along the line, I got to know about castor oil and the likes.

So I started massaging my hair with castor oil regularly. Then I got peppermint oil, amla oil and coconut oil afterwards and I saw tremendous changes. I also changed some habits and adopted new ones.

How did I do it?

1.       I stopped making tight hair styles. Whenever I braid, I try to tell the hairstylist not to pick my front hair. Same goes with fixing, twisting and the rest.

2.       I started massaging my front hairline with oils as stated earlier, did hot oil treatments and moisturized my scalp too.

3.       I did not comb or brush my front hairline, instead I use my fingers and most times I apply little gel to make it slip.

4.       I avoided packing my hair too tight. Whenever I want to get a pineapple fro look, I tend to drag my front hair too much with my headband to make it firm. So I stopped doing that. I now leave it loose instead or get a loose band.

Oils I used
1.       African naturalistas Castor oil

2.       Amla oil

3.       Natural Nigerian Peppermint oil

4.       African Naturalistas Coconut oil 
 

You can also get:

-          Rosemary oil and Jojoba oil

How I use my oils

-          I mix my oils together (coconut, castor, amla, peppermint) in a bottle and I apply regularly for at least 3-5 times weekly

-          I add them to my deep conditioning mix sometimes

-          I use them in my hot oil treatments

-          I mix them with my leave-in conditioner and hair butter

I know there are some people with the issue of receding hairline. You can try using any of these oils especially castor oil (It is very effective in stimulating hair growth) and you would definitely see changes. I’m still using mine daily, well when I remember to do so..

For those who have experienced bald edges, how did you grow them back? Please share in the comment box to help someone.

Please note that I tried it and it worked for me that’s why I am sharing. So you could also give it a try and research more on it likewise. I hope this tips help.

Till then

Leeznijis