Free Giveaways & Weekly Updates By Email! br br Buy My Books, DVDs, and T-Shirts at br br My Website: br Twitter: br Facebook: br Instagram: br Google +: bit.ly15gNK3M br br Got Hair Questions? Email Me! br YourHairQuestions@gmail.com br br Email for Business Inquiries br howtoblackhair.breannarutter@gmail.com br br TJ is training for triathlon but when swimming, her hair becomes tangled and she has hair damage. br With training, a job, a life, and hair that takes 5 hours to air dry, how should she handle her hair? br br Hair Tip #1 Use a Clarifying Shampoo and Deep Condition Hair br Always clarify your hair with a deep cleansing shampoo first and then always follow with a deep conditioning treatment right after to restore moisturized hair. The reason why a deep cleansing shampoo is necessary is because you need to remove all product and build up effectively from your hair so that your deep conditioner can penetrate your hair shaft. When using a deep conditioner, it must contain shaft penetrating ingredients or it will not moisturize your hair internally. The best deep conditioner that is also 100 natural is using coconut oil because it prevent s a loss of natural proteins in your hair and its molecular size is so small that it easily migrates into the shaft of your hair for internal moisturization. br br 100 Virgin Cold Pressed Coconut Oil br br Hair Tip #2 Seal Hair with Heavy Butters and Oils to Keep Hair Supple, Moisturized, and Healthy br After deep conditioning your hair, you have to seal with a non-shaft penetrating oil or butter to prevent a loss of moisture and to also prevent minerals from building up on your hair. Using butters like Shea Butter, Avocado Butter and Mango Butter are phenomenal when it comes to sealing moisture into your hair and blocking toxins and minerals from entering inside of your hair. br Shea Butter br Avocado Butter br Mango Butter br br Hair Tip #3 Keep Hair in Braids when Swimming to Avoid Tangles and Knots br Once you have thoroughly prepped your hair by deep cleansing, deep conditioning and then sealing with a non-penetrable oil or butter, you need to protective style especially when it comes to swimming. Long hair and especially natural hair will tangle so badly if it is not would in braids or twists. Depending on your hair styling preferences, you can put mini braids, mini twists, cornrows or individual plaits into your hair with the assistance of extensions if you like. br br Box Braids DVD br Patra Braids DVD br Ghana Braids DVD br Goddess Braids DVD br Havana Twists Marley Twists DVD br Cornrow Braids With and Without Weave DVD br br Thanks For Watching! br br DISCLAIMER: All suggestions, tips, prizes, techniques and advice given are for informational purposes only and should be used at your discretion and best judgment. I highly recommend conducting strand tests when trying or using new products, hair appliances and product mixes. I am not responsible or liable for adverse or undesirable effects including hair loss, hair breakage or other hairscalpskinbody damage as a direct or indirect result of the suggestions, tips, prizes, techniques andor advice given. br br br FTC: I am not representing, being paid by, or endorsing any of the product brands in this video & I purchased everything with my own money - UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED in videoblog content. There are links to products that might be helpful based on the content of this videoblog. Each of your purchases via our Amazon affiliate links supports our cause at no additional cost to you. br br Music Used br Isolated Kevin MacLeod br Incompetech.