One of the most important things about hair care, natural or not, is a maintenance schedule or regimen. You don’t sporadically bathe or just happen to take your car to get an oil change. You plan on regularly doing things. And the same is true of your hair, it must be maintained. It doesn’t have to consist of an enormous amount of products or a specific product. It may take some experimentation but at the end of it all its about what your hair needs to be healthy. Figuring it out is part of your hair journey, below is what I will start with based on what I already know about my hair: primarily 4c with 3c or 4a in the rear, fine (as opposed to course), and low porosity.
As Needed
If I wear my hair straight I will oil my hair to retain moisture and sheen and will try to make the straightness last for a month.
If I wear my hair curly I will spritz with aloe water mixture
Week One – protein (strength)
This will always be done when I flat iron ( no more than once a month)
- Apply protein treatment to dry hair for 20 mins – LeKair cholesterol or Aubrey Organics GBP Conditioner
- Rinse and then wash with sulfate free shampoo – Elasta QP Creme conditioning Shampoo (stop here if flat ironing and apply heat protectant)
- Apply moisturizer conditioner – My DC Mixture
- Rinse
- Do L.C.O using Miss Jessies Babybutter Creme or Goin Natural Rare Moisture Butter as my creme and jojoba oil or EVOO as my oil
- Style
Apply leave in conditioner Kinky Curly Knot Today
Week Two – Moisture
- Cowash with V05 conditioner
- Apply leave in conditioner
- Do L.C.O
- Style
Week Three – Clarify
- Wash w/ clarifying shampoo – Naturalioius Rhassoul 5 in 1 Clay or Giovanni 50:50 balanced Hydrating Clarifying Shampoo
- Hot oil treatment for 30 min – Jamaican black castor oil, EVOO, essential oils and vitamins
- Rinse
- Apply leave in conditioner
- Do L.C.O
- Style
Week Four – Moisture
- Cowash
- Apply leave in conditioner
- Do L.C.O
- Style
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