00:00these are 10 facts that I really wish I
00:02knew about Hair Care from day one of my
00:04hair Journey because it would have saved
00:05me a lot of time a lot of money a lot of
00:08stress and it would have allowed me to
00:10see results more quickly number one is
00:13what actually causes your hair to feel
00:15sticky after washing it I'm sure that
00:17throughout testing hair care products
00:19many of you have experienced this before
00:21where you wash you condition you do
00:23everything right you get out of the
00:25shower and then before you're ready to
00:27dry or maybe even as you're drying you
00:29notice that your hair feels sticky I
00:31think most people assume that that means
00:33the products they used especially if
00:35they were testing something new just
00:37don't agree with their hair type but
00:39that's typically not what's actually
00:40going on what's actually going on is
00:42that you likely just applied too much
00:44conditioner or conditioning product I
00:46guess is the better way to say that
00:48because it doesn't just have to be a
00:49conditioner the same thing can be true
00:51for a hair mask a treatment that has
00:53conditioning ingredients or a leave-in
00:54conditioner if you apply too much of any
00:56one of those products by themselves or
00:59together maybe you're using using all
01:00four and you over apply all four of them
01:02you can end up with sticky feeling hair
01:05just because there's too much sitting on
01:06your hair strands so that doesn't mean
01:08that you've caused damage especially not
01:10IR reversible damage it's more just
01:13what's the word an unpleasant side
01:15effect we'll go with that so if you find
01:17yourself in a situation like this you
01:19have two options number one you can just
01:21leave it until your next wash if you
01:23want to I do not do that though because
01:26I cannot stand the feeling of sticky
01:28hair it's literally did I say here oh
01:30yeah beta yeah yeah anyway sticky hair
01:33after I wash it it's like nails on a
01:35chalkboard for me I absolutely cannot
01:37stand it so I do option number two which
01:40is to rewet and shampoo my hair this
01:42definitely isn't something that happens
01:44to me very often but it does still
01:46happen from time to time because I test
01:48out a lot of new products so I very May
01:50well over apply a product just because
01:53it's something that I haven't used
01:54before so I'm not familiar with how it
01:56makes my hair feel and how it interacts
01:58with my hair and if that happens happens
02:00again I am not sitting there with sticky
02:02hair when I expected it to be freshly
02:04washed and like bouncy and refreshed no
02:07so wherever that sticky feeling starts
02:09which often is like about chin length
02:11all the way down to my ends on the
02:13lengths of my hair where I condition
02:14that is where I will rewet my hair and
02:17then yes I will take a shampoo and
02:19gently gently we're not doing this we're
02:23doing like so gentle I will gently
02:26massage shampoo through my lengths and
02:27ends to fully remove that buildup and
02:30kind of just reset my hair so that then
02:32I can recondition and I know what some
02:34of you are wondering and know that is
02:36not something I am worried about
02:38damaging my hair from time to time our
02:40hair can definitely benefit from getting
02:42fully cleansed all the way down to the
02:44ends and an example of when that may be
02:47is this right here when your hair is
02:49feeling sticky because you just have too
02:51much product on it you have a lot of
02:52buildup so after shampooing my lengths I
02:54will rinse and then recondition but this
02:57time with less of that conditioning
02:58product and then I just follow my same
03:00process that I outlined in my
03:03slir conditioner slir mask routine that
03:06I recently uploaded so I will list that
03:08below if you haven't seen that yet and
03:09you would like to hear me talk through
03:11my step-by-step routine for conditioning
03:13these locks another unpleasant texture
03:16related thing that I really wish I knew
03:18about sooner is the fact that stiff SL
03:21dry feeling hair is not always a result
03:23of damage this is something that
03:25happened to me probably like 4 years ago
03:27now but I remember that all of a sudden
03:30my hair felt really stiff and straw
03:33likee and dry and that's what I really
03:35want to emphasize because it's different
03:37if your hair just gradually starts
03:39feeling dry or maybe let's say you
03:41recently got your hair colored bleached
03:43and it's feeling extra dry after that
03:46that then is because of damage but if
03:47all of a sudden you notice that your
03:49hair is feeling quite a bit stiffer and
03:51more straw-like than it was before not
03:53nearly as soft then that is likely
03:56because you're not using a shampoo
03:57that's cleansing effectively enough that
03:59is definitely something I had to learn
04:01the hard way because several years ago I
04:03was testing out all of these different
04:04shampoos which were extra gentle or
04:07natural you guys get it we've all been
04:09there before a lot of us were in that
04:11phase at the exact same time maybe some
04:13of you are still there right now and if
04:15that's the case welcome to my channel
04:16I'm here to help but what I just
04:18described is what happened to me my hair
04:20was sure not as healthy as it is now but
04:22it definitely was not feeling super
04:24stiff and straw-like and the way that it
04:26all of a sudden was at the time I
04:28mistakenly thought that I had protein
04:30overload I know air quotes a lot but
04:33that I mean that's a phrase that
04:34deserves air quotes because that is not
04:37what I had I just had hair that had some
04:39buildup on it because it wasn't getting
04:41properly cleansed and I know that that's
04:43what was causing the issue because I ran
04:45out to the store purchased a Pantene
04:47shampoo that had sulfates in it washed
04:49my hair with that and instantly it was
04:51fixed so thankfully there's a really
04:53quick and easy way to figure out if that
04:54is what is going on with your hair or if
04:57it is truly from damage go get a shampoo
05:00that has sulfates in it that is going to
05:02deeply effectively cleanse your hair and
05:04maybe pick up a couple new conditioning
05:06products while you're at it because if
05:07you are using those really gentle
05:09natural shampoos and then also using the
05:12subsequent conditioner that's paired
05:13with them chances are high they may not
05:16be the best conditioning products so
05:19I'll make sure to list some of my
05:20favorite shampoos and conditioners for
05:22this purpose below I think about those
05:23products like products that I can rely
05:25on to reset my hair if the texture feels
05:28strange but if you do that that and then
05:30your hair feels back to normal again it
05:32doesn't have those uncomfortable not
05:34uncomfortable it's not uncomfortable but
05:35like unpleasant feels hello what am I
05:39saying if your hair doesn't feel like
05:40that anymore well then you just solved
05:42your problem and you got to the root of
05:43the issue next is that biotin does not
05:46do sh I fell into the Trap like so many
05:49others I'm sure a lot of you watching
05:51this video do of running to Walgreens
05:54picking up a Biotin supplement with the
05:56highest amount of biotin available and
05:58then taking that and in the hopes that
06:00that would make my hair grow like a weed
06:02this is actually a topic we covered in
06:03my triology course because biotin
06:05supplementation or even like topical
06:08biotin application has been very heavily
06:11pushed in Hair Care marketing for the
06:12purpose of growing your hair or growing
06:14thicker fuller hair but biotin
06:16supplementation is only going to be of
06:18benefit to you if you are deficient in
06:21biotin and that's not something that
06:23people are commonly deficient in in the
06:25way that we maybe are vitamin D
06:27obviously I'm not a doctor so I'm not
06:29able to tell you what you are or are not
06:31deficient in but if you go see a doctor
06:34and get blood work conducted that will
06:36tell you right there whether not biotin
06:38supplementation will be of benefit to
06:40you or not and chances are it will not
06:42be worse than that are brands that are
06:44still launching products to this day
06:46with biotin on the label and then also
06:48some other word like fullness thickness
06:51density or growth because there is zero
06:54evidence that topically applying biotin
06:56will either make your hair grow more
06:58quickly or make it grow in Fuller it's
07:00not going to happen so don't get sucked
07:02into those marketing claims okay this
07:04next one is very timely because I know
07:06it is now the season where people will
07:08be swimming in chlorinated pools
07:09saltwater pools the ocean the lake and
07:12want to protect their hair before doing
07:14so I never used to do anything to my
07:16hair before jumping in a pool and I had
07:18a lot of pool exposure growing up I
07:21spent several Summers as a lifeguard I
07:23actually was a swim instructor for a
07:24short period of time and going to the
07:26pool was just definitely something that
07:28we did a lot growing up and I always
07:31always had hair that turned into a
07:32freaking Rat's Nest after I got back
07:35from the pool it was like it instantly
07:37went like this and that's not surprising
07:39cuz again I didn't do anything to
07:41protect it before swimming so I wish I
07:43knew that there was a really good way to
07:45do that and that is to apply a hair oil
07:48on your lengths and ends I personally
07:50think that the best kind of oil to do
07:51this with is a silicone based oil
07:54because we know that those silicones are
07:55forming a film around the hair and
07:57preventing the absorption of water so
07:59you could definitely used my favorite
08:00OGX coconut oil for this purpose that's
08:02what I use for pre-shampoo so if you use
08:04it for pre-shampoo you can also just use
08:06it for pre- swimming if you don't use
08:08that exact oil but you use something
08:10else with silicons in it for pre-shampoo
08:12purposes then again you can use that
08:13exact same thing before swimming but
08:15making sure that you're evenly coating
08:17your lengths and ends with any sort of
08:18silicone-based hair oil before getting
08:20it wet with chlorinated water or salt
08:22water can really help to prevent it from
08:25getting extra snarly and tangly and
08:27damaged if you're interested in hearing
08:29more of my tips on how to properly
08:31protect your hair in the summer or while
08:33on vacation I going to list a video in
08:35my description box below that I made on
08:37that exact topic for you okay this next
08:39one is not really an issue that I
08:41personally had on my hair Journey but I
08:43know so many people experien this I have
08:45had friends who have and recently I've
08:48had quite a few people reach out and ask
08:50for advice for this issue which they
08:52believe is frizz they want to know if my
08:55hair looks like this and has all of this
08:56frizz how do I get rid of that frizz how
08:59do I provent prent that frizz but the
09:00issue is that it's not actually frizz
09:03it's breakage if you start noticing what
09:05appears to look like frizz on the top of
09:08your hair like that that is a really
09:10good indication that you have breakage
09:12from putting too much mechanical strain
09:15on your hair the most common culprit of
09:17this issue is applying a lot of tension
09:19while blow drying so that could either
09:21be with a round brush and a standalone
09:23dryer or it could be with a hot air
09:25styling brush like the revon onestep
09:27styler I've talked about the issues with
09:29these kinds of tools so many times
09:31before so I don't want to rehash
09:33everything that I've said in previous
09:34videos but in case you're new here
09:36really the biggest issue with tools like
09:38that is that they cause you not cause
09:40you well yes but they require you to
09:43twist on your hair while also pulling on
09:45it and applying heat at the same time
09:47and that makes it very easy for your
09:49hair to just snap and while this can
09:51definitely happen really anywhere on
09:53your hair in the middle of it on the
09:54lengths towards the ends if you are
09:57seeing what again appears to be frizz at
09:59the top to that is a pretty good
10:00indicator that you are having that
10:02happen towards your root because imagine
10:04if you're twisting and pulling and then
10:06your hair snaps all those little things
10:08sticking out are what's left of the
10:10breakage a certain degree of this is
10:12completely inevitable I have little
10:15pieces of hair sticking out we're all
10:17going to have at least a little bit of
10:18it unless you like I don't know never
10:20touch your hair especially if you're
10:22someone like me that has really fine
10:23hair because fine hair just inherently
10:25is extra fragile but when it gets to
10:27that level and it's really noticeable
10:29that is when it's a good idea to take a
10:31close look at your styling practices and
10:34think of some gentler ways to style your
10:36hair next up I really wish that I knew
10:38that hair masks are essentially just
10:41thicker conditioners I also talked a bit
10:44about this in my conditioner routine
10:46video but this topic is one that has so
10:49many myths surrounding it and it's
10:50really frustrating because it could save
10:52people a lot of money time
10:55hassle what I just said what I just said
10:58unless you are using a hair mask that's
11:00been intentionally formulated with
11:01reparative ingredients then there really
11:04is no difference between a conditioner
11:05and a hair mask other than how thick it
11:08is and of course that doesn't mean that
11:09there isn't variation in the ingredients
11:12used because there's variation between
11:14all conditioners and all hair masks but
11:17the types of ingredients used in these
11:19kinds of conditioning products again
11:21unless they're reparative are the exact
11:23same you'll see silicon Butters oils
11:26fatty alcohols it's just that hair masks
11:28tend to be for formulated with higher
11:30amounts of those ingredients that are
11:31extra buttery and dense and creamy but
11:34ultimately these two products are
11:36designed to serve the exact same purpose
11:38so that is why you do not have to use
11:40both of them you absolutely can if you
11:42want to and that's something that I
11:44really enjoy doing because a lot of my
11:46conditioners and hair masks do have
11:47different reparative ingredients and
11:49therefore give me different kinds of
11:50benefits but if you're using only a
11:53conditioner and that conditioner by
11:54itself makes your hair feel perfectly
11:57conditioned then there's no need to add
11:58a hair mask and that show bit baby oh
12:01okay why did I say that like that this
12:04is something I've started talking about
12:06more recently because I have realized
12:08how many people are confused by this and
12:10it's the cause of itching and flaking on
12:12the scalp so many people my old self
12:15included automatically assume that if
12:17their scalp is itchy and or flaky then
12:20that means that their scalp is dry and
12:21so then often those people my old self
12:24included will take things like oil and
12:26slather that all over their scalp in an
12:28attempt to fix the problem but what a
12:30lot of people don't realize is that so
12:33often that itching and flaking is not
12:35from dryness but from oiliness this is
12:38also something we covered in my triology
12:39course and I feel like it was very eye
12:41openening for me to realize just how
12:43common it is for people to have itchy
12:45flaky scalps as a result of excess oil
12:48and if that's what's causing those
12:49symptoms the last last last thing you
12:52want to do is put oil on it that is just
12:55going to make it worse instead what you
12:57want to do is number one make sure that
12:59you're using a shampoo that is
13:01effectively cleansing your scalp number
13:03two potentially shampoo more often and
13:06number three potentially consider using
13:08a shampoo that has ingredients designed
13:15what good morning he woke up from this
13:21morning if you're currently experiencing
13:23these symptoms and you're not sure if
13:25your issue is dryness or oiliness I
13:27think one of the most important things
13:29things to do is to consider how dry or
13:31oily your face is because oil production
13:33is something that's governed by internal
13:35processes so if you have an extra oily
13:37face you likely have an extra oily scalp
13:40and I think it's also helpful to think
13:41about the fact that your scalp is an
13:43extension of the skin on your face no
13:45you will not always have the same issues
13:47on your scalp that you do your face of
13:48course but both of these areas of our
13:52head that sounded so weird are all
13:54governed by the same internal factors
13:56like hormones age gender so the skin on
13:59your face is oily and then you're having
14:01a really itchy scalp that sometimes ends
14:04up producing flakes when you itch
14:06chances are you have an oily scalp not a
14:08dry scalp and that's something that of
14:09course you can go see a dermatologist to
14:11confirm but I think that that's a good
14:13gut check a good place to start how oily
14:15or dry is the skin on your face how
14:18often do you need to shampoo before it
14:19starts looking greasy because if you can
14:21go a week between washes without using
14:23dry shampoo without signs of oil then
14:26you actually may have a dry scalp it's
14:28just really important to consider so
14:30that you can then use the proper
14:31products to treat the issue that's
14:33actually a good segue to the next thing
14:35that I wish I knew sooner and this is
14:37actually more of a recent discovery for
14:38me and it's that you can use shampoos or
14:41any sort of scalp treatment in the way
14:43that you would a spot treatment on your
14:45face but like a spot treatment for your
14:47scalp so this is something that I
14:48recently started doing with Head and
14:50Shoulders classic clean because it has
14:52zinc perion in it and that is a great
14:54ingredient for scaly issues like
14:56dandruff and sabric dermatitis I have CC
14:59dermatitis but only in one spot on the
15:01back of my head right now and it's a
15:03very small spot so I don't have a need
15:05to use a zinc based shampoo all over my
15:07scalp I don't ever have that issue up
15:09here on the top of my head the sides of
15:11my head literally never in the years
15:13that I have dealt with this have I once
15:15had that happen so I was thinking about
15:17it one day and I was like wait what if I
15:19just used this shampoo on that one area
15:22of my scalp that I have that concern and
15:25then use my regular shampoo for the rest
15:27of my scalp because that's what I do
15:28with leave on scalp treatments my
15:30salicylic acid treatment I was only
15:32putting in that one spot so I was like
15:33why wouldn't I just do that with shampoo
15:35too so that's what I did and that's what
15:37I've been doing ever since because it
15:38has worked so so well for me I have not
15:41been this free from itch in years so
15:44whether you have a similar issue to me
15:45or some other concern that is just
15:48really Central to one or two spots on
15:50your scalp and isn't an all over scalp
15:53concern you can absolutely incorporate
15:55scalp products serums exfoliants shamp
15:59poos to those specific areas like spot
16:01treatments instead of feeling the need
16:03to use them all over it's kind of like
16:05when I used to have really really
16:07irritated skin from tro and use back
16:09when we were wearing masks during covid
16:11I do this cuz whenever I talk about this
16:13people think I mean like a sheet mask
16:15when we were wearing face masks during
16:17Co I got such irritated skin and that's
16:21also when I was like overe exfoliating
16:23and then just too much with Tre and
16:25things were not working and My Skin
16:26Barrier was just so damaged and
16:28disrupted and I had flakes but only
16:31really in like this area of my face so I
16:34didn't feel the need to put healing
16:36ointments or Oils up here cuz I had no
16:39signs of that up there same kind of idea
16:41anyway next is that your hair does not
16:44get used to products you do not need to
16:47alternate products to prevent your hair
16:50from getting used to products that is
16:53definitely something that I used to
16:54believe God the number of just
16:57widespread hair care practices that
16:59exist that have literally no scientific
17:02basis there is definitely something to
17:04be said for alternating products in
17:06order to get different benefits from
17:08them so for example let's say I want to
17:10use my redkin acidic bonding range that
17:12has citric acid that's incredible for
17:14damaged hair but that ingredient is not
17:17in all of my hair care sets there are
17:19other sets that I have that utilize
17:20different ingredients to give me
17:22different benefits so I really enjoy
17:24alternating between products for that
17:26purpose I really like to assess how my
17:28hair feels see what I think I'm needing
17:31and then choose products based on that
17:33or just like what I'm in the mood for
17:34how I want my hair to feel after but
17:36that's a totally different concept than
17:38after a period of time switching the
17:40shampoo and conditioner that you're
17:42using for fear that the old one you were
17:44using won't give you results anymore or
17:47will start to have detrimental effects
17:49I've heard all of those trains of
17:51thought before but they're just not true
17:53if you're using a shampoo and
17:54conditioner that's working amazingly
17:55well for you there is absolutely no
17:57reason to stop using it unless you start
18:00experiencing changes in your scalp or
18:02your hair and then at that point you can
18:04reassess your needs see if you need to
18:05switch something out but otherwise keep
18:08on keeping on last but certainly not
18:10least is probably the single most eye
18:13openening fact I learned in my triology
18:15training it's something I think
18:17everybody needs to know and it's that
18:19how do I want to phrase this I want to
18:20make sure I'm using my words
18:21appropriately it is the fact that there
18:24are so many forms of hair loss so many
18:27common forms of hair loss that are
18:29completely self-correcting which means
18:32that the problem will not only stop but
18:34will also correct itself on its own
18:37without any sort of intervention this
18:40obviously is not always the case so it's
18:42really important to go see a doctor or
18:44medical professional if you are
18:45experiencing sudden excessive hair loss
18:47or a hair loss over a long period of
18:49time because they will help you pinpoint
18:51the exact cause it's something that's
18:53really confusing there are so many
18:54different causes of hair loss that was
18:56also so eyee opening to learn but if you
18:58experiencing hair loss as a result of
19:00something like stress weight loss
19:03infection pregnancy stopping a
19:05medication switching a medication
19:08especially things like birth control all
19:09of those things are causes of hair loss
19:12that are self-correcting if one of those
19:14things is the cause of your hair loss
19:15but the loss continues for longer than 3
19:19months after it starts then that's a
19:21good sign that there's likely something
19:23underlying going on maybe some sort of
19:26hormonal imbalance or a deficiency that
19:28is causing the continued loss and again
19:30that's where it's really important to go
19:32see a medical professional to get blood
19:33work done and figure out exactly what's
19:35going on keep in mind that this is
19:37something that can be a lot trickier to
19:38pinpoint than you may think because you
19:40could have multiple causes of hair loss
19:42happening at once for example with covid
19:45so many people experience loss from the
19:47illness itself but then also as a result
19:50of the stress that they had from it so
19:51it's not always as simple to pinpoint as
19:53you may think and then that is made more
19:55confusing by the fact that the loss is
19:57not going to start for 2 to 3 months
20:00after the event that caused it so it can
20:02be really complex which is why I think
20:03so many brands have gotten away with
20:05selling supplements or topical products
20:08targeted at those that are experiencing
20:09shedding when the cause of their
20:11shedding is something that is
20:13self-correcting that is something that
20:15really really grinds my gears because
20:18people experiencing hair loss are in a
20:19really vulnerable position and many of
20:22them will try anything will buy anything
20:24to make the loss stop and then they
20:26mistakenly attribute the stop of the
20:28loss and the recovery of their hair to
20:30whatever they bought when in reality
20:32that would have happened by itself
20:33anyway so all of that to say if you
20:36experiencing hair loss that is different
20:38from your normal amounts of shedding and
20:40isn't a result of like you know the
20:41seasonal increase in shedding that we
20:43see in the fall please go to your doctor
20:45get blood work done they will help you
20:47to pinpoint the exact cause of your hair
20:49loss and then from there you can figure
20:51out how to tackle it please do not waste
20:53your money on random products that
20:55promise results of growth or increased
20:57thickness before you do that and those
20:59are the 10 things that I wish I knew
21:02sooner in my hair Journey that I hope
21:04are helpful to you wherever you are in
21:06your hair Journey please let me know
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