Using Heat For Length Retention | Why I Became A Blow Dried Natural | BLACK HISTORY SERIES
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Here is a list of reasons why I chose to become a blow dried natural. Having 4C hair is not a walk in the park and it's easily prone to damage. Blow drying my hair helps me to combat dryness and helps with length retention.
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Trust me, I love my 4C hair just as much as I love being a blow dried natural, BUT it’s easier to maintain my hair this way. TFW! ❤️✨ #RoadTo100K
When you wash it, does it immediately go back to it's original hair type
@@istan9682 yes
I’m a blow dry natural because with MY 4C hair there is no such thing and “wash and go”, and sis, I need to go. I don’t like the idea of spending excessive time just on hair. Things to do, and coin to make. With this I wake up and truly go.
Yeni O YASSS! I totally get it!
Right on!
I NEED TO GOO!! 😂 same with blow drying you really go
Yes, the single strand knots and tangles are the devil. Blowdrying has been a game changer for me. The revair on low is king. Really helped with my hair growth journey and still have my beautiful curls.
Mia Bella Li how often do you use your revair?
@@benewiafe9861 Twice a month, I now use it on high. Have not had any issues and just reached bra strap length.
Mia Bella Li I bought mine a month ago and i plan to use it twice a month. So far so good but i am worried about heat damage so it’s good to know you haven’t had any issues. Do you use it on high or low heat please and what tension?
@@miabellali1771 Yes, that revair is the truth! I use mine weekly. I could not do that with a regular blow dryer.
Oh y’all bougie bougie 😍😅. I’m ready to catch that bad boy on sale 🥴
Been blowing my hair since a child. Never seen anything wrong with blowing out your hair. If you ask me the wet twist out make you hair more tangled and breaks it more. It good to do that once in a blue
Please what products do you use & what’s the routine??
Whts your blow dry routine?? I recently started blow drying and whilst I’ve seen results I feel like my routine could be better
That’s it! You’ve convinced me! I’m going to start blow drying once a month. I’m tired, tiiiiired of battling ssk’s, dryness, the excessively complicated routines and all the rest !!
DivaS0804 Welcome to the club! Just make sure to use heat protectant and to keep your hair moisturized between sessions. I’d recommend to moisturize your hair while wearing twists, so that it’ll stay elongated and detangled. Hope this helps 😘
@@DeJhaJoy How do you moisturize blow dried hair without it shrinking
I think i'm going to become a blowdry natural my self lol, my hair is long but the shrinkage and thickness is too much..
Caribbean Goddess Do what’s best for you. Just make sure to protect your natural curls ❤️
How do u prevent it from reverting ? I live in a tropical country lol
I finally realized that heat stretching my hair is helping me retain my length. I have been natural since 2010 and have had a few major hair cuts because I mostly wore my natural texture. Needless to say I should be close to waist length by now, but I'm almost arm pit length. I wash and deep condition my hair every weekend and blow dry using a Conair Hot Air brush ( my hair likes low wattage hair dryers). I use Nexxus Humectress moisturizing conditioner as my leave in and use Pink Lotion as my moisturizer and Argan One N' Only serum before blowing out my hair. This has been working well for my hair and I am not losing or damaging my hair. I also use my curling iron on high heat to get smooth voluminous curls because the flat iron makes my hair too flat. I work out 3-4 times a week and need to wash my hair every weekend to get the salt, sweat and dirt out. So far so good. Should have done this years ago, maybe could have came close to waist length hair.
I enjoyed reading this cause my hair cannot live without heat. I just flat ironed my hair last week and when I think about all those times I wore my hair in its natural state (even when stretched) I CRIIIINGE!! 😰😬😖. I loss unnecessary length because my strands were struggling when it came time to manipulate my hair. Our hair may be curly, big and thick when it's all clumped together, but our individual strands are so fragile.
@@DeJhaJoy I'm glad I was able to share my experience. The true lesson is you live and learn and go from there. The hope is that others can learn from our experiences. Thanks.
Wait you use heat evry week please tel us lol. Im trying to do this. But instead use tension rollers every week
@@krissysprayers2537 I gave my hair a break from blow drying weekly. I started doing wash and goes and wet buns the end of March and all of April. Needless to say I went to the salon May 20th for a flat iron and trim. Sure enough my ends were thin and I had breakage. I had almost 2 inches cut. I know for sure my hair likes heat stretching and not worn in its natural texture. Oh well it was another confirmation to use heat for managing my texture. This works for me and will continue to wash, condition and blowout every wash day which is usually weekly unless I don't have time then it will be every two weeks.
@@friedchicken892 Seriously, if you use a Revair you can safely blow dry weekly. That thing changed the game for real! I could not get away with blow drying weekly with any other blow dryer . There's literally no manipulation after the detangling part.
I'm a blow-dried natural too as I prefer my hair flatter and also it's cut down detangling from 80 minutes of wash days to 20 minutes. I now have the revair, so looking forward to even less manipulation with my hair :-)
How did this work for you? I just got the rev air and am considering blow drying monthly. I’m BSL
My sister is a straight haired natural (never wears it curly) and her hair is nearly waist length and healthy! I used to be one as well then I got lazy so stopped blow drying. I debate going back to it because my hair FLOURISHED but I have to wash weekly and I’m not really down for that time commitment lol
N P Yea, I don’t know if I would be able to do it, if I washed weekly. I wash monthly.
I wish I could do that! It’s really humid where I live and I sweat too much to get away with that 😞 I scratch like I have fleas past a week
N P Oh no! 😩
Hey could you explain your sisters routine ppeass
I love being a 4c natural. But I am tiring my hair out more by trying to maintain it without heat.
JLE G I totally get it. Do what’s best for you and your hair.
I'm becoming a blow dry natural too, my hair gets matted and tangled when I try to go super natural. My hair feels healthy when I blow dry and I only use the heat once a week.
Faith in all things Does it cause heat damage
Exactly
@@diamondpurdie8871 it depends on how you use it. Be cautious on the amount of heat you use in your hair
I like this too. It helps moisture stay in my hair. If my hair just air dries, it stays dry and frizzy no matter which products I use.
@@india3088-l8t this is me , I recently started using hair grease in its natural state and I could feel it somewhat more moisturized so I’m trying it with blown out hair last time I did it my hair felt really soft and smooth and jsut felt good
I’m feeling the same way too it’s like I want to embrace my natural hair and doing braid and twist outs I still get single stand knots and it’s too much and my hair barley stretches with those styles . I thought I was the only one that’s going through this and I love how us black women can help each other this is amazing thank you 😊❤️
sooooo you saved me... I was about to perm my 4 years natural hair... Im so tired and sick of styling it... so blow drying is a good option. I'm excited
Rose-Sabine Joseph 🎉 I’m so glad I helped in some way. Blow drying is a great option for remedying the frustration with your hair.
hi its has been 4 month since you wrote this comment is there any different changing in your hair ????
Gurl me too! I was soooo close to relaxing my hair but I got a blow dry and trim and love it! I’m gonna wear my hair like this from now on! Wash an go’s and daily twists outs are a no for me wayyy to much manipulation! I am now the blow dry queen!
My sister always blow dries her hair to style and her twist outs come out popppppping with that Miche twisting butter. I prefer less heat, only when I get braids 2-3 times a year
Omg. I so happy you posted this . I stared going completely natural like 2 years ago and my hair just keeps getting shorter and shorter. I have 4 c/b very dry hair and I have to keep cutting off the brakage😞. I did notice that when I was blown out and flat ironed I didn't have to touch it for 2 weeks. Otherwise I had to mess with it everyday. I wont go on for too long cause I can but thank you
Kristie Espinoza Girl, SAME! 😩 Some of us just don’t have the luxury of not touching our hair unless there’s heat on it. I enjoy the ease of my blown out hair and how I can switch between styles quickly. I would have read every word you wrote 🙃 Thanks for watching.
Here are my greatest discoveries for my natural hair after chopping off my but length locks: wash with favorite shampoo, apply leave in conditioner layered with shea butter and castor oil. I put the castor oil on my scalp too. Then blow dry with THE KNOW DR. brush...OMG. I was amazed at how little breakage occurs. I am so happy with this process. Even if I don't blow dry, that shea butter is so super protective. It am thrilled!
I prefer my type 4a/b hair in its natural state. However, I want bigger, longer hair. Its getting there. But I have noticed that my hair grows when stretched or blow dried. I will stay away from hot combs and flat irons though. Don't want heat damage. But yeah. I am thinking of becoming a blow dried natural myself and then wearing my hair in its coily state about 20% of the time. Until I get the length I want. Which is only bra strap.
a.d.w. n. Get it, girl. Do what’s best for you
Same
You can still get heat damage from blow drying.
Blow dry on cool air.
I stumbled on this video because of guilt 😂😂 I’ve been a natural state natural for going on 6 years and my hair has always flourished. I just have to wash and redo the style weekly to combat dryness but chiiiile I moved to a new country that’s extremely humid so that doesn’t work anymore. Out here looking like idk what 🤦🏽♀️😪 I’ve blowdried a couple times since then to protective style but then my edges started breaking off with the back to back protective styling. So just last weekend I decided I was going to start blow drying everytime I wash because it’s the best option for me right now, then the fear of heat damage set in. Girl thank you! Imma try it out for a few months and see
Yeah I noticed when I use a blow dryer it's easier to stretch my hair and my hair actually grows better for some reason.
After I wash and deep condition and moisturize and all that and I braid it up or I'll twist it up by the next day my hair is so dry it literally breaks off. My hair has broken off so much since I stopped blow drying it because that's I cannot retain moisture if if my hair is not blow dried it probably sound crazy to a lot of people but that's how my hair is as well
You said excuse my breath I just had a burrito! I cracked up and tried to subscribe again! I wonder what video got me the first time! So cute
Omigosh! I thought I was imagining that my hair was not growing as much because of the hair marriage 😮, and single strand knots.
I had resorted to texturing because it kept it from knotting.
Thanks for posting! Going back to blow drying monthly! Yay!
I only wear my natural hair in wash and gos because I like how it looks best styled that way.
Girl yyeeessss!!! I have always loved big hair! Big hair is LIFE!
I recently bought a new blow dryer and was considering using it more often but: 1. I’m afraid of heat damage, what do you do to avoid it, what settings do you use? 2. I need to wash my hair every week (it has been a week and a half since I washed my hair and it is itching so bad), so how can I stretch my wash days in order to blow dry it once a month like you do?
It was a really helpful video and your hair seems to be thriving!!
Just blow dry once a week or do the banding method
E S I use tea tree oil and avocado oil on my scalp every time I switch my hairstyles, so I don’t start to experience unbearable itching. If I’m super physically active then I’ll wash my hair in a 2 week period. You can also implement co-washing every 2 weeks and use tea tree oil on your scalp. I hope this helps ❤️
Use leave ins and heat protectant but i blow dry on cool air if u want to keep blow dry more often.
Is it just me or have you ever realized that your hair absorbs products much better after blow drying? I'm low porosity and products would sit on top of my hair and take forever to dry. When I started blow drying my hair, my hair would be sooooo soft afterwards and my hair literally took in the products.
yes! my natural hair only absorbs moisture if I leave it twisted for a week after washing. its so much easier to moisturize blow dried so I wonder if I need the heat to help my products absorb
Low porosity hear . Same for me. My hair is well moisturized when i wear straight hair... so i will stick to my heat regimen
I noticed the same thing with my hair.
I think I'm going to start doing this because I'm getting so much breakage.
I'VE BEEN LONG FOR DAYS, HOURS FOR ONLY BLOW DRIED NATURAL!😍😍😍you have no ides how excited/happy i am
keely Jade Ayyeee!! Welcome to the family!! 😘😘
This sounds really interesting. I keep my hair in twists and bun it so blow drying would just be an extra step for me that I don't find necessary. But you definitely brought up some great points.
Dominique Sweeney I live in twists and buns like 98% out the year.
I'm 4a/4b and i wear it in its natural state. I've been wearing protective styles for a bit but I'm wearing it in its natural state now. In the winter, it is dry but i just missed it too much so I'm dealing with it. I've always been natural and i've worn my hair naturally for years so if i wear too many protective styles without wearing my kinky hair, i feel like "not myself". When i wear it naturally, i don't comb for a while until i feel like detangling so i don't actually loose a lot of hair daily. Before i didn't care to be gentle but now i care to be more gentle when i detangle.
bbappzz98 Thanks for sharing. I be missing my hair in its natural state until it starts getting crazy on me lol ❤️
@@DeJhaJoy yeah, I think my natural state is a breeze in the summer especially if it is humid because kinky hair really is the best for summer but in the winter, it needs to be baaabied.
Plus i get more volume with blowouts and lord knows i love BIG and KINKY
I love my hair big as well without the matted struggles.
Awe you are so precious. Your smile is wonderful...Thank you precious!
I'm going to start using heat on my hair! I'm a natural haired girl and literally NEVER use heat in my hair, like twice a year.
My hair is kinda type 4a and I am sick of painful detangling with different tangle teasers when I wash my hair once a week!
I shed so much hair and to manage it is hard and takes me over 1 hour to do a basic style! I do this so I am comfortable sleeping and working out without drowning in my afro.
I begin to sweat like crazy because of how thick my hair is :'(
When I put my hair in like 10 braids to have a break from my volumous hair, its exhausting and tiring as it takes me 2 hours to do!
So I think of other thinngs. I'll do my DIY natural box braids (which takes me 9 hours to do myself consisting of 1 hour of detangling, 1 hour of straightening) for 53 braids!
Lasts me for 6 weeks and then back to the painful process of detangling and losing hair all over again, not really retaining length.
I'm sick of all these websites and TH-camrs saying limit heat which I've done for years and its given me no benefits!
They just say it to make money and look good! I just hating my hair even more, despite my efforts!!
I'm buying a hairdryer, diffuser and using heat protectant to define and dry my curls once a week! I'll be using low and cool settings for it 😁
Tired of waiting 12 hours for my natural hair to completely dry!
I am highly considering this as well. My hair grows and just is better and works better with heat. Please do more videos on it! Especially styles and keeping it moisturized in this state?
Cleo Cleo I gotchu on the videos! 💕
I love your Mia avatar lol
Great Info! Thanks so much!❤️
I stretch my hair out with a warm pressing comb....I love it...I don't use the blow dryer...I braid to dry my hair
My strands are fine and fragile. Wet sets leave my hair softer and shinier than blow drying. Even when I had a relaxer I had to stop using heat to retain length.
Random Musings same here! I have fine strands and heatless methods work better for me to retain length and reduce tangles.
I have fine hair too but blow drying saved me from so many single strand knots and breakage😭
@@angelas831 Same here. Fine strands retained better with heat.
Im looking for a new flat iron to now wear my hair straight, been natural for 8 years sooo much breakage! i am changing this routine as soon as i find a new iron!
I love blow drying! But since I’ve colored my hair I decided to do it less so I won’t dry my hair out too much.
Legally Afro Great choice. The constant heat would be too much.
Ill hv to try this more often. I go MONTHS w/o blow drying or other heat and it be so tight and endlessly dry it seems. Omg and the amt of hair that comes out😩... so very discouraging with me being natural and all! I wld think my hair wld be in great shape. Anyway, I’ll hv to start stretching it out a bit now with all the benefits you mentioned. Thanks
You're welcome! I hope this method works out for you.
I love it when she says "it is a BREEZE!!!!!"❤🙏🙂 great video
i am always locked in to ur videos. i must say i have become a blow dry natural ever since i buy that look alike revelon blow drying brush hahahaha i am loving it bcuz it is way easier to deal with my hair keeping it stretched for real for real...!!
I noticed that when I warm comb my hair..with my electric straighten comb it grown a lot better..you are so right my hair is less dry..sometimes when I wear my wigs ..I warm comb my hair then braids my hair ...Im warm comb natrual..natrual state was terrible..but today I braid my hair while it was wet because it was so hot..to Warm comb...so glad I saw your video..
I'll agree on the breakage on natural dry hair and constant ssks
I may need to try keeping my hair stretched. You're really convincing me to try the Revlon brush hair dryer. Do you wash your hair once a month which constitutes blow drying monthly?
Sherri Danner Oh yes! The Revlon dryer is bestie. Yes, I wash and blow dry once a month. Sometimes 2-4 weeks, but 90% of the time it’s only once a month.
@@DeJhaJoy I'm going to try once a month and see how it works for my hair. My scalp be tripping sometimes. Lol. Thank you for responding
Sherri Danner If you need, you can also co-wash or deep condition in between wash days to keep your scalp from going crazy. I also use oil from time to time to keep my scalp from feeling dry.
Looks gorgeous. How long does the blow dry effect last. Think I might try this
I'd like to know this as well. I need to try this
My blow dry last for the month. However, I get a lot of new growth and sometimes sweat on my scalp in my sleep/during active activities and it’s important to keep the roots stretched (with 2 strand twists or your preferred style) to make maintenance a lot easier. I’m thinking about doing a video on “a month in my natural hair” let me know if this interest you ❤️
@@DeJhaJoy Yes please! I'd love to see it. I'm very active and I sweat alot especially my hair. If I can find a way to maintain my hair in a stretched state while being active, that would be perfect.
That would be great I'm a fitness instructor and work out all the time. So I'd really appreciate the video. Thanks for the quick responses. Enjoying being your subbie!!! 💓
Sherri Danner I’m also doing a video on natural hairstyles for the active lifestyle cause I know firsthand how real it is.
I honestly stayed in my complete natural state just because it was easier with me being in school and traveling after I graduated. But now I am trying to try something new because my hair just continues to get so damn dry and it shrinks up so much it makes me mad lol
I’m trying to keep my hair braided or twisted. Like box braids, passion twist, feed in cornrows ect… and it’s easier to do the style if I have my hair blow dried. I wanna blow dry my hair once a month but I’m scared of heat damage 😭
I blow dry my hair once a month and the trick is to have a good heat protectant and use a moisturiser before you use the heat protectant.
Girl, blow drying once a month is not going to damage your hair. Y'all literally out here PETRIFIED!🤣 Get a Revair if you're that scared.
Do you have a video of your weekly routine once you have used the blow dried method especially as a means of length retention? Do you protective style using the blow dried method, and how do you retain moisture if washing only once a month? Tfs this video
christine1962ful Brilliant question. I’d also love to know
I feel like the wet hair was messing with my scalp
Hey De'Jha you ever tried doing a roller set? I find for me
that it cuts out most of work and then you can do your roots with
a warm comb or a root stimulater. Anyway I feel you. Whatever works baby!
I have 4c hair and it’s so hard to manage. Styles don’t come out right and it ends up in a puff. Relaxers makes my scalp flare up. Being blow dried is my next attempt at dealing with my hair. If it doesn’t work. I’m locing it
The only time I wear my hair with no heat is when I wear a wig...or do a ponytail with gel...I braid my hair wet ...then I wear my wigs
I’m seeing this now and to be honest I’m thinking about going back to blow drying myself when I was little I never wore my hair in it’s natural state only blow dry with grease mine you, no heat protectant and my mom would keep it cornrowed for 2 weeks and I retained length like crazy. Now wearing it In it’s natural state the Only way I avoid dryness, ssk and breakage is flat twisting it In 2 and babying the hell out of it I’m so paranoid wearing it out I. It’s natural state. And I want to enjoy my hair and the length.
Your too cute!! 🤗🤗 I feel like blow dry works for me also.
LIONZ HEAD Thank you 🤗
Where’s this video about your experience with your natural hair and finger detangling? Com’on thru with it😜
SimplyNatural lol.. I touched on it briefly in a previous video, but I’m going to make a dedicated video of my experience in the next couple of weeks. Hold me to it 😝
I started blowdrying weekly but I saw some breakaage and dryness so I stopped , now I leave 3 weeks minimum between my blow out and that seems to be better
It looks gooooooooood
Do u use warm or high heat setting on the blow dryer? How do you keep it moisturized without it reverting?
Kay I I use my blow dryer on high heat and I keep my hair stretched in twists right after moisturizing which helps my hair not to revert too much (my twists are worn in a bun after moisturizing).
Thank you. What kind of moisturizer do you use?
Please do the regret video
I gotchu ❤️
@@DeJhaJoy Thanks!💖
do you still workout or exercise regularly being a blow dried natural?
a question i need an answer to !!!!
I want to go down this route but how do you keep your hair moisturised after you blow dry it?
Maria B I moisturize my hair in twists after about 2 weeks. The twists help my hair not to revert all the way.
De'Jha Joy Thanks Hun
What use to keep your hair mositurize after blow dry your during the week?
Unique Flowers Because my hair still needs to be moisturized. That’s why I keep my hair stretched, so that it doesn’t revert.
Do you have a lot of shedding with blow drying? I am either going to blow dry or texlax. I'm researching the pros and cons of either one of these. I currently wear my hair in its natural state, but it is going to change soon
I warm comb my hair I like that better...you can use a electric pressing comb or the regular..I braid my hair to dry!!!
Oh yeah what kind of heat protection do you use???
I have sista locs because my hair wont grow with out them. Also i dont like combing my hair because i do hair for a living. It also helps me stay out of my hair but my problem is color when im bored.
I get it! There are 2 feelings that I try to avoid with my hair: boredom and frustration. Boredom use to have me coloring my hair (with a quickness) and frustration makes me itch to cut or perm my hair (mostly want to cut it though). I also don't like to comb my hair, because my new growth be thicka than a snicka, so keeping it blow dried (or straightened) is that happy place for me.
I braid my hair to dry. So what temp should I warm comb my hair with the electric straighten comb
What kind of blowdryer do you use?
Love intro
Bonnie Lewis Thank you 🙏🏾
Soo true, it have been over a month since I have had SSK
I'm planning to start blow drying my hair. My question is do u use a heat protectant if yes what do u use?
melissa godchild I use leave in conditioner (first) and the Heat Protector Straightening Spray by Fantasia. The link is in the description box of my recent blow dry tutorial video ❤️
@@DeJhaJoy ok thank u
Petty Realist oh lord never add heat on oil especially grease
how do u moisturize and keep it straight for a whole month
TheFantasticNerd I moisturize and then put it into either chunky twists or large Bantu knots.
TheFantasticNerd I also moisturize while my hair is in twists so that it won’t shrink up too much.
What do you use to moisturize?
Prior to the popularity of relaxers, bw were often straight hair naturals due the use of the hot 🥵 comb 🪮. I have been natural for 10 years. I am 4c with thick natural hair. I have enjoyed keeping my natural hair. Last week I got a color treatment and a blow out. I am getting used to this style again and I still like it. However, I will probably return to my natural, coily braid outs. Do what works best for you. Yes, it is easier to style straight hair but avoiding reversion, humidity, etc., can be a hassle. To each her own. You look great ❤ by the way.