Eugene Davis Hair

Fabric of Hair Investigates: Think Skincare for Your Hair, The Power of Probiotics 🧐

WHAT ARE PROBIOTICS?
Probiotics are the good bacteria. They are live micro-organisms that are found naturally in your body. These good bacteria are essential for keeping your gut and skin healthy. Our gut flora performs many functions essential to our health, including manufacturing vitamin K and vitamin B. They also help with digestion and stimulate the immune system.

HOW PROBIOTICS HELP YOUR SKIN

Like your gut, healthy skin has its own microflora with an abundance of “good bacteria” to help guard against the growth of harmful bacteria. Harmful bacteria on the skin can lead to a whole host of skin issues.

While eating fermented foods or taking a probiotic supplement will improve skin, probiotics can also be applied topically for even better results. When applied topically, probiotic-infused skincare lowers the skin’s pH, creating an environment for healthy bacteria while discouraging the proliferation of unhealthy, complexion-harming bacterias.

PROBIOTICS & HAIR CARE

The same health principles that apply to your skin also apply to your scalp.

Cleanse, condition, and treat your scalp. As we would never dream of skipping a daily skincare routine. The same thing applies for your hair and scalp because you wear your hair everyday. Harsh shampoos and residue-building products may throw off the balance of your scalp’s bacteria microbiome.

This can cause suboptimal growing conditions for your hair.

The result? Dull, slow-growing hair prone to breakage and split ends.

By using hair care products with probiotics, you can regulate the microflora of your scalp. A balanced bacteria microbiome means a healthy scalp and an optimal environment for flourishing hair growth.🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

Fabric of Hair Investigates: What does Rice Water do for your hair?🧐

Many people find rice water to be a beneficial hair treatment. Historical examples and anecdotal evidence suggest rice water may improve the strength, texture, and growth of hair.

Women in China, Japan, and Southeast Asia have used rice water as a hair treatment for centuries.

However, like anything beauty or health-related, moderation is key, and while a healthy supply of rice water can result in the long, luscious locks you've been dreaming of, too much of it will do the opposite.

Since rice water is rich in protein, overusing the products can lead to protein overload, which may result in dry or hardened hair.

Luckily, many beauty products out there have achieved the perfect formulations that dish out just the right dose of rice water, while keeping the hair balanced and free of a protein excess.💖💖💖💖💖

Briogeo Hair Care
Mielle Organics LLC
Kitsch
SheaMoisture

Fabric of Hair Educate: Manage Those Expectations and Get Dream Hair.🥸

This world of instant knowledge is a breeding ground for unrealistic expectations.

Today we are inundated with a plethora of pictures of amazing transformations by hair artist all over the world. All thanks to Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. These platforms keep us up to date with everything new and trending in the world of hair.

Hair coloring is science, it takes a vast amount of product and hair knowledge, experience and investment into amazing products, for the transformation.

Often, what social media stars fail to mention is the true time its taken to achieve these insta-famous transformations, many have spent a full day with a top stylist.

So with your phone in hand prepared with 10 Pinterest boards you enter the salon and begin the conversation with your stylist, your smile starts to dissipate as they gently try to break it to you that you may not get that in one go, and the cost of this transformation.

It's not that we don't want to and it's certainly not that they don’t want to charge you more money. These transformations are like having 5 hair appointments in one day, they take time and care, which is why it has such a hefty price tag.

Ultimately we want to make you happy, your happiness is the single reason we stylists put up with the long days, the absents of bathroom breaks and staying late because your hair was thicker and longer than expected.

Stylist love their job and love delivering that feeling of euphoria when your stylist makes you look and feel over the top.

But let us please manage your expectations, please don't push and bully a stylist into doing something that compromises your hair health.

Stylist's are creative people, natural risk takers and they have to reign that back. In most cases the only time a clients hair usually goes wrong is when a stylist buckles under pressure to do something they aren't more than 90% convinced they should. When that gamble doesn't pay off, they are slated all over the internet saying they are a bad hairdresser.

Dream hair is possible and with the right advice and guidance by a good stylist, satisfaction can be achieved. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Fabric of Hair Educate: Care for Children with Naturally Textured Coils and Curly Hair🥸

One of the questions that is commonly asked is, what products or haircare routines I can recommend for children with naturally curly hair or textured hair.

Deciding on a hair regimen for your child can be intimidating. Many parents are afraid of neglecting or the possibility of ruining the health of their children’s hair.

This task can seem most o overwhelming to parents who don’t have naturally textured hair themselves or if their child is of mixed heritage and has hair texture that is different from their own.

Regardless of what texture or hair type, as a parent or caregiver it’s going to be your great responsibility to learn how to properly care for your child’s hair,

Not only so that it looks good, but so that you can teach them how to care for and love their naturally textured hair.

CLEANSING
You do need to shampoo your child’s natural textured hair, regardless of what you have heard. Product residue builds up over time and can clog pores and block moisture from entering hair follicles. The result is dry hair, however, shampooing more than once a week is likely to dry out natural hair as well, since it strips out natural oils. Pick a gentle shampoo, all-natural and sulfate free shampoos are best.

DETANGLING
We know, it can be painful event for both you and your child. But it doesn’t have to be.
Don’t avoid detangling. If you don’t detangle, their hair will become more and more unmanageable as well as prone to breakage and split ends.
Use a wide-toothed comb, and don’t tug or yank! Start near the ends (always combing down), and gently work your way up to comb down the full length. With patience and this method, you should be able to detangle any knots rather than yanking them out.
Detangle in sections so you don’t miss any parts.
Never detangle dry! Hair is more likely to break when it’s dry. Whenever possible, detangle when your child’s hair is damp or full of conditioner.

Tip: When needed, use a spray bottle with water and conditioner mix as you detangle.

MOISTURIZING
Your child’s hair probably accumulates more wear and tear than yours does- whether they’re learning to swim, playing out in the cold, running around and sweating, or playing with their own hair.

Since kids are more susceptible to dry and damaged hair.
Precautionary measures are needed several times a week, moisturize your child’s hair good moisturizer, and seal it in with oil.

Pay attention to the ends of the hair, they tend to dry out first.

SELF LOVE
Number one piece of advice is to teach your child to love their hair. In a world where naturally textured hair can be classified as different, or undesirable.
You are an essential first line of defense. Celebrate your child’s hair with love, care, and pride.
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Fabric of Hair Educate: How to get from Crunch to Scrunch on Curly Textured Hair Type.🥸

How to Achieve a Cast:
A solid cast is achieved through applying styling products onto wet or damp hair. Different products can create different strength casts, but strong-hold gels and mousses are usually the best way to create a cast.

Allowing the hair to dry fully (either through diffusing or air drying) without touching it too much, this allows the product to form a hard, crystalline surface around the hair.

This encourages the cuticle to lie flat which in turn creates that smooth coveted shine.

However, you don’t want to walk round with rock-hard curls.

This is where the ‘scrunch’ comes in. If your curls feel crunchy, you might be…forgetting to break your cast.

Many curly haired folks neglect this essential finishing step once hair is dry, but it’s an important one.

Typical curl stylers (especially gel formulas) work by creating a seal on hair. This seal prevents frizz from forming and helps lock in curl definition, but it’s not meant to be left in a stiff state.

To soften things up, break the cast: Coat your palms with a thin layer of a finishing product such as serum, oil, or pomade.

In one firm motion, smooth your hands over your entire mane from front to back, as if you’re creating a ponytail. The pressure of your fingers will soften the styler’s hold, but your curls will retain their shape.

How to Scrunch out the Crunch Steps:

Step 1: Ensure hair is completely dry. Test this by holding a clump between two fingers and squeezing gently, feeling for any dampness.

Step 2: Scrunch. Gently cup curl clumps in sections and scrunch your curls upwards. ...

Step 3. Crunch

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Fabric of hair Investigates: Has The Corporate Beauty and Hair Industry Failed Black Women?🧐

The textured hair community is a billion dollar industry. However, there is a lack of resources that provide insight to proper services and products.

Especially to the black communities. According to Nielsen report, African-Americans currently hold a buying power of $1 trillion, a number that's estimated to reach $1.3 trillion and progressing. A majority is spent on cosmetics, spending nine times more on ethnic-targeted beauty and grooming products than the general market.

Black women, in particular, spend an estimated 7.5 billion annually on beauty products, giving out 80% more money on cosmetics and twice as much on skin and haircare than non-black consumers.

However, women of color have been continually ignored and underserved by the cosmetics industry throughout history.

Until now...sort of…

My Black is Beautiful, Black Girl Magic, and Melanin Poppin. These are powerful testaments of self-love and trending in the Black community on a national scale.

For many millennials, being Black and embracing their Blackness, has never been more justified. Never have their influence and voices been more powerful. Never has the value of the Black consumer been more apparent.

It not enough to put a product out in the market and then leave out a such important segment of the market with such financial buying power.

Brands are increasingly applying their best effort at marketing to Black women. But it's not enough to put a black celebrities face on your ad and call it due diligence.

The product must deliver and perform to the consumers needs. All too often brands are focused on a quick fix, and overlooking the needed time to understand this market and the concerns of the Black community.

Just because you put it out there, doesn't mean we will purchase it. This is a standpoint from the community, because not taking in some of the cultural factors and understanding and the nuances that relate to people of color, or recognizing that we're not homogenized.

A shared responsibility falls on retailers, too. Often, stores won't allow companies the space or investment needed to court the customer or community.

Over 60% of the time this consumer has gone in to retail space, and there hasn't been anything for her and magically you now you have something to serve her needs.

How do you communicate that to her when she patronized your store?

Through location, communication, marketing, education, having people that understand what she's looking for and are able to direct her, are important.

Many brands don't want to be placed in the "ethnic" space; because of fearfulness, based on being unknowledgeable of this consumers buying power.
Instead they want to be on the shelves right alongside the bigger established brands.

The room for improvement is in breaking this cycle of thinking that there needs to be a separate shopping section for people of color.

There just needs to be a broad range of products and services for all humans.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates:
Melanin in Hair, What does it do and do we need more of it? 🧐

Melanin is a natural pigment that determines the color of your hair.

When the production of this pigment slows down, hair turns gray or white.
Since these colors largely symbolize growing older, many are keen to boost melanin production in a attempt to restore their color.

Your hair color is determined by the type and amount of melanin in your hair.
Genetics play a huge role in which type of melanin you’re born with.
The two types of melanin you may have are:
Eumelanins: give hair dark colors
Pheomelanins: give hair light colors

Different amounts of these two types of melanin also determine hair color, as shown below:
Hair color | Types of melanin
Black | large amounts of eumelanin
Brown | moderate amounts of eumelanin
Blond | very little eumelanin
Strawberry blond | a mixture of brown eumelanin and pheomelanin
Red | mostly pheomelanin with small amounts of eumelanin

Melanin also affects hair vitality:
Melanin slowing down doesn’t just affect the pigment of the hair, it also affects hair’s vitality.

Melanin plays a protective role:
Larger quantities of eumelanin protect hair against high levels of exposure to the sun and its unwanted consequences such as drying out and brittleness.
This is why gray hairs, which are devoid of melanin, often have a dry, brittle texture.

Melanin affects hair color as you age:
Melanin goes through significant pigmentation changes throughout a person’s life. In other words, your hair color doesn’t stay the same color.

This is why a blond child may become closer to a brunette in their teen and adult years. Darkening of color can also be influenced by external factors, such as toxins, pollutants, and climate.

The slowing of melanin production is simply a part of aging.
Research has found that most people begin developing gray or white hair before the age of 50.

Certain foods boost melanin growth in hair.
Foods rich in antioxidants:
Many foods are loaded with hair-boosting vitamins.
This largely includes foods with high concentrations of antioxidants, which has found to increase melanin production.

Foods that are rich in antioxidants include:
dark chocolate
blueberries
leafy greens
pecans
beans
artichokes

Foods containing copper:
Since copper plays a role in melanin production you’ll also want to include the following foods into your diet:
crabmeat
almonds
lentils
peanuts
beef liver
white mushrooms

Foods rich with vitamins:
Vitamins A, C, and E have shown promising results on improving hair, skin, and nails.
Vitamins B6 and B12 have also been proven to boost melanin production.

It is best practice to eat healthy foods that are high in antioxidants, protein, and copper. Preventive measures may involve taking vitamins B12 and B6 may deter premature graying of hair.
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Eugene Davis
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Fabric of Hair Investigates: Coloring Your Natural Hair 🧐

First and foremost understand and be very aware of how the coloring process could potentially affect the health and texture pattern of your curls, coils and zig-zags.

If you're super-experienced or you're just doing a temporary hair color or hair makeup, you'll want to leave your hair-coloring to a professional who can evaluate the condition of your curls coils, hair type first.

Most don't realize that textured hair is typically super delicate, so keep in mind when coloring textured hair it is "low and slow," meaning it's important not to push the hair to lighten more than it wants to in a single session.

Does dye damage natural hair?

Unfortunately, what you've heard is true: Dyeing your natural hair actually can damage your texture—but not necessarily all at once.

It usually takes repeated exposure for intense damage to be done, or if you're taking your dark hair to, platinum blonde.

However if your color is done correctly , you’re texture should remain intact and healthy.

Caution:
Lightening your hair extensively in one session can cause hair damage that could affect your coils, and the bigger the difference in your natural hair color and your desired shade, the more likely it is that you'll experience a loss of elasticity and loosened curl pattern.

Finding a colorist who prioritizes the integrity of the hair before, during, and after the treatment, coupled with a little at-home maintenance can help minimize the damage.
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Home Maintenance Suggested:
Restore RX Beauty
Olaplex
Color Wow
Briogeo

Fabric of Hair Investigates: Conditioner Bars That Save the Planet and Your Hair 🧐

If you want your hair to be soft, silky, and shiny, you need to invest in a great conditioner.

Unlike shampoo, which cleanses, conditioner smooths and detangles your hair. Instead of opting for the standard bottle of conditioner, you might want to consider a conditioner bar.

Although they might look like the regular old bar soap, conditioner bars pack a punch for your hair.

And for some people, they might be the best way to go.

Why should you make the switch from liquid to solid?

Conditioner bars have a few perks that make them a bit more appealing.

They’re more travel-friendly.
That compact size also makes a conditioner bar much easier to travel with. Simply put your solid conditioner into a zip-lock bag and toss it in your toiletries bag instead of lugging around a bottle and worrying about it leaking.

Many are all-natural.
Most conditioner bars are made with natural ingredients and skip out on potentially harmful chemicals like formaldehyde (of course, always check the ingredients to be sure of that).

Most also don’t contain artificial fragrances and are very gentle on your hair.

They’re more convenient to use.
You know when you reach for a bottle of conditioner in the shower but struggle to get it open because everything is wet and slippery?
This doesn’t happen with a solid conditioner bar. A bar is also easier to store, since it’s smaller than a bulky bottle.

4.They’re more eco-friendly.
If you’re on a mission to ditch unnecessary plastics, conditioner bars are for you. Since they’re all bar and no bottle, they have much less packaging, if any.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates: 🧐
How to Determine the Right Hair Care Routine for You?

Establishing a great hair care routine is just like undertaking a skin care regimen.

Once you’ve discovered one that works for you, you are committed.

But the process of finding that routine can seem overwhelming especially when there’s a plethora of options for every hair type.

So here’s everything you need to understand in finding the hair care regimen that’s right for you.

Your individual daily routine will ultimately depends on a few factors:

From the feel of your hair to the styles you prefer, these elements will all alter the routine you end up choosing.

Consider what is your natural hair texture or type?

Hair types tend to be fine, thick, or coarse and fall into one of four categories:

• straight
• wavy
• curly
• coils
• zig-zag

How you wear your hair on a daily basis?
1.Do you like to straighten your hair?
2.Curl it?
3.Leave it completely natural?
This is very important to consider, especially if you’re using damaging heat tools often.

Do you have specific concerns that you want to address?
Everyone has at least one aspect of their hair they find problematic, whether it’s frizz, dry flaky scalp, split ends or damaged strands.

Has your hair been bleached, dyed, or chemically processed?
If your hair has come in contact with dye, bleach, chemicals, you have to give extra thought about your haircare routine.

Hair that has been bleached will require some extra nourishment in the form of deep conditioners or hair masks.

Knowing what the problem is, is half the battle. The rest involves finding the best
solution.

Although your hair type and concerns will alter your hair care routine in some ways, there are a few basic steps that every person can benefit from.

Cleanse
Cleansing is a balance between removing things like dead skin and product residue without stripping the hair of its natural oils.

Condition
Conditioners have many good benefits. The main one is moisturizing, but others include detangling, increasing shine, and frizz reduction.

Detangle
Detangling is essential for stopping breakage and for making your life a whole lot easier.
But you need to use the right tool, such as a wide-tooth comb, to avoid pulling hair out by mistake.

Moisturize and seal
To add further hydration to the hair, you may want to embark on a two-step process known as moisturize and seal.

This can be particularly useful for zig-zag or coil hair that tends to be drier, due to oils not being able to travel down hair shaft easily. This is primarily due to the bends and curves in this textured hair type.

Style and protect
Thanks to a number of tools and products like volumizers and styling gels, you can style your hair practically any way you desire.
However if you like heated tools, you will need to protect your hair and invest into a heat protection spray.

Spot-treat
Spot-treating hair simply means picking out a particular area that’s bothering you and doing something to remedy it.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates: What Is Caffeine Shampoo?🧐

Caffeine shampoo is a hair loss treatment designed to stimulate hair growth using caffeine extract.

To put it simply, caffeine shampoo has the same effect on your hair as that triple shot of Espresso: it helps to stimulate and energize the scalp in order to encourage hair growth, while restoring the hair follicles.

Caffeine may offer several benefits for hair, including:

• suppressing the hair loss hormone DHT
• stimulating hair growth
• encouraging elongation of the hair shaft
• supporting strong, healthy hair growth

Healthy hair starts at the scalp, and much like caffeine energizes the body, caffeine is a great ingredient to help energize the scalp.☕️☕️☕️☕️☕️

Fabric of Hair Investigates: The Skinification of Hair 🧡💛🧡💛

Your scalp is skin, the idea of treating your scalp as you would treat your face. Skin care companies are transitioning into the haircare game. One of the big trends we're seeing in terms of what is coming out in hair care is beyond styling. It is really about the quality of your hair. Finally, there's a real lessening of shame to talk about hair loss, dandruff, and oily scalp.

Frequency into the salon have become more sporadic, which means continuing to take things into your own hands is becoming a thing. A full on appreciation of haircare lines that are centered on hair and scalp health, center focused on a holistic approach to growth and fullness.

4 Amazing Products:

1. The Briogeo Scalp Revival Serum: this scalp serum is super easy to use, you just add a couple drops to your hair after shampooing. You can even use it as a replacement for when you’re not using shampoo.

2. Hair oil is so important, is used almost anyway in order to keep your hair ends soft and moisturized, and despite natural oils like coconut or argan oil, there are some really good ones on the market, the brand Gisou had been very popular with there classic honey infused hair oil that leaves the hair super glossy and is amazing to be used by every hair type and texture.

3. We've seen The Sugarbear Hair Vitamins over social media, guess what! these actually do work when you are being consistent and taking them as labeled. Hair vitamins in general are meant to strengthen, lengthen, and thicken the hair. The one thing is to do your research on the brand you are getting beforehand.

4. Believe the hype on Olaplex, A new product in their line, the 4-in-1 mask adds intense moisture while also adding shine and body to treat the most damaged of hairs. With professional grade ingredients, such as ceramides, oils and 11 vital amino acids. It’s Professional level hair care from the comfort of your own home. Olaplex also has the No7. Bonding oil, which is super good it’s insane. The transformation results of the hair with this product are stellar and it also doubles as an extremely credited heat protectant. 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

Gisou by Negin Mirsalehi
Sugarbear® Vitamin Care
Olaplex Inc.
Briogeo Hair Care

Fabric of Hair Investigates: Collagen for Hair🧐

You have probably have heard why collagen is important for your skin.

However, what about collagen and hair?

THE FACTS ABOUT COLLAGEN AND HAIR

There are the claims surrounding collagen and hair growth a mere rumor or fact?

Truth is, several studies have made the conclusion that collagen could be a potential solution for those with hair loss.

In a study it was found that increased collagen production strengthened the soft tissue surrounding hair follicles, creating a stable environment for hair growth.

So, can increasing collagen production promote hair growth?

In another study, the therapy used to induce collagen formation, showed some promise in improving hair growth, especially in combination with existing techniques.

As for using hair products with collagen or collagen supplements in an effort to promote growth, more research is necessary to understand the effectiveness of using collagen topically or taking it orally.

Still, this hasn’t stopped collagen from becoming a popular ingredient for hair care products and supplements alike.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates:🧐
The Natural Hair Movement

Hair has always been an important part of Black history. Afro hair is so versatile and unique that it is deeply embedded into the culture.

However, because of ideas rooted in Eurocentrism, natural kinky hair preseved as “unprofessional” and smooth, straight hair became desirable.

Society has always been more accepting of Eurocentric traits—such as having straight hair—leading those who do not possess those traits to often attempt to conform to the conventional western beauty standards.

Not many people outside of the Black community are familiar with the natural hair movement. On the surface, the natural hair movement encourages men and women of African descent to embrace and celebrate there natural afro-textured hair.

However, it also allows a people rich in history to be true and authentic. To connect to their roots, and celebrate and not be shamed for natural beauty.

As important as the natural hair movement has been in past and current black history, there are some issues within the movement as well.

First and foremost, people with 4C hair, the kinkiest and coiliest texture of hair were supposed to be the face of the natural hair movement.

4C hair is often underrepresented in the natural hair movement in media because so much of the content seen within the movement focuses on looser-textured hair.

Coily hair is still not normalized and when it is praised, it is usually long, leaving no representation for girls with short hair or hair that experiences a lot of shrinkage.

So, while the natural hair movement has been through many variations and has many successes over the years there is still much work to be done in the natural hair movement to be more inclusive.

As there are a wide and vast people with textures when we think about the future of the natural hair moment it is important to show appreciation to all hair textures and let go of harmful stigmas.
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Fabric of Hair Tips: The Hair Color the Investment, 5 Things I Do to Protect It🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩

What exactly should you be doing to preserve your hair color?

Here are a few best tips and tricks for maintaining color-treated hair.

1. Air-dry whenever possible.
   It's common knowledge that letting your hair dry naturally is significantly less damaging. The best way to keep color radiant and gorgeous is to avoid excessive heat styling throughout every season.

2. Use a leave-in conditioner when air-drying.
   Using a leave-in conditioner when letting hair air-dry keeps it soft and protects against environmental damage (e.g., wind, sun, salt, heat, etc.).

3. Wash with cooler water.
   The cooler the temperature of the water when you're washing, the better it is for preserving your beautiful color. Any type of heat, including heat from water, changes or fades color. You're much better off rinsing your hair at a lower temperature.

4. Make sure you wash with the right products.
   Color-protecting shampoo and conditioner are crucial to upholding the integrity of your hair color. Shampoos and conditioners with certain ingredients like sulfates can damage and fade your color, or give it a brassy look.

5. If heat styling is necessary.
   In a perfect world, we could let our hair air-dry every day and never take a curling iron to it. But that's just not realistic, so when you do heat-style, try to make it last a few days. Whether it's a fresh blowout or beachy waves, there are plenty of products made specifically to not only extend your style but also replenish moisture back into your hair in the process. 👍🏽
   Oribe Hair Care
   amika
   OUAI
   L'Oréal

Fabric of Hair: Damage Free Winter Hair💛🤍❄️💛🤍❄️

During the winter months, outside cold weather combined with indoor dry heat can cause overwhelming havoc on your hair, contributing to split ends and breakage.

Yes breakage steps up its game in winter, and to all and every hair type.

4 Haircare Tips:

Line your winter hat with silk or satin to stop split ends.
Curly and naturally textured hair types apply an oil-based hair moisturizer prior to hat placement.

Smoother textured hair types utilize a silk scarf to prolong their blowout.

Place your blowout or style inside a silk scarf underneath your hat to protect your hair.

Hydrate hair overnight with an oil or serum.
Dry night air pulls moisture from your skin as well as your hair. So adding hair night serums is vital.

A hydration night plan aids in moisture retention.

Curls, relaxed, and textured strands hydrate nightly with a light oil high in omega fatty acids, like Baobab Oil.

Tip: For added protection, always cover your hair with a sleep bonnet or silk scarf to avoid friction.

It will also keep moisture levels intact.

3. Switch to an oil-based moisturizer to lock in extra moisture.

Blasts of dry air are not good for any type of hair. The only way to combat it is with extra moisture.

Natural, curly, wavy, relaxed, and coiled hair is sensitive to cold weather, when it is over exposed this hair type can experience, breakage, and split ends.

Tip: Try a heavier than usual oil-based moisturizer that will evaporate more slowly to protect textured hair.

Cut down on your heat-heavy styling routine.
Extra heat from styling tools will result in split ends and breakage. The use of heat protection, including leave-in conditioners, will help prevent breakage.

Tip: Protective styles, such as braids, buns, twists, and ponytails, which help give hair a break from the heat routine.🤩

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Fabric of Hair Investigates: Afro History🧐

Why is an Afro called an Afro?

This hairstyle is so elegantly called the afro because most people who can grow an afro naturally have ancestors from Africa. So growing your hair into a afrocentric style is purposed. The afro became less popular in the middle of the 1970s through the late 1990s.Then it came back pride with the natural hair movement.

Facts :
At the end of the 1950s, a small number of young black female dancers and jazz singers broke with prevailing black community norms and wore unstraightened hair. The hairstyle they wore had no name and when noticed by the black press, was commonly referred to as wearing hair "close-cropped."

These dancers and musicians were sympathetic to or involved with the civil rights movement and felt that unstraightened hair expressed their feelings of racial pride. Around 1960, similarly motivated female student civil rights activists at Howard University and other historically black colleges stopped straightening their hair, had it cut short, and generally suffered ridicule from fellow students.

Over time the close-cropped style developed into a large round shape, worn by both sexes, and achieved by lifting longer unstraightened hair outward with a wide-toothed comb known as an Afro pick.

At the peak of its popularity in the late 1960s and early 1970s the Afro epitomized the black is beautiful movement. In those years the style represented a celebration of black beauty and a repudiation of Eurocentric beauty standards.

It also created a sense of commonality among its wearers who saw the style as the mark of a person who was willing to take a defiant stand against racial injustice.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates: Hair Loss due to Medication🧐

Many prescription and some over-the-counter medications can cause hair loss as a side effect.

Hair loss as a result of medications is often temporary, meaning normal hair growth will resume when people stop taking the drug. In rare cases, however, people can experience permanent hair loss.

However, it is vital to speak to a doctor before stopping a drug, even if it is causing hair loss.
Once a person has ceased the medication, hair can take up to 6 months to grow back properly.

Some people may notice hair growth within 3–6 months, but it may take 12–18 months for the hair to return to healthy normal state.

How to reverse hair loss:

Many of us are able to help reverse hair loss by using home remedies and natural solutions.

Diet and supplements:

Eating a balanced diet may help support healthy hair and regrowth. A diet that contains plenty of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, as well as antioxidants may also help.

Research has found that almost 90% of the participants who took the supplements saw reduced hair loss, as well as increased thickness of their hair.

If a person has a deficiency in specific nutrients, it can affect hair growth. Deficiencies that can contribute to hair loss: Iron, Biotin, Zinc.

Pumpkin seed oil:

Pumpkin seed oil may reduce the effects of 5-alpha reductase, which is an enzyme that contributes to hair loss.

Pumpkin seed oils can be applied directly applied to your scalp for ultimate benefit.

This is best done as a hot oil hair treatment, perhaps only once per week or monthly, up to your discretion.

Otherwise, your hair could get too oily over time, cause of the absorbtion of oil into the hair.

Minoxidil topical solution:

You can also try minoxidil, or Rogaine, over the counter and apply it topically to the scalp.

People using minoxidil may start to see their hair growing back within 4-6 months after applying this regimine.
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Fabric of Hair Investigates:🧐 Powerful Peptides

What Are Peptides?
Peptides are amino acids that are the building blocks of certain proteins needed by the skin, like collagen and elastine. More specifically, collagen is made of three polypeptide chains, so adding peptides can stimulate your skin to make collagen. More collagen can lead to firmer, younger-looking skin.

For hair, copper peptides are purported to help hair growth. Peptides are the building blocks for collagen, so this can help hair as well.

As compounds composed of amino acids bound together by a ‘peptide’ bond, think of peptides as the building blocks of essentials such as protein and collagen.

Note: Peptides are small in size.
The name of a peptide corresponds to its size. For example, a dipeptide has two amino acids, a tripeptide has three amino acids and so on.

How Peptides Work
Peptides are most often formed when protein breaks down. Peptides act like little messengers that signal different things in the body and trigger various important mechanisms.

The Power of Peptides for Hair
You've likely seen — or maybe even used — peptides in skincare serums. Peptides are used in skincare for their healing properties, as protective skin barrier proteins with anti inflammatory properties, minimizing free radical damage. So, how exactly does this translate to your hair?

Peptides are used to fight inflammation — which when it occurs in the scalp can impact the growth phase of your hair, which is known as the anagen phase. This autoimmune reaction of inflammation in the scalp may enlarge hair follicle size, impacting the various cycles of hair growth.

Other stages in the hair growth cycle include:

• Catagen, the transition phase.
• Telogen, the resting phase.
• Exogen, the shedding phase.

Androgenetic alopecia, also known as male pattern baldness, is one common type of hair loss. Female hair loss can also be related to this condition; however, when the hair thins in women, it's typically more noticeable from where the hair parts, rather than from the hairline as seen in men.
When used as a topical treatment, peptide powered products may boost the healing process by acting as cell-signaling agents, supporting the protein production that is influential in growing hair. They can also help reduce inflammation and irritation in the scalp that can be harmful to healthy hair growth.🤩💛🤩💛

Fabric of Hair: Trend Watch 👀

Out with the Old and Ring in the New with 4 Style Trends in 2022:🎊🎉🎊🎉

Bangs & Fringes:

Bangs or Fringe depending on your side of the pond, in all shapes and sizes will continue to reign supreme. They’re a ’90s staple that elevates any haircut and makes your hair look styled.

There are a variety of different bangs you can ask for: curtain bangs where they’re parted in the middle, blunt bangs, baby bangs, wispy bangs—it all depends on your hair type. Curtain bangs are great for just about every hair type, while blunt bangs work best on medium to thick hair and wispy bangs were practically made for thin hair.

The Bixie:

The Bixie, this style is a hybrid between a bob and a pixie. Since short hair is easier to manage and maintain, it’s having big moment. The haircut trend that is making a strong rise in 2022 is the big chop.

Buzzed:

For those looking for a big change in 2022, a buzzed head is the ultimate cool-girl style. This will involve some precision and will require regular trims and touch-ups, but the time you’ll save washing, drying, and styling will make up for the salon visits ten-fold. 
Love the big chop for natural hair—it’s easy to style and a great way to grow out healthy curls if you’re dealing with 2021 heat damage.🤩

Sliced Bob:

This is a very bold take on your typical bob haircut. This style is very chic and sexy, but unlike other intricate cuts, it’s not as high maintenance as you think. If your hair is naturally straight, you’ll have practically no styling to do. Wavy hair can straighten with a flat iron, or wear it textured.💛💛💛💛💛