TYPE 4= RELAXED & NATURALS.....post your "current" REGIMEN

My regimen - When Im not in weave:


Wash hair once per wk w/ CV poo bar (luv honey butter and marshmallow)
or Clarify as needed with Bentonite Clay (luv it) or KC Come Clean
Oil Rinse with rice bran oil or peanut oil
Detangle with a moisturizing condish such as Natures Gate or Yes to Cucumbers
Massage my scalp with Castor Oil (I really need some JBCO in my life!)
Deep Condition w/ HV Sitrinillah or SheaMoisture Deep Treatment (w/ heat 30 mins, w/out 30 mins or longer)
Leave in: water/glycerine, KCKT or KBB Hair milk, seal with coconut oil, then add sheamoisture milk - so its a 4 step leave in process that I also use when I baggy as well...makes my hair soooo soft.
If my relaxed ends are feeling weak I use SSI Seyani Butter.
For styling I luv Donna Marie lock and twist pudding, I use it to set my braid outs.

i really wish the JBCO agreed with me
having to sell everything b/c of the itchy scalp it generated
 
1600+ views and only 46 posts? Interesting.

This made me feel guilty because I surely do stalk this thread but never posted. :blush:

My current reggie [relaxed 4a/b, thick, coarse]:

*Prepoo with BB preshampoo avocado trtment or EVCO when time permits
*Shampoo 1x weekly with a SLS-free poo (currently using Giovanni SAS, huge bottle for $12 from TJMaxx)
*Co-wash mid week or as needed after workouts.
*DC 1-2x per week with a moisturizing DC (Parnevu Hair Mayo+AOHSR)
*Aphogee 2 min reconstructor + ORS Pak 1x per month
*Leave Ins: Giovanni Direct & Aphogee Keratin & Green Tea
*M&S nightly with Bee Mine Luscious Cream and BM Hair & Scalp Moisturizer.
*Very little direct heat (3-4x per year), low mani styles mostly (rollersets and braidouts), occasional caruso, buns, wigs/halfwigs.

Best Leave In - I really like the Giovanni Direct.
Best moisturizer - will always be the Bee Mine Luscious Balanced Cream Moisturizer!!!!
Best Oil - depends on the look I'm wearing. Heavy = EVOO, Braidout = EVCO, Light for rollerwrap = Sweet Almond.
Best Detangler = Mane & Tail.
 
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gurl don't feel guilty.... i don't even have a reggie:look: :lachen::lachen::lachen: some are silent stalkers... kinda like me and a few challenges:perplexed


HOPEFULLY THIS PAGE WILL HELP SOMEONE FIND NEEDED HELP WITH HAIR ROUTINES & PRODUCTS..... THANKS FOR CONTRIBUTING SIS!

god bless
 
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Prepoo with homemade hair butter or homemade neem oil mix
Shampoo with diluted Elucence Moisture Benefits (.6oz with 6oz distilled water)
Detangle with YTCucumbers
DC with AOs or homemade conditioner
Leave in: WDT, homemade kokum cream
Seal: homemade unpetroleum jelly
Bun Bun Bun lately because I am tooo lazy

This week I am going to apply my WDT and twist or braid with Kokum cream. Lastly seal with unpetroleum jelly
 
4B hair Regimen-

>Braids (cornrows or plaits)
>Wigs over my braids (no sew ins or microbraids though- ive gotten too much breakage from sew ins and microbraids are just annoying and too much work)
>Deep condition 1-2 times a month (with neutrogena triple moisture, nexxus, and many others- i have like 20 conditioners here rite now lol)
>Baggy ends while hair is in braids whenever throughout the week
>Co-washing about 2x a week
>Perm every 3-4 months ( with designers touch, vitale, elasta qp)
>Protein treatment every 3 months (i use aphogee 2 step and i dont get them often because i eat alot of protein already)
>Vitamins (natures bounty- hair, skin and nails) daily
>Use leave in conditioners such as infusium 23 when i remember (which is usually about 3 or 4 times a week)
>Use coconut oil and olive oil (when bagging, sealing or deep conditioning)
> Miconazole nitrate about 1-2x a week
>Use silk pillowcases (I hate scarves)
>No trimming or brushing
>No coloring
>No heat for 1 year (except under dryer for deep conditioning or lenght checks
 
Prepoo with one of my MANY Dominican DCs

Shampoo and/or clarify

Condition with whatever my hair needs i.e. protein versus moisture

DC with one of my MANY Dominican DCs

Use Skala leave in and seal with Grapeseed oil (also used nightly in conjunction w/ baggying)
 
4b/a natural

My current reggie:
-PS using Lady P's DMM in cornrows under wigs for 4 week intervals
-Co-wash 1-2x per week
-DC 1x/week
-Moisturize and seal daily
-Non-sulfate poo 1x/month (pre-poo with condish & oils mix overnight)
-Aphogee 2 minute reconstructor 1x/month

Favorite products:
-Co-wash: Any VO5 or Suave Naturals mixed with castor oil, WGO, and honey
-DC: Lustrasilk Carrot Oil Cholesterol mixed with WGO, honey & EVOO
-(Winter) Moisturizer: VO5 condish, water, hot 6 oil, honey, aloe vera gel mix
-Poo: Jane Carter
-Sealants: Castor oil & shea butter (winter) & coconut oil (summer)
 
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Straight regimen:
Shampoo Cream of Nature green bottle
Dc with Kerastase mask (Oleo Relax, Chroma Riche, Volumactive or Elixir Ultime)
Rinse and towel blot
Section hair and add Nectar Thermique
Flatiron damp hair in sections with Plugged in Wet/Dry on 350

Wig regimen:
Shampoo and dc in braids
detangle one braid at a time and add Neutrogena Silk Touch cream and oil (evoo or safflower)
rebraid
sleep in satin bonnet nightly
spritz with aloe vera juice daily
 
Type 4 natural
I wash once a week and do EVERYTHING in sections. I alternate between cowashing and shampoo washing. I clarify once every 6-8 weeks. Reconstructor every 6 weeks.
Shampoo: Shea Moisture Superfruit Complex. Best SM shampoo, hands down.
Cowash: Shea Moisture Purification Mask
Clarify: SM JBCO
DC: Bee Mine Bee-u-ti-ful Deep Conditioner (moisture-based), SM Superfruit Complex DC (moisture with a bit of protein), Bekrua Vanilla Whiskey (protein-based), Shescentit Okra Reconstructor (medium protein)
DC for a minimum of an hour under a heating cap using the DIY steaming method.
Rinse with luke warm water and detangle as I rinse out the DC.
Apply my leave-ins: Soultanicals Sorrell Kink Drink, Oyin Hair Dew and either ST Marula Maru or CR JAI Twist butter.
Put my hair in flat twists or do a curlformers set.
Mid-week, I will finger detangle and re-moisturize my hair with distilled water and oyin hair dew.
 
Standard wash day:
Water rinse (long enough to remove old gel from hair).
Clay wash (I mix my own bentonite and rhassoul + other goodness, between 14-16oz in an applicator bottle. Either rinse immediately, or leave for 30 min.
Oil rinse with grapeseed and sunflower oil (focusing sunflower on the ends).
Shingle diluted KCCC.

If I'm using protein or moisture conditioner, I will apply and rinse these before my clay step.
 
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