Why I'm NEVER Moisturizing My Natural Hair With WATER Ever Again !! 🙅🏾♀️🚫
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
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Guys if water works for your hair you shouldn’t stop using water to moisturize your hair or anything else just because of this video, she’s just telling us why she never moisturize HER hair with water again so do what’s best for YOU🙂
Exactly!! please don’t impulsively remove water from your regimen SOLEY based off of this video. This is just my own personal experience. If you feel that you need to, then let it be after a long and solid based consideration of how your hair reacts to water after washday.
@@NaturalAcademia I'm so glad to hear someone else say this besides me. I HAVE to wait until my hair is no longer wet to do anything...to detangle, to moisturize, to style...My hair becomes super fragile, snaps off when manipulated, and tangles like crazy when it's wet. If my hair is moisturized, and I spritz it with water, it sucks all of the moisture right out of my hair and leaves me wishing I had just left it alone. I totally hear you!
@@NaturalAcademia off topic but can you PLZZ do another CZcams live
Amen I love using water but found the cud useful
@@SimplyShev_hair me too I moisturizer when my hair is wet and it's so much easier than when it's dry
Perfect example of: do whats best for YOU.
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Right. Water is how my hair gets the moisture in. I could never moisturize my hair while it's dry. The products would just sit on my head. But I am low porosity so maybe that's it. 😂
No. No. No.
I just want to go into a shop and buy wash and fro! It will work regardless of my hair type, porosity etc etc
Its important that we all listen very clearly esp those in the back!
Everyone of you is a unique individual due to genetics, where you live in the world, your physical health etc etc
All people can do is make generic products that MIGHT work with the majority. We are all still learning about black hair.But your hair is no different to the way you cook food.
Par example: Fried Chicken. The basics are there ie chicken, flour, spices etc but then via trial and error you make it suitable for your palate until voila!
Your hair is no different! We know our hair is dry due to its curly nature. It needs water. Now whether you use it straight or you have to do a Doreen and has to play Alchemist, the water required is getting there. Back to the fry chicken, some people deep fry. Others deep fry then pop it in the oven, others air fry.
Are we still there at the back?
That's so true. I did a hot oil treatment and my hair didn't like at all. So I'm not doing that again
@@squidwardtentacles7144 I was wondering that, if the debate could be around a person's hair porosity.
The thing is water alone won't moisturize your hair but it's the BASE for moisturisation. Any other oil or butter or cream is a sealent to seal in the moisture the water gives you. Every hair type is different of course but I find that when I use water before putting a product in then protectuve style it stays moisturised for so long. It's the same thing with your skin, if you aren't drinking water it will be dry, no matter how much cream you put on, and same for your lips. If you aren't drinking enough water your lips will also be dry, no matter how much lip balm you slather on. Water is the base. Everything else seals in and adds and extra layer to prevent the water from leaving. Water alone will dry out your hair.
Right on the money sis
@@johnkarsh I haven't got that far in yet but thank you :)
WELL SAID! The water has to be sealed in or the hair is dry very quickly.
@@naturalwoman8315 Exactly. That's why when moisturising with water you should work section by section bc if you just spray your whole head by the time you get round to adding moisturiser to every section it will have dried out your hair and won't be any use.
So true!! And if you drink enough water, then you really don’t need to use a lot of water when styling or to moisturize.
Chile water makes my hair soft for like 10 mins after that it’s HELL 😭 water ain’t for me neither
You need to watch Sarah Ingles video about moisture. She is white but all she does is go over scientific literature dealing with all types of hair. That video actually explains a lot.
Water is for hydration not moisture
@@crisdebelle really depends on who you ask though. Some specialists (every cosmetic scientist i have seen on the internet) use it interchangeably.
Finally someone says it😭
@@crisdebelle Moisture is a liquid’s diffusion within a solid
you just exposed something i’ve suspected for years concerning my high porosity hair. thank you for sharing your truth unapologetically. and the same thing with oils for me too.
I’m happy that I was able to help, I really appreciate you for your support!
@@NaturalAcademia This was really also helpful to me. I thought it was just me.
Yep, me too. My high porosity hair suffered because of water. It broke so badly because of it and I couldn't understand it. Water is not a moisturiser it just makes your hair wet lol. When I learnt about this from Enitan Trichologist I was deeply offended because it's what I learnt from so many natural hair content creators. Well I tried the no water and I literally can't believe how my hair is behaving. I have no hardness, breakage, tangles or single strand knots. Literally I do not even have to detangle before I wash my hair. I'm so happy that my hair is thriving too.
Hi Natural Academia I just wanted to say that your a major inspiration to me and you are literally my hair goals, I started my natural hair journey when I was 12 and now im 13.
Awe,I am happy that I’m able to inspire you. It’s always good to here when people take the challenge of caring for their own hair at such a young age. It’s a beautiful thing.
I wish you the best on your journey!! ❤️❤️
The video is 12:13
@@xavierkelly3593 you right. Wow what a coincidence
@@xavierkelly3593 good catch!
my hair has to be completely drenched in water before I can do anything
I wiiishhhhhh 😭😭
Same. I have low porosity and without it my hair is stiff
I'm the same way unless my hair is stretched. It's hard to stretched low porosity hair. Well it's hard for me to keep it stretched. It tends to revert easily.
Same! I work with mine while drenched in distilled water. I’m also low porosity. Matter of fact, water is the only thing I use on my hair besides my sebum.
Before I had full sebum coverage, though, I feel like water used to leave my hair dry. I never had success with the LOC/LCO method. My hair and scalp hates products, butters, and oils.
Twists look really nice on you❤️
Thank you!!!!!
Omggg!! I started spraying my hair with water before my moisturizing routine and it didn’t work for me either ! Not only did my hair feel extremely dry after like 3 days when I went to re braid my hair I felt like I was shedding more than usual 😒 once I stopped spraying my hair and just moisturizing on dry hair I noticed my hair shed waaaayyy less.. idc I’m not listening to the people that hype up spraying your hair with water that doesn’t work over here
Yep, same experience as you. I never touch water again until wash day lol.
Been looking for this comment for years. My hair acts up when I spray it with water. So now I stay away from it until wash day.
I never use regular water to moisturize my hair because similar to you, my hair and scalp were dry. I usually use rose water mixed with aloe vera juice, and it's the best thing ever.
Honestly, that sound like an amazing combo. I might just try it out!!
Me too and i added msm!
Same here and if I'm using water in my bottle I use distilled water with aloe juice/gel /tea. Tap water leaves mineral deposits on the hair (especially hard water).
Where do you get your rose water and aloe Vera ?
I’m gonna try this.
You can still do the LCO method WITHOUT water. It just has to be a "liquid" consistency. Like Aloe vera or your favorite liquid leave in conditioner. OR, try using spring water instead of faucet water. Theres chlorine, led and other things in it that dries out hair and skin.😉
😭 gosh, I feel so uneducated smh. Thank you for this!!
Water can also be quite hard depending on where you live, this can also be drying as well.
I personally like to use a moisturizing lotion or milk with humectants in it.
I use the aloe vera juice on my hair and it LOVES it!!
Aloe still has water in it
@@Mai-sx3yf sure does sis.💯
Category: hair and skin 😍😍😍😍
😭 thank you!!! I really appreciate you for support
You can moisturize without water because moisturizers first ingredient is water so idk who said You couldn't they weird and I thought your hair looked good it looked shiny 😂
Exactly!! I always tell people that the water that I do apply to my hair comes from the moisturizer.
And thank you!!!! I really appreciate you for your support!❤️
@@NaturalAcademia ofc girl I love your videos and hair got me thinking of not using water 😭
Exactly!
I used aloe vera gel alone to refresh my hair it was BETTER ! The quality of water is very important
I have low porosity and I have the same issue. Thankfully I figured it out after a few years of dealing with dry hair. I'm so happy that you are educating us as well. It's the taboo to say that water doesn't moisturize my hair, but it is the truth for me
Porosity was great to mention but also consider getting your water tested to see what's in it! Even during the shampooing process, before I had moved to a different city, my hair would be super hard and brittle during and after shampooing in the shower. After moving to a different city, I can LITERALLY finger comb during the shampoo phase because the water makes my hair sooo soft and workable. And the difference was where my tap water was coming from and how it affected my hair. We always talk about how necessary water is but tend to forget that everyone's water is different!
Can never get over her hair length 😍😍
My hair LOVES a mist of water. By the way, my water is rose water and ginger water mixed!
I wish ‼️😭
How do you prepare your ginger water (boiled ginger pieces) and do you have to refrigerate it?
@@Doc_McStuffins No refrigeratoration at all. Drinking half the ginger tea now with lemon and raw honey (snowed in!). The rest is in a spray bottle with rose water and that's it. I dont like to overcomplicate things.
@@154angel154 Nice. TFS!
@@Doc_McStuffins Sorry Sis, boiled ginger pieces Yes!
yall really need to learn the difference between hydrator and moisturiser lol. water is a hydrator and when your hair feels dry, that's a sign that your hair is asking for more water. when your scalp is flaking, the worst thing you can do is put oil on it because while it may visibly remove the flakes, you're really agitating the situation.
oh that are some great tips right there, because whenever i felt my scalp itching and flaking I would put oil on it.
Ahh, so what do you put on your scalp then? Even though I know grease and oil is a sealant but when my scalp is dry, I put oil and grease and on it and I'm good to go. P.S. I also have a shit ton of allergies so I'm limited to what I can use 😪
@@TheeOriginalLolo when your scalp gets dry like that it means that it’s time to shampoo. oil and grease suffocate the scalp and exacerbate the problem. for example, if you continuously neglect your scalp and coat it in oils because of flakes, you might notice that flakes pop up faster and faster after wash day.
Exactly
Moisture is water or any other liquid’s diffusion in a solid
Hydration is absorption of water.
These two phenomena can co-exist, and do when it comes to wetting the hair
I feel you!! A lot of naturals claim water is the truth, and it probably is for some people but the whole spritzing your hair with water every day or every other day never worked for me. I have normal porosity hair and wash weekly. I find that even now in the winter time ( I’m from the northeast) I can get through a week without putting anything in my hair at all. I followed the “always add water” advice and I got moisture overload and hella breakage last fall. I now know to listen to what my hair needs. I’m tired of restarting my hair journey every 2 months bc I’m following what someone else does to their hair. 🙄 😆 I really appreciate how your videos cover more “unpopular opinions” or unconventional practices regarding natural hair. Keep it up 💜
it’s so crazy that you posted this because i just had these SAME thoughts today. i had my hair blown out and i didn’t wanna put water in it, i just used a leave in and an oil. my twists look so good this way!!
I don’t add water to my hair after wash day. The first year of this time being natural (2nd time going natural. Previously had a relaxed pixie cut then buzz cut) I would wash/condition my hair and Cornrow with only Shea butter. My hair stayed soft until next wash day. I was convinced by CZcamsrs that my hair wasn’t “properly” moisturized because I didn’t spritz with water every day or other day. So I tried
spritzing and re-moisturizing/sealing in between washes and my hair would feel drier and drier. I went back to only moisturizing and sealing on wash day, (LCB method) putting it in a protective style (twist, mini braids) and leaving it until next wash day and my hair stays moisturized. Buzzcut to nipple length in less than 3 years.
I never comment on videos, but I think this is an opportunity to spread good, actually scientific, information. Everytime we wet our hair with water, the hair strand is swelling, which expands the cuticle layers (lifting them). African Americans have the least amount of cuticles on average and if you have high porosity hair on top of that (I do too) then wetting your hair will actually cause your hair cuticles to lift even higher. Water also has a higher ph than the hair strand and naturally lifts the cuticle. If the water is hard, that’s also going to exaggerate the lifting. If you don’t let the strand deswell and then close the cuticle, your hair is going to “feel dry” quickly, it’s really the roughness of the cuticles that gives that dry feeling. The swelling-deswelling process can be damaging and produce a “dry” feeling if done too often and if the cuticles are not closed properly. Besides wash day, I never use water on my hair. My hair loves aloe vera juice and that’s because it hydrates while also closing the cuticle (it has a low ph). Sarah Ingle has an interesting video that covers this and more called “Your Hair Isn’t Dry”. I use a low PH shampoo and prepoo with coconut oil (coconut oil penetrates the strand and repels water). It seems counterintuitive, but the less water that you get in your hair strand, the more moisturized it feels!
Wow.😲
@Alexis do you refrigerate your aloe vera juice and which brand do you buy?
@@XxJiazuMiStarZxX I use Lily of the Desert, you can order it on Amazon or buy it in a health food store. They sell it as a juice or gel, I personally like to use the juice.
I think water is essential, the reason it’s the first ingredient in some of the best moisturisers is because moisture is water and vice versa, so
Obviously it in its purist form is going to be the best for your hair, however once I have done my hair until I am washing it again I don’t add water. But on wash day, water is my best friend, I apply my leave in in the shower on soaking wet hair then apply my styling products for a wash n go. During the week no water touches my hair AT ALL, if it’s dry that means it needs to be washed and rehydrated with water, not moisturised, by spraying water on your hair when it’s dry your hair will get dry and frizzy unless you saturate your hair or add another sealant/ moisturiser on top because your basically feeding a starving man crumbs, your hair wants more and causes frizzing, as because it’s not getting enough water it takes moisture from the air, the cuticles open and causes frizzing. I do my method because I do wash n go’s with heavy gels that act as good sealants so I don’t need to moisturise again until wash day. If you style your hair differently you may do things differently.
i feel like when i use products on wet hair it’s dilutes the effectiveness of the product and then after it dries all the moisture and hydration leave my hair.
It’s not just the porosity of your hair. It could be the water itself. Hard water is known to dry the skin & hair. You could try a test strip to determine the hardness of the water in your house :) xx
Oh yea i heard abt that too
I've had to revisit this video because for years, I've been having hit and miss sessions with my hair. I want my hair to retain length but I find myself dealing with lots and lots of breakage! Especially on wash days. I've come to the conclusion that my hair wet is extremely fragile and the breakage at the ends is just part of the package with my hair type. But the remoisturising between wash days with the extra water is just a further issue that I've noticed. Firstly it just causes more breakage, when that can be left to wash days, and it leave my hair feeling weird as well as looking more frizzy than before. So now I'm on a journey of just letting my hair be between washes and trusting that my hair will be just fine. If it really needs moisturising I'll try just adding the product to my dry hair (which coming to think about it, I've done before and it always leaves my hair nice and soft!)
Gitl I'm glad you did this video, water dried out my hair so bad, now I moisturize with a lotion and seal with a butter, that's it, now my hair is flourishing
Is it body lotion?
@@Junature No
If your scalp flakes is usually because there is product, dirt or oil in it, your scalp always always always wants to be clean, when it feels like it's not clean it will start flaking or itching, (it's not actually that it's dry although that is what it seems to people your scalp is actually more oily that the rest of your skin) if you put grease or oil in it you are making it worse (although it makes the flakes go away). Shampoo is not formulated for your hair it's formulated for your scalp, shampoo is not meant to go on you hair directly, you have to clean your scalp to avoid a ton of scalp conditions/problems but you don't have to actually clean your hair unless it is to improve it's apparence, do a botox/keratin treatment or avoid product build up in the hair. Hair is dead protein nothing is gonna happen to it if it's dirty. But if your scalp is dirty you can have a lot of issues, sulfate free shampoos are very irritating usually try using a shampoo with sulfates that it's gentle and try avoid getting it in the actual hair if it makes your hair tangled or dry, you can use a conditioning product in the medium and ends of your hair while you are shampooing your scalp to prevent them from getting tangled or too dry. Again shampoo is for your scalp you don't have to use it in the hair if you don't want to. Most product build up can go away with just water and the little bit of shampoo that goes down the hair strands when your shampoo your scalp. Never ever ever put conditioners in your scalp, your scalp always wants to be clean not coated like the hair wants, and a lot of conditioners are very irritating for the scalp, they are meant for the hair. Try to avoid getting product on your scalp. Basically: shampoo: meant for your scalp not for your hair. Conditioner: meant for your hair not for your scalp. Keep your scalp clean, don't try putting conditioning products in it, your scalp is skin not hair. My mom is a dermatologist she treats a lot of scalp conditions, she is always telling me how important it is to keep the scalp clean, all this info came from her.
This was extremely helpful for me personally, thanks.....
Kayla Vibes, it’s okay sis. Just Breathe. Turn off the Internet, and go massage your scalp, cause that energy is all off
@@_SZNN I'm happy it's helpful, yeah don't put shampoo directly on you hair unless you are clarifing your hair bc of product build up. I know curly/kinky hair is way easier to shampoo with sulfates free shampoo but a lot of sulfates substitutes are very irritating and don't clean your scalp as well as sulfates, try using a sulfate shampoo at least every once in a while, if not product can accumulated in your scalp and start itching over time.
@kayla vibess oh someone is mad mad 💀 hair is different race to race but scalps aren't baby but if you don't want to follow the advice just move around me
@@Andrea-dm4gd Yeah!
My only issue was like “do I put this conditioner/deep/leave-in, on my scalp or no??”
It seems obvious now, but beginning my hair journey way back when, this information would’ve been hella useful
@@_SZNN i think some people were confuse about that too bc of co washing i co wash bc my hair is curly to co wash properly you only need to wash the hair and put conditioner avoiding the scalp, and then dry and style it bc like a wash day but without shampoo but some people co washing puting the conditioner in your scalp like is shampoo. That's a really bad idea. I remember when co washing first started people were doing that and saying that some conditioners have cleaning properties. After that people starting using more and more conditioners/hair mask on their scalps. Some complaint the product itch or burn but that's bc it's not supposed to go on your scalp. When co wash became big that was a trend for a while thank it not such a big thing any more. But I think that normalized for a lot of people the idea of applying product directly on your scalp. I remember the one time I use conditioner on my scalp it burn like crazy, my scalp itched afterwards and I had to wash my scalp the same week (which I never do). It may work for some people on the short run but on the long run you can develop contact dermatitis (similar to an allergic reaction) to some ingredients that are frequently in conditioners that are not meant to go on the scalp. If you put an irritating ingredient over and over again on your skin your skin can develop an aversive reaction to it. That's why i wouldn't recommend it.
I'm glad someone has said it, normally I would never moisturize with H2O but I really took it from CZcams videos, it was the worst my hair felt so weird beyond dry but I didn't think it was the H2O but later realized what did I do different. I was so upset with myself but never again.
I notice when I pre pooed detangling my wet hair made my hair weaker over time. I also detangled in the shower and I did this weekly so although my hair was growing just fine it was so weak that I would have a lot of split ends that I would have to get cut off anyway. So I may not have experienced breakage but I still wasn't retaining any of that length and that is a lot of damn work! So now I detangle gently on dry stretched hair with an oil and every other week I will go in with a pre poo treatment if I feel it's needed. Hair has been getting stronger since than. The only time I use water is literally on wash day and that is it. I think there is more than enough water in our leave in conditioners and creams anyway. Sorry your didn't experience anything positive with the water outside of your usual routine. I also think porosity plays a huge factor as well. We live and learn👌😅
I also wait until my hair dries to moisturize it as well. If my leave-in has a good amount of water in it then, I don't see the need to add water. Also my wash and gos turn out better when I don't add water. Adding water with my leave-in makes my hair more frizzy and feel less moisturized. I feel like when the product has a good percentage of water in it already, along with being thick and creamy, then my hair will be moisturized for days. I don't know exactly how to explain it but yea.
I do exactly the same thing and my hair has never felt better.
I’ve been using purified water to moisturize for the last 2 weeks. I think it makes a difference with the drying effect but you’re not the first person I’ve heard to say water ain’t the move lol.
🤔 ya know, I can see how the quality of water can make a huge difference
I definitely agree, water quality matters so much! The amounts of minerals and ph plays a major part
@@UniqueDesignStudio1 I have a filtration shower head and the makes all of the difference!
@kayla vibess I have these glass one gallon jugs and almost health food places have alkaline water dispensers and you can get alkaline water for $.56 a gallon. I plan for on getting a gallon for my hair and for my formulations. Have you looked into that instead of bottle water?
What a waste of fresh water.. the world is running out of it.
Water temperature is also important. A lot of people say "use hot/warm water it opens up the strands for moisture" IDK why though bc hot water is known to dry things out. I always use cold water on my hair and it takes so well. Same with skin. I have eczema so my skin dries out very easily, especially with hot water and recently after showering I've been ending my shower with cold water and I find it helps my skin stay moisturised for longer. So if you didn't try cold water that could help.
Thank you!!!
GIRL. I literally wash my hair and twist it up without putting any product on it and I wait until my hair is stretched and dry and then moisturize. My hair dries out out when I apply water as well
I don't do this but I have noticed recently that if I apply products on wash day, I still have to apply more to my ends the next day because they still don't feel like they have any product. I never really paid attention to it, I just assumed my ends were dry
I knew something was off about lco loc clo ocl or whatever
Lmaooooo 😭
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ocl 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂 you sound like my mom trying to figure out these new natural hair terms😂😂
@@laurawilliams4087 bruh
I thought I was the only one! My hair does not react well when it's wet. When I style my hair I use a moisturizer, curl activator and grease. Never water and that's been working for me just fine
I agree , I literally wait after rinsing off the deep conditioner till my hair feels dry before I put in my styling products, it works so well
For me, I noticed my hair accepts products better if I use warm water first but it has to be damp or use a baggy for the product to get into the strands.
The dry flaking scalp is my reality right now
It’s hard out here!! 😭😭
Your hair is weakest when its wet ladies!! When your hair is stretched but just damp products apply better because not as many water molecules are getting in the way of the product actually going into the hair. There is enough water content in the products she is using which is why she doesn't need to spray water 1st.
True
I’ve noticed that my hair breaks off WAY less when I detangle my hair when it’s damp rather than when I do it in the shower.
See you actually get it! It seems to be going over a lot of folks' heads.
So, I just figured something out about my hair and scalp. I just keep my hands 🙌🏽 out. 😂 My hair would prefer a plastic cap for 2 hours over a sprinkle of water from a spray bottle. 😩😳🤣😂
I stop using water to style my hair too! It’s like the water creates a barrier. Making it hard for my other products to get in. People always look at me crazy because ig your supposed to do a wash & go on soak and wet hair, but mine turn out better on damp/dry hair.
I thought it was only me!!!
The water molecules that are getting into your hair are possibly filling the hair cuticle more than the product if you’re using it in higher amounts.
Soaking hair will often be fully saturated with water, preventing other substances to get in sufficiently.
Damp hair usually calls for smoother application so I prefer that.
Omg same i always feel like if i moisturise my hair on soaking hair the product just slips off. I dry it w a towel for like 20 minutes now
Water doesn't leave hair feeling soft/ manageable or adds shine that's a big misconception people have about hair, damage hair has on average more water in it than healthy hair. The conditioner product is what makes your hair soft, manageable and adds shine. Water only makes your hair more flexible and helps define curls. Too much water can make your hair feel actually sticky, spongy and tangled almost very similar to feeling "dry" as you said. What people call a moisture overload is actually too much water in the hair. Unless you are trying to define curls or avoid flakes if you're using a lot of defining/conditioning products it's really not necessarily to use a ton of water during your hair care routine. Water is good but what is actually making your hair feel healthy, soft and protectining it from getting damaged is the conditioning and "sealing" (oil/grease) products. Use the amount of water you feel like your hair wants/needs and works with the amount of products that you are using. Source: my mother who is a dermatologist that treats a lot of scalp conditions and knows a lot about the scientific structure of hair.
CurlyChemistry just made a video explaining this!
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@@faithbankole4851 i just checked her channel out seems like a super good source for hair info, i have type 3 curls her content is clearly target towards type 4 but i think I can get great info from her regardless. Thanks for mentioning her!
@@Andrea-dm4gd She is! I'm so glad to have found her. I haven't actually noticed her targeting a specific curl type. I think she has type 3 curls herself
I did notice that if I just put my leave in on straight, my hair would feel softer. Same thing when I wait for my hair to be 50-70% dry before applying conditioner or leave-in. I never thought much of it, i just adjusted to what my hair seemed to like. 🤔 tfs, i think this will make a huge difference in keeping my hair moisturized for longer. Super important now that it’s winter
Wow you’re absolutely stunning, love your hair, wishing you all the best ❤️
Thank you, I really appreciate you for your support ❤️❤️
Also, for all my LoPo girls, pick up a jug of distilled water (not spring water) from TGT or wherever you shop. Regular water from the faucet and spring water has lots of minerals in it. Distilled water is used when you mix up your baby formula (if you do mixes) or use a CPAP machine. Man, that makes a big difference so I lightly spritz only with distilled warmed water.
I have high porosity hair, so I avoid using too much water to moisturise my hair. I stick to butters, oils only and maybe a lil spritz of aloe Vera juice!! I used to use lots of water and it made my hair dry and brittle. The water in the UK is very drying to hair and skin.
USE ALOE VERA JUICE INSTEAD OF WATER.
Which brand did you use?
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@@lovearia4243 no like the actual plant. I use aloe water it’s good
When u said it i gave u the side eye at first but fast forward to now i whole heartedly stopped using water and loving it!!! Water based products is better!!!
when people say your products lock in dryness it is usually about oils because a lot of oils lock in moisture so if you only put oil in your hair it’ll just be dry. this is only what i’ve noticed about my hair and other people’s hair.
Yess, same here even when it comes to protective styles such as box braids. I have build up from putting a lot of oil in my hair even though I really want my hair to be moisturized
@@estherb15 I have low porosity hair so all oil does for me is lock in moisture AFTER putting on a cream but i usually use grease instead of oil because it lasts longer. If I really need moisture I spray my hair with water and put a cream on or I put a tea tree oil, avocado oil and olive oil mixture in my hair and that helps a lot
@@estherb15 I have low porosity hair so all oil does for me is lock in moisture AFTER putting on a cream but i usually use grease instead of oil because it lasts longer. If I really need moisture I spray my hair with water and put a cream on or I put a tea tree oil, avocado oil and olive oil mixture in my hair and that helps a lot
@@kookiemilkshake6099 I also have low porosity but I just started my natural hair journey so I'm still new to this kinda stuff and figuring things out 😭, but thanks for the recommendation!
It’s the fact that some of y’all still in the comments arguing about why SHE needs water and how SHE did it wrong for me. 🙄
Everybody hair is different and most of the CZcamsrs y’all watch are low porosity she said in the video she is HIGH porosity.
She said exactly what I’ve found out and that is water does not help some of us high po girls because it evaporates out too fast for us.
I’ll explain further
If you are high porosity it means your hair soaks up water as soon as it touches your hair meaning if you wet with water first and then apply a cream and sealant only so much of that cream can go into your strands because they are already filled with water so once that water evaporates in 3.1 seconds your hair will feel dry. Which is why a lot of high po girls have to remoisturize every 2-3 days.
If you apply your cream first (which most of them contain water as a first ingredient) then your strands are soaking up moisturizing ingredients AND water at the same time so it’s going to stay moisturized longer because there’s more space for the penetrating ingredients to enter the hair because the hair isn’t already full from water thus the hair stays moisturized longer.
She just gave the high po girls the hack to not having to moisturize every 2-3 days. With this method high po girls can moisturize at the same amount of time as low po girls (1-3 weeks)
I guess this what she meant by pea brains 🤧😂
Omg yess! You make so much sense fr
I have low porosity hair, and I can not moisturize on wet hair. Water makes my hair so sad. I add my leave in on either towel dry hair or dry hair 🤷🏾♀️
Too much water can actually hurt your hair. It swells your strands, making it easy to break. Old school advise was never to do anything on soaking wet hair because of this. Not sure why people forgot that.
omg i really needed this video thank you so much! i learned more from you in 6 months than i did my whole 7 years of being natural.
Im with you girl i dont moisturize my hair with water i use aloe vera juice i haven't sprayed my hair with water in 2 years...water dont work for me
I came across your channel yesterday, i’m gonna start growing my hair... wish me luck!😄
I wish you the best on your hair growth journey! I really appreciate for your support❤️
@@NaturalAcademia Thank you so much! And you’re welcome☺️
@@b3thann how's your journey going, love?
Girl you’re my natural hair friend (in my head🙈). I always watch your videos because you always keep it real👌🏾.
Awe, thank youuuuu. That’s so nice of you to say lol. I really appreciate you for sharing ❤️❤️
My hair hates water. I've tried the lco/loc method and it leaves my hair feeling dry. My hair is low porosity. I've started to use a water based moisturiser which leaves my hair moisturised and soft to the touch. My hair is 4c..
You hair still looks BEAUTIFUL But I too understand that it does not feel moisturized...Your hair...YOUR WAY Sis!!!
You have my daughters hair and NOW I’m going to stop using water to moisture her hair at times. You just made the light bulb go off in my head! Genius! Love you! I’m forever a subscriber. I’ll try a product on her dry hair including my own. Thanks for the advice ❤️
I don't use oil. I just use a d.i.y. extremely soft hold gel (marshmallow root, slippery elm, hibiscus, rose petals, fenugreek, flaxseed, and glycerin gel) and a butter/smoothie to finish the moisturization process. My hair be juicy for weeks after the second moisturization process. Sometimes I use a water glycerin mixture mist and sometimes I use my q redew hair steamer (I'm sure a hand held fabric steamer would work too , just be careful).
Oil irritates the heck outta my scalp plus after cutting out oil I noticed my hair doesn't get near as dirty or attract lint. It actually looks more informed in appearance 🤷🏿♀️
Anyways, I'm all about the film forming humectants/plant based humectants. But unfortunately my hair HATES aloe vera. I wish it did, I see so many bomb A recipes with it.
Just do what works for you. Period. God bless your journey.
Me too, My hair doesn’t like water 🤦🏾♀️ I mist my hair with aloe Vera juice and then apply my moisturizer. I make sure I have 2 jugs of aloe Vera juice on deck just for my hair 😭
I think it's absolutely AMAZING, that u have realized TGIN & Olive oil grease WORK 4 U!!! It takes a lifetime 4 some of us!!! I wouldn't change a thing!!!🎈
Omg im so glad I saw this i just recently stop moisturizing with water because when it dries my hair it's hard and stiff 😫 I thought to myself I wonder if anyone else have this problem 😅
I feel you on the dry hair with just water. I use an aloe vera water mix. It works for me.
Can we just take a moment to acknowledge that only several months ago sis was at 20k and now is at 34k....go offff
Thank you for noticing 😭😭😭 I really appreciate you for your support ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
I’ve discovered i don’t like my hair dripping sopping wet when styling or moisturizing either
(Or even when applying regular conditioner after shampoo)
I like my hair to be just damp, not dripping with water anymore, and if I DO end up needing more water (like if a product is too thick or something, I’ve found it works much better to add a little bit of water to my hands and water down the product itself, not soak my hair directly. This way, I get the water I need for moisture but it is added to the emulsion in a form that can be absorbed and retained and not just squirted on the hair where it will evaporate.
I have low porosity hair and have a very shiny, flat cuticle that is hard to penetrate. I used to do my hair completely drenching wet and any product I tried to add would literally just slide right off my hair like a damn waterfall.
Facts same with me 😭 some natural hair CZcamsrs rave about using water saying water is your best friend like really cus she ain’t staying loyal 🐪🌵🏜
Lmaooo 😂😂
Better late than never i stumbled across your video 🤣 🤣. OMG my hair Literally act the same way with oil and water. Another CZcamsr that have High Porosity Hair like me who can relate.
My hair eat up anything in like a half a second 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣. I swear my hair act the same darn way and it work best when it's dry and my scalp flake too like it's snowing outside 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣. I almost gave up on this hair growth journey but now i know why my hair have just been dry as a darn desert 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣 during my journey. All this time i thought it was the products.
I'm going back to what my hair dresser was doing before she retired and my hair was growing fine. I've damn near went bald listening to everything on CZcams University 🤣 🤣 🤣 🤣.
STAY SAFE EVERYONE. GOD BLESS.
This is what happens when you know and understand your hair. So many people - myself included, although I've stopped that recently, mainly cos I can't afford it 🤣 - find themselves just following the latest thing CZcamsrs tell them to do.
My hair is the same way!!! I style and moisturize on dry hair- game changer
My hair used to be at armpit length and all I used was grease on my scalp and hair shaft. Because of menopause I choped my hair off and went bald headed for almost 2 years. Now I am growing back my hair and following the natural hair community, the natural hair professional eg the tricologist, my hair breaks off, cannot retain it's length, and is extreamly dry. I have to pick the sense out of all what they were saying, have many a trials and errors, to find what works for my hair. And guess what? I am back to using grease as my staple in my regimen, and my hair is thriving and retaining length.
A reason water might dry out your hair is because the tap water in your area is hard with excess minerals so distilled water might help.
this actually really helped; my hair also absorbs water really fast and moisturizing on dry hair was honestly a game changer😌
-Water is the only hydrator that there is
-your hair is probably just dry asf… it takes a while to establish a routine but you should get your water checked
- I know you only want to wear your hair curly but truthfully if you got it professionally straightened it would be very broken.. you’re not using any water and the creams are only temporarily fixing your hair strands.. your hair looks amazing while it’s curly though!
-aloe Vera is a protein so it needs to be rinsed out… that could also be eating your strands. The damage is all along the hair shaft so you won’t see it when it’s curly
- you said you haven’t used a comb in years or gotten a proper detangle and you also don’t trim (I would barely call it dusting) so you could have a lot of hidden damage
- maybe you should just get one professional blowout and trim just to be sure?? but ultimately you are getting the results that you want.. I just don’t think many other ppl realize how this will look when their hair has been straightened. What works for you is great, but everyone else should beware if you like to alternate between straight and curly hair. Check out Cyn doll’s channel if you want to alternate between curly/straight!
Kinda like when people have oily skin but still have to use a moisturizer.. which in turn helps the oiliness. Your hair is probably thirsty for water…
I wanted to post everything you just said 😂 so thank you. My hair was the same length as hers and I was following the SAME routine but my scalp was driving me crazy. I shaved my head bald over quarantine and stopped using oils and butters. Whole new head of hair. Now I wash 1-2 times a week and my lil pen coils stay juicy and my scalp don't itch. Long hair isn't always healthy.
I don't use plain water in my moisture routine anymore. For the past 2 years I've been using rose water as my base. So after I do my wash routine and rinse out my deep conditioner I spritz rose water all over my hair seal with an oil and butter cream to lock all the moisture in.
When you said “I don’t even know how to explain it because I don’t even understand what they be trying to say,” I felt that so deeply in my spirit. Cause when has product ever moisturized more dryness into my hair?.
Crazy, cause I realized that the LOC method doesn’t work for me either. I also have really high porosity hair and type 4. I don’t use water anymore. It doesn’t work for me and I need to listen to my hair even if other ppl with my hair type say that it works for them
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I love how even lengthened ur hair is! Mines is literally so many different lengths all over :( I trimmed it awkward and it’s barely just now catching up lol
I know everyone's hair is different, but my hair dries out when it's not watered. My hair is like a plant, if I don't water it, it breaks. Also, Water is my 1st ingredient when I do my LOC, and it makes it really soft🥰
Since you are a hair channel, I think its important that you had a go and it didnt work out! No harm done.😉
Im low pro. My scalp and hair is too parched just for water. I have to use glycerine, fenugreek, macadamia oil and rose water.
However Ive seen people use hair conditioner and diluting it with water.
Or you can get those milky leave ins.
People need to learn to experiment with their own hair and find out what works for their hair. Some us are in a lockdown. Perfect!
I feel you girl. Since I left Florida to move to Georgia I can feel a difference when washing my hair with the water here. I’m told the water in Georgia is harder than in Florida soooo I’m like wth🙄 washing my hair is ok but using it to moisturize is a no lol. Either bottled water (my mom is gonna kill me😅) OR find a liquid leave in
Omggg 😭😭
You can invest in a filter showerhead attachment sold right on Amazon ..The water in Georgia is awful
I wish I saw the light sooner 😂 I “moisturized” with water for a solid 2 months before realizing it was what made my hair dry and dull. My hair is so much softer with just a lightttt spritz, leave in, and grease
I thought I was weird because my hair literally hates water, but I use it because people are like "natural hair is like a plant, and like a plant it needs water to grow," I just use it.
That's so interesting! My hair is super low porosity and I can't do anything to it WITHOUT water. I have always been so baffled with how you don't use a lot of water but your hair is obviously healthy and thriving. I love the diversity of natural hair 💜
Its called genes.....anyway her hair and skin is beautiful
@@semoneg2826 thank you for educating me, I had no idea what genes were
@@JazzyB9481 Lol genes just simply means that your parents or grandparents along with yourself may be mixed with other races....for example am black but my grandmother was carib decendant......I have cousins who are dark skin African looking but their grandmother is East Indian ...so the potential for fast growing hair is in your family..... A lot of people in my country are African but have mixed genes in our family....... This is the reason why our hair type is so diverse ...I love it.....
@@semoneg2826 lol I was being sarcastic, but you are sweet for taking the time to write all of that out 😅 I hope you have a great day 😊
@@JazzyB9481 Lol...have a great weekend
I use to soak my hair in water everytime I moisturized but I realized it doesn’t work since I have low porosity 4a hair. I also noticed my hair would tangle a lot and I would get a lot of fairy knots when I used a lot of water almost everyday and let it shrink up. I have long mid back length hair. Now I’m using a water based spray and butter cream to moisturize my hair. I still follow the loc method with my water based rose water spray, olive oil, and butter cream. I also still wash my hair once a week since I work out a lot but I only use a lot of water on my hair on wash day. I also keep it stretched now with braids and scrunchies ( using the banding method ) and I love it. ❤
Sis! Try some aloe Vera juice infused with hibiscus and fenugreek! You will love it. Added bonus when you mix some rose water! Had same experience as you when I decided to take care of my hair using more natural ingredients. Mybhaor is jot thock as it used to be and that makes me sad. Now I only use water when I wash my hair, if it's mixed with aloe Vera gel or juice, or if it is infused with herbs for tea rinses. Never again am I using straight water, if I can help it.
Hey, I use filter water on my hair that comes out of my Zero Water filtration that put in my spray bottle. because in United states our water filtration system is trash because lack of regulation by the government and states. Some states like California, Michigan,Texas really have one of the worst water in our country. If want to know what in your state water system go to www.ewg.org. I can see why you don't use water on your hair to moisturize. Hope this helps.❤
She’s high porosity guys. Water is a no no ❤️
The title had me so confused, then I realized you meant you used only water which is.....weird. However, do what works for you n your household dear.
At the salon they dry your hair real good with towel, put leave in conditioner, and a little bit of moisturizer, and now I know why they prefer your hair to be almost completely dry.
Girl, my hair does the exact same thing with water!!! Try a light spritz of rose water every now and then. Works like a charm 😉
I have low porosity hair.My hair can only stay moist though out the week when it’s water leave in and then gel.When I braid it up, towel dry and oil and butter on my ends works. When I tried misty during the week.omg dried out breaking off! Everyone’s hair is different.We don’t wet it with a press and curl right? Or a silk press.
I have high porosity hair and I detangle on dry air. Wetting my hair causes insane tangles.
Same! It makes it dry and brittle and comb breaking for mine
Wow u must be my hair twin 🤩 Thought I was the only one who's hair don't like water as a moisturizer... My hair breaks n gets dry as a Brillo pad. Na I'm also back to using grease.... Oh n btw don't listen to what others say, it's your hair and it's beautiful hair u have. N your hair is really growing longer. Stick to your usual routine n products. Awesome hair 😍 💞 💞
Thank you!!!!!
And my hair does not care much for oil, either. She will tolerate oil for a hot oil pre poo treatment for 30 minutes on dry to dampened hair. Poor scalp. My scalp looooovvvveeesss oil, but no. Not if my hair can help it. 😳
@8:17 the way you said “Dry, ashy fro”😭😭I could feel your pain
It’s hard out here 😭😭
I would spritz my mini twist with water to “re-moisturize” and the joint will feel worse. My hair feels better when I moisturize it dry. Thought it was just me but my hair is on the low porosity side. I just feel like water gets in the way...won’t allow the moisturizer to absorb I guess. I’ll use the water after to spread the moisturizer around a but nah
I tell my friends I don't like applying water for moisture. My hair feels soooo dry when the water absorbs.
Water moistures my hair......until it dries up!
I'm the same, adding leave in now and I use grease too!