Great African-Black Hair Care Tips

A healthier lifestyle will result in healthier hair.
Massaging your scalp on a regular basis will stimulate oil production, which will help reduce the dryness of your hair.
Daily shampooing is not recommended, ethnic hair is dryer than other types of hair, shampooing strips away the oils from your hair so try shampooing once every 3 to 7 days instead.
If you engage in daily activities that cause you to sweat, it is recommended that you rinse your hair out with water and only use shampoo on occasion, but if you feel the need to use a mild shampoo, go ahead and do so.
Use a mild moisturizing shampoo with a low PH level when washing your hair.
Don’t use a 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner, use a separate shampoo and conditioner, 2 in 1′s aren’t suited as well for dry hair.
When washing your hair rub only in one direction to avoid tangling.
Shower with warm water, hot water can dry and/or irritate the scalp.
Oil your scalp after shampooing, with your hair still moist, massage the oil into your scalp and brush out to the ends of your hair.
Use a conditioner when you shower, it’ll moisturize your hair, give it extra protection, add shine, reduce static, and makes it easier to untangle.

Short Hairstyles With Bangs

Bangs or fringes have always been the solution for someone who wishes to dramatically change the way she looks. There is a world of difference in comparing looks with and without bangs added to one’s hairstyle. Bangs are extremely flexible and versatile and they go well with long as well as short hairstyles. If you are looking for something that is low-maintenance and chic then short hairstyles with bangs is definitely a good choice.

Different kinds of bangs for short hairstyles
Short hairstyles with bangs can be acquired with all kinds of bangs – they can be straight, parted, side-swept, wispy, blunt or even wavy. For straight bangs, simply comb the bangs straight down and let them rest slightly above your eyebrows. To get side swept bangs you can use a bit of hair product to hold the bangs swept to one side in a sleek manner. Likewise, to feel vivacious curl your bangs or make them wavy and let them sweep over your forehead for the wavy look.

Bangs for your face shape
You can enhance your facial features by selecting the right kind of short hairstyles with bangs. A face with prominent features like a sharp chin or a large forehead calls for straight bangs to cover up the flaws and to soften them. For those with round faces, side swept bangs are recommended. Women with heart shaped faces can also opt for side swept bangs to complement their face shape.

Products to care for and to style your short haircut
Sporting short hairstyles with bangs is a great feeling because it offers the flexibility to switch up one’s hairstyle very easily. Some of the products that are required to achieve different looks are blow dryer, round brush, styling gel, mousse and hairspray.
Since puffy bangs are slightly out of vogue, therefore if you have these naturally then you can use a blow dryer combined with a round brush and blow hot hair in a downwards motion from the roots to the tips. Afterwards, apply hair wax to set the bangs. For a dramatic makeover, you can use a straightening iron to straighten your hair, including the bangs and the consequence is a sleek pixie-like look.

Pure Hair Trimming

Hair Trimming or cutting of hair on a regular basis not only gets rid of split ends, and will prevent the formation of split ends. Moreover, the more you cut your hair, the more it grows strongly but not in length. If untrimmed, the stilt ends grow up higher into the hair and will finally result in thinning and loss of hair. Moreover, the split-ends usually have a white head at the end of each split that looks very ugly, and makes explicit that hair is not healthy.
Hairstyle:
Hairstyle defines your personality and complements the occasion and your dressing. Braiding and deadlocks looks good, but are not good for your hair and weakens hair follicles. There is actually a myth that leaving hair loose results in drying of hair and weakens them. In contrast to the usual belief, braided hair can accumulate sweat and dirt, and thereby can increase the cause of infection and tangles.
Healthy Sleeping Patterns:
A good sleep every day for about 6 to 8 hours relaxes head muscles and increases normal flow of well-oxygenated blood. Sleep relaxes the body and blood flows evenly throughout the body at the same level and therefore regulates hair growth. However, this does not stop with less sleep, but also disturbances I sleep pattern also results in loss of hair. Why to take risk? When you have a way do it.
Hair Massage:
Massaging hair once or twice in week using oil or oil-based conditioners, improves blood circulation in the scalp, and relaxes muscles in the head, improving hair growth. This may include professional grooming at least once in six months or a year. Even otherwise, a gentle massage with fingertips, and gentle combing with all the hair in the opposite direction increases the flow of hair and has been observed to increase the growth of hair by volume.
Hair Growing:
Hair growing gains importance as a healthy and naturally beautiful hair is soft, shiny, and thick has a good volume, and is clean from the hair follicle to the hair tip with not split ends or white heads.