Natural Hair & Braids

if your hair is just uneven, you do not necessarily have to trim it. You can trim it to even it up if you wish. However you should trim if you are experiencing dry ,brittle, thin ends, breakage or excessive shedding. I would reccomend trimming every 12 weeks whether you braid your hair or not. I am natural as well. The longest i have held out from trimming was 5 months but i think my limit will now be 12 weeks- better results that way. Also try natural hair butters such as mango butter, cocoa butter or avocado butter for the blow drying thing. I get mine from www. cedarvale.net click on soap making ingredients, then click on butters. i ordered a pound each of mango, avocodo and cocoa butter. Ok hope this helps.

i would think that i am a 3c with tight corkscrews prone to dryness if not properly conditioned and moisturized. My hair is superduper thick as well. I condition wash daily with aussie knot forgotten or ausie 3 minute miracle. I shampoo 2x a week with biojoba shampoo by joico, aussie mega shampoo, aussie moist shampoo, Generic paul mitchell tea tree special shampoo. I condition with altima conditioner by joico, aussie knot forgotten, aussie 3 min miracle, generic paul mitchell tea tree special conditioner. I deep condition weekly with lamaur's bone marrow, queen helene's special conditioning treatment and Rx professional prescription replenish hair treatment. I moisturize with butters ( mango, avocado, cocoa, tallow and sal). I do flat iron on occassion with my wigo flatiron. Use small sections at a 1"-1 1/2" flatiron for thick hair. Hope this helps and feel free to ask any more questions.