Until recently I didn’t do much long-distance traveling, particularly air travel. This was mostly because I lived an easy drive from most of my family and friends. Now that I live a few states away I’ve been flying more during the year which isn’t cheap.
Being the frugal person I am each time I travel I try to find a new way to save some money. So as we get ready to roll into the biggest travel season of the year - Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years - I wanted to share my five tips to make flying a little cheaper.
Probably the longest part of my wash days and the part I dislike the most is drying my relaxed hair. It can also be the most damaging part of washing your hair. Particularly if you use heat.
Using heat to dry your hair not only removes the water but can also burn your hair and remove all the moisture making your hair dry, dull, and frizzy. This can lead to split ends and breakage and undo all the good you've done using sulfate-free shampoos and deep conditioning.
The best way to avoid heat damage is to use little to no heat to dry your relaxed hair and use products that help protect your hair from damage.
One thing that always made me dread washing my hair was the tangles I would get. Especially when I had two textures on my head - natural and relaxed. When my hair tangled I would spend a lot of time sectioning my hair and carefully detangling each section trying to not damage my hair any more than necessary. I wasn't always successful.
The sad thing is because my hair would tangle after I shampooed it more often than not, I didn't think about it and thought it was normal for my hair. Boy, was I wrong.
What those tangles were telling me is my hair was damaged. Especially the outer layer. When the outer layer of the hair strand is damaged it opens up allowing it to catch or snap with other strands causing tangles. And tangles can lead to hair breakage and unwanted hair cuts.
I've been able to avoid the crazy tangles through trial and error, research, and patience. I now don't have issues with tangles by instituting these three techniques:
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I’ve seen many questions in blogging groups about whether it’s a good idea or not to switch to business accounts on Instagram. There are a few differing thoughts out there, but it seems like the consensus in the blogging groups and among the bloggers I follow is yes it’s worth giving it a shot.
I've learned a lot about taking care of my hair over the last few years. Things such as how to keep my hair moisturized, manage breakage, and also how to protect my hair when getting a relaxer touch-up.
When I first started getting my hair relaxed hairstylists didn't really provide any advice on what I should to protect my hair and scalp outside of don't scratch. There was no talk about terms like relaxer overlap or relaxer runoff. Even to this day, I haven't had a stylist talk to me about either one of these things.
Relaxer overlap is when the relaxer is applied to previously relaxed hair. This tends to happen accidentally when there isn't a lot of new growth or the person applying the relaxer isn't careful.
Relaxer runoff happens when the relaxer is rinsed out and it touches previously relaxed hair. This is also kinda accidental.
Both relaxer runoff and overlap can cause overprocessing which weakens relaxed hair even more and can cause some serious damage. So it's no surprise I got a little worried. I hadn't noticed that this was happening but I didn't want to take any chances and found some tips that could help to lessen the chances of either one happening. Here are the ones that have worked best for me.
Fall is here and we're starting the last quarter of the month though you wouldn't know it here in Florida. The weather today as I write this is 90 degrees and sunny. Not complaining, but because of the heat I sometimes forget we're weeks away from Thanksgiving and Christmas.
With the end of the month comes another traffic report for
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