meia
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last winter was my first being natural. so i learned quite a bit about what to do and what not to do and most recently- i've also learned quite a lot so here's what i'll be doing:
USING HEAVY OILS AND BUTTERS: Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Mango butter and Almond, Coconut, Castor, Olive (with cayenne), Avocado, Jojoba oil and butter in a container
MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF WASHING: I'll be washing with castile and other natural-style soaps daily like I do now and being sure to load my hair with plenty of moisturizer and wrapping until it dries/leaving it out and letting it air dry
PROTECTIVE STYLING: bunning, braiding, 2-strand twists, and headwrapping regularly but alternating for a little variety in my styling options and, at times, baggies, and cornrows
GENERAL STYLING: i'll probably be combing less frequently but making sure when I do comb i'm more through. Probably every other or every 2 days would be the max.
TREATMENTS: i'll be doing protein treatments every week and a half and conditioning treatments 2 times a week just for safe measure. I'll be doing clarifying treatments also and hot oil treatments on my ends to make sure they are smooth and well-tended. i'll also be hennaeing and indigoing (yikes is that even a word? lol) to help with the conditioning and manageability of my hair.
TRIMMING; i'll be lightly dusting maybe once every 1.5 months until the end of the season (so twice during the season) in total.
i think my key idea is to keep my hair regimen as simple as possible and just building on the basics. i really want to step up my moisturizing, protective styling, and general styling ideas to retain length. I think what i've always done wrong is make the regimen too hard to actually follow. this time it'll be different!
USING HEAVY OILS AND BUTTERS: Shea butter, Cocoa butter, Mango butter and Almond, Coconut, Castor, Olive (with cayenne), Avocado, Jojoba oil and butter in a container
MAINTAINING THE LEVEL OF WASHING: I'll be washing with castile and other natural-style soaps daily like I do now and being sure to load my hair with plenty of moisturizer and wrapping until it dries/leaving it out and letting it air dry
PROTECTIVE STYLING: bunning, braiding, 2-strand twists, and headwrapping regularly but alternating for a little variety in my styling options and, at times, baggies, and cornrows
GENERAL STYLING: i'll probably be combing less frequently but making sure when I do comb i'm more through. Probably every other or every 2 days would be the max.
TREATMENTS: i'll be doing protein treatments every week and a half and conditioning treatments 2 times a week just for safe measure. I'll be doing clarifying treatments also and hot oil treatments on my ends to make sure they are smooth and well-tended. i'll also be hennaeing and indigoing (yikes is that even a word? lol) to help with the conditioning and manageability of my hair.
TRIMMING; i'll be lightly dusting maybe once every 1.5 months until the end of the season (so twice during the season) in total.
i think my key idea is to keep my hair regimen as simple as possible and just building on the basics. i really want to step up my moisturizing, protective styling, and general styling ideas to retain length. I think what i've always done wrong is make the regimen too hard to actually follow. this time it'll be different!
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