My Wash Day Regimen (Every two weeks)

PrePoo:

1)  I section my hair into four to six sections

2)  I take a section and spritz hair with water so it’s slightly damp then saturate with coconut oil and put away.  Do the same to each section

3)  I leave for at least one hour preferably covered with a plastic cap

Wash and Detangle

FYI, I have tried dry detangling (on damp hair) and wet detangling on soaking wet hair.  My personal preference is wet detangling.  I saw just as much hair in the comb when I was done with each. The only difference is that the wet detangling did not take as long for me because I found it easier to get the comb through my hair.  That’s just me though. I suggest you experiment for yourself if you have hair that is more than 5 inches long.

1)  In shower, I loosen a section from the bear claw.  I get the hair soaking wet under the shower and apply Hello Hydration conditioner liberally.

2)  I finger detangle gently until I feel my fingers are making their way through with relative ease

3)  I take my wide tooth comb and gently detangle from end to root.  I tend to have a lot of tangles at my root so I take extra time to go through again and make sure I slowly get the comb going through this time from root to end.

4)  If I am shampooing that day I take the section I just detangled and rinse the conditioner out and then I apply a VERY small amount of shampoo (I’ve been using Dudu Osum shampoo, I recommend you stick with sulfate-free) which I quickly distribute from root to end and then rinse.

5)  I retwist and secure each section with my bear claw after I’m done with it to avoid shrinking and re
tangling.

5)  Proceed to other sections and do the same.


Conditioning

1)  I again remove a section and use a towel to remove excess water.

2)  I then slather a generous  amount of my deep conditioning mixture, retwist and secure with bear claw to avoid shrinkage. 

FYI:  My deep conditioning mix consists of: Raw shea butter, honey, castor oil, and Burts Bees grapefruit deep conditioner.

3)  I do each section and leave for 10-15 minutes.

4)  I then rinse section by section with relatively cool water and retwist/secure with bear claw


Leave-in

1)  I remove excess water with a towel

2)  I then apply Shea Moisture Restorative Conditioner as a leave -in and plait each section instead of twisting it to stretch.

3)  I try to leave the plaits in a few hours and go about my day wearing a beanie if I have to go out and about.  This is to stretch the hair  in preparation for twisting, however my hair takes an eternity to dry so I usually end up twisting my wet hair anyway.  But at least it’s not dripping wet when I get to it.

Styling

1)  I do so small to medium size twists 1 section at a time by undoing the plait.  Don’t undo all the plaits at once to avoid shrinkage.  I use a mixture of raw shea butter, Eco styler gel and coconut oil for my twists but you can use whatever works for you

2)  I then pin my twists up, smooth my edges and cover with a silk scarf if I’m heading to bed. 

3)  I spritz with water and seal with castor oil daily.

3)  I remove my twists after 7-10 days and wear a twist out. (I usually have to re-twist the hair around the edges and around my center part after about day 5 as it starts to look frizzy and messy)

The End