5 Tips to Keep Your Curls Popping

Hi! I am Dr Zakiya Antoine, board certified family medicine physician and the Natural Hair Doctor.  I transform women’s lives by encouraging them to grow healthier, longer hair. My blog topic today will be my top 5 tips that  keep my curls popping.  My first tip is use water on hair regularly and drink lots of water. I know that’s easy and seems like common sense, right?!?   I wet my hair at least twice a week. You want to drink water, wet your hair as much as you want. Water is good for your hair, as long as you’re not letting your hair dry out, and you’re putting moisture back into it. Water’s always good for your hair.Number two, deep condition your hair. Deep condition it as much as you want. I do it at least twice a week. If you want to just do it once a week, that’s fine. But, twice a week is my thing.  Please be mindful of the directions on your deep conditioner packaging.  Excessive use of deep conditioners over night can cause damage to your hair.

Number three, you want to use great moisturizing stylers that “hold”. Stylers help hold your curls and decrease frizz. As far as leave in conditioners, you want to put those on after you rinse out your deep conditioner.   You must put the leave in conditioner on to keep moisture in your hair before you put the styler on. I know this sounds like simple stuff, but these things are my real secrets. These things are what I do. These are the things I do to reproduce the same results in my hair every time I do my hair.

Now, we’ve already got water, deep conditioners, stylers, and leave in conditioners. The last one, number five, will be hair supplements. It was a tie between hair supplements and decrease the amount of heat that you use on your hair. I’ve used several types of vitamins over the last year. I was taking biotin, I did some gummy vitamins, I’ve done liquid vitamins. I actually prefer the liquid vitamins.  There you have it… secrets from the Natural Hair Doctor! 🙂

It’s Dr Zakiya Antoine, board certified family medicine physician and the Natural Hair Doctor signing off.  I transform women’s lives by encouraging them to grow healthier, longer hair.  You can follow me on all social media @ DrZakiyaAntoine.