New Year, Healthier Hair: 10 Pro-Tips!

Let’s make 2026 the year you get serious about your hair care. There are no short-cuts, no magic, just consistency and building better habits. Here are my top 10 pro-tips to get you to the healthier hair you deserve!

If you ask me how to keep your hair moisturized, I’m going to tell you to wash it, consistently. Shampooing, conditioning, and detangling to remove shed hair are essential grooming activities that all hair types need. 

MoKnowsHair products are specifically formulated to address the most pressing concerns of textured hair - dryness and breakage. Weekly use will help you improve moisture retention, reduce breakage helping you have healthier hair overall.

Additionally, no more wet, sticky buns! Set and DRY your hair to avoid scalp flaking, breakage and loss of curl pattern. You can use a ceramic blow dryer with diffuser (use code "moknowshair" at FHIheat.com for discount) or ceramic hooded dryer. 

Contaminants and mineral deposits in your water can prevent the products you use from working as intended and can cause buildup on your strands, making them brittle and weak. 

Filterbaby makes amazing sink and shower filters to remove harmful substances from your tap water. (Use code "moknowshair" for $10 off at checkout.)

Excessive shedding, known as Telegen Effluvium, is the result of high cortisol levels forcing the hair into premature shedding, and can also trigger different types of alopecia. Get a therapist, block that ex, find a new job, whatever it takes, you need to lower your stress. 

When you sleep, your body goes into regeneration mode releasing growth hormones and increasing scalp circulation, which supports the active, or anagen phase, of your growth cycle. Stop scrolling at night and go to bed!

Your scalp needs a steady flow of proteins, vitamins, healthy fats, minerals and oxygen to build strands and support growth. A healthy, balanced diet and exercise are critical to the delivery of those essentials. Deficient hair will be brittle, dry, and weak, making it difficult to style and maintain. 

Dirty tools will have you transferring bacteria, and fungus if you have flakes, in an endless loop which is terrible for scalp health. You need to clean and disinfect your brushes, combs and clips before each washday. 

7. Avoid High-Tension "Protective” Styles

Synthetic hair, tight pulling and all that extra weight are adding stress to your follicles, causing breakage and hair loss. If you want stronger hair, you have to let those styles go and take care of YOUR hair. 

Regular trims will ensure your hair isn’t splitting up the hair shaft. You can't retain length if your hair is constantly breaking off. Every 8-10 weeks, get in your stylist’s chair and let them clean you up!