Texture releases are becoming increasingly popular and being marketed to 3A - 4C naturals. The product aims to straighten your hair without damaging your coils/curls using heat, amino acids and conditioning agents. It straightens your natural hair without damaging your curls and coils but instead elongating them. With more and more naturals considering this as…

Type 4 hair includes tightly coiled textures commonly grouped into 4A, 4B and 4C patterns. Your curl pattern is only one part of understanding your hair. Density, porosity and strand thickness also influence how it looks, feels and responds to products. It’s also completely normal to have more than one curl pattern. You might notice…

A silk press is one of the best ways to enjoy straight hair without permanently changing your natural curl pattern. But as every Naturalista knows, getting a silk press is the easy part. Keeping it sleek, smooth and frizz-free is where the real challenge begins. Humidity, sweat, steam and moisture can all cause your hair…

It’s easy to be confused about what hair oils to incorporate into your natural hair care routine. With so many oils on the market, it makes it difficult to figure out what oils to choose. Some oils act as a moisturizing agent whilst other oils work as a sealing agent. They both add great benefits…

Moisture retention plays an important role in maintaining healthy natural hair, particularly for those with Type 4 hair. If your hair often feels dry shortly after wash day, the issue may not be the products you’re using, but how they’re layered. The LOC and LCO methods are two popular techniques used to help hydrate the…

Understanding your hair porosity can make it easier to choose products and build a natural hair routine that works for you. Porosity describes how readily your hair absorbs and loses water. It is separate from curl type, so two people with Type 4 hair can have very different needs. Have you ever tried a viral…

Trimming your hair is an important part of reducing breakage , maintaining healthy ends, and supporting length retention. While trimming doesn't make your hair grow faster, it helps preserve the length you already have by preventing split ends and breakage from travelling further up the hair shaft. Many people avoid trims because they're worried about…