JenMajBeauty

Another saying that bothered me whenever I read/heard it was “washing your hair with conditioner only is like showering with lotion”. I sincerely thought some people out there were really against people feeling empowered about caring for their own hair. How could this be if the conditioners have cleansing properties? In my own personal comparison, Tresemme Naturals conditioner I’m using has similar, if not the same components as the Wen cleansing conditioners. I took the “cleansing with regular conditioner is like showering with lotion” saying with a grain of salt, and started cleansing with the Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture conditioner. I regularly cleanse my hair once a week so I’d cleanse with it alone: no coffee/tea/apple cider vinegar rinse afterwards… just the conditioner. I raved about how soft my hair felt after each use. At the same time, one of my other products stopped working as they used to: my staple product, ORS Olive Oil Replenishing Conditioner, wasn’t wor...

“Health over length” is something I hear a lot in the online hair community: don’t overuse heat, don’t use heat on dirty hair, don’t do this, don’t do that... Then they would conclude or hashtag “health over length” or “with health comes length”. This term is repeated so much, it becomes somewhat overused on social media, hair blogs/vlogs, I often wonder if it holds any truth to it at all Well, this “saying” was put to the test when my shedding became uncontrollable. I was doing everything right (or so I thought): weekly I’d do hot oil treatment for 1 hour, cleanse, deep condition, dry my hair with a towel, apply a leave-in conditioner, oil and hair lotion and let air dry. No blow drying or flat ironing no matter how un-stretched my hair looked… I’d do a flat twist out, or tie my hair down when it’s about 50% dry for a somewhat sleek look (my hair wasn’t long enough for roller sets yet)... moisturizing and sealing and scalp massages during the week... but my hair kept shedding. So...