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3 Reasons Scalp Care Is Important In Your Natural Hair Journey

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This post is a little different from what you’d typically see on natural hair blogs because it tackles the very foundation of our natural hair journey which is scalp care. Scalp care is so underrated and that is why there are tons of complaints on dry scalp, itchiness, dandruff and so on. Here are three reasons scalp care is essential in your natural hair journey.

Your Hair Grows Out From Your Scalp: It is imperative we also take care of the scalp as that’s where hair grows out from and if there are any alterations to that balance, scalp issues start to occur. The scalp has hair follicles that are responsible for growing hair which happens in three different phases. The follicles also determine your hair and scalp type. If damaged, it will stop producing hair and your hair growth cycle will slow down. For more information on how to determine your scalp type, click HERE to download this free eBook on scalp care

Related: Top Three Scalp Care Mistakes To Avoid.

Your Scalp Is Skin: This is probably one of my most used sentences. The day you start taking care of and paying attention to your scalp the same way you do for your skin is the same day you’ll start seeing a lot of changes. How can you moisturize your skin every day after having your bath or when it feels ashy but will never re-moisturize your scalp not even once within the week? Sis, think about it. The only difference between the scalp and the skin are the environments. While the scalp is in a more humid environment, the skin isn’t. Your scalp type might not be the dry type. It’s just that you don’t re-moisturize and seal in the moisture.

Related: How To Establish A Scalp Care Routine That Will Work For You.

If You Take Care Of Your Scalp, Your Hair Will Flourish: Maybe you’ve tried all sorts of remedies and treatments on your hair but it won’t just work. It’s time to pay attention to your scalp. Do you have a healthy consistent scalp care routine? Are the products you apply on your scalp too heavy that they clog your pores and cause itchiness? Are your protective styles always too tight? Do you have hand in hair syndrome? Is your scalp experiencing years of trauma from relaxer burns? Is the tail comb you use in parting your hair too sharp and pointed that it leaves your scalp red and sore? It’s time to change your perspective and tackle these real issues.

I hope this post makes you think deeply and face the most fundamental issue in your natural hair journey; SCALP CARE. 

Created by Viola Ekene for Reina HairCare.

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There is a lot of fuss in the natural hair community about hair care, which is good, but we rarely talk about scalp care. Scalp care is so fundamental in
our natural hair journey because a healthy scalp is paramount to healthy
hair. In this post, you will be learning the basics of setting up a simple scalp
care routine for your natural hair which will, in turn, prevent scalp conditions like itchiness, dryness, dandruff, soreness, redness and so on.

Let us start with your wash day. A lot of us do not oil our scalp on wash days which eventually leads to dryness and itchiness. Just like your skin, the scalp needs to always stay moisturized. As much as we have sebaceous glands on our scalp that produce sebum which helps the scalp stay moisturized, the sebum is not enough to keep the scalp from getting dry for a long period of time except if one has an oily scalp type. To learn the different types of the scalp, how to do a scalp test and care for the various scalp types, click HERE to download this free eBook on understanding how the scalp determines the extent to which our hair can grow. 

Always oil your scalp on wash days after shampooing and deep conditioning. As you apply the oil to your scalp, be sure to gently massage as well to enable faster penetration of the oils and increase blood circulation. For your regular scalp care, we highly recommend Reina Haircare Hair & Scalp Serum. This serum is lightweight, non-greasy and has been formulated with high quality natural & organic ingredients clinically proven to easily penetrate and nourish your scalp. It is gentle on the hair follicles and scalp and alleviate scalp conditions like itchiness, dryness, scaly scalp and reduces dandruff while also strengthening and stimulating hair follicles to encourage hair growth and reduce hair loss.

Moisturize and Oil Your Scalp In Between Weeks

One of the reasons your scalp itches between weeks and after installing a protective style is you do not re-moisturize and re-oil your scalp. For instance, just because you moisturize your skin after bathing today does not mean you will not moisturize it tomorrow. Guess what will happen when you neglect this, your skin gets dry and flaky. The same as your scalp! However, due to a higher presence of sebaceous glands on the scalp more than the skin, it is best to re-moisturize and re-oil not everyday this time but at least two-three times in a week depending on your scalp type. 

How Then Do You Moisturize and Oil Your Scalp During The Week or In A Protective Style?

First, spritz warm water gently on your scalp. Do not spritz to the point water drips down your face continuously but enough to moisturize your scalp. Why warm water? Warm water opens your scalp pores to enable the oil to penetrate as opposed to cool water. Then proceed to apply and massage the Hair and Scalp Serum. This oil comes with an applicator which makes application easy. Repeat this process after two or three days depending on how dry your scalp gets and your environmental weather condition like harmattan and winter. 

Other Scalp Care Practices You Should Never Ignore/Do’s and Don’ts of Scalp Care

Do not take scalp massages for granted. Scalp massages are not only relieving for headaches and migraines but increase blood circulation which in turn promotes a healthy scalp and rapid hair growth. The circulation of blood is important to hair growth as this is the transportation system for oxygen and nutrients to be delivered to the hair follicles with subcutaneous blood flow. Hence during the anagen (growth) stage of the hair growth cycle, blood flow is crucial as it ensures that the scalp derives all the essential nutrients and oxygen to achieve strong, healthy hair that grows as the hair strands are being nourished regularly. We highly recommend regular scalp massages and accompany these with our popular Hair & Scalp serum and just watch your hair thrive at it’s fullest potential.

Scalp Exfoliation: Just as you buy and use facial and body scrubs to get rid of dead skin cells, the scalp should not be overlooked. Dead skin cell accumulation on the scalp is notorious for dandruff and outrageous itchiness. So occasionally, exfoliate and use shampoos formulated specifically to combat itchy scalp and dandruff, like Nizoral or Head and Shoulders. For free scalp scrub DIY recipes, click HERE to download our free eBook which contains recipes on different scalp exfoliating scrubs.

Do not apply leave-in conditioners, deep conditioners, and hair butters to the scalp: These products are formulated with the hair’s PH in mind and not the scalp’s PH because they are different scales. When you use these products on your scalp, you clog your scalp which will cause itchiness and discomfort.

Avoid tight protective styles: Tight protective styles pull at your scalp and cause soreness, bumps or spots and redness. Whenever you are having a protective style installed by a stylist and it begins to feel tight, please let your stylist know so they stop making the hairstyle tight. Most times the stylist might not know it is tight, so you must be vocal about it so they can loosen it a bit for you.

Scalp care should never be taken for granted in your natural hair journey. In fact, it is the most important and fundamental aspect to healthy, strong hair that grows. These aforementioned tips will help you get started and when you implement them, the chances of having a problematic scalp in your hair journey is close to non-existent. Please share this post if you found it useful. What other scalp care practices do you implement in your natural hair journey, please leave a comment below. Let’s chat more in the comments section.

Created by Viola Ekene for Reina Hair Care.

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