Tag: hair care

A picture of Shanté.
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Watch Me Bring My Hair Back to Life After Braids

I‘m usually good at keeping my hair moisturized while wearing braids but I couldn’t be bothered this time, so I just knew my hair was going to be dry as fuck when I took them out. And… it was. Here’s a lil photo essay of me bringing it back to life.

  • Cute face, dry hair…
  • Two puffs (my favorite style) before I wash.
  • Parting in sections like a good 4-something haired girl would.
  • Shampoo time!
  • Shrinkage.
  • A lil over-night deep conditioning.
  • Tried a new light-weight product (I wasn’t thinking) but my hair was too thirsty and I had to go back to my old faithful.
  • lil snippy snippy before I realized the light-weight product wasn’t enough.
  • Drenched in Alikay Natural’s Lemongrass leave-in and Miss Jessies’ Baby Butter Creme.
A picture of Shanté with her hair in two puffs.
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Corona Chronicles: My Hair Has Seen Better Days

Am I the only person who’s been struggling to keep up with a hair care routine during this pandemic? It makes no sense because I have an abundance of time to take care of my hair but I just won’t. I still wash it, of course, but it’s like pulling teeth to get me to thoroughly moisturize and twist my hair. Once the deep conditioner hits my hair, my brain is like, “Well, we can just leave this on until it’s time to wash again.”

A close-up picture of Shanté with her hair in two puffs.

Pre pandemic Shanté would’ve never done that but pandemic Té doesn’t care. I’m really trying to break out of this habit because I love my natural hair and I don’t want to damage it but… I’m not motivated to thoroughly take care of it. It’s usually time for a cut when I feel like this but I’ve been keeping up with my trims and everything looks and feels good, so that’s not it. I think it’s just the pandemic throwing me off my routine. Whatever the cause is, I’m pulling myself out of this rut before the new year.