2013 NOBLE HAIR SHOW

At the 2013 Noble Hair show....Lagos!

BASIC GUIDE TO ACHIEVING THE HAIR OF YOUR DREAMS - CONT.

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  We continue our comprehensive but basic guide to achieving the healthy, beautiful and bouncy hair of your dreams; Black hair is difficult to handle, slow to grow, with a tendency to excessive dryness, and easily susceptible to damage-sometimes irreversibly. There are techniques that you need to combine with good products to achieve great-looking hair. Black hairdressing has its own science, theory, and practice; and you would do well not to treat it as you would Caucasian hair. You also need to know what are good and bad hairdressing practices, because styling your hair in a certain way could lead to breakage or damage.

   STAY LOYAL TO YOUR WINNING FORMULA: Do not experiment or allow your hair to be used as a guinea pig. If you have a winning formula, stick with it. Why change just for the sake of change, or because the new packaging is brighter or because the girl on the new pack is prettier? You need to be sure about a product’s performance and delivery before you alter the status quo. If you feel your product is mediocre, still sick with it unless and until you have evidence that he knew magic product you have discovered is as magical as it is suppose to be. Some ladies will insist on trying some new thing because it has Beyonce on the new package. They do not know that it is only a fantastic endorsement deal for her, and nothing to do with how effective it is. It is the same way that people think the possession of NAFDAC number by a product is evidence of its efficacy rather the real meaning, which is that it is safe to use. So if ’AGOYIN SHAMPOO’ works for you then stay with it, at least until you start to perceive deterioration in the texture of your hair.

2                    BE REALISTICALLY OBJECTIVE: This brings me to this important tip-you must know when to stop! If you can be realistic with your requirements, you will be able to recognize when you have crossed the rational line, before charlatans take advantage of you. When you are not realistic, you will find yourself buying and using all types of strange concoctions prepared by those, I call the ‘treatment mixers’. They will mix just about any combination of things to justify collection your money. Look objectively at all the factors that you ought to be considering, such as your lifestyle, your diet, your genetic history, your hair type, and of course, all those bad hairdressing practises you subjected your hair to all these years you have been growing up and experimenting with different fads. You will then realize that damaged inflicted over a period of three years cannot be willed away, prayed away, wished away, or wiped off in three weeks.

3                    BE INFORMED: Do determine the characteristics of your scalp and especially your hair. In fact, it is the logical place to start for any serious woman who desires healthy, vibrant hair. Is your scalp dry or itchy and flaky? Is your hair fine in texture? Is your scalp sensitive and your hair difficult to straighten? You need to understand what you have, so that you can work with it to achieve your dream hair. When does your hair thrive, and when does it have a bad day? What things did you use on the hair that gave you a result that you liked or did not like? How does your hair react and cope with chemical applications? And which procedures would you rather avoid in your quest for healthy hair? The more informed you are about the pros and cons of your hair, the more information you can ultimately give to your stylist and the more control you can exercise over the proceedings.

4                    BE SELECTIVE WITH PRODUCTS: Use superior products only. Once you determine the essential characteristics of your hair and scalp, stick to superior products that are really suited to your specific needs. Remember that once you can get a winning formula, you do not want to change it. So for best results, read the labels before you buy. Or better still, get your professional stylist to recommend products for you; avoid salons that are contract-tied because they can only offer you products from a certain manufacturer. The product you need may not be in the range offered by the manufacturer with whom your salon/stylist has endorsements. From experience, good products exist in all ranges but it takes an experiences professional who has had extensive contact with a wide variety of products, to narrow the selection and give you the best options.

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BASIC GUIDE TO ACHIEVING THE HAIR OF YOUR DREAMS

Our comprehensive but basic guide to achieving the healthy, beautiful and bouncy hair of your dreams; Black hair is difficult to handle, slow to grow, with a tendency to excessive dryness, and easily susceptible to damage-sometimes irreversibly. There are techniques that you need to combine with good products to achieve great-looking hair. Black hairdressing has its own science, theory, and practice; and you would do well not to treat it as you would Caucasian hair. You also need to know what are good and bad hairdressing practices, because styling your hair in a certain way could lead to breakage or damage.

The only way to beautify black hair is not to wait for the rot to set in; you must avoid damages so that you do not have to go through the stress of trying to restore your damaged locks. If you follow these hair rules, you will be living healthy hair. Your hair will be so much better if you only can listen to it. Close your eye and feel the texture of your hair, rubbing the strands of the hair between your fingers. If you are not listening and feeling your hair, you cannot allow it to be its best. The secret lies in continually conditioning the hair without respite, so that the hair’s shock absorbers would have been prepared for any negative hairdressing procedures. No specific generic products are mentioned, but some general terms have been used such as cholesterol conditioner or peppermint shampoos that are easy to identify.

This guide is simple and easy to use. These golden rules are simple to understand. Learn them over and over so that they become second nature to you.

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1             BE REASONABLE: Once you can communicate your needs and wants, do have reasonable expectations. You know, your hair comes with its own DNA, its own hereditary and its own drama. Therefore, you must not expect your hair to look as good as your friend’s, whose father and mother come from a long line of people with gorgeous long thick locks. If you did not know it before, then you better know it now-genes matter! There is no point expecting luscioius locks when the entire family has no history of exciting hair on anyone dead or alive. Do not expect the stylist to manufacture new follicles from which hair will grow; do not expect any cream to add hair to the bald hairline you inherited from daddy or mommy. That is your lot in life, and if you want to avoid the bald hairline of your ancestors, I suggest stopping all forms of chemical procedures early enough, especially before you hit the age of 40 years.

2             BE WEARY OF FANTASTIC CLAIMS: I know that sometimes a bargain may give you good results. But from experience, this does not work with hairdressing practice. You need to know that no cream can grow a single hair for you, especially if all other enabling factors are absent. These include good genes, good food, good products and a real understanding of the hair and scalp. Avoid inferior products because they complicate life further; avoid fantastic claims because they cannot be supported with science. Do not assume that because your scalp is tingling after you applied a menthol-based cream, then a strand of hair will just pop out of your scalp. Feel-good factors form a great part of formulations for the skin and hair, so do not be fooled. The menthol is meant to also make you feel good, and that is what makes you feel it is working. You cannot seriously expect a conditioner worth three dollars to be effective as that worth thirty dollars. A lot of research, time and effort go into developing new products, and this is normally reflected in the price of the product. Therefore, you go cheap at your own peril.

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