Guide to Optimal Hair Growth: Tip 5

Tip 5: Style your hair with ease.

Use a wide-tooth comb and a boar bristle brush to avoid hair breakage. Boar bristle brushes are great at evenly distributing the natural oils from the scalp to the hair strands and wide-tooth combs removes tangles with ease. Placing less stress on the hair minimizes hair damage and optimizes hair growth. Also, trimming your ends every six to eight weeks minimizes split ends, which helps the hair grow.

Guide to Optimal Hair Growth- Tip of the Day

Tip 3: Eat right. Our mothers always told us “Eat your vegetables” for a very good reason. Eating more vegetables and fruit, drinking water, increasing protein, taking vitamins, and exercise will improve your health internally and provide nourishment to the hair root, maximizing hair growth. Stay away from foods that are pumped with hormones and synthetic fillers. Stick to organic meats or go vegetarian!

Vitamins that promote hair growth:

B-6-gives hair color (melanin) and helps combat hair loss- found in whole grain cereal and veggies

Biotin-found in eggs, rice and milk

B-3- promotes scap circulation-found in meats, poultry and fish

Vitamin C- fights off free radicals that attack the skin and hair-found in fruits and veggies

Vitamin A-helps produce natural oil found in hair called sebum- found in Fish liver oil, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, apricots and peaches

For more information on Vitamins that prevent hair loss and promote hair growth click here

GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HAIR GROWTH: TIP 2

Tip 2: Moisturize, Moisturize, Moisturize! Curly, Kinky, Coily, and Wavy hair needs plenty of moisture to stay strong and grow long. Despite its strong looks, curly hair can easily break especially when dry. Use products that contain natural moisturizers such as organic aloe vera gel, organic coconut oil or Shea butter. Also avoid shampoos that contain harsh cleansing agents, such as sulfates that strip the hair of its moisture and always use a moisturizing conditioner on your hair.

Product tip: Use Donna Marie's Spiral Smoothie daily moisturizer to quench your thirsty curls and kinks. Sulfate free shampoos such as Donna Marie's Mango Butter Oasis, is a gentle sulfate free shampoo that cleanses and moisturizes without stripping the hair of its natural oils.

GUIDE TO OPTIMAL HAIR GROWTH

Hello Naturals! It's Wednesday and that means it's time for my hair growth tip of the day!

Here is a part of the piece I wrote for the Motowngirl.com July newsletter on how to maintain healthy hair growth. Check it out!

A growing number of women are tossing their relaxers and embracing their beautiful natural hair. As we "go natural" our consciousness about the health of our hair increases. The majority of us want healthy, long, strong, and beautiful hair, but many are puzzled about how to achieve this goal. As a Natural Hair stylist, the number one question I receive from clients is "How can I make my hair grow and stay healthy?" If you have decided to go natural, you have taken the first step! While there is no magic potion or pill that will instantly grow your hair down to your back, the following tips will help you maximize your hair growth potential and minimize damage!


Tip 1: Avoid harsh chemicals and synthetic ingredients.

This is the most important tip. The root of your hair is alive and needs nourishment to grow and remain healthy. Avoid products that contain ingredients that harm the hair - such as mineral oil, petroleum and silicones. Harsh ingredients have the potential to dry out your hair, clog pores and impart a heavy buildup on the hair, which minimizes growth. Instead, use products that contain natural ingredients that promote hair growth such as rosemary, hibiscus, and nettles.

Stay tuned...next wednesday I'll give you Tip #2!