Beautiful hair adds some kind of personality to your image and naturally beautifies. But naturally hair requires a ton of care, in part because it tends to be dry and delicate.

Hair care resolutions, just like any other area of life, requires attention and persistence. Here are some natural hair care tips, which will help you maintain your beautiful hair.

1. Find your hair type

In order to learn how to maintain your hair, first, you need to discover the type of your hair. Knowing which hair type your have is crucial for finding the right haircare products as well as knowing what methods of curl maintenance may or may not work for you.

2. Don’t use too many chemical products

For many people, chemical treatments are a regular part of their beauty routine. Although chemical treatments give you an opportunity to experiment with different looks, excessive use of a chemical treatments can dry the hair and incorrect application can cause damage.

3. Use caution with relaxers

To minimize hair damage, always go to a professional hair stylist to ensure that the relaxer is applied safely. Touch-ups should only be done every two to three months and only to newly grown hair. Never apply relaxer to hair that has already been relaxed.

4. Heat styling attention

When you expose your hair to heat every time you style your hair, it may lead to damage. Adding protecting products before styling will help minimize heat damage. Remember to use professional tools all the time choose the correct size.

BTW, don’t style hair with heat every day. Blow out hair 3-5 times a week and try to limit your flat iron/curling iron usage 1-2 time a week.

5. Have regular treatment

It’s very necessarily to apply a treatment every two weeks to rehydrate, strengthen, protect and maintain hair health. A hot oil treatment adds additional moisture and elasticity to your hair.

6. Get regular trims

When the ends of your hair are old and have been subjected to brushing and heat, so if you don’t trim them away, it won’t style well. And once the ends start to split, it travels up to mid-lengths causing the damage to s[read.

So if you want your hair to style, curl and hold better, you should have trims every six weeks. Once the damaged hair is removed, it will look and feel so much healthier.

7. Do a protective hairstyle

Wear comb free hairstyles like twists and braids as much as possible. These protective hairstyles for natural hair make it manageable, neat and keep breakage down to a minimum.

In the world of natural hair, rocking protective styles has become an added bonus of having more (better) options for concealing hair on a multitude of levels. Protective styles include but are not limited to twists, braids, updos, and wigs. It’s also a great way to using textured clip ins that match your natural hair to do a protective style. Check BetterLength.com to find your ideal textured clip ins.

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8. Don’t wash your hair too frequently

Wash your hair once a week or every other week. This will help prevent build-up of hair care products, which can be drying to the hair.

Remember to use conditioner every time you wash your hair. Be sure to coat the ends of the hair with conditioner, as the ends are the oldest and most fragile part of your hair.

And you can do deep condition for you hair every two weeks.

9. Use silk or satin headscarf

Use silk or satin pillowcases and scarves to keep your hair from drying out and breaking off while you sleep. It makes it much easier to comb and detangle your hair, saving you headaches and styling time.

ATTENTION: Don’t tie your headband or scarf too tight.

While satin protects your hair from breakage, it can increase and trap sweat if you overdo it. Let your scalp breath!

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10. Good diet for healthy hair

Nutritious diet and a healthy lifestyle is a “must”, if you desire to have beautiful natural hair. Food can affect your hair strength and optimal growth rate. Eating a healthy diet of raw fruits and vegetables if the most effective home treatment for hair care.