Being gentle with type 4, but especially type 4C, is so beautiful to hear. People tend to be rough with this texture when the exact opposite is needed.
I am white, but I seen the suggestion and your smile is so beautiful I thought I would give you a like for your smile 💜 Btw, your hair is beautiful 💜 I am so happy to see my black lady cousins embracing their natural beauty and growing out their own gorgeous locks!
Thank you for taking the time to take in the content and drop an encouraging comment. While the methods may not all apply to your tresses, I hope you could derive some value from the idea of radical gentleness. This is certainly something that transcends ethnicity/hair type. Then again, based on your message it seems you’re already ultra kind to yourself. 💛✨
Aww 💜 You are beautiful and kind! I actually have learned alot, I am gentler with my hair and scalp and I try and keep my products more on the natural side. But also, it has shown me the struggle it can be for black women. I have had long thick hair all off my life, my hair is so important to me. I didn't know how different our hair is, knowing now has helped me be more understanding, but it has also helped me encourage black women and my white friends with mixed daughters, to always make the time to care for their hair properly. I would love to see all of my black cousins with long beautiful and thick locks, seeing the damage that weaves and tight styles can do is heartbreaking. So, I really just want to say thank you to you for loving yourself and caring for yourself and showing others how to do the same 💜
kindness in washday leads to kindness every day...i love that. your yellow earrings are also gorgeous. lovely video asha. hope you enjoyed your birthday!
Oh my goodness you're so pretty!!! And very articulate. You've clearly done a lot of research. This is much appreciated and very helpful. Thanks for sharing!
This was phenomenally executed and presented. Seeing you detangle was so calming and beautiful. I love how you said that kindness to yourself on wash day translates to kindness to yourself everyday ❤
Hello fellow trinbagonian 🇹🇹. I absolutely love your channel 🥰, I have very fine high density hair and your techniques really helped me in caring for my hair whilst detangling. I'm not as gentle as I should be given the the fine and very fragile nature of my hair, but your videos always remind me of my why. Thank you 🙂
I am so glad I came across your channel. Never heard anyone explain the science behind taking care of natural hair. Definitely subbed for more content. Cant wait to watch some of your old videos.
When I found your channel last year I was at the beginning of developing my hair care routine and at the time I didn’t understand why your wash days and detangling sessions were so intricate. Now that my hair is longer (longer than it’s ever been) I finally understand lol! I have not given into retaining my partings but that’ll probably change to.
Very enjoyable, I hope to get close to your length again. Coconut oil is fantastic to detangle with for me. With maybe some Aloe Vera gel if strands get especially tangled. Greetings from London.
Finger detangling was how I maintained my hair when I was loose natural! Now coming back from having locs( for 4+ years) it’s a little change but I’m finding using being kinder + using finger detangling saves me my strands + time 😊
Excited to see an updated detangling routine. Mine is forever evolving, and as my hair looks and behaves so similar to yours, I was happy to see a new video drop. Thanks for sharing!
Loved this video. It helped me understand why your hair always seems to be in so many twists all the time. I have fine mixed 3c,4a/b hair which knots like mad. I found that doing box braids (my own hair) leads to less knotting than twists. I wash the braids every week and condition them. I take them down after about 6weeks. Any tips on moisturizing/pre-pooing my braids before taking them down. This is still my struggling point. Love your work. You're absolutely gorgeous.
I'm pleased to have given you this clarity,. Your observation about plaits (braids) is similar to my own: they last longer and seem to withstand washing a lot better than twists. I actually have a video on my temporary loc takedown which shows you this exact process. Temporary locs are loose plaits. I've found a wash routine that works for my twists and plaits alike. If I'm not taking them down, I'll still pre-poo with coconut oil/babassu around 24 hours beforehand. Then I'll cleanse with a runny clay mixture, focusing on my scalp. If I am taking them out, I'll pre-poo more or less as shown here and then wash the resultant loose twists. Check out my temporary loc videos to see how my routine compares to yours. I hope this helps!
awww thank you! Indigenous Standz, Protective Princess, Starpuppy, NappyHeadedJojoba, Green Beauty, West African Baby and Kimmaytube are quite gorgeous.
I'm kind of confused. I have mostly 4c hair with some 4b at the top and 4a at the back and for those of you who are confused why your hair does not look like this texture, Naturally High appears to have 4b hair. I could be wrong though, but her hair looks like my family members 4b hair. My sister and I have 4c hair but my mom's side mostly has 4b/4a. I know from personal experience that 4c hair tends to have a lot more shrinkage and it looks like 4a curls, but smaller. 4b is a more zigzag pattern which is what I am seeing on her hair. If anyone wants to see how to take care of 4c hair, Latoya Ebony is a good example. I hope I do not seem rude. I appreciate Naturally High's channel, but it does irk me that many content creators are claiming 4c hair when they do not have it. It makes those of us with real 4c hair confused when our hair does not look like that.
@@NaturallyHigh Thank you! I have been at it off and on for a few months. This sesssion was a 7 headed congo. It was not as much as a beast as I thought "she" would be. That took more than 4 hours. The others are averaging 45 mins+. I told myself if I could take my big congo then I may actually finish. Hopefilly before July. I have to also finish 2 of my daughters. We will have a hairy summer lol.
Is it normal for detangling sessions to take 5 hours or more? My hair is not as long as yours, about bra strap length. I reuse my old parts and simply detangle my old twists prior to making new twists that I wash/deep condition. I finger detangle first with a mix of water, oil and conditioner prior to going in with a comb. I try to be as gentle as possible and use my small sections....BUT IT LITERALLY TAKES ME HOURS!! And my hands end up stiff afterwards. Any tips to make this process faster?
How often do you fully detangle your hair like this? I would love to try keeping my hair in small sections but I’m worried about how tangled and damaged my high porosity hair could get
I detangle it every 3-5 weeks. Keeping it stretched and moisturised is key. I've recently been able to wash my hair 3 times in such twists (only detangling prior to the first wash) without any major issues and my length retention's been immense. Monitor the situation with your own strands and be heavy handed with the butters.
I have tried to wash my hair in smaller twists but they lock up. It might be because they weren’t loose though. I’m not sure if it’s my hair or my technique but I will give it another try!
@@georgia6025 i have high porosity hair as well and for me small twists are a recipe for disaster. I keep my hair in loose braids now and that eliminates the twisting motion that locks it
This was very helpful! Question: Are you worried about breakage/shedding around the parts that you made, since you have kept the parts for a year? I have been a bit worried about this myself, though I notice you usually do loose styles🦋❤️
Very helpful video. I have fine medium to low density hair and usually do an oil bath before every wash. I’ve found out that detangling on humid hair is way easier than when my hair is wet But I have never used conditioner.I will surely give it a try. Question How often do you do this process and how long does it take you? Stay safe
How long does it take you to finger detangle your hair ? I've been finger detangling my hair since I returned natural and going into my 7th year now and it's helped my hair be healthy and retain length. I love finger detangling and you're so right, that gentleness and kindness carries on to other days and other aspects of life. Great video 🤩
In the words of Emma Dabiri, “it takes as long as it needs”. This ranges from 2 hours (on a fluke day) to 10 hours. I tend to spread my detangling sessions over a few days. I’m really pleased to hear about your fantastic results with finger detangling. Thank you for your warmth and kindness. 💛✨
@@NaturallyHigh I like that quote. Yes I also enjoy spreading out my detangling. I never like to rush with my hair, that's when I'm less kind and I end up causing damage. I've been a big fan of your videos since I started my journey. Thank you for making them 😍
@@NaturallyHighit shouldn't take so long if your hair is in good condition. How long do you take between washes? Are you washing your own hair or someone else does it? ... no way one would manage that amount of "detangling" and 10 hour "sessions"!! Have you considered your hair could be damaged, dry and getting that matted because of taking too long before washes or washing it whilst in those "clumps"? Are you using the right "products"? .... and how is "protein" lost from the "cortex" ... anything from the medulla?
You said oils penetrate better in dry hair than wet hair. But it does not feel that way for me. It feels like oil is just sitting on my hair unless I dampen it first. And then the oils feel like they’ve sunk in & make my hair feel stronger and more pliable (& elastic). What’s your experience - can you FEEL the oils doing anything on dry hair?
@Virtuenow This is my experience as well. I dampen my strands with warm water then apply olive oil from root to tip. I put on a disposable plastic shower cap and wear it for several hours either overnight or from early morning to evening. The olive oil won’t absorb into my hair strands with out a little warm water to open up my cuticles first otherwise, it just sits on my strands. I have low porosity hair.
thank you for this comment. I like that you've asked this. My understanding is that oils are hydrophobic meaning they do not mix with water. If you put water in your hair first, you're doing two things. Firstly, you're reducing the amount of space within your strands for anything other than water. Secondly, you're repelling oil. Whether the oils have actually penetrated is difficult to determine. Since the oils are working on the molecular level, I'm not confident in my ability to 'feel' whether they've penetrated. However, you have associated their penetration with your hair feeling more pliable and elastic. Oils containing fatty acids that are small enough to penetrate but medium in length are solid at higher temperatures. This lead me to suspect that the 'stiff' feeling I get from using such oils is a consequence of their penetration. Essentially, I'm not adding the oils so they can soften my hair. I'm adding them so that my hair is protected from the inside. I believe that this accounts for our difference in outlook. There are obvious benefits to working with hair that feels softer and more pliable when detangling. For this reason, I completely understand why you'd want to wet your hair first. That said, I do not think that prior wetting facilitates the penetration of such oils.
@@BelwillCoily adding heat to a cosmetic substance increases its energy. Increased energy means the molecules are farther apart and will slide and glide more easily. What you're describing could be the result of the oil becoming thinner in response to the increase in temperature. Alternatively, wetting the hair changes its properties. It's possible that you simply like the softness and pliability you experience from damp hair. Oily hair will not feel the same way.
I'm starting to have a new issue with my 4c hair. When it was shorter It was hard to get my ends to be moisturize. the scalp would be fine but the ends dry. Now that my hair has reached a new length, roughly below my shoulder blades, I find that my scalp is always dry. Ive tried with applying oil to my scalp nightly, but the next day theres like this demarcation starting at the scalp and ending about 1 cm away from the root where the hair is clearly dry. How can I keep my scalp moisturized longer than a few hours???
It’s very similar to coconut as it has a similar fatty acid profile. Some people who find coconut oil too stiffening are able to use babassu more comfortably.
And yes, it should have the same strengthening quality as coconut oil as it too contains low molecular weight fatty acids which penetrate into the cortex.
Hi, thank you for this I love your videos they are so informative. I have low porosity fine 4c hair so does not retain moisture. Would this work for low porosity hair? I thought oil would seal it from any moisture getting in. I have to soak it with warm water to get anything to soak into it stands and then oil to seal. When i have tried oils pre water it has been a disaster for me but perhaps i was doing something wrong. I was using coconut oil which my hair hates it did take me ages to realise this though! 😳🤦🏾♀️
Hey Kim, the phenomenon of porosity is not widely understood from a scientific perspective so there's little I can tell you to do here. What I can tell you is that the fatty acids in the oils mentioned are small enough to penetrate into your hair when given time to do so. The oil will do a few things things: 1) reduce how much water your hair absorbs through presence within and along strands; 2) likely reduce extent of shrinkage; and 3) reduce friction between strands. If your hair doesn't respond well to such treatment, there's no need for you to do it. Do what works best for you. Having hair that seems less porous is not a bad thing. It might mean you'll need to let products sit in your hair for longer and maybe add some heat to achieve your desired result.
@@NaturallyHigh Wow! That's a long time! You were being radically gentle for sure! I admire your patience! My fro is still short, but I find myself running out of patience all too often. I've started trying to keep my hair in the same parts now, which helps a lot! Learning a great deal from you! I don't know if you've done this already, but I'd love to hear your tips on how you managed your from when it was short.
Hello, Is it me or did you change something? The title and the description box are entirely translated to French (of course I get it since Im French but it reads a little weird)
Hey! It’s not you - thanks for letting me know. I used google translate so that my francophone and hispanophone viewers could see the description in their native tongue. I only see it in English though, so it may be down to your settings.
It looks like your hair freeforms in between your wash days. Because your hair clumps in the same way no matter what. Why not freeform? It looks beautiful on you
Hi!!! I 🧡🧡🧡 your hair! Have you come across Afope Ayotebi's channel! I would describe her as a hair scientist. Anyways, when I saw your 2021 goals video, I thought about her. I wasn't a fan of the critique that hairgod man gave you. Anyway, Afope has a video about plant gels that provide slip. Check it out! And keep up the great work!
@@NaturallyHigh Got a notification. Not sure what happened here ...guess RU-vid algorithm is acting weird. Taking this chance to ask you if you've come accross Tonya Lane's ( Curly Chemistry) channel? She is a cosmetic chemist. Forgot to mention her when I made my comment about Afope. Oh well it's not too late😅
@@NaturallyHigh i made one up of several oils, my penetrating oil, shea nut oil, my lubricant and castor oil, my lube/sealant. The penetrating oil takes the place of water right now since the moisture beads up my hair into powerful knots. This is pre poo day. The penetrating oils: coconut, avocado, olive, grapeseed, sunflower, rosehip seed, rosemary, peppermint, sage, anise, clove, cinnamon, neem, basil, orange, lavender, a whole weed patch of herbal essential oils!!! Works like a charm for my hair, but not alot of slip, hence, the other oils. My hair seems to like it.
