 A pre-shampoo hot oil treatment can boost your hair's strength and give it a healthier look and feel. Here's a great formula: Ingredients
-Argan oil -Avocado oil or avocado butter melted -Coconut oil -Jojoba oil -Olive oil All these oils are either available in your kitchen already or in the 6 Best Oils 6 Pack which is now on Amazon at 36% off the regular price. Method Before you start, section and detangle your hair
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Possibly but highly unlikely. Hair loss and thinning is very common amongst people that have very poor nutrition and simply aren't getting enough food such as those with anorexia or victims of a famine. This occurs because their body simply isn't getting enough food of any type. If you don't have anorexia, you could be getting inadequate protein because of the following factors:
According to The Science of Black Hair, low protein diets produce weak, protein deficient hair shafts. These protein deficient hair shafts [are] found to be more brittle than normal hairs, and they also lack the colour, natural curl pattern and texture of normal hairs. Protein deficiency can cause hair to stop growing all together. That said, protein deficiency is very uncommon in the Western world or even amongst the middle and upper classes in the Developing world. Protein Sources
Vegetables have the added benefit of containing fibre, antioxidants, many vitamins and minerals.  Get your FREE ebook on How To Grow Long, Healthy Natural Kinky or Curly Hair.
References Protein deficiency may cause hair loss (Natural News) Protein deficiency and hair loss (LiveStrong)  Cedarwood essential oil is one of the key ingredients in Neno Natural's Hair Growth Stimulator. It is also a personal favourite of mine because it has been successfully used in scientific experiments to show that it does have an actual benefit to hair health and growth. In particular, cedarwood essential oil can:
I use it regularly by adding a few drops to my shampoo, conditioner and homemade shea butter blends.  Get your FREE ebook on How To Grow Long, Healthy Natural Kinky or Curly Hair.
You might also like: Which Cedarwood Essential Oil Is Best - Atlas, Chinese, Himalayan, Texas Or Virginian? Ref: Cedarwood Essential Oil (Herbal Essences), Cedarwood Essential Oil (Esoteric Oils), Hair Research  Thin hair vs. thick hair
I get asked this question a lot.
When we talk about thin hair we're not talking about the density of hair strands on one's head but the actual thickness of each strand of hair. 
That said, the two often occur together: many people who don't have loads of hair strands on their head also have thin, individual strands of hair.
Characteristics of Thin Hair:
Below are products recommended by Neno Natural's Facebook fans that have experience with thin hair: 1. Qhemet Biologics 2. Shea Moisture Baobab & Yucca 3. Cantu Product 4. Jane Carter 5. Toni shana who is a stylist recommended, Ms Jessies products 6. Finally, Jamaican Black Castor Oil came up a few times as a product that works well with thin hair and can be added to a conditioner or used as a hot oil treatment. Click any image below for more information on each product (line):
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You might also like: I Have Thin Natural Hair. How Do I Make It Thicker?  RRP: £12 ($18), 100ml Hug My Hair has a simple philosophy; ‘Moisturize and Seal!’ Your hair is at its strongest and most defensive state when it is moisturized. The best and most readily available moisturizer in nature is water. After washing your hair Hug My Hair’s sealant hair butters to lock in that moisture and allow your hair to retain that strength, and enable your hair to retain that length! Of all their conditioning sealant butters VINTAGE has received amazing reviews both online and on YouTube (by me!). Packed full of yummy ingredients such as extra virgin coconut oil, vitamin E, Jamaican black castor oil, extra virgin avocado oil, extra virgin olive oil and essential oils (to name a few), this penetrating hair butter has yet to disappoint, and Hug My Hair are giving away 3 full sized tubs, and you could be one of the lucky 3 to win one! The giveaway will only run for a week so get ready to show off your curls! There will be three winners and each winner will receive one jar of the VINTAGE product. With this unique giveaway, here's how to enter. Get creative ladies! Do you want to win Hug My Hair’s VINTAGE? Here's how to enter: There are three categories, you need only enter one
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 Overall, glycerine is great when applied to natural hair and can provide many benefits. However, there is one key fact you should remember when you use glycerine and two relatively minor ones. Key disadvantage Glycerine is affected by weather conditions especially heat and humidity so the results you get in summer may be different to those achieved during winter. It is better to use glycerine when it is normal to mildly humid and when the temperature is quite warm not hot. This is because when the weather is very dry there isn't enough water in the general environment for the glycerin in your hair to attract; it might compensate for this by actually taking much needed moisture out of your hair and therefore drying it out! If it is very humid, glycerine might attract so much water to your hair causing it to frizz! Other disadvantages
Those are the key disadvantages of glycerine for hair application. Overall, keep in mind that spring and autumn are good months for glycerine, the heights of summer and winter are not.  Get your FREE ebook on How To Grow Long, Healthy Natural Kinky or Curly Hair.
Ref. blackgirllonghair You might also like: What Is Glycerine? Why's It Good For Natural Hair?  Glycerine soap
Glycerine or glycerin (or even Glycerol) is a colorless, odorless, sweet-tasting, sticky, thickish sugar alcohol that is widely used in hair and body products. It can either be obtained from natural sources or be produced synthetically.
Natural glycerin is derived from fats and oil such as coconut oil or palm oil. It can also be made from animal fat so if you are concerned about that you should look for “vegetable glycerin”. Synthetic glycerin is derived from petroleum. Most glycerin worldwide comes from natural sources. Glycerine is hygroscopic, this means that it can attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment. This also means it is a humectant, it helps to retain moisture. The key benefits of glycerine for hair are:
When included in a product glycerin increases the viscosity of the formulation, i.e. it makes a watery blend thicker. It can also help improve the lather of a shampoo. Interestingly, did you know that if glycerin is left in an open unsealed jar or container it would continue too attract water molecules until it contained 20% water? I find that fascinating! Glycerin can draw moisture out of hair so it is ideal to keep the volume of glycerin in any leave-on formulation under 10%, 5% and under is even better. If you are going to be rinsing the product off as with a shampoo or conditioner then you can add more if you wish. 
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You might also like: The Disadvantages Of Glycerine For Natural Hair? Ref. wisegeek, wikipedia, blackgirllonghair
I find that whipped, creamy butters are much more effective for application on dry hair. And firmer, unwhipped shea butters that haven't been blended with water are better for sealing in moisture after you've just washed your hair. Here are products I have used and like and a few that I would like to use:  Luv Naturals Leave-In Conditioner
1. Leave-in conditioners
I didn't realise until recently that leave-in conditioners are just another type of moisturiser. You can apply most of them to your dry hair daily after you've spritzed your hair with water. My two favourite leave-in conditioners are currently:
2. Darcy's Botanicals Avocado and Honey Twisting Cream
A great product. So good on my hair that I have two YouTube videos on it! Watch them:
3. Beautiful Textures Moisture Butter
This is next on my "hit list" - all the ingredients are natural and it's coming in at $14 for an 8 oz (230 ml) jar. Slightly expensive but sometimes there are sales on the product allowing you to obtain it for just $7. That said $14 isn't bad at all given it should last a long while. I would like to try the entire Beautiful Textures range. 4. Oyin Handmade Whipped Shea Butter This is another one on the hit list. It's only $10 for 4 oz. or $16 for 8 oz. on Amazon.com. At that price it is definitely worth a try especially as Oyin consistently get rave customer reviews. 5. Palmers Coconut Oil Hair Milk, 8.5 oz At just shy of $5 on Amazon.com this product is definitely on the cheap side for natural hair products. If you have thin hair it appears to be light so it shouldn't weigh your curls down. 8.5 ounces should last at least four months if only one person is using the bottle. If you are in the UK and looking for moisturisers, check out this blog.
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 Reducing your hair's porosity will help you retain moisture better and for longer. There are four things you can do to reduce porosity: 1. Do a pre-shampoo treatment. 2. Never shampoo without following up with a conditioner. 3. Rinse hair after your wash routine using a lemon rinse or an apple cider vinegar rinse. 4. Always seal in moisture via the LCO or LOC method. Pre-poos A pre-shampoo treatment, e.g. a detangling conditioner or even the application of an oil high in saturated fats (e.g. coconut oil) or very high in monounsaturated fats (e.g. jojoba oil) makes hair more pliable and reduces hygral fatigue. The oil or conditioner goes into the hair fibre so that it doesn't swell as much when it is wet with water.  Conditioners Conditioner are designed to be more acidic than shampoos. Acidity causes the hair cuticle to tighten and contract. Porosity falls and moisture retention is much better post-conditioner than it is post-shampoo. ACV and Lemon Rinse Both ACV and lemons are acidic. They are much more acidic than hair so they need to be diluted in water before being run through hair. Sealing In Moisture Once you have applied a moisturiser it is always better to follow up with a shea butter and or an oil to give the moisture the best chance of staying within your hair. Some hair types are sealed better using the LOC method and other hair types retain moisture much more effective if the LCO method is applied: You might also like:  Get your FREE ebook on How To Grow Long, Healthy Natural Kinky or Curly Hair.
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