Natural Hair and Winter.

In our corner of the world the days are becoming shorter, and the nights longer. From beautiful sunny skies during the day, come evening we are feeling the pinch in the air, meaning winter is here. I am a winter baby, but believe you me this does not mean I am a fan of winter and my hair is less of a fan.

As the temperatures drop it means that there is less humidity and less humidity means there is less moisture on our hair and our skin. So in as much as we will up our skin care regime to include heavier body butters and serums, we must also do something about our hair if we are to maintain our length and all our progress.

My Regime

I am sharing my regime with you, but as always I say find what works for you, because we are all different.

I will continue to wash/co-wash  my hair every 7 to 10 days. Each time I wash  I will deep condition my hair, my hair is very low porosity and therefore rather dry without the added effects of winter so I need this deep conditioning step in my regime.

Protective Styling: will play a major part of my regime, I will be staying away from braids and any extensions (I have nothing against those who choose to protective style with weaves or braids) just that i am trying to recover my hairline and i know my hairline does not need the added pressure. So I will mainly keep my hair in cornrows and twists, I will incorporate a lot of headscarves and hats as well.





Hot Oil Treatments: I have recently incorporated Hot Oil Treatments into my regime i can attest to this - H.O.T's leave my hair feeling super duper soft and leaves my hair stronger. Read more about the benefits of H.O.T's and when to have a H.O.T at http://blackhair101.com/hair-care/hot-oil-treatment-why-when-how.

I will also be incorporating the G.H.E into my regime. Between 3 and 4 nights per week. Seal my ends and moisturise my scalp as often as possible (another reason why I am opting for 'extensionless' protective styling so that i have access to my scalp.

Products I will be using.

Scurl No Drip Moisturiser
Mixed Chicks Deep Conditioner
Macadamia Leave in Conditioner
Shea Butter
Olive, Coconut and Jojoba Oils for my H.O.T's

All these products can be found at Venus Beauty Supply look them up on Facebook www.facebook.com/venusbeautysupply or alternatively order through the blog.

Do tell, how do you care for your hair in the dry winter months?


As a parting shot, protect the ends of your hair. They are after all the oldest part of your hair and therefore more prone to breakage.

xoxo

Cornrows as a protective style

Wigs are also used for protective styling