Category: Natural Hair

Look sis... We all know that natural hair can be a pain to style when it is somewhat short. And many who have 4C hair feel even more limited.

You may think that you don't have enough options, that's not the truth though, you just have to know where to look and COLLECT your hairstyle ideas for short hair. [See our short hairstyles photo gallery]

I want you to see what I found on Youtube that made my day because she showed me a hair tying trick that I've never thought about! I love everything about this video. And I aint the only one...

Also...[Get REVIEWS on Natasha's Whipped Hair Growth Butter]

These Quick Hairstyles On Short 4c Hair Got Em' Going Crazy Baaaby!

You're gonna see the natural hair crowd going wild in her comments girl!

When I tell you that sistas was "in they feelings" after seeing this
video...Honeeeey?!?! No lies have been told!  Check out her vid and look below the vid for my commentary on her smart styling idea after you watch too see if you agree with me...

8 Super Quick Hairstyles on Short 4c Hair Video

Super Cool Idea Using Kinky Extension Hair (not how you think!)

One of the coolest things I learned from Faye's short hairstyle for natural hair video was her ingenious use of kinky-curly extension hair as a hair tie! OMG!

I  have never thought of using kinky extension hair to tie my hair, that is a brilliant way to tie your hair up without worrying about breakage though. OMG!

Don't Sleep On The Small-Time Youtubers With Good Info! 

Listen, one sista named Kaitlyn spoke on it and put it like this...

"FINALLY, someone with actual short 4c hair! So many others say that when really they have armpit length type 3 hair!"

And look, I feel that this tastefully done short 4C hairstyles video is PROOF that so many unrecognized naturals have so much to teach.

Homegirl (Faye) doesn't have a lot of subscribers compared to the "big name" influencers, STILL though, I'm feeling these styles 100%!

If you feel the same way, make sure to click her vid and subscribe! let's look out for one another y'all, tell her BlackhairOMG sent you!

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Sometimes, just getting tipped off to a really smart trick or hack can save you tons of time and stress.

Well, that's EXACTLY what we have here with these 7 Natural Hair Hacks You NEED TO KNOW from this sista named Allie.

We've actually interviewed her before, years ago, for this article about Favorite natural hair moisturizers of 50 Natural Hair Experts, anywhoo...

She is really breaking it down for you with some brilliant shortcuts, hacks and trick, I think you'll like it.

Hack #1 - Supercharged Detangling: This is the perfect detangler tip for that anyone whose conditioner may not be enough to get the job done.

Here's what you do, take your favorite conditioner as well as any type of anti-frizz product or a thick oil.

You can use coconut oil, premium-grade 100% PURE avocado oil, grapeseed oil or one of your other favorites. Now put about 1/4 of a cup inside your conditioner bottle, make sure to shake it up after and then to detangle your hair, it'll make detangling so much faster and you'll be able to just glide right through your hair and detangle
the kinks and curls like a BOSS!

Hack#2 - Gel On The Go: If you're always on the go or travel a lot, this is for you. All you need is a small empty container your favorite gel.

Just take about a tablespoon or two of your gel and seal it up and throw it in your mini-container.  That way no matter where you go, you'll have your gel in your bag to touch up some frizzy ends or just touch on your edges no matter where you are.

Hack #3- Hair Elastics On Deck:  This is a cool hack so that you will always have a hair elastic on you, ready to roll! So for example if you are rockin' a bun in your hair and your elastic ties break because you have a lot of hair, you can  take a few hair elastics and I attach them to your keychain!

Just use some industrial clips so that you can easily clip them on and off.

Or you can easily just add the hair elastics to the regular key loop that you have on your keys and that way no matter where you are you always have hair elastics and you never have to worry about it.

See Natural Hair Hacks 4-7 in Allies Video 

Many of these natural hair tips and hacks are better understood visually, so take a look at the vid and leave a comment, let her know BlackHairOMG sent you to show some sisterly love!

Hey, you know we love to show love to these beautiful women who are bringing info to the natural hair community.

If you haven't subscribed to Allie's channel, please do so. She's an old friend to BlackHairOMG!

See Article: 7 Steps to Stopping Hair Breakage at the Crown!

Ohhh, the dreaded product buildup, you can see it and even smell it at times. It's not just harmless gunk, what it does to your hair follicles and scalp can be a hair killer.

Now look, nobody is gonna stop using product, we aint crazy. Let keep it real, without the assistance of good hair products, straight, curly, and kinky hair would ALL look a hot mess. Lol...

The Growth-Slowing Hair-Harming Dangers of Product Build-Up

Out of fear developing product build up a lot of people in the
natural hair community have cut back on using a ton of products.

When we say "product build-up", we're talking about the gradual accumulation of products on your scalp and/or your hair strands. THE GUNK!

The build-up we end up with is actually a combination of a few things...

1. Products you manually put in your hair.
2. Your scalps natural oil called 'sebum'.
3. Thousands of tiny dust particles from the air.

All of that creates build up...

As this combination of substances accumulate, they mix together to create a thick gooey substance filled with potentially harmful bacteria.

You Need Washing Practices To Prevent NOT Remove Build-Up

This is major, if you're noticing thick gunk under your fingernails your follicles are already compromised and your scalp is already starting to get inflamed and irritated depending on many factors like your hair regimen, whether you live an active or non-active lifestyle and your environment.

Everyone gets to this point of product build-up different rates.

So when deciding on a wash day routine your goal should be to avoid this buildup from accumulating altogether rather than waiting for it to happen
before washing your hair.

Nobody is perfect, and most of us are guilty, at one time or another, of waiting for the gunky build-up to accumulate before deciding to wash our lusciousness and get the gunk up outta here!

How Gunk Affects Your HAIR STRANDS Specifically

Ok so, both of these situations STINK! But they are unique situations, with different types of harm caused.

Build- up on your scalp effects and behaves differently than build up on your hair strands.

See, your hair strands that are healthy and free of buildup behave and reacts to moisture when water is introduced depending on your hairs porosity level, it soaks up what it can, your hair strands swell up, getting FULL, and then they quickly lets go of excess water.

That makes your hair strands more pliable and flexible, more resistant to breakage and well moisturized until it eventually releases the remaining water into the atmosphere.

But hooooney....

When your hair strands are experiencing build-up, this gunky mess creates a barrier between the water and your hair making it difficult for your hair to soak up the moisture.

Without access to moisture, your gunked up hair strands are more prone to breakage.

On top of that, light can no longer reflect on your cuticles due to
the uneven surface the buildup creates on your hair strands, causing your hair to lose a sheen and appear dull build.

How Gunk Affects Your SCALP Specifically

Product Build-up on your scalp is a lot different and can lead to more serious issues, especially for highly-textured hair.

Your scalp is part of your skin, in fact, it's the thickest area of skin on your whole body.

But it STILL can also be just as sensitive as a skin on your face.

Making things worse, this dark moist environment of your scalp is a perfect place for harmful bacteria to multiply, so it's important to give this area extra attention.

Your EVER-IMPORTANT sebum is a thin acidic oil created underneath your scalp that secretes out of the scalp.

The purpose of this oil is to slide down, coat and protect your hair strands but with highly textured hair the loops and bends make it difficult for the sebum to slide down, causing a lot of this oil to back up and accumulate on your scalp.

On top of that, very tiny dust particles from the air easily sticks to the sebum ,after a while this built up mixture accumulates so much that it becomes visible.

It's easy to see how adding products to your scalp will increase the accumulation of buildup.

What makes build up on your scalp so difficult is due to its dark warm and moist environment bacteria has a perfect opportunity to grow and multiply.

Some of this bacterium filled gunk will eventually penetrate into your follicles interrupting the activity going on in your hair bulb which can dramatically change the quality of your hair that goes out the follicle prolonged build-up can also cause infections. Don't worry though, I'm working on a new article that will teach you how to properly remove buildup and identify which products are causing it.

Later Lovelies!