Natural Hair Care!!!!

Angelique U dnt understand my love affair & total devotion to coconut oil
I rubbed that stuff on my stretch marks on my tummy & in literally a weak Id say they are not visible!! I have to squeeze my skin to see them
Also burnt my finger Rubbed some on & the following day my skin was healing & I felt no pain
Its great for scars & ageing skin. My skin practically glows, I use it as a face mask. DH has put it on his face & the fine lines around his eyes have disappeared.
I put 5 drops on the tips of my hair every evening just to seal in moisture. It also prevents split ends as my hair is relaxed.
Because my hair is relaxed, I do a protein treatment once a week.

Iv started putting Castor oil on my scalp as Iv read it promotes hair growth. I started yest, put it on my scalp, slept with it on & washed it out with conditioner. (I dnt actually use shampoo) I use a clarifying conditioner once/twice a month to remove heavy product build up.

Ladies I remembe that my mother used to use coconut oil on my hair when I was younger: So I found this interesting tip:

Hair Care:

Coconut oil is one of the best natural nutrition for hair. It helps in healthy growth of hair providing them a shiny complexion. Regular massage of the head with coconut oil ensures that your scalp is free of dandruff, lice, and lice eggs, even if your scalp is dry. Coconut oil is extensively used in the Indian sub-continent for hair care. It is an excellent conditioner and helps in the re-growth of damaged hair. It also provides the essential proteins required for nourishing damaged hair. It is therefore used as hair care oil and used in manufacturing various conditioners, and dandruff relief creams. Coconut oil is normally applied topically for hair care.

Ladies, thanks so much for these tips. I am going to try them out?
My baby has a lot of hair (curly though). She hates it when I come close to her hair.

Thanks Zodwa for all the advice. I will give it a try.

But I have also stopped washing my son's hair with only shampoo and use the conditioner because I did notice that the shampoo dries his hair out totally.

@memo, Cole's hair was exactly the same. Long infront and ontop but short, dry and bad at the back. So eventually I shaved it all off and now it is growing back so much better and I try to keep it moisturised.

Did any of you ladies check out the mixed chicks link I posted.

I will see if I can find out where to buy shea butter her in SA.

Also check the product ingrediants!!!!!
This has saved my hair's life!!! Mineral oil & Petrolium in hair products will make ur hair drier & destroy it. Since I became aware of this & avoided them, my hair is growing much faster & is softer. Im also retaining so much length

Also shampoo's dry out the hair (& our hair is already dry!!) I work out a lot so I shampoo once a week but if I need to was inbetween I wash with conditioner instead.
It contains everything shampoo contains in terms of cleaning just minus the sodium laureth sulphate (this is what makes the shampoo foam, sam thing that makes dish washer foam)
Also conditioner adds moisture so its a moisture boost for hair.

Someone mentioned putting olive oil before shampoo, add honey to the olive oil, warm in the microwave, I promise its not sticky. Put on a shower cap for 20 min then rinse & shampoo. Honey adds moisture so its also a deep conditioning treatment.
My hair is still thanking me for it.

Ok, I dnt do all this for my boy as he's very difficult, this is my routine. Once he's older & stops being terrible bout washing his hair, then I'll do this.
The spraying & conditioning still works wonders for now

My son hates washing his hair or me touching his head.
So to keep it soft & moisturised, I put my own concotion is a spray bottle!!!
I mis, water, conditioner, tea tree oil, coconut oil in a spray bottle, spritz his hair & its soft & moiturised!!
I use a wide toothed comb to detangle while its wet or damp. This is great as he loves me spraying his head but hates it when I apply moisturiser.

The most natural moisturiser u'll find is Shea butter, pure shea butter. Dnt know where to buy it in SA though.

With regards to Kinky/coily hair, its naturally dry so u need moiture all the time. Its also very porous (loses moisture easily) so sealing the moisture in is crucial.
What I do with my hair (not my boy's) is at night I moisturise, then seal the ends with coconut oil (Im inlove with coconut oil) Olive oil, grapeseed oil, Jojoba oil, Amla oil will also do the trick.
I do this every night & because these oils penetrate the hair shaft & not just coat it, u dnt sit with oily hair all the time time, it absorbs it completely.
This has done wonders in softening my hair

cool thread! Thanks guys, my lb's hair is very fine and curly. He has he's dad's hair unfortunately.. I have good hair( that's about it really)
I've also been wondering if I should cut the dead bits off? What do you guys think the fringe is ofcourse very long and the hair at the bakc of his head is also very broken.
He also HATES having he's hair washed.. any advise for that?
He fell back in a little shell pool once and ever since feels traumatised (litterally has hands in mouth screaming) everytime I wash he's hair.
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