Curl Harmony - Natural Hair Care for Curly Hair

Curl Harmony on Naturally Random

2010-02-26T14:00:00.000Z

I was approached by Candise Lazare about appearing on her fabulous new blog, Naturally Random. Candise's blog details her natural hair journey and her quest for natural hair products in the UK. See the interview here.

Trial Sizes now available

2010-02-23T13:48:00.000Z

Trial Sizes are now available from just £1.75. It's the perfect chance to try out new products. Products available are:

Creamy Shampoo
Cleansing Conditioner
Hydrating Conditioner
Intensive Repair Deep Conditioner
Leave In Conditioner
Curl Reviver
Hair Milk
Supreme Curl Cream
Hair Butter

Available now at www.curlharmony.co.uk

New Curl Harmony Products

2009-12-16T13:43:00.004Z

Curl Reviver
Use Curl Harmony Curl Reviver daily to rejuvenate your curls. Enriched with Avocado Butter, Kokum Butter and Monoi de Tahiti to improve elasticity and to prevent frizz resulting in fantastic curls everyday.
Key Ingredients: Avocado Butter, Kokum Butter, Monoi de Tahiti (Coconut oil & Gardenia)

Curl Serum
Curl Harmony Curl Serum is super concentrated and is packed with curl loving ingredients to add gloss and shine to all curl types. Say goodbye to unruly locks as Murumuru Butter, Brazil Nut Oil and Broccoli Seed Oil leaves you with softer, smoother, healthier hair.
Key Ingredients: Jojoba oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Aloe Vera Extract, Brazil Nut Oil, Murumuru Butter, Broccoli Oil

Hair Cleanser New formula
Curl Harmony Hair Cleanser leaves hair feeling hydrated, smooth and silky. This extra gentle formula is free from sulphates with a mild cleansing action that does not strip hair of natural oils. Suitable for all curl types.
Key Ingredients: Disodium Cocoamphodiacetate, Coco-Glucoside & Glyceryl Olelate, Oat Extract, Panthenol

Creamy Shampoo
Curl Harmony Creamy Shampoo restores moisture and manageability as its clarifies hair and scalp. This rich formulation strengthens and protects. Suitable for all hair types. Sulphate free.
Key Ingredients: Sodium Cocoyl Isethionate, Disodium Cocoamphoacetate, Oat and Chicory Root Extract, Panthenol, Guar gum

Supreme Curl Cream
Curl Harmony Supreme Curl Cream is the ultimate indulgence for your curls. This incredibly rich moisturising cream containing exotic Mowrah Butter, Brazil Nut Oil and Camellia Kissi Oil leaves hair feeling silky, hydrated and strengthened. Natural extracts of hibiscus and oat promote hair growth. Suitable for daily use.
Key Ingredients: Mowrah Butter, Hibiscus, Oat, Nettle, Horsetail, Sale and Lavender Extracts, Brazil Nut Oil, Sweet Almond Oil, Camellia Kissi Oil.

Hydrating Conditioner (Replaces Grapeseed, Sweet Almond and Shea Butter Conditioners)
Curl Harmony Hydrating Conditioner is specifically formulated for all curl types. It delivers the optimum dose of moisture for fabulous looking hair. Raw Cocoa butter delivers exceptional smoothness and softness for increased manageability and provides a gorgeous chocolate scent. Key Ingredients: Cocoa Butter, Behentrimonium Methosulphate, Cetearyl Alcohol, Wheat Protein, Panthenol, Guar Gum

Tresses2die4

2009-03-30T14:13:00.000+01:00

Tresses2die4 has a wide range of products to embrace and celebrate your curls. We're very happy when Sharon contacted to become a stockist. Our product have now been added to the range.

Nature's Parlour now stocks Curl Harmony

2009-03-02T14:02:00.000Z

We are very please to inform you that Nature's Parlour now stocks our products. Nature's Parlour is run by Xina Broderick and sells a wide range of natural and organic products, the range includes products for bath, body and hair. Her website also boasts an informative blog on all thing natural.

New Stockist

2009-02-20T12:59:00.001Z

Curl Harmony products are now available to buy from our new stockist in Slovenia. Take a look at Kodrasta here.

Lexies Curls

2009-01-30T11:56:00.000Z

We are very please to inform you that Lexies Curl based in Germany has now added Curl Harmony products to their webite. Take a look at the site here.

Cleansing Clay

2008-12-08T11:59:00.000Z

Curl Harmony's Cleansing Clay is great at cleaning the hair and scalp, but did you know it's great at detoxing the skin and makes a great face mask?

Face Mask Recipe
1 Tablespoon Cleansing Clay
70ml Water
1 Tablespoon Curl Harmony Conditioner

Place the clay in a clean bowl. Add the water and conditioner and mix into a smooth paste - best done using a hand blender, but a fork will do. Add more water or clay to acheive the right consistency.

Apply mask to face, avoiding the eye area. Leave on for 5-10 mins. Rinse away with warm water. Store any remaining face mask in the fridge.

Variations

Replace water with natural yogurt or aloe vera gel.
Add a small piece advocado or banana for a vitamin boost.

Flavour Mag

2008-10-15T11:54:00.003+01:00

I was lucky enough to be featured in the September/ October Issue of Flavour Mag. The articles goes into the reasons I started the Curl Harmony brand. Click on the magazine cover and go to page 26. Click here to see the article.

Caring for Mixed Race Hair

2008-10-01T14:30:00.004+01:00

Mixed race hair is incredibly beautiful. Although you may not think so on the days when the comb gets stuck in it or you’re unable to control the frizzing.
Finding the right products can often be a struggle, products for straight hair aren’t moisturising enough and product aimed at afro hair can leave your hair overly greasy. Learning what ingredients to avoid (take a look at our curly hair guide) along with certain techniques will improved the condition and appearance of your hair and turn even the driest hair types into softer, smoother fabulous looking curls.
Parents of mixed race children can sometimes find it a nightmare when trying to deal with their child’s hair. Particularly the case when the child’s hair differs hugely from the mother’s hair type. Following these top tips for all mixed race hair types and you’ll be on your way to better conditioned, more manageable hair.

· Always use a gentle shampoo. Every curly girl should avoid sulphates in their shampoo as this detergent can be too harsh on curly hair leading to dryness and frizzies. A good conditioner is essential to keep hair hydrated and healthy looking.
· Avoid using brushes as this often leads to frizz. Use a wide tooth comb instead.
· Never comb your hair when it is dry! Only comb hair when wet and saturated with conditioner. This will allow your curls to clump together giving better curl definition
· Ideally allow your hair to dry naturally. If that’s not possible use a diffuser on a cool setting until hair is about 90% dry. Whilst hair is drying don’t touch it! Playing with hair at this stage will separate the curls and lead to frizzy hair.
· Keep heat styling to a minimum. Mixed race hair is more fragile and thus more susceptible to damage. Too much heat can damage the hair so use a thermal protector and use the coolest setting if your appliance allows.
· At night, tie hair up in a loose scrunchie or wrap with a silk scarf. A satin pillowcase will reduce frizzing at night.

What a cutie! The great curl defintion achieved by one of my customers on her son's hair using Curl Harmony Leave In Conditioner. Absolutely zero frizz - fantastic!

Curl Harmony products now available from Baayo

2008-09-30T11:45:00.001+01:00

We're please to announce that Baayo has become our very first stockist. Baayo caters for anyone with curly frizzy and afro and is based in France. We'd like to thank Celine and her team at Baayo for adding the Curl Harmony range their website.

Afro hair

2008-08-19T13:17:00.010+01:00

After 10 years of relaxing my hair I decided to stop. The caustic chemicals in relaxers would often burn my scalp and yet I continued to use them for such a long time. Why?

There is a huge social pressure on black women in particular to wear their hair straight whether by relaxing or hair extensions. In our society long straight hair is seen as the ideal which most woman black or otherwise strive for. Afro hair is the complete opposite and is often regarded as being difficult and unmanageable. There is a concept of having "good hair" or "bad hair", "good hair" having a looser texture whereas "bad hair" is coarser and very tightly coiled and therefore less desirable. With these negative connotations and the ideals set by society we see younger and younger girls, sometimes as young as 5 and 6 years old relaxing their hair. Would you dye a child's hair at that age? Probably not. So why will some mothers allow these harsh chemical, potentially carcinogen chemicals to come into contact with their child's skin?

It's very rare these day to find a black women who has never chemically processed her hair at least once in her life. Go in to a room of black women and you'll be hard pushed to find someone wearing their hair naturally. So you'd think that there must be something to gain from relaxing simply due to its popularity. A major advantage to undergoing this caustic process, well not really. In fact, relaxers severely weaken the hair as well as a substantial loss of elasticity . Relaxed hair is prone to breakage, so much so that some women will see very little hair growth year after year.

Although I choose not to relax my hair any longer, I have nothing against women who choose to relax their hair. I am concern that women use them because they feel it's the only way they can deal with their natural hair and also when women continue to relax despite being burnt time after time after time.

Today there is more information available than ever about how to deal with natural hair. Certain methods and products we once used haven't been doing us any good. Whether relaxed or natural these tips will help keep your hair as healthy as possible.

Avoid Sodium Lauryl Sulphate in shampoos. This harsh detergent is very drying something we don't need.
Avoid mineral oil. It clogs pores on the scalp inhibiting growth and dries out hair by creating a barrier on the hair shaft. Ironically mineral oil is found in most of the products aimed at afro/relaxed hair. Also look out for petrolatum, paraffin liquidum. Natural vegetable oils and butter are far superior and also contain nourishing vitamins.
Only comb hair when it soaking wet and saturated with conditioner (natural hair only). Combing dry hair will cause breakage and frizzing. Start from the end and work up to the root. And be gentle!
You don't need to "grease" your scalp. The scalp is just skin and using traditional mineral oil containing hair oils can block pores.
Wet you hair often. Contrary to popular belief water is your best friend and is the only way to moisturise the hair. You cannot moisturise you hair with oil alone! I recommend washing at least once a week, with just wetting and conditioning in between.

"Take the kinks out of your mind, not out of your hair" Marcus Garvey

Shampoo

2008-08-09T16:43:00.004+01:00

Everyone uses shampoo, but how many of us realise what we are putting on our hair and bodies? Sodium lauryl sulphate (SLS) is found in 90% of conventional shampoos as well as in a number of personal care products, including toothpastes, shower gels and bubble baths. SLS is a harsh detergent that works by removing oils from the hair and skin. Its cleaning power is utilised industrially and it is commonly used as an engine degreasers, floor cleaners and in car washes. I haven't used shampoo since realising it's harsh nature on delicate curly hair.
As well as not being curl friendly there are a number of health concerns associated with the use of SLS in commercial personal care products. It is a suspected carcinogen with links to kidney and liver damage. It is also known to cause eye irritation, which can lead to cataracts and SLS is often used in clinical and laboratory testing to deliberately provoke skin irritation.
My advice is always read the label and when you consider that the skin (including the scalp) can absorbs up to 60% of the products we use, natural products seems a good idea.

The Curly Girl Routine

2008-08-08T12:17:00.007+01:00

The curly girl routine (or CG routine) was devised by Lorraine Massey in her book "Curly Girl: The Handbook". She talks about her experience of using conventional shampoo and how it caused her naturally curly hair to become frizzy. She discovered the benefits of going shampoo free and hasn't used shampoo for years.
Although it may seem like an odd concept at first, there are enough surfactants in conditioner to clean the hair properly. And no, your hair won't smell at all! In fact you hair and scalp will thank you for it.
One factor to bear in mind if you want to try this routine is that you must avoid silicones in your styling products. Many silicones are insoluble in water and can only be removed with harsh detergents like sodium lauryl sulphate. This can lead to product build up, which can leave your hair looking greasy. Curl Harmony Cleansing Conditioner contains no silicones and only gentle surfactants and is highly recommended if you suffer from dry or frizzy hair.