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3 Tips to Combat Flaking In Your Wash & Go’s

Flaking is a conversation that comes up frequently in both our private and public education spaces. Whether the flakes are big or small, many tight curlies + naturals may be experiencing flaking from their styling products due to their product choice, their unique Essential Elements or even the technique used to apply or set the product on the hair.

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3 Reasons Why Your Botanical Gel Isn’t Drying

Botanical gels are gels that are plant-based and water soluble. They typically contain herbal extracts and humectant ingredients such as aloe, flaxseed, okra, elm and marshmallow root that help promote hydration by pulling moisture from the atmosphere and adding it to your hair. One of the biggest challenges naturals face when using botanical gels is how long they take to dry.

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3 Reasons Why We Use Topper Gels for Type 4 + Natural Hair

As professional stylists, we often like to reach for topper gels for wash and go styling for numerous reasons. A topper could be needed based on the condition of a client’s hair, the desired result or style longevity. And let’s be honest, we almost never used one styler when we were relaxed. So, why would we think we only needed one styler while natural?

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3 Things to Know About Using Silicones For Your Curly + Natural Hair

As tight curl educators, we understand that silicones can be a fairly controversial topic within the natural hair community. We believe that many tight curlies + naturals have read things online that have ruled them inherently bad and cautioned against using products that contain silicone in your hair care routines, however this isn’t necessarily true.

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3 Ways To Determine If A Brand’s Marketing Matches Your Hair Care Needs

The market has gotten ahold of the desire for a one product hair styler. There are a number of styling products that have shown up promising to be a one product solution, but how does that actually play out when combined with your unique Essential Elements? Click here for an explanation of Essential Elements.

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3 Reasons Why We Use a Detangler Brush for Natural Hair

Circa 2011, in the natural hair community Denman brushes used to be all the rave. However, actually designed as a blow out brush, we found that Denman brushes handles were too thin, the brush was difficult to control, it was notorious for giving hand cramps and detangling took way too long. Now with more suitable options available on the market, it’s important that we not only know how to properly use tools, but also the reasons why we use them to help simplify our wash days.

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5 Things We’re Not Doing To Our Natural Hair In 2024

Happy 2024! A new year is an exciting time because it reveals a special type of refreshness to all of our lives. With newness comes leaving habits that do not serve us in the past, and this is also relevant when it comes to hair. We’re on to bigger and better in 2024, and this blog post will outline 5 things that we’re no longer doing to our natural hair in the new year.

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3 Tips for Preserving Your Stretched Natural Hair

In our community spaces, we often get asked what is the best way to preserve natural hair at night that has been stretched. Instead of applying heat to your hair daily potentially increasing your risk for thermal reconditioning commonly known as heat damage, there are actually a few tips that you can do at home that are really easy to do.

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Five Product Must-Haves to Blow Out Your Natural Hair

Within the natural hair community, many naturals believe that using a heat protectant product protects the hair from heat damage when using tools such as blow dryers and irons. However, the truth is that actual heat protection is a full process that involves properly prepping and priming the hair for heat exposure.

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5 Green Flags When Choosing a Hair Stylist to Partner With

Listen, when it comes to our hair, we want to be able to entrust our strands to a caring and dedicated pro that will make all of our realistic expectations come true. Although the red flags of choosing a hair stylist are heard loud and clear, we want to point out 5 green flags to note when vetting a licensed professional.

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