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Harmattan Hair Care: How to Keep Natural Hair Moisturised in the Dry Season
Harmattan is coming. You know the signs. Your lips crack, your skin goes ashy by noon, and your hair starts to feel like dry grass no matter what you put on it. If your hair breaks more in December and January, it is not your imagination. Harmattan is hard on natural hair. But with a…
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What Is Hair Porosity? How African Women Can Find Out Theirs (Simple Test Included)
Hair Basics You’ve probably heard the word “porosity” thrown around in hair videos or product descriptions, usually without anyone actually explaining what it means. If you’ve ever felt lost when someone says “this is great for low porosity hair” and you have no idea if that’s you, this one’s for you. Understanding porosity matters even…
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Signs Your Braids or Wig Are Damaging Your Edges (And How to Fix It)
Protective Styles Braids, wigs, cornrows and weaves are part of everyday life for a lot of Nigerian women, and they’re called “protective styles” for a reason. Done right, they can give your natural hair a real break and help you retain length. But not every style is actually protecting you. Some are quietly working against…
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Postpartum Hair Loss: Causes, How Long It Lasts, and What Helps
Postpartum Hair Care If you’ve had a baby and started noticing handfuls of hair coming out in the shower or on your pillow, you’re not imagining it, and you’re not alone. Postpartum shedding is one of the most common things new mothers experience, and it can be genuinely frightening the first time it happens to…
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Why Isn’t My Hair Growing? The Real Reason Behind African Women’s Struggle With Length
Hair Growth “My hair doesn’t grow” is one of the most common things we hear from African women, and it’s part of why long natural hair can feel rare, even though hair grows at roughly the same rate for almost everyone, all over the world. Your hair is almost certainly growing. Hair grows from the…
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How to Start a Wash Day Routine in Nigeria (A Beginner’s Guide)
Getting Started If you’ve never heard the term “wash day” before, you’re not behind. Most of us weren’t raised with it. Growing up in Nigeria, a lot of us washed our hair whenever it felt dirty, or once every few months, or whenever we took down a style. There’s no shame in that. Nobody sat…
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Traditional Nigerian Hair Ingredients That Actually Work (And Why)
Nigerian Hair Traditions Long before hair care became an industry with hashtags and fifteen-step routines, our mothers and grandmothers were already taking care of their hair with what was around them. Black soap. Shea butter. Herbs boiled into pastes and rinses. A lot of what’s now sold as “innovative” or “trending” in hair care is…
