How to Retain
Ph Balanced Hair and Maintain
a Ph balanced Lifestyle For Black Women.
No matter how much you moisturize through co-washing, hot
oil/protein treatments, or the use of products after products, do you still find
your hair shriveling up into a crispy flaky nappy mess? I have! I tried
everything (almost everything) and failed, losing tons of money on products that
just didn’t work. Well, here’s your solution! Retain Ph balance.
Let’s first discuss, exactly what Ph Balance is.
Ready for your Chemistry 101 lesson. What was that...you slept through High School? Ha!
Let’s dive right in and make this simple and fun! Ph stands for parts per
hydrogen. A pH number measures from 0-14 depending on how acidic or alkaline a
liquid is. Any liquid ranging from 1 to 7 is acidic and any liquid ranging from
7 to 14 is alkaline; 7 being neutral, meaning it has the same amount of acids
and alkali, which balance each other out (see chart to your right) .
Although
these number are quite close they are in actuality 10 times more or less than
is neighbor on the scale. For instance pure water is 10 times more acidic than
sea water. On the other end of the spectrum, milk of magnesia is a base with a
pH of 10, which is why it’s soothing to an acidic stomach. As you can see,
substances at either end of the pH spectrum can be corrosive—but if you combine
these substances, they neutralize and create salt water. They balance because
they’re at opposite ends of the scale.
Now that you have the general chemistry lesson, let’s see
why this is crucial to achieving healthy natural hair. Why do natural
“products” work best on natural hair? To know your hair works and I mean your
OWN hair, product free, chemical free, you can then feel if your hair is
healthy and what it needs. Many chemically based products are not balanced and
do more harm than good to your hair. However, natural products aren’t justified
to to make a difference on your hair alone. Natural products can however help
you create that balance in which your hair hungers for.
Below I included a recipe that I have used for over
3 years now. I first received this leave-in conditioner recipe from the more
infamous natural hair guru, Kimmay Love (her information will be linked below)
whom since has gone and recreated her own natural hair product line which I
admit doesn’t compare to her original all natural recipe, but to each his
own! Furthermore, her teachings on natural hair remain current and
relevant. Click the video link below to learn more about pH balanced hair
from her you tube account: Kimmaytube.
FREE pH Balanced Leave-in Condition Recipe!
Leave-in conditioner Recipe:
2 tablespoons Kinky
Kurly Knot Today Leave-in (found at Wholefoods or Target)
2 tablespoons Aloe
Vera Juice (Whole Leaf) (Health food store)
2 teaspoons Castor
Oil (local grocery store or in bulk at barsnbutters.com)
2 teaspoons Jojoba
Oil (local grocery store or in bulk at barsnbutters.com)
Mix until it becomes
creamy and apply this before you style your hair.
Check out this video for sistas with natural kinky hair.
Cicely is a staff writer at MWPLLC. In addition to teaching and blogging, she shares a passion for natural health and beauty. If you have any related questions you can contact her through this blog or send her an email at cjnatural1990@gmail.com
If you’re interested in making instant rewards..CASH, join her team at instant rewards and empower network. Click to join my team once you’ve
joined me on instant rewards for FREE and I will show how to start making that
money honey. First add me on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/cicely.jackson.9).
Now let me say this will take work and dedication, as any
business would, but being a part of her team will ensure you easy step by step
success. This is for my entrepreneurs who know how to market and turn a
business plan to a business reality. Start here for free.
