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Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy
Beauty

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy Body Lava + Diamond Bomb!

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Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy

 

Rihanna is seriously biting into our quarantine money! We are not even a quarter into the year and already the Queen has spoken; and is hitting us with two more new releases. What’s going down? The Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy Body Lava AND Diamond Bomb drops! New tone, same products, but all NEW Fire!

Are you ready? Well, honey you better get ready! These new releases are about to take spring and summer beauty skincare by storm! Both are offering your skin the ultimate glow up. In liquid as well as shimmer pan form.

 

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy

 

Which will be very helpful since due to the Coronavirus pandemic, most of us will not be seeing the light of day very much until the quarantine and lockdowns have been lifted. Nevertheless, don’t let being coup up inside prevent you from attaining OR maintaining your skin’s luminous glow. With the help of Body Lava and / or Diamond Bomb your skin is sure to sparkle; and glisten like you have spent the day relaxing in the islands!

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy Body Lava + Diamond Bomb!

 

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy

 

Diamond Bomb as well as Body Lava are already well known for their sparkling attributes. But do you know WHY they are so effective? Well, we are about to tell ya! First off, we will start with Fenty Beauty’s Body Lava Luminizer. The cosmetics brand reveals that it is,

“The ultimate gel-based body luminizer that veils skin in a gloriously dewy, high-shine finish—now in an all-new, limited-edition copper shade COGNAC CANDY, plus the two cult-favorites you know and love, WHO NEEDS CLOTHES?! and BROWN SUGAR.

That post-vacay glow is now yours year-round with this smooth, gel-based body luminizer that glides on and leaves skin feeling dewy to the touch. Get ready to bathe your skin in a gloriously high-shine finish that does to your body what highlighter does to your cheekbones.

 

 

Celebrate the look and feel of glistening skin after a day of island hopping. Light-diffusing micropearls blended with a sheer tint of color accentuate all skin tones for a silky, sun-soaked sheen any time of the year. Strip down in WHO NEEDS CLOTHES?!, a radiant rose gold; glow hard in BROWN SUGAR, a lustrous bronze, or light up in limited-edition COGNAC CANDY; a sparkling copper. Delivered in a generously sized bottle; Body Lava’s ultimate drenched-in-light radiance—plus its addictive floral vanilla scent—was born to dew your body right.”

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy Body Lava + Diamond Bomb -More of the Details

Absolutely, bomb right? Well, we never EVER forget when we first tried out Body Lava. Literally, one swipe and our skin seriously GLOWED! It was beautiful and the bottle size will last you for a LONG time. Making it well worth the price tag.

Nevertheless, ready to move on to the fantastic benefits of Diamond Bomb? Let’s! In regards to this product Fenty Beauty says,

“[It’s] an one-of-a-kind diamond-dusted highlighter that applies like a 3D glittering veil, delivering pure, show-stopping sparkle all over the face and body.

Ice yourself in insane diamond-dusted sparkle. Diamond Bomb takes glitter to a whole new extreme in a shimmering 3D formula that’ll leave your face and body crystal-coated, the way only Rihanna knows how.

 

 

This highlighter features a unique jelly-powder formula that’s bouncy, cool to the touch, and melts into skin like butter. It’s loaded with 100% pure brilliance to create an all-glitz-no-grit finish that decks out every skin tone. Look and feel like a million bucks in cult-favorite shade How Many Carats?!, a pure platinum sparkle, or blaze up in limited-edition Cognac Candy, a pure copper sparkle. All of this glittery goodness even comes in a faceted jewel-like compact you’ll never want to put down.”

The Inspiration Behind Diamond Bomb and Body Lava

 

 

As you can see, these new Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy tone products are sure to give you natural, sun kissed glow! BUT DID YOU KNOW… Rihanna was deeply inspired to create both Diamond Glow and Body Lava? What influenced her? In short, her own personal fashion as well as the allure of light itself. Read her actual quotes below!

“It makes you look like you’re dripping in light—there’s nothing else like it. With a body veil like this, who needs clothes?!” – Rihanna on Body Lava Illuminizer

“You can never have enough diamonds! This is the closest thing to bathing in it. The sparkle in this is just insane!” – Rihanna, on Diamond Bomb All-Over Diamond Veil, which was inspired by the crystal dress Rihanna rocked at CFDA 2014.

Fenty Beauty Cognac Candy Body Lava + Diamond Bomb -What Else to Love

What we love about these products is the COLOR! Rihanna added yet another stunning shade to her popular lineup of products. Cognac is rich, warm coppery shade that will look gorgeous on a large range of skin tones. Just look at these swatches!

 

 

Cognac Candy Body Lava Body Luminizer Swatches

 

 

Cognac Candy Diamond Bomb All Over Diamond Veil Swatches

Furthermore, REAL Cognac is super expensive because it’s such a high quality and being a long complicated process to manufacture. So in a sense, it’s like Rihanna is saying that she wants our skin to look super expensive AND as delicious as candy. People… we have no choice but to Stan.

The Budget -Getting Real With the Price

New releases are great, but in these times, let’s be honest they can be kind of tough. Sometimes it can be hard to justify a purchase when there is necessities to think about. However, Rihanna thought ahead.

Right now Cognac Candy Body Lava is retailing for $59, while the Diamond Bomb version is sitting at a price point of $39. Paying straight out for those may not be in the budget right, but Fenty Beauty does offer After Pay.

 

 

For instance, want the Diamond Bomb item? All you have to do is just make a one payment every month that will total less than $10. For just 4 payments of $9.75 it can be apart of your makeup bag.

What about the Body Lava? You will have to pay out about $5 more a month. With 4 payments of $14.75 you can soon be slathering your body in coppery goodness.

Best part? There’s no interest! You won’t have to pay extra every month. Each payment is interest free. So then, get yours on March 20th at Fentybeauty.com, HarveryNichols.com , SEPHORA and Sephora at JCP.

 

 

John Legend Home Concert
Celebrities

John Legend Home Concert -“Together at Home” IG Livestream Concert!

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John Legend Home Concert

 

GREEN LIGHTTTTTTTT!!! To enjoy yourself even in the comfort of your own home! The talented John Legend Home Concert “Together at Home” IG Live Stream is helping to take the edge off for many quarantined citizens. As lockdowns continue to increase, many are searching for ways to not only fill the time; but just actually still have some fun.

To fill this need, several music artists have put together free live streaming concerts. For instance, Coldplay’s Chris Martin hit his fans with a home concert that was loved by many it. It was this event that the wheels turning for John Legend.

John Legend Home Concert -“Together at Home” IG Livestream Concert!

On twitter Legend gave credit to Martin for this idea of playing free concerts at home. Then he proceeded to give details on how fans could watch his concert at 1pm Pacific time.

 

 

What we love about all of these free at home concerts is that they are filling several needs. One of them is painfully obvious. Boredom. The other is that many are or either are going to be flat broke; and just needing to hold onto the cash they still have in order to successfully ride out this Covid 19 pandemic.

Nevertheless, sickness or not, this doesn’t downplay the need for people to enjoy themselves. A normal healthy person needs it to stay healthy both psychologically and physically. Therefore, giving a people an outlet through music is an awesome solution to such a problem.

Furthermore, this event also helps to solve one of the biggest challenges facing us all. The need to engage in social distancing and go into quarantine. Just about every health organization as well as public official has admitted to this being the part of the necessary components to minimizing the effects of the novel Coronavirus pandemic.

However, this is simply not happening everywhere like it should. There’s countless photos of people at bars, restaurants and beaches. To the point that major cities are now more forcibly being placed under lockdown.

How to Watch … It’s Simple! Plus, Troubleshooting

First, things first, you’re the realest for supporting John! Second, all you need is the Instagram app. Once you’re in the app navigate to John’s Instagram page, his handle is literally just his name. Therefore, in the search box you would simply type “johnlegend.” No spaces and look for his page (look for the blue check mark so you know it’s really him); and click on it.

 

 

On his page? Good! You’ll know you’re there if it says he’s got 12 million… because well, he uhm does (Lol). Anyway, now al you must do is click on his picture at the top of the page in his bio. You will find it up on the top left.

Found it? Perfect, now click it. Might be a moment or two, but you’ll be connected to the concert.

Now some could not seem to see the concert. The solution? You will need to refresh John’s IG page. To do this, go to the top of the page and pull it down with your finger. You should see a “spinning” progress wheel. Once it’s finish go back to Legend’s profile pic and tap it. You’ll be connected to the concert.

Still, having issues? No worries, in the words of Yoda, “There is another.” LOL… try hitting up John’s wife, Chrissy Teigen‘s Instagram page. She also chose to go live. When you get to her IG page just follow the same steps. Click on her pic in the upper left corner and enjoy the show!

 

 

John Legend Home Concert- What Went Down

So did you catch it or miss it? Even if you missed it, that’s the beautiful thing about IG and technology. You will be able to catch it later anyway.

Due to that, we won’t give to many spoilers; but being Disney fans and believing that Beauty and the Beast is hands down one of the best to ever do in animation movies (at us, we have time and want all the smoke LOL); we had to share this moment.

 

John Legend Home Concert

 

Chrissy Teigen and her fabulous self went live with John in typical home fashion… a towel and head turban. Oh… plus, a glass of wine (we have no choice to stan honey). And their beautiful daughter sat in for a time. It was during this cry worthy moment that Legend went legendary on us and played the lead song of Beauty and the Beauty.

Chills. Simply chills. Is how we can describe the performance of this song. John also kicked things off overall with a tune by Stevie Wonder. But as promised we said not too many details; as a result if you want to know which one you’ll have to just check out the Concert. So then, if you can find time to watch it you will not be disappointed.

Few More Details -It was LegenDARY

A man and his piano. John’s concert immediately was a hit. Now even at full compacity an arena can hold what, 10-20,000 screaming fans? Or let’s go bigger. How about a stadium? Well, according to google the average large stadium holds around 102-114,000.

How do these numbers stack of to the John Legend Home Concert? As soon as the concert began via livestream on social media platform, Instagram, it had obliterated arena numbers. Over 95,000 viewers had tuned in just minutes!

Moreover, the number just kept rising. Moments later the tally was easily reaching up over 110,000 people. A viewership that most artists would and could only dream of. Legend literally played to packed out STADIUM virtually. Epic. However, John made it worth every second.

 

John Legend Home Concert

 

His melodic voice didn’t need any extras. No dancers, fancy lighting or even pyro. It is a nod back to how music used to be; for those of us who can remember. Just having the ability to sing live and on the spot.

Legends concert echos old Soul Train episodes. The live performances of Al Green, Barry White and Marvin Gaye. Yes, I know I may not have been alive for those episodes but YouTube has them and I still love watching them with my grandmother.

Nevertheless, it’s nice to see a return of simplicity to the music realm. Don’t get me wrong, I love high energy dancing and Fire being hurled at me during performances (hi Michael, Janet, Ciara and Bey); but this is just as fabulous and was a joy to watch!

How It All Began

As we witnessed today, imitation is the best form of art! John’s concert was definitely one for the books. It all started as a simple tweet from John stating:

“My friend Chris Martin did a lovely little concert from home today. I’ll be doing one tomorrow at 1pm Pacific time. See you soon.”

Legend kept his word; and at one sharp we saw him take his “stage.” With nothing more than his home piano, cell phone, robe (he claimed errr… he was at least wearing underwear under lol); and a glass a water. Freaking… Legend!

Together at Home -Right Event at the Right Time

Furthermore, as one can see, John’s Concert is coming right when it should!

But there is some light at the end of the tunnel. Especially, for music goers looking forward to seeing their faves acts again live in the flesh again. While for now, seeing John play at home is the only and best option; he is actually slated to go on tour this summer!

While so MUCH information has been put out there in regards to how much time we’re all going to be under lockdown. So far latest estimates have us doing our thing at home till July or August. The source we are using comes the mouth of the President that was quoted in the New York Times on March 16th.

Read more about it in the above link. It hashed out the best “guess” that has been put together in regards to how long the Coronavirus outbreak; and official lockdown could last in the States.

But, with all that being said what is that light end of tunnel concerning John? What can fans still look forward to soon?

New Tour Who Dis?

Fans can look forward to John being back on the road. Now yes, all of the lockdown and quarantine lifts would have to be abolished. But since, John hadn’t planned to tour till this summer anyway; the odds are looking pretty darn good.

On John’s official website www.johnlegend.com tickets for all the dates; with the exception of one, are already on sale. John’s tour will kick off in Grand Pixie, Texas on August 12th. With the date being several months down the line; it very well could begin without a hitch.

 

 

Or at the very least, he would only have to slightly move things around even if the Coronavirus implications lasted a tad longer. Legend’s tour extends all the way to the end of September. Therefore, if need be, he could flip his tour and work backwards.

Meaning push his tour out to September starting with the locations already slated for September. Then simply in October, go back to all the missed concert locations that were scheduled in August. Make sense? Well, at least to us it does (Lol).

Nevertheless, we are confident that John’s people are all over it and will do their utmost to ensure fans get what’s coming to them.

John Legend Home Concert -What This Means for The Future of Music

Chris Martin and John Legend are setting the bar when it comes to not only doing something good for the people; but wait…promotion?! Yeah, it’s true. Now while these concerts were used in order to spread the word on the importance of social distancing as well as various reforms.

The truth is, they were also great positive vehicles for the artists who put them on. Not only are you looked at now as one of the celebrities doing good things for good people. BUT you are allowing a lot of people in to see your raw talent and perhaps be won over as fans.

Think about the random people who tuned in just because who might now be tempted to see John on tour. Or perhaps those who were already fans who might buy a song or two; or stream here and there who are now pumped about seeing him live. Both groups were reached all due to a concert that was put on through a cell phone while the singer sat in his underwear.

Something any artist could do and find themselves raking in more money on their real tours. PLUS, these free concerts in the future could net such artists a lot of coins. Since let’s face it, big companies always figure out how to get a slice of the pie no matter how big or small it is.

Such companies could pay Artists to say their free concert is brought to them “by;” then fill in the blank. Or through product placement like in TV and film. It’s not hard to see that such “free” concerts in the future could net musicians and brands new fans and money.

John Legend Home Concert-Thank You Boys

 

 

However, we are not at that stage (no pun intended) or point yet and it’s nice to see that we aren’t. It’s something refreshing to just see artists coming together for a good cause. All this is so reminiscent of events like Live Aid, Farm Aid and Michael Jackson’s We Are the World.

Something we all can enjoy, yet still serves a purpose. As things around us seem to be crashing down at an alarming rate; there’s something soothing knowing that one constant will still be there to help pick us up: music.

Music is for the soul. Music is what gets all of us up and swaying with the drop of a beat or the heralding of a single phrase. It’s power, it’s useful and right now more than ever it’s needed.

All we can do is say thank you and tip our hats to any act that can take the time to share their gift with us. Because at times as such as this the saying really rings true. We may not remember but they say or do; but we never forget how they made us feel!

Morphe x Saweetie
Beauty

Morphe x Saweetie -The Backstage with Saweetie Festival Makeup Platinum Collection!

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Morphe x Saweetie

 

This makeup news is definitely OUR TYPE! Yes… It was a total and complete drag to find out that Coachella has been canceled this year. BUT there is still plenty of awesome festival news to be had; ESPECIALLY when it comes to the beauty realm. Y’all get your music fest looks all the way together BEFORE the October reschedule with the iciest cosmetics drop of 2020! Backstage With Saweetie… The Morphe x Saweetie Festival Makeup Platinum Collection has arrived!

Morphe x Saweetie -The Backstage with Saweetie Festival Makeup Platinum Collection!

Will it just be one item? Uhm… no Diva. You are being blessed with the full face treatment honey! While there are those who begin to dabble in the makeup genre by dipping a toe into the game with the releasing of a lippie or just a palette. Not Saweetie. This steadily rising lady of style is playing not a single game with any of us!

 

 

Her highly anticipated makeup collection in collaboration with the fab MORPHE is coming PACKED with beauty goodies. What’s on deck? Well, first of all what is an artist without his or her tools?

Yes, you guessed it, the Morphe x Saweetie Collection is coming with an in-depth set of makeup brushes! You will be able to apply with precision and achieve the coveted look and finish you crave.

 

 

And not just one or two brushes at that. The collection boasts a complete 6 piece makeup brush set. Which Morphe is currently describing as “So Fly” brushes.

Morphe x Saweetie -The Backstage with Saweetie Festival Makeup

Nevertheless, beauty tools are one thing, but the actual makeup products themselves are the real gems! Being the official chick of all things ICY, the Morphe x Saweetie platinum collection comes with lip glosses with more drip than a leaky faucet! These babies are cutely and simply called, Icy Lips. The tones are young and youthful and will make great toppers on even other lip colors. So then, get ready to ice out your lips and give them more shine than a decked out bling chain.

 

 

Additionally, no worries, a major top seller for any brand or collection is not being overlooked here. We can confirm… There is a palette people. They are calling it the 24 A Artist Pass Artistry Palette and it is a beauty! As the name indicates, this is a 24 pan palette with a gorgeous range of vibrant and boisterous colors.

Whether you like smoked out eyes or to shine bright like a diamond. This palette has your eye looks covered. Plus, since festival makeup should stand out and let out your inner wild child; this palette perfectly compliments the overall vibe and experience of such an event. Bravo Saweetie.

SET it OFF -The Backstage with Saweetie Festival Makeup Platinum Collection -More to Love!

Moving on, yes there is more! Chew on this… What’s the point of having a gorgeous makeup look if it’s not going to stay in place? (Cue Jeopardy music). Well, YOU won’t have to worry about that because Saweetie’s collection is dropping with a Mini Continuous Setting Mist. And you are going to absolutely adore the name of it like we do. It is called… what for it… SAWEET PEACH. Ugh… gagging! LOL!

Furthermore, we love this addition to this Morphe collab because it just makes sense. When you are at an event, with a ton of other people it’s easy for the dreadful makeup melt and slide off to begin. PLUS, dancing around to great music for hours doesn’t help things. And don’t even get us started on the fact that festivals are outside.

 

 

Therefore, it’s clear that your makeup needs some protection and defense. Adding a setting mist into the mix is probably the most helpful item Morphe and Saweetie could of included into a makeup collection being deemed specifically for music festivals. Really shows that they thought things out and through without just throwing out products haphazardly.

However, there’s still one other item in this collection that also shows the festival demographic and market was seriously kept in mind. You guys there’s a makeup bag. Actually, it’s not the kind mom and grandma used; it is a very on trend belt bag!

Seriously, what better thing to have on you when you need to freshen up your makeup; AND it’ll still look stylish in your pictures. Plus, just think you can also throw your I.D., wallet, cash, cards and keys, etc. in there. Allowing you to not only ensure you have your makeup supplies and basic girly necessities, BUT you can go hands free and truly enjoy yourself and the great artists performing. No cross over bag drama for you girl!

Morphe x Saweetie -So How Much Coins?

So as one can see, this new collection has it all. Fun, flirty and great for music events. Shall we quickly talk Price? Let’s.

 

Morphe x Saweetie

 

Yes, price points have already been revealed. Here is a quick cheat sheet breakdown for your viewing pleasure:

24 A Artist PASS Artistry Palette $29
ICY LIPS by Saweetie $18
VIP SWEEP 6-Piece Brush and Face Set + Belt Bag $29
Mini Continuous Setting Mist in “SAWEET Peach” $10

BONUS: Here’s our beauty trailer highlighting this collection!

 

SPICY! Okay, back to pricing. Now altogether to have EVERYTHING your total rings up to $88. Not bad for everything that you’re getting. As of now, not sure if there’s some discount incentive if you buy the complete lineup. But as we find out the details we will be sure to update you guys.

Official Drop Date and Purchase Hot Spots

 

Morphe x Saweetie

 

Now that you know prices and what you can you expect to get. Can you believe we still haven’t even had a moment to tell you when this collection is officially dropping and from where you can get it? LOL. Yeah we decided it would be better just to jump right into the release itself. But anyway we digress.

You will be able to get your hands on Backstage with Saweetie beginning on March 20th. Morphe says that you can purchase your beauty goods on their website Morphe.com, in Morphe and select retailers. With a little digging we found that one such retailer just so happens to be ULTA. Anyway, happy shopping loves!

The Inspiration and the Making of Morphe’s Collaboration with Saweetie

Rihanna, Cardi B and Beyoncé have all lent their fame in order to jumpsuit and diversify in various business ventures. Saweetie is aiming to add her name amongst such successful famous entrepreneurs.

Having an already built-in fan base can go a long way in boosting sales as well as garnering attention. Saweetie understands this and in no way plans to not use her influence in order to become the next big entertainment mogul. In a recent interview with Billboard the hip hop artist talked business and explained what influenced her to go ahead and launch her own line with MORPHE. She states,

“The women who I aspire to be have their hands in different industries. So when I’m doing my due diligence in fashion, beauty and music, I’m working towards my goal of being a multi-faceted brand.”

Being a brand and expanding also does not mean just slapping her name on a product and watching from behind the scenes. Saweetie is a true hands on businesswoman who plays a major part in the look and feel of her products. In the same interview with Billboard Saweetie mentions her personal involvement in the development of the Morphe x Saweetie collection. From the palette to the glosses she infused them with her style and vibe. For instance, regarding Morphe palette and glosses she says,

“It still [my eyeshadow palette] has the neutral colors for the people who ain’t trying to be so loud. But it also has neon colors for those who want to go all out.

[Furthermore] I love lip gloss because when you line it the right way and put it on, it just makes your lips look so juicy; I like my lips to look juicy and kissable. I’m super excited for these colors because they have a hint of sparkle.”

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How to Soften Natural Hair
Hair

How to Soften Natural Hair- No Stiffness Allowed and Easy Remendies!

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How to Soften Natural Hair

 

STIFF WHERE?! Those are the words actress, Keke Palmer heralded as she shook her full head of curls around for the camera; and all we could do is feel her on a personal level. For any one out there who has ever gone natural you know better than anyone that stiff curls can happen after any set, twist out or hairstyling time period. Which is why it is important to discuss How to Soften Natural Hair.

With natural hair YOU HAVE to use products. There’s no getting around it. Doesn’t matter what texture you are rocking with you will need products get achieve your final look. Whether it’s just shampoo and conditioner plus a little leave-in conditioner. Or a full on wash and go routine with molding cream, spray, gel or pomades. Products are products and we all must use them.

 

How to Soften Natural Hair

 

The issue though is simple. Fact is that the more we use, the more weight is added to our strands. The more weight also results in less bounce and freely moving hair. So what can be done?

How to Soften Natural Hair- No Stiffness Allowed!

 

 

Just as removing weights off a strength machine at a gym can make the work load lighter and more manageable. The same principle applies to our hair. Remove some of the weight and you will achieve tresses that are able to move more freely and be more manageable.

Now after reading that you’re probably thinking but I NEED my cocktail of products in order to get my hair to act right. Honey keep your cocktail (Lol). If it’s working it’s working. However, to make even a slight change all you need to do is make sure you’re applying “lighter” versions of the products that you are already using.

For instance, do you use Hair oil? Many natural hair enthusiasts do because of its ability not only to nourish strands on a deeper level; but to also lock in moisture. Moisture is major key to adding more bounce and life to your hair, like Keke’s; but more on that in just a second.

Back to using hair oil. The object here is to not STOP using Hair oil. If it is doing wonders for your hair, your hair obviously needs it. It’s just about REPLACING it with one that is lighter and won’t weigh it down so much. Try replacing heavy hair oils with lighter ones such as: Argan, Jojoba, Grapeseed, Almond or Rosehip Seed Oil.

Therefore, the goal should be to utilize light oils for day to day use. Then, use heavier hair oils for more deep hair treatments; such as hot oil treatments. Deeper treatments are usually rinsed out afterwards; so then using them at such times will not add any additional weight to hair. They will instead just be used to help keep tresses healthy on a deeper level.

 

 

Make sense? So you will want to do this with all your hair products. Take a good look at what you’re using. Especially, if you are finding that your natural hair is seeming to be quite stiff. 9 times out 10 it’s one of your products that is the culprit.

Nevertheless, there are other ways to help ensure that your curls stay soft and gorgeous. Let’s get into that real quick.

Softening Natural Hair -Demolish Build Up

Build up can be another enemy to natural hair. And it really kinda is unfair because it happens because we are using products daily to look great. It’s also not fair because us natural hair squad normally only wash our hair once a week or every few days.

So during the that time period; during washes or shampoos build up can come creeping in. So we ask what once more what can be done? Well, when we DO cleanse our hair we have to make it really count.

Remember build up can cause the hair to be stiff and hard; so want to remove every bit of it every chance you get. So when you shampoo be sure scrub every bit of your scalp really well. And make sure to get every inch of product out.

 

 

Additionally, please RINSE WELL! Sometimes build up is an issue only because someone isn’t rinsing out the dirt and built of products well enough. Don’t let that happen to you. Be sure to rinse your hair thoroughly after every shampoo and when you condition.

Whew! Child… a lot of information huh? Welp.. we got a little more before we can let you go (Lol). So hang tight and keep reading for just a moment more.

How to Soften Natural Hair- No Stiffness Thanks to Proper Washing

Since we are on the topic of washing the hair; there’s one more important thing to keep in mind. And that’s frequency. If you want softer curls you can’t over wash your hair.

Skip daily washes and opt for once a week or about every 4 days. Doing so will help you retain moisture. Why is retaining moisture important? It’s like the lifeblood of insanely touchable, beautiful natural hair.

 

 

Moisture is what keeps our hair flexible and pliable. Otherwise, it will morph into dry, brittle strands that will look lifeless and damaged. No good.

So instead what you want to do keep your natural hair well moisturized. When you do that, water molecules have the opportunity to bind to the protein that is present in your strands. This process will improve hair elasticity and help prevent breakage.

 

 

Think of your head of hair as plants in a garden. Without regular watering the plants will dry out. The same thing can happen to your hair! So then, if you make sure your hair is “well-watered” your hair follicles can soak up the moisture and then stimulate hair growth.

At the same time we don’t want to do anything that can zap our hair moisture. Therefore, avoid shampooing too often and use a shampoo that has protein and humectants. Your strands are made of protein, so introducing more to them can only help. Humectants are simply molecules, a substance that attracts water.

Since we just discussed the importance of hair and moisture, using a shampoo product that attract moisture will help keep your hair healthy, soft and not stiff! Hope the above tips are helpful to your hair journey and be sure to check out our other fabulous articles on how to have celebrity level hair!

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