Black Hair Care Guide: How to Winterize Your Hair

Pamper your tresses with these tips.

Hair Dos - Let those locks look just as luxurious in the wintertime as they do in the summer sun. The snowy season is typically the culprit for dryness, breakage and dull ‘dos, but you can easily transform your tresses by switching up your regimen. Check out these fab tips.(Photo: George Doyle / Getty Images)

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Hair Dos - Let those locks look just as luxurious in the wintertime as they do in the summer sun. The snowy season is typically the culprit for dryness, breakage and dull ‘dos, but you can easily transform your tresses by switching up your regimen. Check out these fab tips.(Photo: George Doyle / Getty Images)

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Undo the Damage - If you’re suffering from breakage, the cold season can help escalate your issues. To help repair and deeply condition hair, put a damp towel in the microwave for 45 seconds and apply to hair with conditioner for an instant treatment, recommends stylist Tippi Shorter, the hand behind Alicia Keys’ mane.  (Photo: Digital Vision/GettyImages)

Hair Vitamins Work – FACT - Countless women have reported hair growth or healthier hair as well as stronger nails while taking hair vitamins. While there is no scientific evidence to support claims of increased growth, there is perhaps a hair vitamin horror story for every positive testimony. Some women who have tried hair vitamins have unfortunately reported sever breakouts as well as hair growth in odd places such as their side burns and mustache. (Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Drink Up - The most important key for healthy hair during winter is to retain moisture. Drink more water and shampoo less. Shampooing your hair too often can cause more harm than good, especially in relaxed hair types, and strip your hair of much-needed natural oils. Drinking water helps flush your body of toxins and chemicals that slow hair growth.(Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

Guard Against Heated Tools - Heated tools literally fry hair, so think twice before you reach for your flat iron, curling iron or blow dryer. Set temperatures lower — or even better — try wash-and-go styles and let hair air dry. (Photo: I Love Images/Jupiter Images/GettyImages)

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Conditioner Does Your Hair Good - Take a timeout from frequent heat styling, which can severely damage your hair. During the winter, our hair is more prone to breakage and dryness. Protecting the hair is key and keeping the hair conditioned will keep your hair healthy. (Photo: I Love Images/Jupiter Images/GettyImages)

Spray & Shine - Make sure to protect your tresses before blow-drying, too. It’s especially important in drier months, but first detangle your hair while wet or damp to prevent breakage.(Photo: i love images / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Spray & Shine - Make sure to protect your tresses before blow-drying, too. It’s especially important in drier months, but first detangle your hair while wet or damp to prevent breakage.(Photo: i love images / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Rave Results - No matter what the season is, hot or cold, you should always have a great deep conditioner. The end result of any season is dryness. Choose products rich in moisture. This will replenish some of the moisture that's been stolen by the cold air.(Photo: Lena Clara / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Rave Results - No matter what the season is, hot or cold, you should always have a great deep conditioner. The end result of any season is dryness. Choose products rich in moisture. This will replenish some of the moisture that's been stolen by the cold air.(Photo: Lena Clara / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

Hair Care - Curly girls need extra care in the winter season and actress Keshia Knight Pulliam has her regimen down to a science. “I’m natural, so when I wear it straight, I use a moisturizing treatment and I sit under a heating cap.” (Mike Watson/Jupiter Images/GettyImages)

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Hair Care - Curly girls need extra care in the winter season and actress Keshia Knight Pulliam has her regimen down to a science. “I’m natural, so when I wear it straight, I use a moisturizing treatment and I sit under a heating cap.” (Mike Watson/Jupiter Images/GettyImages)

Color Cues - You don’t want your fabulous fall hue to fade before the holidays, so take a cue from Kerry Washington’s stylist, Takisha Sturdivant. “To keep your dark color vibrant, the key is use a color conditioner. Leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes with a heating cap on.” (Photo: Fuse/GettyImages)

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Color Cues - You don’t want your fabulous fall hue to fade before the holidays, so take a cue from Kerry Washington’s stylist, Takisha Sturdivant. “To keep your dark color vibrant, the key is use a color conditioner. Leave it on for 15 – 20 minutes with a heating cap on.” (Photo: Fuse/GettyImages)

Indoor Plumbing - It’s the dead of winter, you are sleeping, and you get out of your warm bed to use the bathroom. Thank God for indoor plumbing! Approximately, 2.6 billion people do not have toilets. Lack of sanitation facilities helps diseases spread and is a major reason why more than 2 million people annually die of diarrhea.(Photo: moodboard / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Quick Fix - Two-strand twisting is a great style to avoid unnecessary heat for naturals who go back and forth between straight and curly. Find a moisturizing and budget-friendly curl crème to define your texture and just let it dry. Or, you can braid your hair and undo it. It will be big and have a lot of definition.(Photo: moodboard / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

Chop, Chop - To avoid split ends traveling further up your hair, make sure to get your ends clipped every six to eight weeks. Leaving split ends will only mean you end up having to get your long locks chopped.(Photo: Fuse / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)

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Chop, Chop - To avoid split ends traveling further up your hair, make sure to get your ends clipped every six to eight weeks. Leaving split ends will only mean you end up having to get your long locks chopped.(Photo: Fuse / Jupiter Images / GettyImages)