7 Essential Ingredients For Gorgeous Black Hair

There’s so much information out there to tell you what’s good and what’s not so good for Black hair. But how do you really know if this information is right for you? Remember: a product your best friend loves may not work for you at all. All this said, there are a handful of ingredients that just about every hair care expert, and just about every hair type, can agree on: 1. Water Water is the ultimate moisturizer. Not only does it work on the outside of your body, it works from the inside, too. If this is the first ingredient listed on products, that’s a good thing. 2. Shea Butter Look for pure, unrefined shea butter that’s pale yellow and smooth. Gritty, dark yellow, white or green shea butter is either too refined or even rotten. Again, look for a light yellow color and uniformity when buying shea butter. Plenty of products have jumped on the shea butter bandwagon, but if it’s not one of the first five ingredients listed, it’s probably not doing you much good. You can either buy a shea butter-based product, or better yet, use it straight from the jar. Pure shea butter can be...