HOW TO TAKE CARE OF HIGH POROSITY NATURAL HAIR...The best products to use for your high porosity Natural hair!



HIGH POROSITY HAIR CARE

Have you ever washed your hair and noticed that it quickly soaks up the water and feels dry within minutes? If so you are most likely to have high porosity hair.

This happens because the cuticle is raised thus allowing water to come in without hindrance but makes it challenging for moisture retention. The cuticles can be raised due to hair damage from heat styling, chemicals and from manipulating the hair too frequently.

High porosity hair is either a natural characteristic of hair or caused by damage. Because the hair cuticles are highly raised or chipped, high porosity hair absorbs and loses moisture quickly. This can make it difficult to care for hair and keep it moisturized, but there are some tips that can help:

1. Use heavier moisturizers and sealants:  High porosity hair benefits from using heavy oils and butters that help to prevent moisture loss by creating a protective barrier. Opt for creamy leave-ins, and seal with heavy oils and butters, like shea butter and castor oil to help prevent moisture loss.

2. Close the cuticle: After washing and conditioning, do a final rinse with an apple cider vinegar mix (1 part apple cider vinegar, 3 parts water). And before moisturizing and sealing, spray hair with aloe vera juice or gel to help close the cuticle.

3. Do protective styles using your own hair: Avoid protective styles using extensions to help retain moisture in hair. Extensions, whether with synthetic or real hair, can pull moisture out of hair making it drier and prone to breakage.

4. Wash with shampoo to remove build-up from hair and scalp: Hair retains more moisture when it's clean, so limit constant use of cowashes and cleansing conditioners to ensure hair is able to absorb as much moisture as possible.

5. Incorporate regular protein treatments in regimen: Protein treatments are recommended to help fill in the gaps and holes that make it challenging to retain moisture in high porosity hair. Hair is made of Keratin which is a protein. When you use protein treatments it helps to build up and fill in the areas that may be lacking.


Recommended Products: (Use Rich Products and Protein)
Shea Moisture Raw Shea Shampoo, Jamaican Black Castor Oil, Olive Oil, Coconut Oil,  Shea Butter, Aphogee Two Step Protein Treatment.




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