SouthernStunner, that's a great question/point...
For me here's my thinking...
Because of my chronic dryness....usually when my hair is wet it's a tangled, dry mess. So when i would co-wash and then dc by the time i got to the dc i felt so demoralized and my hair was such a mess that i'd rush through that step and doubted if the distribution was even (i was just attempting to slap something with slip in my hair before the knots got worse)
then i learned on here that a lot of folks d.c on dry hair and make it their first step rather than their last....
so i was like :scratchch maybe i should do that too...just switch the order....that way i can apply the deep conditioner in evenly and thoroughly, steam it like i normally would...and then just cowash afterwards.
now as for why i kept the cowash step and didn't just d.c?
I've always been taught that when you put something in your dry hair...you wash it out and shampoo it afterwards to make sure there isn't any product build up left....and since in my world cowashing has replaced shampooing....cowashing after my dc is my attempt to "wash out" my hair.
slapping dc on my dry hair...and then just rinsing it out and going straight into applying my leave in and styling would make me feel like there was still "stuff" in there.
but like ruby mentioned if my hair takes a liking to the porosity control...maybe i
could dc and steam, then use the pc, and go straight to styling. That would be a super simplified regimen (would almost feel like cheating lol
). I wouldn't be opposed to doing that though if it seemed to be beneficial.
hope that answers your question. lemme know if my "i need to cowash" mentality is a bit off.
if i dc'd towards the end like most ppl i
wouldn't cowash afterwards cause to me my hair would have already been cleaned in the previous steps
Hi Bluetopia,
You would use you PC after your DC and you should not have to cowash after your DC. May I ask why do you cowash after your DC? I used to do it too and someone asked me that same question and I couldnt answer it.
I do agree with this. Which is why if the issue is porosity, and it is corrected or improved, the co-wash can be entirely eliminated.