Great Books To Read On Hair!

I've always loved reading books and when it comes to hair care, trust me there are a TON of books to be read! I'm still getting round to reading them all but for now these are the ones that caught my eye and which I've read and thoroughly enjoyed.

First of is what I consider my 'hair bible' for the great in depth information on the science of hair and understanding how hair ( afro textured) works. It is quite informative and can be quite 'scientific' in the terms used but if you're really interested in understanding the composition of our hair, the different types of ingredients in products, their interactions with one another and how they affect the hair; then trust me, 'The Science of Black Hair' is an invaluable book which you will refer to over and over again.

Silicone's And Sulfates - To Be Or Not To Be?

When I started my healthy hair journey, I spent fascinated hour upon hour, reading through as many hair forums and blogs that I could find (I still do) learning about products, ingredients and other people’s experiences before quickly running to the store to buy some product which was ‘good’ or running to my bathroom to bin some product which was ‘bad’ – safe to say I was a bandwagon jumper and had to learn the hard way when I started losing hair.

*Hair tip - Try not to jump on every hair bandwagon that comes up; apart from getting dizzy with confusion, your hair might just give you an 'askor' and refuse to respond to products or worse still, start breaking off*

Case in point:

‘Sulfate free shampoos are a gentler way to cleanse your hair as they don’t strip your strands and dry out your hair the way shampoos with sulfates will’. 

This was something I saw on every blog and immediately invested in some sulfate free shampoos. Now prior to this, I had fallen in love with the Neutrogena Triple Moisture Silk Touch Leave In Cream as it made my hair oh so soft and silky! I was co washing quite often (with the Aussie Moist Moisturizing conditioner which I adore) and also using the leave – in quite often while shampooing less often with a sulfate free shampoo.