We all know that the natural hair gurus on Instagram and Youtube swear by certain steps that helped them reach the ultimate hair goals. If you’re anything like me, you’d binge watch all their Youtube posts and make mental notes of all their steps. You’re now motivated to do everything that they’ve said, but now that you’re up and about, hand in hair … that feeling hits you.. ‘I JUST CAN’T. IT IS TOO MUCH CHILE’.

With trying to check every box on the hair to-do list, you’d much rather just shave your head and be done with it.   Below are some hair rules that seem to aggravate the natural hair journey.

1) Pre-poo?

Isn’t the point of shampooing to get product build up and oils off my hair? For crying out loud my hair was already drenched in product and oil. That’s why I wanna wash it.

2) Drink lots of water and eat right.

I’m in University and I survive on a steady diet of Ramen Noodles and burgers; I’m lucky if I finish one bottle of water in 3 days.

3) Scalp massages to increase and encourage blood flow to get longer hair in the long run. But long is just too long

4) Hanging upside down to direct blood to scalp to aid in hair growth … I think not.

5) Trim every 3 months… girl.. I’m trying to get my hair to grow !

6) “Just be patient”, they’d always say. It’s been two days since I drenched my scalp in castor oil … where the growth at?

7) Coconut oil.  Perhaps you’ve seen some of the memes celebrating the marvellous wonders that coconut oil can perform.

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Almost every naturalista and every healthy hair care Instagram account praises the miracles that it can do for the hair, skin and overall health. But! … There’s no need to feel guilty or excluded if you can’t relate. If you find that the ‘miracle oil’ does nothing for your hair, there’s nothing wrong with using another oil like castor, olive or jojoba oil etc etc.  I’ve been using coconut oil for a while now, and if I’m being honest I don’t know if it’s even doing anything for my hair.  I now mix olive, coconut and castor oil and hope for the best.

8) Deep condition at every wash. This is truly a goal of mine.  While this step is important and beneficial, how many of us can testify that after shampooing and conditioning; sitting back, watching a show and allowing our hair to air dry actually doesn’t seem like a bad idea at all. There’re just too many steps to this natural hair journey.

9) Wash your hair every 3 days or at least once a week. We all know how our weekday schedule can be packed, and by the time the weekend comes around, we’d rather just cuddle up under our favourite blanket and fall asleep to our favourite show. Sometimes just about two weeks pass before I’d muster up the strength to tame and cleanse my mane. But hey, I believe by doing this the hair has a better chance to relax, recuperate and show you how long and healthy it’s been getting.

10) Stay away from products with sulphates, silicones, parabens, petroleum and a bunch of other ingredients I can’t spell. Sometimes I manage to get products without these ingredients, but if I don’t, I’m pretty sure my hair will survive and thrive.

How many of the 10 healthy hair rules have you broken? How many do you swear by?

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