MOISTURE
For low porosity hair, here's how to get away with having a well moisturized hair without having to apply leave-in conditioner as often:
- Put on a plastic cap/bag before your satin cap/scarf when going to bed. To increase moisture level, add a head warmer.
I still feel bubbly from all the fun I had at the NNHB show.... and to think I almost didn't go. Wheew!
The expo kicked off at 11 am, at Harbour piont, Victoria island, Lagos state but I got there by 2 pm(errr... I had errands to run plus trust Lagos traffic na). The good thing is, I got there just in time for Yagazie Emezi's(she's one of the reasons I was there in the first place) talk about challenging beauty standards through photography.
Another reason I was here, was Zara. She did give some blogging advice I could use.
I liked Kiitana demo on protective styling with crochet braids/weaves, may give it a try sometime.
One thing that struck me was the super friendliness of the guest speakers... Awesome!
Okay.... there are more interesting things I could say about the show but can I just let the pictures do the talking for me?.. Okay, cool!
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| Zara |
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| Kiitiana |
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| Ijeoma of Klassykinks |
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| So uhmm....while the talk was going on, I was busy admiring this. |
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| Even though this pic came out blurry, it's still one of my fave. Here I was begging to touch thy hair. |
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| Say hello to my photographer of the day |
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| Ohh...this color is pretty |
Too bad I couldn't stay until the end of the show though.
And that's a wrap.
Hola!
So last Friday I completed my service (National Youth Service Corps) to my country, Nigeria (greatest sigh of relief). During the service year, I did have some challenges but that’s a story for another time. All through these I’m thankful to my dad, he has been my rock.
Albeit the challenges, serving in a new state has been an interesting one, a lot has happened. I’ve learnt from each experience, still learning a few and started working to achieve some goals:
- I got better at smiling & being more optimistic when going through a really bad situation, even though at a tiny corner in my heart, I’m expecting the worst.
- Got to make friends with some of the most inspiring and encouraging people so far.
- I realized I was more judgemental than I thought & finally learning to be less of that.
- Finally started blogging, thanks to my dad, Olawale and Adenike. You guys rock!
- I think I’m becoming more of an introvert turned ambivert (some people will argue on this one).
- I became more confident, hardworking and focused on things I want to achieve.
- Learning to let go of fears and just taking a plunge.
- I’m finally beginning to understand why “family is everything”.
- Taking out time to study and understand people, so I can deal with each one accordingly.
- I discovered I love travelling.
- Learning how to be less anxious of the future and just taking one day at a time.
- Sometimes people will never understand you because, they’ll never take the time to look at the other side of things.
- Lastly, I don’t care about certain things the way I used to. Things are different for me now. I’m different now.
Over all these, I’d say the NYSC scheme did a good one on me.
For the pass out day, of course I had to slay with the fro. I had planned some picture taking with some of the natural "haired" girls but it didn’t quite work out. I ended up taking pictures with just 2 members of the natural hair "gang". Ouch!
Anyway it was still a satisfying and fun day. For my look, I did a braid out to stretch my fro. Enjoy the pictures.
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Hi guys!
It's been pretty quiet in here for a while now, I've been so swamped trying to catch up on my coding (Computer programming) and also trying to meet up deadlines at a coding boot camp.
I've missed this space big time and for today, I'll be doing a post that might change your hair game.
Before diving in, it's question time!
Ever wondered why some hair products doesn't work on your hair? Why your hair is constantly dry? Why it takes up so much time to get dry? or why it easily frizzes?
No? You have no idea?
It has to do with your hair porosity.
Hair poro-- what?!
Yes! Hair porosity, for some peeps that have no clue that such word existed.
So what's hair porosity?
Hair porosity is your hair ability or inability to absorb water, moisture or products and retain it. Maybe your hair absorb moisture easily but isn't able to retain this moisture or it's difficult to absorb moisture but once absorbed, retains it well. It's all porosity guys.
I've known about this hair porosity thing since my big chop (April 2015) but just took it seriously a while back. It turned out that the regimen & products I already had worked well enough for my porosity type with little tweaks in between.
There are different types of hair porosity:
-Low
-Normal
-High
HOW TO DETERMINE HAIR POROSITY
TEST 1: During your wash day, take a strand of clean, product free hair and drop it in a glass of water. Leave for few minutes.
Low porosity- floats on top.
Normal porosity- floats at the middle.
High porosity-sinks to the bottom of the glass.
TEST 2: Place a single strand of hair in between your fingers. Slide your fingers up the strand of hair towards your scalp.
Low porosity- fingers slides up smoothly.
High porosity- Fingers feels some bumps on the way up.
LOW POROSITY
It doesn't absorb moisture easily due to tightly packed cuticle, as a result products tends to sit on your hair, leading to product build up. Low porosity hair also takes longer to dry. The good thing about low porosity is that once it absorbs moisture or products, it retains it well.
With low porosity you'll need a little bit of manipulation to open up your cuticle, so you'll be able to absorb moisture and close back the cuticle so as to retain moisture.
Include these in your hair regimen:
- Steam your hair to open your cuticle (you can also start your wash day with warm water).
- Use products with a low pH, because high acidity keeps your cuticle closed.
- Seal hair with light oils like coconut oil.
- Hot oil treatments are great for your routine.
- Adding humectants like honey, glycerin also helps.
NORMAL POROSITY
It's balanced, there's no need to worry that pretty head of yours. Just beware of adding too much protein or using too much heat or chemical (like dyes), because they can alter your hair cuticle.
HIGH POROSITY
It absorbs moisture easily due to raised cuticle but has inability to retain it. The cuticle has been damaged due to over use of heat or chemicals.
While having a high porosity is irreversible, try doing these to help.
Include these in your hair regimen:
- Protein treatments will help to strengthen the hair cuticle.
- Use thick leave-in conditioners and, thick butters and oils.
- Use acidic products to help tighten open cuticle.
Oh and I just realized I didn't say what hair porosity type I have. It's low porosity. Going back to my coding world now, until next post.
Love.
The Frorocker.
