By Mudiame
I grew up knowing that the harmattan weather is associated amongst many other things with hair breakage – can I get witness ladies… I did not understand the reason, so I could not protect my hair (...who doesn't like long hair?).
Today as I assisted a young lady to loosen the weavon off
her hair, I realized her hair was breaking and I informed her. She asked me a
question which immediately made me want to share the little hair knowledge I have
gained over the years.
Our hair needs moisture. During hot weather, moisture is
readily available as most people sweat a lot, and nobody needs to tell you to
wash your hair. In the harmattan season, the reverse is true; and because of
the dry atmosphere, this affects the hair which easily becomes dry and bristle.
You can therefore prevent hair breakage by moisturizing your hair. By this, I mean
using hair products with high water content, another option which I am a big
fan of is - the mixture of water and glycerin. Did I see a strange look on your
face… you heard me right water and glycerin! Asides from moisturizing your
hair, the glycerin would strengthen your hair strands, and give you hair a
subtle glow, thus preventing hair dryness.
What I do is this; I pour some glycerin into a spray
bottle, and add water. I then shake to ensure it is well mixed. I spray on my
hair as the need arises.
No matter what hair style you have on, and if you have on
your natural hair, ensure you spray. For weavons, open up the attachments, so
you can see your scalp, then spray at a distance – so it falls on your hair as
drops. I am currently on braids and I spray by opening up my braids, portion by
portion and spraying at a distance.
***** As spray bottle, you can make use of the empty perfume
bottles that can be opened and closed; so you easily could pour in your desired
content to be sprayed.
Please share with us other ways of preventing hair
breakage during harmattan.
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