I read this part of her book, got ph strips, started ending by moisturizing then spraying slightly acidic formulas and it made a WORLD of difference. My curls were softer and my hair looked healthier. I LOVE the information Audrey gives.
cuttinup97 Well, warm water and products that have a higher ph tends to lift the cuticle layers in the hair. So after washing my hair in warm water, it's an opportune time to moisturize it. I add whatever I choose, usually a light mixture of leave in conditioner. Then seal it with a slightly acidic (low ph) mixture. Like aloe vera juice. Heavy creams can close the cuticles as well manually but my hair is extremely fine, so I have to go for light product options.
wow...talk about science. None of the companies ever reveal this type of information so thank you for empowering us and educating us! These are great videos!
I just love you...I'm hooked. Would love for you to come out with a product line. Then I know I'd be safe. I've noticed that so many products that are most moisturizing to my 4b hair is actually higher in ph. During the process my hair feels very moisturized, however afterwards, it feels very dry. Question: How often should one moisturize and seal with a 4-5ph conditioner?? Should we ever use anything to open the cuticles, then close them between shampoos??? Trying to fight this dryness!!
I already knew all of this stuff but thank you so much for this! This will help a lot of women. I wish I would have seen it before my first big chop 🤦🏽♀️
This is a great video on pH. I lived in Nevada for more than 10 years and pH was my best friend. The water in Vegas is horrible. We got a shower filter and focused on pH and kept our hair.
2 thumbs up! Very informative. So happy I finally got on the 'educate urself about ur haircare" train. Love Luvnaturals!!! Wish it were available in Jamaica!
I learned about SOBH through watching kimmaytube's videos. Thank you BOTH for such informative and fun videos - even though I've been natural for at least 15 years, I've learned so much more about my hair over the past two, because of kimmay and now you! So excited that you started making your own videos, and looking forward to more! =)
Thanks for uploading your vids! Im soo glad i found a scientist and a woman who i can personally identify with on a hair quality level!!! Feels awesome!!! GO GIRL!! I love my natural texture hair..crazy as it is it has several textures.. I have a very severe concern.. I also love my hair textures when relaxed .. The thing is ..homemade remedies dont do it for me.. I have been messing around with ways to gradually loosen my grade 4 hair coils with the potency of a relaxer without the damage.. I have read that the potency required is reducing alkalinity (strong base) 11++ that breaks the disulfide bonds ie proteins that hold curls/coils together but the usual process of relaxer is permanent and very fast... OR sodium hydroxide or lye 😵😬😣 Do you know a way to slow down the process? Like a come thru that provides exothermic benefits like (Sodium hydroxide) but at a daily or weekly basis? Or weaker strength So that i can control the texture i need? Then once i achieve that texture i can begin to restore my normal balance of 5 ph and even maintain my new porosity?? It would be a dream to have a hair care line that would be a true home remedy with clinical strength results ..im thinking a 3 day come thru followed by rebalancing shampoo then a sealing lower ph conditioner and a natural protein strengthener like fenugreek or rice water...
thanks so much for these informations, straight after this i'll run to measure the pHs of my products to sees if i'm ok, if not i'll definitely change the way i'm using them, i bought the book, but with these explications, i'm will surely make a huge change on quite everything... thanks so much and wish you a wonderful day kisses
Hi! this was so helpful. I have low porosity hair, I completed the porosity test again after adding baking soda to the water and my sank just below the top as if it had normal porosity from the beginning. My question I was hoping you could help me with is whether or not I can use the baking soda in my conditioners to help my hair take better to it WITHOUT damaging effects? Thank you so much for this video! It helps to understand the "why" of how our hair reacts
Hello! This was a very informative illustration! I have been growing my hair out naturally for a few years now, but have struggled immensely with breakage. I bought a water softener last year thinking that would help, but I do tend to mix products a lot. I'm going to test my products and water today, to ensure the optimal ph flow - based on your recommendation here. Hope this helps decode things! Thank you very much for posting. The animations were very helpful illustrating the process flow! By the way I recently purchased your book, and have started reading it, but I haven't got through a lot of it yet. It's been very informative as well!
Love your channel and very informative. On a technical front can you share how you go about using the computer graphics to illustrate your points. What suggestions do you have to TH-cam on how they can make their videos pop? Thanks
Great vid! I'm glad u clarified pre-poo can be higher & then step down. I'm grabbing my strips to test my products now. We just did the regimen builder portion of the book in our Science of Black Hair Book Club! I now have an arsenal of moisture & protein products to alternate. I over proteinated my hair so I'm scared to use protein. This week I pre-pood w/ Castor, EVOO, & Coconut & co-washed w/ V05 (protein product) & used moisturizing leave-in w/ aloe juice. Will moisture balance protein? Thx!
Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I never considered testing the ph of my water!! I've tested everything else. Lol! I appreciate you talking the time to help educate on hair care!! Love your book by the way!!:-)
Do you mind putting the Amazon link for the strip you use in the descrip box - there are so many choices out there and though I'm sure I can't go wrong, I'd rather have a point of reference for purchase. THANKS!!!
I love this information. I have to get the book also, I heard about you by Kimmaytube but just found out you have your own channel, which is GREAT!!! I am doing this technique without even knowing with my shampoo, I start with the Castille Soap Pepperming which gaves me a result of 7.0!! then second shampoo I use teh Nature's Gate Aloe Shampoo which gave me 4.5. I started using the strips in my videos and it works (I have to get the book!!)
I read that Any chemical with a pH of more than 10 will severely damage your hair making it very weak, susceptible to breakage, so as long as we are below that, we should be fine. I'm lo-po also by the way.
Hi Audrey ! I recently bought your book and I love it ! I Haven't finished it yet but I have an important question and as soon as I'ill get an answer, I"ll feel reassured. Are single strand knots alarming on a 4c twa or unavoidable because of my hair texture ? I wet my hair every morning with hot water during my shower. Otherwise I can't style it. Then, I apply my giovanni direct leave in conditioner and let it dry in the open air so I don't think that my regimen is the problem, isn't it ?
I feel like our hair texture is stuck in a rut of requiring damaging lye thios and guanidines to aquire what we are truly looking for....a way to attain manageability ... I need someone who can look into ground breaking new products and methods of straightening... I once found a guy on youtube who actually shows a way to make sodium hydroxide with blending baking soda and hydrogen peroxide!! It created a film of a base product but did not give the feel of exothermic heat.... The thing im excited about is that baking soda is a home remedy that we use that can alter hair ph..now whether it can break proteins and relax is another thing of its own..but it appears as though someone is on the right track but...needs a further nudge..are we really stuck with damaging lye? To rearrange hair texture?? There has to be some lower grade chemical responses (acid/base) (exothermic) maybe even a product that could be a lye replacement to add into our conditioners or something..why is it that we can use a gel that elongates bonds of hair but once washed out it recoils back?? Why is it that certain heat tools can cause loosened curls over time and others cannot? I NEED A HAIR GAME CHANGER for curl reconstruction and hair straightening!!! PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK!
Hello how is that going? Ive recently added baking soda to my conditioner, bringing it to about a 7.5-8 ph, which opens my cuticles and allows water to actually get in my strands. (I dont use shampoo.) Ive tried ph balanced stuff for two years also and my hair was ALWAYS dry and breaking in little pieces and began getting brittle. Now FINALLY I am making progress. I seal with an acidic leave in, (shea moisture restorative conditioner.)
I understand moving from a higher pH to a lower pH but if that isn't really possible (because of the products available), it would probably be fine to end of the washing routine with an ACV or aloe juice rinse right?
Do you have any suggestions for low porosity naturals like myself who find it difficult to retain moisture. I've been natural for almost two years and I've found that baking soda is the only thing that has allowed me to open up my cuticles and keep my hair moisturized for days on end; but as mentioned in your video it has a ph of 9. and outside of the 4-6 range you mentioned.
Can &/or should you adjust the pH of more alkaline products? If yes, how can this be done? With lemon juice, perhaps? I have really hard water, to I rinse with cold distilled water that I squirt a little lemon juice in. Is this ok?
Do you think its a good idea for me to mix something with a low pH balance in my conditioner? Apple cider vinegar for example. I was thinking of lemon juice at first but it seems that its pH may be too low.
so if I mixed baking soda and bentonite clay with acv to clarify my hair what would happen?. Both powders have a high ph so combined it would increase?
Hi I trimmed my hair about a month ago because I had knots and split and splitting ends but looking at my hair today they are still there. I am so frustrated what can I do?
Your welcome! If i find any info on what products are good for low porostiy I'll let you know, but to be on the safe side stick with things are are pH balanced friendly :)
Do you think prepooing or leave in conditionner are necessary in a hair routine? or 1shampoo 2deep conditionner 3moisturizer 4oils would be enough...thank you
***** : Hello, I'm looking your book and your tutorials! My regimen right now is the following: pre-shampoo treatment, shampoo, 15-minute deep condition, bentonite clay, moisturizer, seal & gel. How do you feel about bentonite clay?
i was thinking.... after cleansing my hair and using a t-shirt to get the heavy water out... to use aloe vera juice to re-wet my hair then add the clay mix... would that be too much of a ph balance shock for my 3c/4a low pros hair?
I tried testing my shampoos and conditioners but with every single one, the test strip stayed the same color; not one changed at all from how it was in the package. I know it's not the test strips because I finally put one in orange juice and the color changed immediately...any suggestions?
what is not clear in many of these videos is very consistent. When I am adding or taking something away from my hair , am I'm moving up and down on the scale or does my hair take on the pH of the last item that I put in my hair? for example let's say I use baking soda and water on my hair to cleanse. Once I rinsed that out of my hair, is this the equation 7 plus 7 equals 14? Or is it that my hair stays at a 7 since they both measure a ph of 7? does the scale work like an integer scale?
Yes it works but not as you said.. When you put baking soda wich is alkaline 9 you have to follow it with something very acidic like vinegar 2 in order to get it back to 7... Because acid is +, and alkaline is _ '
Anyone can share their thoughts. If you pre-shamppo with an oil and then follow with a conditioner with a medium to high pH doors that oil prevent penetration. I guess I am asking for oil affect pH
I have sensitive skin and hair, I can only use certain products, and have to be natural minerals, so I don't break out, with leprosy , enzyma, or rashes. It no offense to anyone, I know some understand, it not personal, it the truth. I have to be careful inner and outer of my human flesh.
Thanks sooo much for the book and for this! OPENED my eyes to HAIR_DRYNESS like no other. SO glad DiscoveringNatural recommended your book and Audible had it for my economy-purchase and to YT too for bumping this up-recommendiing it for me, knowing I been searching!!! TOPS TOPS for Technology and programmers I just simply PRAISE GOD for Technology-Creation!!!
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I read this part of her book, got ph strips, started ending by moisturizing then spraying slightly acidic formulas and it made a WORLD of difference. My curls were softer and my hair looked healthier. I LOVE the information Audrey gives.
+CleoPhoenix What do you mean? Would you restate that?
cuttinup97 Well, warm water and products that have a higher ph tends to lift the cuticle layers in the hair. So after washing my hair in warm water, it's an opportune time to moisturize it. I add whatever I choose, usually a light mixture of leave in conditioner. Then seal it with a slightly acidic (low ph) mixture. Like aloe vera juice. Heavy creams can close the cuticles as well manually but my hair is extremely fine, so I have to go for light product options.
+cuttinup97 ok. I get it. thanks
This is so amazing. People often overlook the science of products and you explained it in a clear and concise way. Thanks for this!
wow...talk about science. None of the companies ever reveal this type of information so thank you for empowering us and educating us! These are great videos!
Black hair is an energy conductor
I love that you don’t have 15 mints of talking , you get right to the point!!! Love it
Great information. I almost feel like keeping some pH strips in my purse when product shopping.
just bought the book and already my hair is different in a good way. Thank you and others for the education of black hair.
You can also get them at Whole Foods, or a natural food store. GNC might even carry them.
Getting ready to go test everything I own....
I just love you...I'm hooked. Would love for you to come out with a product line. Then I know I'd be safe. I've noticed that so many products that are most moisturizing to my 4b hair is actually higher in ph. During the process my hair feels very moisturized, however afterwards, it feels very dry. Question: How often should one moisturize and seal with a 4-5ph conditioner?? Should we ever use anything to open the cuticles, then close them between shampoos??? Trying to fight this dryness!!
I already knew all of this stuff but thank you so much for this! This will help a lot of women. I wish I would have seen it before my first big chop 🤦🏽♀️
You are an excellent teacher. Concepts are easy to remember and apply. Thank you.
This is very helpful, thank you. I definitely will find out how to get my hands on the book.
This is a great video on pH. I lived in Nevada for more than 10 years and pH was my best friend. The water in Vegas is horrible. We got a shower filter and focused on pH and kept our hair.
2 thumbs up! Very informative. So happy I finally got on the 'educate urself about ur haircare" train. Love Luvnaturals!!! Wish it were available in Jamaica!
I learned about SOBH through watching kimmaytube's videos. Thank you BOTH for such informative and fun videos - even though I've been natural for at least 15 years, I've learned so much more about my hair over the past two, because of kimmay and now you! So excited that you started making your own videos, and looking forward to more! =)
Eu amei o seu cabelo crespo.
Thanks for uploading your vids! Im soo glad i found a scientist and a woman who i can personally identify with on a hair quality level!!! Feels awesome!!! GO GIRL!!
I love my natural texture hair..crazy as it is it has several textures.. I have a very severe concern..
I also love my hair textures when relaxed ..
The thing is ..homemade remedies dont do it for me.. I have been messing around with ways to gradually loosen my grade 4 hair coils with the potency of a relaxer without the damage..
I have read that the potency required is reducing alkalinity (strong base) 11++ that breaks the disulfide bonds ie proteins that hold curls/coils together but the usual process of relaxer is permanent and very fast... OR sodium hydroxide or lye 😵😬😣
Do you know a way to slow down the process? Like a come thru that provides exothermic benefits like (Sodium hydroxide) but at a daily or weekly basis? Or weaker strength So that i can control the texture i need? Then once i achieve that texture i can begin to restore my normal balance of 5 ph and even maintain my new porosity??
It would be a dream to have a hair care line that would be a true home remedy with clinical strength results ..im thinking a 3 day come thru followed by rebalancing shampoo then a sealing lower ph conditioner and a natural protein strengthener like fenugreek or rice water...
This was so eye opening! Thank you for illustrating the concepts, great series!!
thanks so much for these informations, straight after this i'll run to measure the pHs of my products to sees if i'm ok, if not i'll definitely change the way i'm using them, i bought the book, but with these explications, i'm will surely make a huge change on quite everything... thanks so much and wish you a wonderful day kisses
I will try to remember to go to Home Depot and buy pH test strips. I love your videos.
Thanks so much for this video. So informative and so helpful
Hi! this was so helpful. I have low porosity hair, I completed the porosity test again after adding baking soda to the water and my sank just below the top as if it had normal porosity from the beginning. My question I was hoping you could help me with is whether or not I can use the baking soda in my conditioners to help my hair take better to it WITHOUT damaging effects? Thank you so much for this video! It helps to understand the "why" of how our hair reacts
Wow this was really informative...I'm definitely going to get some test strips! Thanks so much !!
Hello! This was a very informative illustration! I have been growing my hair out naturally for a few years now, but have struggled immensely with breakage. I bought a water softener last year thinking that would help, but I do tend to mix products a lot. I'm going to test my products and water today, to ensure the optimal ph flow - based on your recommendation here. Hope this helps decode things! Thank you very much for posting. The animations were very helpful illustrating the process flow! By the way I recently purchased your book, and have started reading it, but I haven't got through a lot of it yet. It's been very informative as well!
Thank you Audrey, this information was so useful. I am also loving your book!! Will be recommending it to all of my UK girlies ;)
Love your channel and very informative. On a technical front can you share how you go about using the computer graphics to illustrate your points. What suggestions do you have to TH-cam on how they can make their videos pop? Thanks
Great vid! I'm glad u clarified pre-poo can be higher & then step down. I'm grabbing my strips to test my products now. We just did the regimen builder portion of the book in our Science of Black Hair Book Club! I now have an arsenal of moisture & protein products to alternate. I over proteinated my hair so I'm scared to use protein. This week I pre-pood w/ Castor, EVOO, & Coconut & co-washed w/ V05 (protein product) & used moisturizing leave-in w/ aloe juice. Will moisture balance protein? Thx!
This is super helpful.
Your video was very easy to follow and informative. Thank you!
Thank you so much! This is very helpful. I never considered testing the ph of my water!! I've tested everything else. Lol! I appreciate you talking the time to help educate on hair care!! Love your book by the way!!:-)
Do you mind putting the Amazon link for the strip you use in the descrip box - there are so many choices out there and though I'm sure I can't go wrong, I'd rather have a point of reference for purchase. THANKS!!!
Hi there. Did you ever get the pH strips? If so can you please provide a link?
wow, very informative. i had not considered this information before. thank you.
Very informative. Keep the videos coming!
I love this information. I have to get the book also, I heard about you by Kimmaytube but just found out you have your own channel, which is GREAT!!!
I am doing this technique without even knowing with my shampoo, I start with the Castille Soap Pepperming which gaves me a result of 7.0!! then second shampoo I use teh Nature's Gate Aloe Shampoo which gave me 4.5. I started using the strips in my videos and it works (I have to get the book!!)
Excellent information.
Can you do a product line review based on ph levels?!
I often wonder about this as well!!!
I read that Any chemical with a pH of more than 10 will severely damage your hair making it very weak, susceptible to breakage, so as long as we are below that, we should be fine. I'm lo-po also by the way.
ScienceofBlackHair,
How do you know so much about hair?
You are like a living hair encyclopedia.
Hi Audrey ! I recently bought your book and I love it ! I Haven't finished it yet but I have an important question and as soon as I'ill get an answer, I"ll feel reassured. Are single strand knots alarming on a 4c twa or unavoidable because of my hair texture ? I wet my hair every morning with hot water during my shower. Otherwise I can't style it. Then, I apply my giovanni direct leave in conditioner and let it dry in the open air so I don't think that my regimen is the problem, isn't it ?
I feel like our hair texture is stuck in a rut of requiring damaging lye thios and guanidines to aquire what we are truly looking for....a way to attain manageability ... I need someone who can look into ground breaking new products and methods of straightening...
I once found a guy on youtube who actually shows a way to make sodium hydroxide with blending baking soda and hydrogen peroxide!! It created a film of a base product but did not give the feel of exothermic heat.... The thing im excited about is that baking soda is a home remedy that we use that can alter hair ph..now whether it can break proteins and relax is another thing of its own..but it appears as though someone is on the right track but...needs a further nudge..are we really stuck with damaging lye? To rearrange hair texture?? There has to be some lower grade chemical responses (acid/base) (exothermic) maybe even a product that could be a lye replacement to add into our conditioners or something..why is it that we can use a gel that elongates bonds of hair but once washed out it recoils back?? Why is it that certain heat tools can cause loosened curls over time and others cannot? I NEED A HAIR GAME CHANGER for curl reconstruction and hair straightening!!! PLEASE PROVIDE FEEDBACK!
WOW!! Highly liked this video!! Didn't know this!! I have subbed you lady. :)
Hello how is that going? Ive recently added baking soda to my conditioner, bringing it to about a 7.5-8 ph, which opens my cuticles and allows water to actually get in my strands. (I dont use shampoo.) Ive tried ph balanced stuff for two years also and my hair was ALWAYS dry and breaking in little pieces and began getting brittle. Now FINALLY I am making progress. I seal with an acidic leave in, (shea moisture restorative conditioner.)
Very informative, thank you!
This video is so helpful, thanks!
Thank you for this break down!
I understand moving from a higher pH to a lower pH but if that isn't really possible (because of the products available), it would probably be fine to end of the washing routine with an ACV or aloe juice rinse right?
Great info!
So happy I found your channel! :D
I need a neutral leave in! what do you recommend?
Do you have any suggestions for low porosity naturals like myself who find it difficult to retain moisture. I've been natural for almost two years and I've found that baking soda is the only thing that has allowed me to open up my cuticles and keep my hair moisturized for days on end; but as mentioned in your video it has a ph of 9. and outside of the 4-6 range you mentioned.
thanks so much for this video!!
I also use Shea Moisture's Curl Enhancing Smoothie for my 2 strand twist. Would you happen to know the pH for this product?
it's the conditioner formula and not just only the water.
Can &/or should you adjust the pH of more alkaline products? If yes, how can this be done? With lemon juice, perhaps? I have really hard water, to I rinse with cold distilled water that I squirt a little lemon juice in. Is this ok?
Do you think its a good idea for me to mix something with a low pH balance in my conditioner? Apple cider vinegar for example. I was thinking of lemon juice at first but it seems that its pH may be too low.
so if I mixed baking soda and bentonite clay with acv to clarify my hair what would happen?. Both powders have a high ph so combined it would increase?
Hi I trimmed my hair about a month ago because I had knots and split and splitting ends but looking at my hair today they are still there. I am so frustrated what can I do?
So what happens when your hair’s PH is too high? Does it weaken?
What type of products do you recommend for someone with low porosity hair? and where do you get pH strips?
You can get pH Strips from the Vitamin Shoppe, Mrs. Green's, or online.
I forgot to add, some hair care company could tell you the pH of their products if you call them
Thanks
Your welcome! If i find any info on what products are good for low porostiy I'll let you know, but to be on the safe side stick with things are are pH balanced friendly :)
Do you think prepooing or leave in conditionner are necessary in a hair routine? or 1shampoo 2deep conditionner 3moisturizer 4oils would be enough...thank you
what brand of acv did you test?
***** : Hello, I'm looking your book and your tutorials! My regimen right now is the following: pre-shampoo treatment, shampoo, 15-minute deep condition, bentonite clay, moisturizer, seal & gel.
How do you feel about bentonite clay?
i was thinking.... after cleansing my hair and using a t-shirt to get the heavy water out... to use aloe vera juice to re-wet my hair then add the clay mix... would that be too much of a ph balance shock for my 3c/4a low pros hair?
Can a off pH cause hair breakage?
I tried testing my shampoos and conditioners but with every single one, the test strip stayed the same color; not one changed at all from how it was in the package. I know it's not the test strips because I finally put one in orange juice and the color changed immediately...any suggestions?
what is not clear in many of these videos is very consistent. When I am adding or taking something away from my hair , am I'm moving up and down on the scale or does my hair take on the pH of the last item that I put in my hair? for example let's say I use baking soda and water on my hair to cleanse. Once I rinsed that out of my hair, is this the equation 7 plus 7 equals 14? Or is it that my hair stays at a 7 since they both measure a ph of 7? does the scale work like an integer scale?
Yes it works but not as you said.. When you put baking soda wich is alkaline 9 you have to follow it with something very acidic like vinegar 2 in order to get it back to 7... Because acid is +, and alkaline is _ '
it seems it the conditioner formula.
Anyone can share their thoughts.
If you pre-shamppo with an oil and then follow with a conditioner with a medium to high pH doors that oil prevent penetration. I guess I am asking for oil affect pH
thank u...
hey! rice university thats where Kristina Carillo-Bucaram went!
I have sensitive skin and hair, I can only use certain products, and have to be natural minerals, so I don't break out, with leprosy , enzyma, or rashes. It no offense to anyone, I know some understand, it not personal, it the truth. I have to be careful inner and outer of my human flesh.
Has Kimmaytube written a book? I think there is room for all the black hair gurus:)
Thx for ur videos. This one is informative but kimmaytube has gone into this extensively.
Thanks sooo much for the book and for this! OPENED my eyes to HAIR_DRYNESS like no other. SO glad DiscoveringNatural recommended your book and Audible had it for my economy-purchase and to YT too for bumping this up-recommendiing it for me, knowing I been searching!!! TOPS TOPS for Technology and programmers I just simply PRAISE GOD for Technology-Creation!!!
it's the conditioner formula and not just only the water.