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Hello Fabulous Fellow Naturals!
I hope everyone is well and enjoying their summer thus far:)). Today I bring you a post about pH balanced products for our hair via Chicoro a Fellow Fabulous Natural. This may very well be a reminder for many of the seasoned naturals, and may be a beginners course for the fabulous first time BC'd natural. Either, way I enjoyed reading her thoughts on pH, I hope you ladies enjoy it as well.
I must say I agree with her on everything she speaks about on this subject. Except I find that the pH of the products I use are just as important as the ingredients in the products. I am a stickler on my products being pH balanced, and have had great results doing so. Let's see what the fabulous Chicoro has to say about pH and our hair:
The "p" stands for potential and the "H" stands for hydrogen. The pH scale ranges from 0-14 Water is neutral , ans is around pH of 7. Below 7 makes a substance tend towards being acidic. Above 7 makes a substance tend towards being basic. Alkaline and basic are used interchangeably.
HAIR AND PH IN GENERAL
The pH of substances can affect your hair.
pH of 1 or less results in slight decrease in the swelling of the hair.
pH of 3-1 results in a slight increase in the swelling of the hair.
pH of 4-9 results in minimum increase in the swelling of the hair.
pH of above 10 results in a large increase in the swelling of the hair.
USING PH AS THE MAIN INDICATOR FOR PRODUCT SELECTION
The pH can be used to gather more information about a product. It should not be the only indicator that you use. What many people don't realize is that store brought products can be formulated using many chemicals. Many of these chemicals can be eye, skin, and tissue irritants. Once these chemicals brews are complete an ingredient is then placed into them to adjust the pH.
Just because something has a pH range between 5-7 doesn't automatically mean it's great for your hair. You should beaware of pH in products. I will say that adjusting the pH is a vital part of product formulation. Instead, of focusing on pH , focus on the types of ingredients in your products. A Potential issue created from a product is not likely to be the pH , but an ingredent in the product.
There, you have a brief lesson on pH and our hair, by Chicoro. Many thanks to her for sharing this great and informative information with the natural hair community.
Thanks for stopping by, and remember to stay......Naturally Fabulous!
TAKE CARE !:))
P.S........STAY TUNED FOR A HAIR ANNOUNCEMENT COMING UP VERY SOON!....I'M VERY EXCITED!:))
Hello fellow fabulous fellow naturals !
I came across this very helpful site, in which you can find the ingredients to your favorite products (store brought) from everything to your favorite hair care products to personal, health food , household and more. Whether they are harmful to your health, or safe to use. Below, I will gladly post the link
http://www.goodguide.com/
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Hello fellow fabulous naturals!
Just to give a brief update on the products I will be trying for my hair, in place of those that had to be removed due to protein. I am really leaning toward co-washing or using a conditioner cleanser for a while( clarifying 1x monthly)
I believe this may really be of benefit for my hair,right now. I plan to give it a trail run for a good month to see if this is what my hair likes. I am not a fan of cones at all...and I am staying away from proteins for a while , I am now in need of something to co-wash my hair with , that does not include these ingredients.
I recently picked up "kinky -curly" knot today leave-in,( to replace Giovanni's direct leave-in, due to protein) after hearing some pretty great things about this product. But, I decided to stick with the great little recipe Kim on youtube shared with the natural hair community, this recipe works great on my hair I just replaced the leave-in from what I was using to knot today. Once, I brought it you guys know what I did immediately.....pulled out the pH strips to test the pH on this product (before mixing it with aloe juice and the oils.) It came up as PH of 7. Not, to bad ...I mean it is in the safe pH range.....but, I am really trying to use products at least most of them... that are closer to the hairs pH which is 4.5-5.5.
I then, decided to test the very same conditioner ( knot today) with the aloe juice and oils mixed with the leave -in ...and it came back at pH 4 ( remember any product at pH of 4.0-7.0 , is a safe range for our hair).
I tell you Kim is a smart woman, Adding the extra ingredients to the knot today...lowered the pH making it even better for our hair. So, I plan to give this a try as a co-wash as well as my leave-in , and see if I like it( its said to be great for co-washes also...and it does not contain protein or silicone's)
Next, I ordered the "Coconut sublime moisturizing conditioner" by curls...this is also protein and silicone free ( this will be my weekly moisturizing conditioner...it's said that you can use this as a co-wash as well I plan to try it both ways) it hasn't arrived yet, its to be expected any day now.
Lastly, I ordered "Daily cleansing conditioner creme" by Darcy's botanicals. This is also protein and silicone free. It, is said to be great for conditioner washes.... we will see, once it arrives.
I plan to give this little numbers a go.....and will keep you ladies posted on my results.
http://kinky-curly.com/shop.php
http://www.curls.biz/curly-hair-products/coconut-sublime-moisturizing-conditioner.html
http://darcysbotanicals.com/natural-hair-collection/cleansing/new-daily-cleansing-conditioner-cream.html
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