Learning About Your Hair: Hair Density

Hello beautiful people! It's finally Fall and i'm super excited. This is my favorite season of the year. the cool weather and the clothing. With this cooler weather approaching it is important to learn specific things about your hair to help you take care of it better.

Hair density may be something pretty easy to tell. but can sometimes be misjudged. Hair density is classified into three levels: Low, Medium, and High. In some studies if someone has thick hair they will more than likely have a high density level, but like DNA it can differ from person to person.

You could go the professional route to discover your hair density and get a phototrichogram. Which is a close up photo of hair strands so that the doctor can count your hair strands to figure out your hairs density "Ain't nobody got time for that". You can easily do it yourself at home, in the car, at work, pretty much anywhere you have a pony tail holder and a tape measure.

Now let's get down to the test.

1. Smooth out your hair as much as you can with your fingers, brush or comb. Then gather it all into a ponytail

2. Measure the circumference of your ponytail

If your hair's circumference measures to be under 2 inches. You have Low density hair. If it measures out between 2 inches and 3 inches than you have Medium density hair. If it measures to be 4 inches or more than you have High density hair.

Why is this important you ask.

Hair density is an important factor to consider when planning your hair regimen and hairstyle. If you have low density hair, consider using light products that won’t weigh down your hair. Use a mousse with a voluminous agent to give the appearance of thicker hair, and consider leave-in conditioners that contain thickening agents. When deciding on your next hairstyle, look for styles that are simple or rounded. You curls will naturally fall into place and give the appearance of more volume.

If your hair density is high, you want to stick to heavier products that will help hold your thick curls together. There is an abundance of curly hair products for styling, including gels, creams, butters,etc. Utilize these to help your curls stay in place.

If you fall into the medium hair density you may be able to use both of these tips. Since everyone's hair is different see which one will work better for you.

I hope this helps you a little bit more. Btw if you're wondering what my hair density is, I have High hair density. 6 inches if that isn't some thick hair I don't know what is lol.

To help with a visual I will post a ponytail of someone with straighter hair so you can see it better. Measure around the area the arrow is pointing to. Until next time..............

What Are Your Hair Goals?

Today I'm coming through really quick to talk about hair goals. Do you have any hair goals? Just like anything else in life I have goals for my hair. I'm not a perfectionist or anything but my number one goal for my hair was to perfect my regimen. This comes with trial and error trying different products. Which ends up finding products your hair doesn't like. This brings me to my number 2 of my short term goal, learning my hair. There's a few products that my hair completely hates. Such as Shea butter, Shea Moisture's Coconut & Hibiscus Curl Enhancing Smoothie just to say a few. That product is weird to me because my hair loves both coconut and hibiscus lol.

  Third on my short term goals was to reach Arm Pit Length(APL), then Bra Strap Length(BSL) and Mid Back Length(MBL). Though I was eager to reach these three goals. MBL took me the longest, for some reason it seemed like everything changed on my hair. Like something over night. Products changed for my hair, my texture even changed towards the back. The front of my hair seemed like it was Spring all year long. I had so much new growth. It was a good thing because it seemed as though it was thinning slightly. Then my edges mostly around my temples started looking a little scarce. Then for 3 long years it seemed like I could not retain my length passed BSL. Wheew!! It was a lot but luckily I didn't lose hair like crazy or ending up with even shorter hair.

 Pretty much this article is so that you will if you haven't already write down your hair goals. Stick to them and make sure you stay motivated and take great care of your hair to reach those goals that you have set. Well that's all for now see you later...............


Short Term Goals:
1. Perfecting my regimen
2. Learning my hair
3.To reach APL- Achieved May 10
4. To reach BSL- Achieved  Oct 10
5. To reach MBL- Achieved Aug 13


Long Term Goals:
1. To have healthy hair
2. Let my hair grow to its full potential
3. My hair to touch my shoulders in it's shrunken state
4. My fro to get bigger than Aevin Dugas

Hair Diary #10

Hello, hello everyone! How is the summer treating your hair? Good I hope, as for me my hair is doing well. Beginning on the end of last year I've mostly had my hair in a protected style with buns or types of updos, instead of braids and twists. Its a little challenge I've given myself and it ends around October. Even though my hair is in a protective style 98% of the time. Sometimes I will allow my hair to be out for a week or less. Either trying new things or just seeing how different or the same my hair is acting or changing opposed to the previous years.

So since it's summer time I told myself I couldn't let the whole summer pass by and not have a wash and go at least once lol. I also had bought a new gel earlier this summer to try out for my wash and go's. So I gave it a try. Since I could only find a pretty small container I didn't use a lot also the fact that I never tried this gel before I didn't want to have flakes all over my head. It's summer not winter.  So I sprayed my homemade leave in conditioner on my head then applied a small amount of gel on some pretty chunky sections.

This time around I didn't feel like spending too much time so I was trying to hurry up and get it over with. I was rushing like I really had somewhere to go smh, but since I wasn't feeling to well I was trying to get it over with A.S.A.P. With my laziness and small amounts of gel my hair came out really nice. I wore my wash and go for 5 days. I could of gone longer but it was time to protect my hair again.
                                                                Day 1- still wet

 Day 2

Day 3

  Day 5- forgot Day 4

                                          - This gel is also protein free for those of you that are protein sensitive. Enjoy! Until next time...............

Natural Hair: The battle with SHRINKAGE

Hey you all!! Today I will speak on behalf of what every natural hair lady or man has to go through on mostly daily basis SHRINKAGE!! Even though most of us hate it, or we just want our true length to show. It’s definitely not a bad thing. To be completely honest shrinkage is a GREAT thing. Why is it great you ask? Well for curly, coily and kinky hair shrinkage is a sign that you hair is in a healthy state. The day you should worry is when some pieces hang down lower than normal or when you pull it it doesn’t bounce right back into place.

Healthy hair has a high level of elasticity, this gives it body and curl formation. If it doesn’t bounce back or pieces hang lower than normal more than likely it is damaged. There could be a few reasons why it is damaged either very dry(low in moisture) by not getting enough deep conditioning. More common is heat damage, excess heat can cause your hair to stay straight when you wash it and even when it dries it looks nothing like your original tresses. In another post I will talk more on this subject. Another thing could be dying your hair using dye with chemicals or even henna can loosen your pattern and can end up damaging the hair if over processed.

For now don’t hate your shrinkage it’s a good sign. Also what other hair textures have an automatic “halo” lol. Some hair types will experience way more shrinkage than others. Type 4b hair which is coily crimpy pattern and has a “Z” pattern can shrink up to 75% of it’s actual length.  Ex: Lauryn Hill, Esperanza Spaulding and Yvette Nicole Brown. Type 4c hair which is coily ziggly, tightly kinked pattern and doesn’t have much of a curl pattern or lacks definition can shrink more than 75% of it’s actual length. Ex: Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Aevin Dugas (has the worlds largest afro)

Like I mentioned before don’t hate your shrinkage because somebody can have it far worse than you.

Until next time.....