The GlamTwinz Guide to Longer, Healthier Hair

By Kelsey Murrell, Kendra Murrell and Mahisha Dellinger

YouTube superstars Kelsey and Kendra Murrell show you how to get stunning, natural hair—and love the way you look.

Textured hair requires special care and The GlamTwinz have been delivering their best since their viral video: “Top 10 Tips to Grow out Long HEALTHY Hair” hit YouTube. Now, The GlamTwinz build on that to reveal even more secrets and answers to fans’ questions, while also sharing their own personal hair struggles and triumphs.

In The GlamTwinz Guide to Longer, Healthier Hair, you’ll learn secrets to:

• Growing your hair longer
• Generating natural shine
• Taming the frizziness
• Reducing hair breakage
• Getting the best look—without the chemicals

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Aug 9, 2016
• ISBN: 9781633533561

Kelsey Murrell

Kelsey Murrell, half of The GlamTwinz, is spreading confidence and beauty to women across the country. She and her sister are most known for their unprecedented YOUTUBE presence. With over 500,000+ subscribers and over 41,000,000+ video views across two YouTube channels (GlamTwinz334 & GlamTwinzTV), it’s no surprise that the duo has partnered & worked with BET, CoverGirl, Pantene, Dove, CLEAN & CLEAR®, Hairfinity, Carol’s Daughter, Curls and so many others! Kelsey and Kendra are the perfect pair to endorse your brand!

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Copyright © 2016 by Kelsey and Kendra Murrell

Published by Mango Media Inc.

Front and Back Cover, Interior Design, Illustrations,

Theme and Layout: Laura Mejía.

Contributing Co-Author: Lakia Scott.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or

by any means without prior written permission.

ISBN 978-1-63353-357-8

To our amazing subscribers, the inspiration for this Guide.

-Kelsey and Kendra Murrell

TABLE OF CONTENTS

foreword

introduction

chapter 1:

no heat

chapter 2:

Protective Styling

chapter 3:

Proper Shampooing

chapter 4:

deep Conditioning

chapter 5:

leave-In Conditioners

chapter 6:

Trimming

chapter 7:

Becoming Friends With Your Ends

chapter 8:

Taking Supplements

chapter 9:

Living Healthy

chapter 10:

Patience Please

acknowledgements

author bio

foreword

I will never forget the day I laid eyes on Kendra and Kelsey. I don’t remember the year, but I do remember the medium - YouTube. Two perfectly coiled brown beauties with long, lush curls and flawless makeup demoing how to Style Your Hair. Simply STUNNING! I knew I had to work with them. They have since recorded a host of YouTube videos for CURLS, reviewed almost all of our products and have even made CURLS appearances. I can say, I have never seen anything like the line to meet the GlamTwinz! Each and every naturalista, hoping to replicate their style, wanted to take a piece of them home.

Luscious locks and the GlamTwinz go hand and hand, so penning the GlamTwinz Guide to Longer, Healthier Hair was a natural progression. They have effortlessly created a well-documented, systematic approach for caring for, and growing beautifully healthy, natural hair. From the easy to grasp steps and real confessionals, to the don’t get it twisted myth buster section and the girlfriend to girlfriend tone – the GlamTwinz Guide to Longer, Healthier Hair is a clear winner! I plan to see it on the bestsellers list soon.

Naturalistas, now you can take the GlamTwinz home with you!

Mahisha Dellinger

CURLS Beauty Brand

Founder & CEO

introduction

Yes, anyone can grow LONGER, HEALTHIER HAIR!

The good news is, ALL hair grows. Of course, hair grows at different rates and in different growth cycles, but all hair grows. One person might easily grow her hair to neck length and another might just as easily grow her hair to bra-strap-length, but all hair grows. For instance, our hair used to grow to armpit length easily. After that point, maintaining length was harder. We learned the key to retaining length was properly caring for our texture of hair.

Now, to the bad news—some people may just have to work harder than others to achieve their hair goals. If you’re not retaining length, you are simply not caring for your roots –OR– you are neglecting your ends (chances you are dealing with breakage at the ends of the hair). Technically, the bad news isn’t bad at all. Working harder to retain more length for your strands will empower you to understand and care for the uniqueness of your hair.

Don’t be discouraged. With a good hair care regimen, anyone can retain length. Once we understood what made our hair unique – started treating our ends like friends, eliminating relaxers, and implementing no-heat-summers – we began to see tremendous growth.

After six years of hair growth, we can tell you the work gets a bit easier and the process is well worth it!

chapter 1:

no heat

We know what you’re thinking! You were so excited about reading our Guide to Longer, Healthier Hair— that is until you turned the page to Chapter One and read the words, No Heat! Yes, we said it, No Heat! So, don’t forcibly pinch yourself, this is not a dream … don’t vigorously blink your eyes, you are not hallucinating … don’t continually rub your lids, you are seeing straight … and [for heaven’s sake] don’t close the book … YOU CAN DO THIS.

If you enjoy styling your hair often, the words No Heat! can be downright scary. We are well aware that a world without flat irons, curling wands, and blow dryers seems intolerably petrifying. We get it. Using heat to style hair provides versatility, eliminates frizz, and creates sleekness. Unfortunately, that sleek shine is only temporary because using constant heat (especially at high levels) is likely the worst part of any daily or weekly hair routine. The good news is, while using excessive heat is probably the most damaging thing any girl can do to her hair, eliminating heat is perhaps the easiest step she can take toward treating her damaged hair and ultimately achieving maximum length.

Think About It

If you use 400° or more of heat on your hair, seven days a week, your hair endures nearly 3,000° of heat weekly. That’s nearly ten times the amount of heat you would use to bake a cake, roast a hen, or broil a chicken. You are literally cooking your hair. Why not heat an oil-filled frying pan on the stove and swirl your hair around in the grease?

Continuous heat will only make your hair straw-like and brittle. High temperatures can strip your hair of much needed moisture, alter its natural curl pattern, modify its thickness, and destroy your delicate ends. As you’ll learn in Chapter One, preserving healthy ends is a major component of growing and maintaining long healthy hair. Each of these reasons is why excessive heat is potentially the MOST damaging action in hair care and the reason why No Heat! is the first tip in our book. If heat usage is a major barrier for you, you are not alone. We know about the