Mousturizing Braids....What can I use?

[HotCoCoGurl130]

I love scurl for my hair but I dont know if I can use it on my braids when I get them done. What moisturizer can I use to keep my hair healthy. I know I can get braid spray but isnt it just regular oils in there anyway? Wouldn't it be a waste of money?

 

[Sade7]

I use "Better Braids" and I love it. There are other good ones, but some are more oily and those ones tend to cause my braids to matte at the roots.

 

[Toni]

I like Better Braids and African Pride those are the best that I have found. Like Sade7 said, most of the other ones cause matting.

 

[HotCoCoGurl130]

Thank you!!!

 

[balleryna]

Another thing that might work for you is to just use whatever cond you like. Just mix it with water and you can spray it or use a small washcloth, wring it, then squeeze down the length of the braid.

Another idea that I liked when I used braids was to use WGO (or just use the empty bottle -GREAt bottles they have!) and fill with whatever you like and you can squeeze that at the base of your braid/roots. That way none is wasted or drippy all over.

 

[HotCoCoGurl130]

balleryna that is another good idea. i like that one b/c i will be washing my hair each week b/c its constantly itches from the msm. thank you.

 

[Faith]

I use scurl...the one in the grey and blue bottle.

 

[Guest]

I used Organic Root Stimulator Shea Butter Hair and Scalp lotion...it was good at moisturizing the braids but you have to rub it in-the smell wasn't all that so I followed up with Organic Root Stimulator Nature's Shine for a shiny finish; it contains natural oils like coconut..the smell was pretty good too.

 

[BronzeBrown]

For the most recent set of braids I had (which I kept in for 3.5 months and took out on Wednesday) I moisturized my scalp, as well as the body of the braids, every night with my homemade Rosemary Spritz (12 drops Rosemary eo, 1/2 tsp of pure Vitamin-e oil and 8 oz of distilled water), it worked great at keeping my hair soft. What I would advise you not to do is follow up your light moisturizing spray with a thick sealant - in my case it was CD's Healthy Hair Butter.

I began doing that in the last month of wearing my braids and it killed the finer sections of my hair. When I took down the braids in those particular areas I had HHB-smelling mush at the meeting points between the new growth and the old hair. Upon detangling I lost whole spirals of curls. I was very unhappy, and it didn't make it any better when I went to get my hair cornrowed on Friday (again with extensions) and the braider ripped out about two handfuls of hair - in total - as she blowdried it straight, pre-braiding

. Anyhow, just remember to avoid the thick sealants and you'll be fine

.~

 

[Nessa]

couldn't we just spray oil sheen, everyday on the hair, to mosturize it, I got Olive Oil Sheen, from Organic Root Stimulator. Cause i just got my hair braided today, so you know, I gotta keep good care of it, so it can grow grow grow.

 

[DDHair]

I've been using Surge, Gueye Antiseptic Braid Spray, and Gueye Fast Grow Oil and my hair and scalp has been very moisturized while in braids.

 

[LABETT]

Better Braids Spray works best for me when wearing braids.

 

[HotCoCoGurl130]

i have to got o the store anyway to buy more hair so i will get a bottle of the braid spray.

 

[Ire_manzi]

Better braids spray works better than all the other braid sprays that i have tried.

 

[miss_brown]

I have cornrows right now and have been using Surge mixed with olive oil on my scalp and Fantasia IC Oil Moisturizer down the length of the braids. I do this every night and then tie the hair down with a silk scarf or slip on my satin bonnet.

 

[CICI24]

I using s-curl on my braids

 

[Kitkat]

Luster's Curl Moisturizer, in the blue and white bottle, is great for braids. Shea Butter the bottle is also really good.

 

[adrienne0914]

i used S-Curl in the white and blue bottle when i wore braids...