Articles in the Natural Alternatives Category
Did You Know?, Hair Care, Hair Science, Natural Alternatives »
There are natural solutions for coloring gray hair permanently without the use of chemicals. These natural gray hair dyes are so good for your hair that you can use them without fear of damaging your hair over time. Here are the options:
Henna
Henna is a plant; it grows into a small tree or shrub. This plant has been used for centuries to dye hair and skin because of the coloring properties that are due to lawsone, also known as hennotannic acid, which is a red-orange dye present in the leaves …
Hair Care, Hair Science, Natural Alternatives »
I have no intention of allowing my hair to grow old gracefully.
I am going to fight gray hairs until they overpower me at age seventy or something, but I am not giving up my youthful tresses without a fight. That is why I went information hunting just for other fighters like myself who stand ready to eliminate grayness as soon as it sniffs anywhere close to our heads.
I compiled a list of ‘treatments’ that I got from the Internet and from those ladies who are in the ‘know’. One lady …
Hair Care, Hair Recipes, Natural Alternatives, Shampoo »
Some time ago we did an article that highlighted some of the harmful ingredients found in hair products. In that article we learned that sodium lauryl sulphate is so harsh that factory workers have to cover all exposed skin or risk developing health problems. This ingredient is mainly found in shampoo and causes the suds that we are so fond of when we are lathering our hair, unfortunately it is not a very good product to use on your body or heads. Today we look at a very good alternative …
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Hair oils and moisturizers – Are the two interchangeable? Are hair oils and hair moisturizer one and the same?
I was confused because whenever I used ordinary hair oil it just sat on my hair and didn’t make it feel as soft and silky as I know it should. It made my hair shiny but if my hair was dry it remained dry, albeit oily. It didn’t make sense, so of course I went and did some research and also experimented on my own hair until I found the perfect formula …
Did You Know?, Hair Care Tips, Ingredients to Avoid, Natural Alternatives, Natural-Hair, Relaxed-Hair »
For the record, I do not use commercial shampoos, if I can avoid them. The cheaper the shampoo the more it seems to strip the hair and damage it. I am determined to phase them out of my hair regimen since my hair does so much better without them. I wash my hair with homemade recipes or I use a very weak, heavily diluted non-sulfate, non-ammonium, shampoo to wash my hair when I can’t get what I want. There are some ingredients in commercial shampoos that aren’t really the best …
Featured, Hair Care Tips, Natural Alternatives, Relaxed-Hair »
If you were given five minutes to escape your house or your place of abode, what are the five hair must-haves that you should carry? I generally pitch this question to persons who are interested in growing long healthy relaxed hair and the answers would vary. The reason I ask is, you do not need more than five products to maintain hair growth at any one time. Some ladies stock up on a lot of hair care products and use them every day or every week and then complain that …
