TRANSITIONING FROM RELAXED TO NATURAL HAIR
Transitioning is the process of eliminating chemical treatments and allowing the hair to grow out while gradually trimming off the chemically processed ends.
This past years, few Ladies have decided to embrace their roots to return Natural, however, not all are ready to cut their hair & do the Bigchop, hence, transitioning is advised. The transitioning process can be a little tough but if you follow the next steps, it wont be that tough on you.
How to Transition:
1. You need to keep hair hydrated at all times:
When transitioning you are dealing with two different textures (relaxed and the new growth) hence your hair is prone to breakage and damage due to dryness. Best way to prevent these is to use a sulphate-free conditioner on a daily basis or 2 times in a week if you are not wearing a protective style, incorporate either coconut oil or olive oil into your hair & let it soak for 30 minutes to an hour, this will help replenish your hair with moisture and nutrients that will strengthen the demarcation line(that part of your hair where transition is occuring), also use a leave-in conditioner on your hair at least twice a day to keep your hair moisturizes.
2. Use a Deep Conditioner regularly:
Transitioning hair needs extra conditioning & can handle treatments more frequently. You can either do a DIY treatment(click on previous posts) or you can purchase a sulphate free Deep conditioner & apply treatment once a week.
3. Try to give your hair some hot oil massages:
This will help promote new growth, mix a bit of your carrier oils (Avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil etc) in a small plastic, warm it in a microwave or place it in hot water, then massage gently onto scalp and strands of hair, cover for 20-30 minutes before washing off, this method will stimulate hair follicles & help your strands to grow faster. Do this once a week for fast result.
4. Stay away from chemicals and heat products:
Relaxers, dyes, bleach, heat products all cause significant damages to our hair, leaving us with so much frizziness, breakage and thinning so stay away from them for healthy growth.
5. Promote hair growth with supplements:
Eat right, maintain your vitamins & mineral intake to help promote fast growth, incorporate supplements like BIOTIN supplements also in other to speed up your growth.
6. Limit your washings:
Washing your hair too often will make your hair fragile & strip your strands off its natural oil that ought to help keep hair strong. Wash your hair as little as possible, once or twice every 7-8 days is advised so there is enough time for your natural oils to thoroughly coat each strand of your hair.
7. Wash Hair with cold water: Washing your hair with cold water with leave your hair haelthy and shiny, washing with hot water can damage the hair shaft leaving it brittle and this will make your hair prone to breakage and thinning.
8. Avoid tight hair styles: Seek advice from a Professional Natural hair stylist before you style your hair, avoid styles that are too tight as they will hinder growth, too much strain can stress the hair out and make it weak or break easily, so avoid braids or buns that are too tight #Ghanaweaving
9. Trim your hair 3-4 months: Trimming of ends of hair can help promote fast growth, sometimes we feel comfortable with our hair length even when we see that we have split ends, but please trim that hair off for the health of your hair as split ends will only weaken the hair and cause our hair to break more often than normal. Trim at least half to an ince every 3-4 months depending on your hair length.
10. Be Patient, sleep with satin bonnets and drink lots of water: Lengthy hair takes time, many take up to a year to transition or even more or less depending on how much relaxed ends you have, however, Transitioning is the perfect solution for those that are not comfortable with the Bigchop, you need lots of patience for your hair to reach a length that you are comfortable with then you chop off the relaxed ends, so take your time, study your hair, love your curls and embrace your texture.
Sleep with a satin bonnet or a silk pillowcase to protect your hair from breakage and dryness, also drink a lot of water always, it is good for our general health as it is good for the health of our hair.
With Healthy Hair comes Lengthy Hair!
Thank you for reading today's article, do share your experience with us, will love to hear from you soon, with Love,
Brave.
This past years, few Ladies have decided to embrace their roots to return Natural, however, not all are ready to cut their hair & do the Bigchop, hence, transitioning is advised. The transitioning process can be a little tough but if you follow the next steps, it wont be that tough on you.
How to Transition:
1. You need to keep hair hydrated at all times:
When transitioning you are dealing with two different textures (relaxed and the new growth) hence your hair is prone to breakage and damage due to dryness. Best way to prevent these is to use a sulphate-free conditioner on a daily basis or 2 times in a week if you are not wearing a protective style, incorporate either coconut oil or olive oil into your hair & let it soak for 30 minutes to an hour, this will help replenish your hair with moisture and nutrients that will strengthen the demarcation line(that part of your hair where transition is occuring), also use a leave-in conditioner on your hair at least twice a day to keep your hair moisturizes.
2. Use a Deep Conditioner regularly:
Transitioning hair needs extra conditioning & can handle treatments more frequently. You can either do a DIY treatment(click on previous posts) or you can purchase a sulphate free Deep conditioner & apply treatment once a week.
3. Try to give your hair some hot oil massages:
This will help promote new growth, mix a bit of your carrier oils (Avocado oil, coconut oil, olive oil etc) in a small plastic, warm it in a microwave or place it in hot water, then massage gently onto scalp and strands of hair, cover for 20-30 minutes before washing off, this method will stimulate hair follicles & help your strands to grow faster. Do this once a week for fast result.
4. Stay away from chemicals and heat products:
Relaxers, dyes, bleach, heat products all cause significant damages to our hair, leaving us with so much frizziness, breakage and thinning so stay away from them for healthy growth.
5. Promote hair growth with supplements:
Eat right, maintain your vitamins & mineral intake to help promote fast growth, incorporate supplements like BIOTIN supplements also in other to speed up your growth.
6. Limit your washings:
Washing your hair too often will make your hair fragile & strip your strands off its natural oil that ought to help keep hair strong. Wash your hair as little as possible, once or twice every 7-8 days is advised so there is enough time for your natural oils to thoroughly coat each strand of your hair.
7. Wash Hair with cold water: Washing your hair with cold water with leave your hair haelthy and shiny, washing with hot water can damage the hair shaft leaving it brittle and this will make your hair prone to breakage and thinning.
8. Avoid tight hair styles: Seek advice from a Professional Natural hair stylist before you style your hair, avoid styles that are too tight as they will hinder growth, too much strain can stress the hair out and make it weak or break easily, so avoid braids or buns that are too tight #Ghanaweaving
9. Trim your hair 3-4 months: Trimming of ends of hair can help promote fast growth, sometimes we feel comfortable with our hair length even when we see that we have split ends, but please trim that hair off for the health of your hair as split ends will only weaken the hair and cause our hair to break more often than normal. Trim at least half to an ince every 3-4 months depending on your hair length.
10. Be Patient, sleep with satin bonnets and drink lots of water: Lengthy hair takes time, many take up to a year to transition or even more or less depending on how much relaxed ends you have, however, Transitioning is the perfect solution for those that are not comfortable with the Bigchop, you need lots of patience for your hair to reach a length that you are comfortable with then you chop off the relaxed ends, so take your time, study your hair, love your curls and embrace your texture.
Sleep with a satin bonnet or a silk pillowcase to protect your hair from breakage and dryness, also drink a lot of water always, it is good for our general health as it is good for the health of our hair.
With Healthy Hair comes Lengthy Hair!
Thank you for reading today's article, do share your experience with us, will love to hear from you soon, with Love,
Brave.
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