Moisturize,Moisturize, Moisturize!!

I really can't stress this enough, a lot of times that curlies complain about their curl pattern, the volume of their hair or anything 9 times out of 10 the problem is not enough moisture. We all moisturize our skin on a daily basis whether it's with lotion or oils (stay tuned for my video about some of my favorite products to use during the summer for your skin) so shouldn't we be doing the same for our hair?!Even if you are not moisturizing everyday you need to at least pay attention to your ends and scalp everyday. a healthy scalp yields healthy hair and your ends are fragile and you don't want split ends or worst yet single strand knots.

Pick whatever moisturizer that works for your hair type(everyone is different so what works for me may not work for you) but EVERYONE should be using an oil to seal that moisture in your fragile locks. There are a lot of oils to choose from Coconut, Olive Oil (Extra Virgin),Castor Oil (Jamaican Black Castor Oil),Grape Seed,Jojoba (pronounced Ho-Hoba),Sweet Almond,Avocado to name a few.I am going to focus onJamaican Black Castor Oil (JBCO) for this blog post and the benefits that it has on our hair.

www.jamaicanblackcastoroil.com they have most of the oils I mentioned available on their site

Contrary to what many believe this is great for ALL hair types, you can use it as a daily moisturizer or you can use it as a hot oil treatment that you wash out. what are the benefits of Castor oil?

It cleans your scalp of anything that would inhibit maximum hair growth

It has fatty acids in it that nourish your scalp and keeps it from becoming dry as well as retaining it's moisture

Castor oil is a Humectant which means it has the ability to draw moisture from the air

Rubbing Castor oil into your scalp and roots on a regular basis helps with hair lost and thickens the hair that you have.

These are a few great things about castor oil. I am a believer after I decided to transition my hair was in the worst state that it had ever been in. I had tremendous amounts of breakage and damaged ends. I used castor oil every day and I was able to see my hair growth and not only did it grow it was healthy and had a shine to it.

My hair Dec 16,2011 (right after I became 100% natural) and started using Castor oil Daily

My hair Feb 2012

My hair June 2012