Lylddlebit
Well-Known Member
That is a FANTASTIC regimen! When you detangle your hair, how much hair slips/combs/brushes out? The styling option dilemma is a good dilemma to have! Since you already have thick lush hair, most options will look pretty great on you. You have some cute hair accessories and that is a good way to add variety. Have you tried some of the jazzed-up buns similar to what is demonstrated in this example:Finally coming in to respond to this thread!
I feel like I go back and forth on my regimen all the time. Currently it looks like
I wash anywhere between every 5 - 10 days.
I rotate between three shampoos, a regular (melanin Haircare African black soap shampoo), moisturizing (olaplex no 4), and clarifying shampoo (olaplex 4c). I used to use my clarifying shampoo biweekly but I think overtime it was too stripping and caused my hair to frizz out. I reach for it now whenever the need arises, usually once a month.
I usually shampoo twice, unless I'm clay rinsing then I'll shampoo once and follow up with a clay rinse. I usually clay rinse 2xmonth, as I don't see any added benefit to doing it more often than that.
I usually DC under the hooded dryer with every wash, but if my last wash was less than 7 days ago or I'm pinched for time, I'll apply my DC in sections in the shower and let it sit for a couple minutes before rinsing it out. I don't use or own any rinse out conditioners, only DCs.
Right now my DC stash contains
- Joico K PAK intense hydrator
- Joico moisture recovery balm
- Olaplex 4 in 1 moisture mask
- Shea moisture manuka honey and yogurt hydrate and repair
- Melanin Haircare plumping deep conditioner
- Giovanni smooth as silk deeper moisture conditioner (I have a massive bottle of this which I use as a detangler and rinse out conditioner, though it's technically a DC I never use it as such)
I'm trying to finish up the moisture recovery balm because it's my least favourite in my stash currently.
I will usually detangle either before or after deep conditioner, I use a little paddle brush that is very gentle on my hair and I can detangle my whole head in less than 10 minutes.
My washing process is very streamlined and not damaging at all. Excluding the time taken under the dryer I can cleanse, condition and detangle my hair in 35 mins.
The part of my regimen that I am still "figuring out" is styling. I mostly do twists/ twists outs or blow outs.
I love blowing my hair out but never know how to style it once it's blown out and I usually wear it in a bun.
For my twist outs I will leave the twists in for 2-3 days before wearing them out. So far I have one product combo which I love (melanin hair care cream + wetline gel) but I am trying to find a one and done product for my twists/twist outs still. I'm also experimenting with braid outs and other "quick" styles.
A lot of bun/updo variations that look good for weddings, proms, and quinceaneras look great on thick, natural hair, and many of them are a lot simpler than people think to install. I think jazzing up your buns would be a small tweak and suit you pretty well if you wanted to go that route. There is a ton* of versatility for those who like buns for cute retention.
Last edited: