4 things you are doing wrongly to your hair

 I am no hair expert but as a full-blooded Nigerian girl, I know by now that having straight hair is not really meant for me else I would have had that while growing up. Some of us end up using relaxers and all sorts to achieve that straightness (not saying you shouldn’t relax your hair, it’s a matter of choice, and the choice is yours). Below are a few things you do that can affect your hair’s health and growth generally (relaxed or not):

1. Combing it when dry:  Based on our location on the globe (i.e. tropic region), our hair tends to get dry real quick. It is strongly advised by the hair experts that you spritz your hair with some water before combing just to add some moisture which in turn reduces breakage and makes combing less of a hassle.
   
2. Regular application of heat:  Some of us really desire straight hair (which is really not meant for us) and in order to get that resolve to using straighteners when not in braids or weaves. Well good news, straight hair’s not meant for every one—because for some of us after the first day of rocking the hair all the straightness is out—and for those that make use of hair dryerrs and straighteners on natural hair (relaxed or natural-natural) regularly, they actually thin your hair and make it dry. Ok enough of heat.
   
3. Combing straight from the roots:  Apart from hearing this from my mom, time has taught me this as well. The better way to comb your hair is from the tips In order to avoid tangling. The reason is logical, combing hair from the roots leaves some tangled hair towards the tip or middle which requires serious patience when detangling to avoid some hair loss. So, it is advisable to comb from the tip and then progress downwards than to spend precious time detangling what you tangled or risk losing some hair.
   
4. Making use of the wrong combs and styling tools and techniques: This is really common with people that dress our hairs; you would agree with me that they tend to use smaller combs (that blue comb) instead of bigger combs depending on how much hair is to be combed. I don’t know why they do that but the smaller comb can lead to breakage and it is actually easier to comb hair with wide-toothed combs. Just try it.
    
    Hope this comes in helpful. images courtesy google