Let’s Talk TEXTURE

Kinky, curly, straight, crimpy, springy or ziggly. What is your texture? Ok Honey Verans, the texture of your hair is determined by the diameter of the hair shaft itself. Fine hair has the smallest diameter, thick hair has the largest and medium texture is somewhere in between. The texture of your hair plays one of the most important roles in how to care for your curls, not only through daily maintenance, but also when considering adding chemicals such as color and others that smooths your hair and other various changes.

Let's look at the different types of hair texture:

Fine Hair Texture: Fine hair can look very soft or loose and does not hold styles very well. Often appears dry, when in reality, it is often over-hydrated. It is easily abused by chemicals, but careful measures can be taken to care for it properly. Use moisturizers and emollients that contains protein, what it does is to act as a strengthener and gives fine hair strength and great structure.

Average Hair Texture: medium textured hair is considered "normal", meaning it has a texture in the intermediate range. No special consideration is required for adding chemicals so it is processed normally. Hair without intermediate range can generally withstand the abuse of products with a wide range of ingredients, but generally, it is advised that those persons with an average texture avoid penetrating the hair with too much the protein products.

Thick Hair Texture: Thick hair has a diameter much wider and stronger than fine hair or intermediate, typically does not keep a hairstyle very well, thus it is often dry and brittle due to excessive protein. Thick hair is much more difficult to process and often very resistant to chemicals.  Protein adds strength to a strand of hair so too can cause that thread becomes hard and dry like a "straw broom."

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Do you know the POROSITY of your hair?

Hey Honey Verans! Lets talk about porosity, it is the ability of your hair to absorb moisture and is determined by the state hair cuticle. The porosity is a critical factor to determine the importance curly hair care, since moisture is what define and shape the curls.  If you do not know the porosity of your hair, you may not make the best decisions about the products and the routine care that can maximize your hair moisture to keep your curls. Dryness is the # 1 cause of FRIZZ.

Now let’s discover the types porosity. There are three different classifications:

Low porosity

Low porosity is when the cuticle of the hair is too compact and does not allow moisture in and out of the hair surface. Hair with low porosity is much more difficult to process, is resistant to chemical services, and has a tendency to repel product is applied instead of absorbing it.

Normal porosity

Normal hair porosity has compact cuticle and inhibits moisture from entering and existing the surface of the hair, however, it permits normal processing when a chemical applied as it easily absorbs and retains the right products for this type of hair.

High porosity

Hair with high porosity, also known as "overly porous", has an open cuticle, which absorbs and releases moisture easily. The highly porous hair processes very quickly and can be easily damaged if the correct measures and proper care is not taken when chemicals are applied. Although porous hair overly absorbs the products more quickly, it is often dry, as the cuticle’s open retention does not allow product into the hair for long periods.

Its your turn Honey Verans! What’s Your Porosity?

To determine the porosity of your hair, hold a strand of hair between your fingers.  Slide your fingers over your hair follicles, while sliding upwards your hair feels like a wrinkling thread, your hair is highly porous. If it feels soft, has normal porosity. If your fingers move fast on the strand and it feels exceptionally slick, you have low porosity.

Another test to determine its porosity is:

1.) Take a few strands of her hair and place in a bowl with water.
2.) Let them sit there for two to four minutes.
3.) Observe your hair. If the hair is floating in the water, has low porosity. If your hair is sinking, has high porosity.

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CLEANING YOUR HAIR...TO SHAMPOO OR NOT TO SHAMPOO

Hey are talking a lot lately about the shampoo? Should you use it or not? In recent years, many girls with curls have dropped detergent based shampoos in favor of those without sulfates or they may clean their hair with conditioner in an effort to minimize dryness. Staying away from shampoo detergents with harmful ingredients, and using organic-based sulphate-free shampoos to clean the scalp and hair keeps you away from problems on the scalp and hair loss. 

What are sulfates?

Sulfates are strong, desiccating detergents (surfactants) that are found in regular shampoos, which are very damaging to the hair curl, and strips it of its natural moisture, so it becomes frizzy and hard to manage.

By discontinuing the use of products based on sulfates you will restore 80% of the overall health of the hair. 

But do you need a shampoo? If not properly cleanse, the scalp and hair follicles become clogged with sebum, then yes, you may begin to experience some serious problems. Your hair follicles can suffocate, become infected and or you can actually start to lose your hair over time.

If you use a sulfate free cleanser or conditioner or a shampoo with mild surfactant once a week and a very good scalp massage is given during cleaning, using fingers and rubbing your scalp with a firm, you are massaging and removing sebum, dirt and debris from hair follicles while stimulating the sebaceous glands to keep it running smoothly. The cleaner acts as an agent removing oil and dirt without damaging and drying the hair. That is the real purpose of a cleanser, not this nonsense abrasive shampoo sulfates that strip the hair of moisture and essential oils that keep it healthy

Conditioner

Hydration, hydration, hydration! It is the moisture level of your hair, my Honey Vera friends. Hydration is what defines and shapes our curls, not products. Hydration is what keeps the frizz away. 

Increase Hydration

Use Honey Vera’s VERAGROW SCALP TONIC. This daily spray is made of essential herbs: nettle, rosemary, comfrey, lemongrass and Moringa. In addition to this VERAGROW SCALP TONIC contain ginger, prickly pear, cinnamon bark extract, honey, aloe vera and hair vitamins. Give your hair the moisture it needs to keep that frizz away.

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