Organic cosmetics and relaxed hair?

Many of you ask us: If you have relaxed hair, can you use organic cosmetics? Can organic cosmetics provide care for relaxed hair? Or are organic cosmetic care products reserved for natural hair or hair in transition?

 

Organic beauty products are not only free of chemicals but also have a natural composition with a more or less high organic percentage depending on the brands and certifications.

This means that no matter what, natural and organic cosmetics will be less aggressive on your relaxed hair. Unlike others which contain petroleum derivatives, alcohol, silicones, and other waste that will be toxic for your hair!

 

Hair care ranges that contain natural and organic plant active ingredients will provide Afro-relaxed hair with: repair, hydration, and suppleness.

 

Among them: shea, cocoa, and mango butters, or vegetable oils like olive, castor, or jojoba.

 

You still need to check their content of organic active ingredients, be vigilant and read your labels. It's obvious that by buying a cosmetic product with only 1% jojoba oil, there won't be a miracle.

 

To get results, you need to use healthy, natural, and organic products with an irreproachable composition. For this, you can trust certified cosmetics. The two most well-known cosmetic certifications are Ecocert and Cosmebio.

 

And finally, be patient and consistent. When you relax your hair, you alter the hair fiber by modifying the initial structure of the hair shaft.

 

Which organic cosmetics for my relaxed hair?

 

To preserve the health of your naturally very dry hair, which is even more fragile due to relaxing treatment, you need to perform regular care:

 

• Sulfate-free and repairing shampoo every 10 to 15 days. More info here.
• Nourishing masks with each shampoo, left on under a warm towel. More info here.
• Oil baths at least once a month. More info here.
• Serums, dry oils, and nourishing but light creams for daily care. Observe your hair: if it's not dry, you may not need to nourish it, rather than "grease" it every day.
• Vaseline (more info here) is to be avoided, ladies!

 

So yes to natural and organic beauty products for Afro hair. Whether relaxed or not, because ethnic hair is fragile hair that requires moisturizing and repairing care.

 

And if it's relaxed, even more so, because it needs hydration and repair!

 

Other tips for caring for relaxed hair

 

If you relax your hair, try to limit sources of dryness. Namely: chemical coloring and the use of hair dryers or straighteners. Opt for diffuser drying, which is much gentler.

 

For all Afro hair, whether curly, frizzy, coily, or relaxed: favor rich, luxurious textures. Yes to vegetable butters, to non-greasy and non-sticky but regenerating dry oil serums. Our organic hair care cosmetics will be your allies!

 

Organic cosmetics are therefore your allies whether you have relaxed hair or not. They will provide care and repair for your hair. Plus, they will not pollute your scalp or our beautiful blue planet.

 

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