Prepare Your Hair For Fall & Winter?? | Hair Care Tips!

Hey guys welcome back to my channel and if you're new here welcome. My name is power in your curl and today we're going to be talking about one of my favorite topics of all time in natural hair, and that is how to transition your hair from a summer regimen to a fall and winter regimen. So in this video I'm going to be giving you a lot of information, a lot of knowledge, so go ahead and grab a pen and paper or even pull out your phone and start taking notes so that you can write down what you know that you'll need To apply to your hair going into these colder months, so I just want to preface this video by saying that everything that I list in this video may not apply to you please pick and choose what you think will work for your hair and also what applies To your environment, because, depending on what the weather is where you live, that will kind of determine what type of hair regimen that you need to be instituting to keep your hair moisturized happy, strong and healthy. So, typically, when fallin went to start to come around the main issue that a lot of people, especially natural haired girls, experience - is dryness because the air gets drier. There'S less humidity in the air and humidity is something that can actually help to moisturize your hair, because your hair will pull the moisture from the environment, but during the fall in the winter, usually humidity levels drop and therefore the air is more try. So three of the main issues that you're going to want to combat against during the fall and winter months is the increase in wind, as well as the decreasing temperatures and the decrease in humidity levels. Your hair can experience dryness because there's no longer anything in the environment, that's adding to the moisture in your hair. So you really have to do the work at home to keep your hair well, moisturized and well hydrated, so that you're not experiencing any negative effects. That can come when your hair is dry, so my very first tip for preparing your hair for fall in winter. It is to get a really good trim or even get a haircut and the reason why I say that is one. You should be consistently trimming and cutting your anyway, because hair overtime inevitably is going to have wear and tear you're going to experience, knots and breakage and split ends, no matter how gentle you are to your hair because nothing lasts forever and your hair isn't something that Can regenerate and heal itself so once it's just a little bit damaged, it's just going to continue to get more and more damaged and after you've had a season of summer where your hair has been in the Sun and you've gone swimming and go onto the pool. Usually you have some dead ends, so in order to start the season fresh and to not carry any hair issues into the new season that could just get exacerbated by the cold, you want to go ahead and get a really good trim and a really good cut. So that you can start fresh now, the next thing that you want to do is to start a regimen that boosts your internal moisture levels and the way that you do, that is not by applying heavy butters and heavy oils on your hair constantly throughout the day And throughout the season, if that's what you're doing, please please for the little guys, just re-evaluate that, I think, over time, through YouTube and just through, like sharing hair advice with one another. Hair butters and hair oils have become like the solution to everything and though I think that that can be true, if you have medium to high porosity hair or if you have thick to normal strands, hair, butters and hair oils can be helpful still. Even if you have those hair characteristics, you want to use hair, butters and hair oils in moderation, because over time, hair, butters and hair oils actually build up on your hair and prevent any moisturizing properties from getting in which make your hair dryer more susceptible to breakage. Because when your hair is dry, it becomes crackly and crispy and easily snaps, because there's no sub lunes, there's no elasticity. So this season, don't think that all the slaps of shea butter on my hair slap, some coconut oil on my hair and I'll be straight. No! That'S not how it works, but what you can do is actually implementing a healthy cleansing, regimen for your hair type. So if you have low porosity hair, which means that actually have a video on this I'll link it on the screen. So if you have low porosity hair, your cleansing schedule really shouldn't change with the seasons getting colder because you still are susceptible to product build-up and you still need to remove that buildup off of your hair through shampooing and also clarifying. If you have normal porosity, you're gon na want to use moisturizing shampoos clarifying from time to time and even co washing from time to time. But you really just want to make sure that you're, removing the buildup and listening to what your hair is telling you before. You cleanse your hair each wash day now, if you have high porosity hair, which means your cuticles are wide open, it's really hard for you to get product build-up because your cuticles are so wide open. You accept product very easily, but you also lose the product in the benefits very easily, so you most likely will never have to clarify unless you just use a really really heavy product. So what you're going to want to focus on is moisturizing shampoos throughout the winter. So that you're not losing any moisture and also co washing, is going to be beneficial for you if you have high porosity hair. So once you figure out what the best cleansing method is for your hair during the colder months, you're also going to want to make sure that your conditioning after you cleanse and that's just going to add some moisture and some nutrients back into your hair. That the shampoo may have cleansed out now there are a few different ways that you can condition your hair and the first of which is just using a rinse out conditioner after you cleanse your hair, you use a conditioner to kind of impart some moisture back into It give you a little bit of slip before you move on to the next part of your wash day process, as well as deep conditioning more frequently and steaming. So deep conditioning and steaming are not the same thing. They don't do the same things, and the reason why you want to implement both into your hair care regimen during the colder months is because it's going to help boost the moisture levels in your hair, as well as hydrate, your hair, which are two different things. So if your hair is really dry using a moisturizing conditioner during the colder months is going to give your hair that nourishment that it needs that it doesn't have naturally right now and that's important, because if you're not giving your hair, that nourishment, where is it going To get it, and also if your hair is weak or brittle or really frizzy you, they have hair, that's damaged, and if your hair does damage, you definitely want to make sure that you're doing protein treatments throughout the winter months. Any hair issue that you're experiencing will be exacerbated by the cold, so if your hair is damaged or colored or brittle, you want to make sure that you're using a fortifying, strengthening, deep conditioner and the reason why steaming and deep conditioning are different is because steaming is A process that really helps to hydrate your hair because you're taking hot steam, hot water and it's opening up your hair, cuticle and the water is really what's going into your hair. So using a steamer in your hair regimen, while you're doing the treatment is going to really open up your cuticles and increase your hydration increase your elasticity and when your hair is elasticity. Basically, it means that you can kind of move it around without it snapping and breaking off. So, of course, that's going to decrease your breakage and help you retain more length during the cold months and another benefit of using a steamer in your hair. Regimen is that it's going to increase your scalp health, which is actually what the steamer was originally made, for. They just found that over time and also helped to keep your hair healthy as well. But the steamer is going to impart that hydration into your scalp and, as we all know, your hair grows from your scalp, so your scalp is pretty much like the soil and your hair is the flour. So if you make sure your soil is nutrient rich, you make sure that it's hydrated and you're gon na reap very healthy plants. So, in order to have the healthiest hair possible, you really want to make sure that your scalp is healthy as well. So, in line with getting your hair to be more hydrated from the inside out drinking more water is very important. I know everybody says it, but honestly it's the truth like if you want to have healthy hair, you have to be healthy internally. So, if you think about it, water is the giver of life as a human being, your body is made out of about 60 to 65 % water. You need water to survive. So if you're, not giving your body water and your body is thirsty, it's not realistic. To expect your hair to be not thirsty. Is that realistic to expect you're here to be healthy and hydrated to moisturize, when your body, the thing that your hair is growing out of? Isn'T it so in order to have optimum healthy hair, you want to make sure that you're really getting a good intake of water a day, and that depends on your body weight. Honestly, a good like healthy minimum is getting 64 ounces of water a day which is 8 glasses or 8 8 ounce glasses. I tend to drink a lot of water just because I just like it so I drink about 64, maybe like a hundred and twenty four hundred and thirty-two depending on like what's going on that day, and I really feel better. But I drink a lot of water. Something that's very important, not just for your hair health before your health in general is taking vitamins. Most of us will not get all the vitamins that we need from our food like. It would just be crazy, almost impossible to get every vitamin that you needed. Every single day from what you were eating - and I remember when we used to learn about the food pyramid in school and they would tell us how we need to eat like four to six servings of vegetables a day and I was like I eat. Like two vegetables a day, so oh yeah, it's very difficult to get the vitamins that you need so just having a multivitamin. Specifically, if you're a woman like it's, also it's extremely hard for women to get all the nutrients that they need from the food that they're eating so adding in vitamins to a diet. That'S already nutrient rich and has healthy, balanced meals will only benefit your body. Your skin and your hair, so now I'm moving on to the products that you're going to be using in your hair during the colder months, when you're choosing your products, you want to use what works best for you check out my video on hair, porosity and hair Type and how to moisturize your hair to see exactly what types of products and how heavy your product should be so that you're getting optimum moisture for your hair tight, but really in the colder months. More than ever. I think it's important to focus on what type of ingredients are in your products. You don't want to have any product. That'S going to clog your hair, weigh your hair down, coat your hair and make it difficult for you to remove that Oh wash day. So if you're using products that have silicones, you want to be cognizant of that, because you're gon na want to make sure that you're completely cleansing those silicones out of your hair with the sulfate shampoo or just don't use the products with silicones at all. So you don't have to worry about your hair, getting clogged also, if you're using ingredients that have alcohols in them. That'S gon na make it even harder to keep your hair moisturized throughout the week and throughout the season, because alcohols can be very, very drying to the hair. You could be doing all these steps in this video or even other step. Did you find that work for you and then be using products that have alcohols in them and silicones and not understand why your hair isn't being moisturize and isn't able to maintain his health throughout the season? A lot of the times, products that have synthetic ingredients and that don't have natural and or organic ingredients aren't as moisturizing. They don't really provide nutrient they're kind of just like fillers, like maybe there's two or three good ingredients in there, and everything else is just a filler and really it's just like a very non nutritious product that you're applying on your hair. It'S kind of just like a cream like it doesn't really do anything. It'S literally just a cream that you coat one to your hair to make it feel better, but you're not really giving your hair anything that it needs so using products that are a little bit more concentrated a little bit more potent and a little bit more high Quality can be very, very beneficial for your hair health in the winter and all year round, but especially in the winter, when your hair is really looking for that moisture. So for low porosity to medium porosity, hair you're going to want to use lightweight to medium weight products that provide a lot of moisture but aren't going to weigh your hair down and then for medium porosity to high porosity hair you're still going to want to have Those medium to lightweight products, but you can also institute a heavier cream. That will also provide a lot of moisture and give an emollient type of feel to your hair that you may be looking for and for all hair types you're going to want to have one or two lightweight silky, nourishing oils that you can use to boost your Hair health during the cold seasons, and I'm going to give you guys two pro tips that can really be out with that. So the first pro tip is to nourish your scalp. Don'T cope your scalp now! I know that Jamaican black, castor oil is really really popular for increasing your scalps health and also helping to promote and encourage growth. But you can really coat your scalp with an oil. That'S as thick as your making black castor oil and when your scalp is coated and it's not able to breathe and really it's clogged from such a heavy product, you can actually decrease your hair health. Your scalp isn't getting the air that it needs. You can be cutting off the circulation because it's so clogged up, but it can also exacerbate any scalp issues that you have so, if you've ever used to make them like castor oil and notice that your hair was itchy er than usual, or it was more tender Than usual, you want to have lightweight nourishing oils that can help nourish your scalp without coating, your scalp and some oils that fall into that category are carrot. Oil carrot. Oil is a really really good nutrient, rich lightweight oil. That can add to your scalp health without actually weighing your hair down or clogging your scalp up. Also almond oil is amazing. It'S very lightweight and the way that you see if an oil is lightweight is, if you put it on your hand, and it just fluidly, runs down your hand and it's kind of like almost like water. In a way you want to get it to its closest water, as you can get it, because anything, that's thicker than that. It'S really just going to sit on your hair. Avocado oil can be really good for this, and if you want something really light, grapeseed oil can be great as well and if you're looking for something a little bit thicker, especially if you're like matte low porosity jojoba oil may be something that's good for you. I feel like for a little prosody here. Her whole boil is a little bit too thick, but it can be really helpful if you have medium or high porosity hair. So once you've found a very nourishing, a lightweight oil that works for your scalp and your hair tight, you also want to implement scalp massages scalp massages are very important if you want your hair to thrive and so flourish, and really just kind of like be out Of this world, which is what I'm trying to get my hair to be, I want my hair to be like a living thing like I want my hair to be. I want to walk into a room, and it's like bull like my hair is here. You know what I mean when you're massaging your scalp you're, helping the blood in your body to circulate to your scalp, because you're, basically encouraging that circulation with your fingers and if you're eating a balanced diet. That'S nutrient rich with a vitamin. Your blood is going to be nutrient rich and that nutrient rich blood is going to flow to your scalp, which we said before is where your hair grows. Out of. So if you're, having nutrients being delivered to your scalp at least once a day and your hair is coming from that environment, your hair's gon na be as healthy as it possibly can be when it gets colder outside your circulation, and your body naturally slows down. So, by doing scalp massages during the colder months are helping to encourage that circulation and to keep that constant flow of nutrients so that your hair can be as healthy as possible. Got. Massages also helps to increase your natural oil production and it helps to promote hair growth. So if you have any areas of your hair that are thinning or even maybe balding Scout massages can be very helpful and if you experience, hair fall out from stress Scout massages come in handy a lot. I know a lot of the times in the fall and winter, especially if you're in school midterms are happening a lot of the times, we're also experiencing stress from being around our families and during the holidays, because as much as we love our families, they can be Stressful and just the pressure of the holidays, Hosting making gifts for everyone or buying gifts for everyone. So if you experience higher levels of stress and November and December, and also January, because it's like the start of the year and it's time to make all these changes. Scott massages can be very helpful if your hair experiences any negative effects from that stress and just the side note, I've actually been experiencing some hair fall out from stress myself, which is why I'm so well versed in that topic and I'm going to be sharing with You guys exactly how I'm nursing my hair back to health once I kind of get my regimen down for that, but so far I have been instituting scalp massages. I try to do it once a day for 20 minutes and I like to do it. While I watch Netflix right now, I'm watching leave on Netflix, but yes and my last tip for not just maintaining your Harris health through the colder months, but also increasing your hair's health during these winter months is to make sure that you're protecting your hair. Now this is something that I always preach if retaining your length is important to you, but even if having long hair isn't a priority for you, you want to make sure that you're protecting your hair as much as possible that you can during the winter months, because Once you're giving your hair all that, goodness with your deep conditioning treatments and you're steaming and your scalp massages, you don't want to lose everything that you're putting into your hair because you're not protecting your hair at night, which means that you're not sleeping on something. That'S so key or slippery. It allows your hair to flow back and forth on it without snagging, so if you're, using a cotton pillowcase and no head scarf or no bonnet girl, what's you doing, I'm gon na need some satin some silk up in the mix somewhere. So whether that means you have a silk or satin head scarf a bonnet or a pillowcase just make sure that you're using something that's slippery against your hair, while you're sleeping so you're not pulling the moisture out of your hair and exacerbating moisture issues that you're going To be having during these upcoming months and also you want to make sure that you're protecting your hair when you go outside. If you live in an area, that's very, very dry, it's very windy! You want to make sure that you're protecting your hair with protective styles. Now a protective style is a style that helps to clump your hair together and also protects your ends. You can implement protective styles by doing twists and then tucking your twists under, so that they're, not touching your coats or your scars or just flying in the wind. When you go outside, if you can also protect your hair by wearing a satin line, beanie or just any satin line, type of hat accessories when you go outside also sentient life, stars are really good like if you like to wear they're, really pretty like African print Head scarves, they make satin line scarves that are amazing, so you can protect your hair in numerous numerous ways, but you want to make sure that whatever you're putting on your hair hat accessory scarf wise, it's a type of material that is not going to take the Moisture out of your hair, so just putting a cotton scarf on your hair. You can get away with it for like a day or two, but you really don't want to make a habit of just using such harsh fabrics on your hair, especially during the winter time. So that was pretty much my entire video on how to prep your hair for the fall of winter and also how to increase your hair's help even when it's cold outside. If I left anything out, please leave a question. Knock me down below and I'll be happy to answer it for you, and I also want to know how cold does it get where you live like how extreme is your fall and winter right now it's fall where I live and it's 80 degrees outside, and it's Very very humid, as you can tell by my hair, I think this is probably like a three day old twist out which I'm actually I'm not mad at, but it doesn't really get that cold in Florida. I also just want to let you guys know that I have opened up my curl coaching sessions, and this is a service that I created for. Anyone who is looking for more one-on-one advice and information about their specific hair YouTube. Videos are amazing and providing free information and giving you like a general overview of what can be helpful for your hair. But I do understand that sometimes you need like that tailored experience that speaks directly to where you are in your journey to get the most out of the information that you're receiving. So I am offering curl coaching sessions that give that one-on-one access - and this is a page service, so it may not be for everyone, but if this is something that you've been looking for getting help from someone that you can actually talk to, I'm gon na have A link down below in my description box, where you can fill out an intake survey that kind of gives me an idea of what you're, looking for and also it'll, give me a way to contact you and we can get started with curl coaching sessions together. But, okay, you guys I'm gon na. Let you go. I know this was a long one. Thank you so much for hanging in there be sure to share this video with someone that you feel may need it for these upcoming fall months and even save it to a playlist so that you can come back to it throughout these next few months. Just in case, you experience some issues with your hair care. You can rewatch this video and see if there's something you're missing or something that you need to tweak in your regimen. But I really appreciate you guys so much for hanging out with me today. I hope that you had a beautiful day. I really want you to honor yourself and everything that you do. The conversations that you have and the activities that you take part in just know your Worth and operate in that don't bring yourself down for anything I'll, see you guys in my next one bye,