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Dandruff is defined as excessive scaling of the scalp that results in flaking of our skin. There are many different things that can cause dandruff but the general consensus is that it is a low-grade underlying inflammatory process resulting in proliferative activity of the scalp, meaning there is some kind of inflammation that is leading...
What makes fine hair different than average or coarse hair? Fine hair tends to lack firmness and rigidity, is susceptible to fly-aways, is hard to style, and tangles easily. Why is that? Our hair is made up of three layers – the medulla, the cortex, and the cuticle. The medulla is the important part when it...
I keep seeing people worried about build-up of conditioners on their hair (a lot of times accompanied by information about how a friend of a friend was told by her hair dresser that she had a waxy coating of conditioner on her hair, which the hairdresser proceeded to scrape off with a pair of scissors!)...
I admit I’ve never formulated for African hair types, so I present to you what I have found in my research. I would love to hear from any readers who have this hair type so we can add more information to this post. African type hair has a flattened elliptical cross section, which is responsible...
The “no shampoo” idea is to eliminate shampooing from your life and use conditioner only to wash your hair. You can use any conditioner for this process; you don’t need something that claims to be a cleansing conditioner (which are usually way more expensive and found in salons!). The key is that the conditioner contains a...