00:00Hi, I'm Dena Campbell, hair and beauty editor of Essence.com, and today I have the wonderful
00:10Nghazi Amhara with us today.
00:13She is the founder of Heat Free Hair, and she's going to talk to us a little bit about
00:17ways we can maintain wigs and weaves for the summer.
00:21First of all, I love your hair.
00:23Thank you, thank you.
00:24I'm wearing one of her wigs.
00:25Yes, she's wearing a Heat Free Hair piece, Alpha Coil's queen wig.
00:30And yeah, I mean, honestly, I think the biggest thing for people to know when maintaining
00:34curly wigs and weaves is that there's a difference between a curly weave and a straight weave.
00:39I mean, moisture is huge for curls, especially in the summer months when, you know, humidity
00:44can dry out your hair, or if you go swimming and your hair gets dried out, it's really,
00:48really good to hydrate it, and water is a great moisturizer, and then, of course, backing
00:52that up with a cream.
00:53I would say get into different styling methods.
00:55So at nighttime, whether it's twist outs or braid outs or just something to give it different
01:01types of curls.
01:02Good, okay.
01:03And then also proper detangling.
01:04Detangle.
01:05Yeah.
01:06I think a lot of times people are just like, oh, curly weave, it's a weave, it's a wig,
01:10so I can do it just like a straight weave or straight wig, and it's different.
01:13And so, you know, taking time to detangle it properly just so you can keep it and make
01:18sure it lasts long, that's a big thing.
01:20And then also just taking time with it, because it's different, like I said.
01:24So that's my other tip would be love on it and take time with it.
01:26Love on it.
01:27Treat it as if it were your own.
01:28Absolutely.
01:29Well, thank you so much for coming.
01:30Thank you for having me.
01:31So glad you're here.
01:32And I'm looking forward to maintaining my wig.
01:35Peace.
01:36You
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