Topic: Hair Items
This was supposed to be a "Happy New Year" post, but each click of the keyboard was met with angry rain and screaming thunderclaps. Yep - one of those days. I'd intended to wear my hair down - even slept in rollers Dominican Blowout style - but it could all be for nothing.
I ran for the remote to turn on the weather. The humidity around here is always high (I live on the coast), but today it was UP there. Am I doomed to frizzes? NOPE!
We've always been taught that high humidity = bad hair, but that's not the whole truth. Sometimes humidity could be at 80% and you still have a good hair day. Why? Well....I'm not entirely sure, but I do know that if I only look at humidity I'm missing out on good hair days by wrongly preparing for bad ones.
A few years ago I was taught to instead look at dew points, NOT humidity. The dew point is the point at which water condenses. Why does this matter to you? Well...
dew point below 50 = non frizzy curls or straight hair days and
dew point above 50 = frizzy and/or kinky curls, fly aways etc.
So this explains why sometimes when its cold, but the humidity is high, you can still have a good hair day. You can make it better by remembering this rule:
dew point below 50 = add moisturizer
dew point above 50 = CO wash with humectants
If you can't remember this, or can't find the dew point online, may I introduce you to a brilliant site HairForecast.com.
Inspired by a then meteorology student for his then girlfriend (now wife) who always called for a hair day report, the site tells you what kind of hair you can expect in your town. Just plug in your zip code and fight the frizz.
This guy, already a legend in my eyes, is also part of a group donating wells to poor communites - each time you click for your Hair Forecast, he takes money out of his own pocket for the cause. Check out the website and let me know what you think.
