Bad Natural Hair Habits

Bad Natural Hair Habits

1. Clean your brushes! I don’t mean removing those strands of hair from your brush when you get done detangling in the shower, I mean actual cleaning. Just like your scalp builds up product over time, your brush does the same as it removes the product from your hair and leaving it dirty pretty much makes it pointless.

2. Playing with hair! My second biggest weakness. This creates frizz and your dirty hands can contaminate your curls.

3. Malnourished curls! Natural hair requires more moisture, so we must condition it at least once a week. There are those of us who feel our hair collects too much moisture, but I am sure that we know how to handle this if it is the case. But, if you are one who complains about your hair being too dry, maybe you should try a DC regimen for a while. Deep conditioning helps to smooth the cuticle, which results in more definition while styling

4. Curl lust! Stop spending so much time wanting others’ curls and spend some time getting to know and love your own curls. Once we start taking care of our own hair, we may then be the next Solange or Tracee Ellis Ross.

5. Lack of knowledge! You cannot leave it all to your stylist, even if you go to the stylist on a weekly basis, who is taking care of your hair in between visits? If you are not taking care of your own hair then you can never achieve the maximum health potential or hair potential.

6. No more rat-tial combs! We changed our hair, so we must change our hair care tools. Gentle detangling using your fingers, wide tooth combs, and Denmark brushes will be the best way to retain length and avoid pain.

7. Letting it all hang out! I love to just wake up and go, but this isn’t always the best idea because our ends need to be protected if we want to keep them.

8. Sleeping unprotected! This is a bad habit that I find hardest to break. I always find some excuse to not wrap my hair or most times I’m too lazy for an excuse, let alone wrapping. Although, I am fully aware that this is the cause of most of my split ends. Sigh.

9. Not trimming enough/or trimming too much. Ends split! That’s just the truth about it. We do not have to cut off an inch of hair every month because our ends feel unkempt. But, we must find a balance, maybe a schedule of how often you trim your hair.

10.      Retwisting your locs too often. This can cause your hair to become built up with too much product and your pores to become clogged. This can also cause your strands to thin and break.

Do you have any other bad hair habits that you are working on breaking?