Hair Blog - Dominican Hair Alliance

21/11/2019

How To Prevent Heat Damage: Set Your Flat Iron To THIS Temperature

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Want to straighten your hair but scared you won't see your curls again after you flat iron?

Heat damage and curls that won't revert are the stuff of nightmares when you love your naturally curly hair.

But scientists have figured out the exact temperature setting to straighten curly hair and get curl reversion every time.

7/11/2019

Natural Hair: How To Find A Good Hairdresser (10 Ways To Tell)

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Let's face it: DIY is not for everyone. But most salons don't really do natural hair.

If you're looking for a good hairdresser for your natural hair, keep reading.

Here are the 10 ways to tell if you can entrust your hair to a salon - even if they're not a natural hair specialist.

28/10/2019

Hair Growth Oils: A Scam Or Do They Really Work?

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It seems like every day a new hair growth oil comes out promising longer, thicker hair overnight.

But is it all too good to be true?

If you've invested more than you'd care to disclose in these magic hair growth oils, what we found out may surprise you.

21/10/2019

Silicon Mix Bambu vs Silicon Mix

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These days, Silicon Mix Bambu Treatment is almost as popular as the shine-amplifying Silicon Mix original.

But what's the difference between these two Dominican superconditioners and which one is best for your hair type?

16/10/2019

Essential Oils, Carrier Oils, Macerated Oils: What They Are & How To Tell The Difference

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What is an essential oil? What about a carrier oil? Or a macerated oil?

All of these oil types can come from the same plant but work completely differently.

Using any oil the wrong way could make it ineffective or even dangerous. So here's exactly how to tell an essential oil from a carrier oil, and a base oil from an infused oil or macerated oil.

2/10/2019

How To Thicken and Grow Your Hair - Naturally

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Can you really make your hair thicker, naturally?

In Part 1 and Part 2 of this series, we showed you how to thicken your hair by increasing your strand diameter with natural ingredients.

But there's another aspect to hair thickness which you can also change - naturally. It's called hair density.

Here are nine 100% natural, science-based ways to increase your hair's density and growth to get thicker hair for the long-term.

28/9/2019

Smart protective styling: 5 steps to grow hair long and retain length

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The truth about protective styling? Most people are doing it completely wrong.

If you've been protective styling your hair for months on end with no sign of progress, then you need to take a long hard look at your process.

To grow longer hair or thicker hair through protective styling, you need to do it smart. Here's why most of us usually do it dumb - and the 5 necessary steps to smart protective styling that gets you the long, natural hair you're aiming for.

16/9/2019

I have low porosity hair: Do I need a steamer?

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If you have low porosity natural hair, you've probably heard that you need to steam your hair to get your conditioner to penetrate.

But every good steamer comes with a price tag and if that's not in the budget right now it's OK.

Here's how you can get some of the benefits of a steamer just by turning up your conditioners and your method.

4/9/2019

The 5 Best Conditioners for Low Porosity Hair

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Most natural hair bloggers like to emphasise routines over products.

But if you have true low porosity hair, you already know products make all the difference. Especially when it comes to conditioners.

Here's our guide to the top 5 conditioners and treatments that penetrate and smooth the surface of low porosity hair.

14/8/2019

6 Dangerous Natural Hair Trends

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These days, hair trends spread like wildfire on social media.

But most information isn't passed on by experts, and many people who share fail to check the facts first.

All this means the fallout from dodgy beauty remedies can be pretty bad.