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

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TYPE 4= RELAXED & NATURALS.....what's your FAVORITE PRODUCTS

Type 4 or 3c/4a HAIR ONLY

RELAXED & NATURALS =>
please post YOUR REGIMEN.....

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[ms.blue]

I dentagle w/ oil or conditioner or both
wash my hair in sections (either braided or loose)
dc sometimes before wash over night or 30-60 w/ heat after wash. I alternate b/w moisture & protein
detangle lightly w/ leave-in then either blowdry or braided up and let air dry.

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

i've never had a regimen but......

favorite scalp treatment: jojoba oil, peppermint oil, lavendar oil, dr. miracle growth oil (i know right! but it stops itching & i got crazy crazy growth from it)

favorite moisturizer: qhemet amla & olive, water + glycerin+aloe vera juice + peppermint oil

favorite sealant: grapeseed oil (also the best ever for stretch marks)

favorite cowash conditioner: Organix (don't like ingredients....looking for a new), Renpure (my pretty hair is parched)<-- digging it for now, ingredients are slightly better

vitamins: whenever i remember (msm<---way too big, never again, biotin<--causing me to have pizza face/ zit city, prenatals<--love them 1st time not getting sick, gummy sour vitamins<--whenever i order them, garlic<--whenever) .....unfortunately thats been once in the last 2 weeks :-(

 

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[darlingdiva]

I'm a 4a/4b natural.

I wash my hair once a week in six sections. I boil water and then refrigerate it b/c I suspect I have hard water. When I have to clarify, I use V05 Kiwi Lime Squeeze Clarifying Shampoo. When I have to chelate (because I didn't have time to boil the water), I use Kenra's Clarifying Shampoo (the chelating formula). I don't clarify or chelate more than twice a month, if necessary. When I don't have to clarify or chelate, I use the Juicy Shampoo Bar from Karen's Body Beautiful.

After I shampoo, I use Roux Porosity Control. Then I use AO GPB + avocado oil & DC w/ heat for 15 mins. Then I rinse & apply KBB Deep Conditioner. Then I do a cold water rinse.

Then I apply a dab of Darcy's Botanicals Curl Detangling Milk to my hair, followed by a little of Opal Hue's Honey Love Pomade. Then I blowdry my hair on low/cool to stretch it for my twists.

 

[LaFemmeNaturelle]

I'm transitioning and I don't have favorite products because my hair is being retarded right now but here's my regimen:

Co-wash 1-2 times a week
Shampoo with CON green label twice a month to use it up
Shampoo with Organix Coconut Milk twice a month (when i dont use CON)
Condition with TRESemme Moisture Rich following every shampoo
Moisturize with diluted Vo5 and a whipped shea butter mix
1-4 braids, or bun or pony until next wash day
Protein treatment once a month or as needed
Detangle once a week

 

[Chaosbutterfly]

I'm a relaxed 4a/4b, and what I'm doing at the moment is:

Every few days (in sections):
1. Moisturize new growth with Care Free Curl.
2. Moisturize my ends with Qhemet Amla and Olive Heavy Cream.
3. Seal with Castor Oil, and bun.
I leave the bun alone until it's time to re-moisturize, which is when I take down my hair, section it, detangle it, and go through the whole moisture routine.

Every two weeks:
1. Separate hair into four sections, and braid.
2. Apply Aphogee 2 Minute Reconstructor for about 15 - 30 minutes.
3. Shampoo with Organix Tea Tree Mint Shampoo.
4. DC with Nexxus Humectress, for at least an hour. I do it overnight mostly though, because I've become way lazy with my hair.
5. Use Porosity Control.
6. Apply HE LTR Leave-In, Chi Silk Infusion, and a little bit of Castor Oil.
7. Rollerset.
8. Lightly press roots.

I'm 14 weeks post, and I'm going to keep on stretching until I feel like relaxing. I've been doing this routine since April, and I like it because it really cuts back on how much I have to manipulate my hair.
But once my hair is re-touched, I'm going to go back to not using heat and DCing at least once a week.

 

[MissMusic]

Take vitamin's daily, moisturize daily and wash my hair every 5-7 days.

Vitamin's:
Centrum Chewables
GNC Hair Skin and Nails Vitamin

Once Daily:
Moisturize (Night):
Bee Mine Luscious Balanced Cream Moisturizer
Wet Bun & Baggy (Warm Months Only/Morning):
Taliah Waajid Protective Mist Bodifier and Sweet Almond /Castor Oil Mixture

Wash Day:
Deep Condition:
(I alternate weeks DCing on dry hair with either conditioner or oil): Aubrey Organics White Camellia Conditioner, Aubrey Organics GPB Conditioner, Oil Mixture (Wheat Germ Oil, Dabur Vatika Enriched Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil)
Detangle:
Hercules Sagemann Combs
Shampoo:
Bee Mine Peppermint & Tea Tree Nourishing Shampoo, ORS Creamy Aloe Shampoo
Cream Rinse:
Aubrey Organics Green Tea Finishing Cream Rinse
Leave-In:
Bee Mine Deja's Hair Milk
Moisturize:
Bee Mine Bee Loved Hair & Scalp Moisturizer

Relax Every 14 weeks:
Alter Ego Linange Shea Butter Lye Relaxer

 

[curlyninjagirl]

1. Clarify monthly
2. Pre-poo w/ EVCO (except when I clarify)
3. Shampoo scalp once a week (hair is in 6 sections)
4. Condition w/ Yes to Carrots
5. DC w/ AO HSR monthly
6. Joico Kpak recon. monthly
7. 15 twists pinned (Protective Stylin')

NO heat. NO combs (except for parting) or brushes. NO towel drying.

Vitamins = Trader Joe's super potency chewable and Nature's Bounty Evening primrose oil
(1000 mg)

 

[Toy]

2 times a week condition wash /deep condition under a heat cap for about 30 mins to an hour

I use these products in rotation Wen Fig cleansing Conditioner,Aussie moist conditioner,Aussie 3 min conditioner,Joico Moisture Receovery,Joico Kpak moisture Hydration,Ors Replenshing Conditioner

No Shampoo Airdry only i only Flatiron when checking Length

Moisturizers i use in Rotation S-curl,Proline Softner Moisturizer,Qhemet root burdock Butter,Qhemet olive honey balm,Hairveda WHipped Ends

Once a week i use Porosity control to help control my Porosity

I use protein after a relaxer or when my hair feels mushy or unnormal breakage

I Relax Every 12wks with Dark & Lovely Relaxer.

I also have alot more Conditioners than i Have listed My Hair Loves Moisturizing Conditioners & Deep conditioners

My Hair Type 4b

 

[Sapphire_chic]

Deep condition overnight on friday with conditioner, yoghurt and some aphogee 2 min. Wrap my head with cling film.

Next morning I go under the dryer for 15 mins then Rinse and apply slippery conditioner to detangle in shower, detangle with denman in four sections.

Apply some kind of leave in or oil or whatever is on hand. I mainly wear a gelled pony.

During the week I shampoo on mon/wed/fri and wear a wash and go using ecostyler or make 2 plaits for a braid out the following morning.

I use slightly acidic water in a spray bottle to mist my hair in the morning and before bed.

 

[Sapphire_chic]

i've never had a regimen but......

favorite scalp treatment: jojoba oil, peppermint oil, lavendar oil, dr. miracle growth oil (i know right! but it stops itching & i got crazy crazy growth from it)

favorite moisturizer: qhemet amla & olive, water + glycerin+aloe vera juice + peppermint oil

favorite sealant: grapeseed oil (also the best ever for stretch marks)

favorite cowash conditioner: Organix (don't like ingredients....looking for a new), Renpure (my pretty hair is parched)<-- digging it for now, ingredients are slightly better

When and how do you use your scalp treatment. I've been trying to incorporate essential oils?

 

[Nonie]

Wash my hair twice a week.

• First of those involves shampoo, condition, ACV rinse;
• Second one involves DC on dry, shampoo, condition, ACV rinse.

No detangling or combing necessary (hair is in braids, which get redone one at a time as needed, usually while watching TV).

Baggy every night, or when wearing a wrap or hat.

That's all folks!

 

[nikolite]

Styling varies a lot, but I'll try.

Wash day:
1. Detangle hair after oily overnight baggy and pre-poo. Plait hair in 4 sections.
2. Wash hair 1x weekly with very watered-down shampoo (cheap ole' Suave)
3. Protein treatment w/ Aphogee 2-min or Renpure Organics for 30 min (alternate each week) under plastic cap
3. DC with LeKair conditioner for 1 hour under plastic cap
4. Just began to add a final ACV rinse
5. Air-Dry in rollerset or ponytails to stretch hair (usually overnight) or proceed to style for certain styles.

Styling (mostly PS, lasting from 1 to 3 weeks)
1. Cornrows and wigs
2. Twists
3. Box braids
4. Cornrows
5. WNG's (occasionally)
6. Rollersets

Daily Maintenance
1. Spray every night with spray mix (infusium 23, hot six oil, water)
2. Seal with hot six oil
3. Baggy about twice a week overnight.
4. Wear satin bonnet to sleep.
5. Sometimes I co-wash or water-wash while once or twice throughout the week.

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

When and how do you use your scalp treatment. I've been trying to incorporate essential oils?

WELL........
I'm the itchy haired lady.... so my scalp treatment is attempting to
curb the flammable itching feeling

WHEN: ANYTIME I COWASH or WASH! RIGHT NOW THAT MEANS 1-2 TIMES DAILY

HOW: I eyeball maybe 1/2 bottle jojoba oil, 1/5 castor oil (trying to get rid it...think it increases the itch factor), the rest maybe vitamin E oil, squirts of peppermint oil, squirts of lavendar oil....and then fill it a tad bit more with jojoba & castor= shake well

^^^^ i measure nothing, my whole life has been winging it!!!
looking for better recipes from you ladies

i can say....the dr. miracle oil still has my concoction beat....but i'm trying to fix that by tweeking with all natural ingredients

 

[lovelexi]

Vitamins: C, E, B-Complex, Fish Oils, Grape Seed Extract, GNC Ultra Nourish Hair, Multi-Vitamin
Wash: Pre-Poo w/ jojoba, grape seed and castor oil mix. Shampoo w/ nexxus. DC w/nexxus for at least an hour w/o heat(body heat is good enough for me). My leave ins are the bee mine hair milk and juicy spritz. i alternate with the aphogee. then roller set. every 6 or so i do the aphogee 2 step protein but im looking for a milder protein.
Daily: moisturize with bee mine hair milk and seal with my jojoba or grape seed oil. and at nights i use my bee mine growth serum.
Co wash weekly
and umm...i think thats it.

 

[mstk]

I'm a type 4B(+) who started texlaxing last year, so my hair is multiple textures (bottom bonelaxed) at all times.

I wash weekly with Esencia Hydrating Shampoo, then deep condition with heat with either Bonacure Repair Rescue or Time Restore treatments and olive oil. After sitting under a hooded dryer, I usually leave the treatment on my hair for at least a bit while I do chores or sometimes overnight, then rinse and detangle in the shower in the morning.

Every month or so I add Aphogee 2-minute Reconstructor to my wash routine in between shampoo and treatment. If my hair needs to be washed during the week or feels very dry, I rinse it and then apply olive oil, or cowash with Nexxus Humectress and then bun in the shower and tie a scarf on while I finish up. I have used Nexxus Emergencee 2x now. We won't talk about the first time. The second time was great, I used it a week before my texlax and felt a noticeable difference in my hair.

I use the Aphogee Green Tea Restructurizer spray, Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter, and coconut oil to moisturize during the week. On the rare occaision that I straighten I use CHI silk infusion as a heat protectant.

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

Styling varies a lot, but I'll try.

Wash day:
1. Detangle hair after oily overnight baggy and pre-poo. Plait hair in 4 sections.
2. Wash hair 1x weekly with very watered-down shampoo (cheap ole' Suave)
3. Protein treatment w/ Aphogee 2-min or Renpure Organics for 30 min (alternate each week) under plastic cap
3. DC with LeKair conditioner for 1 hour under plastic cap
4. Just began to add a final ACV rinse
5. Air-Dry in rollerset or ponytails to stretch hair (usually overnight) or proceed to style for certain styles.

Styling (mostly PS, lasting from 1 to 3 weeks)
1. Cornrows and wigs
2. Twists
3. Box braids
4. Cornrows
5. WNG's (occasionally)
6. Rollersets

Daily Maintenance
1. Spray every night with spray mix (infusium 23, hot six oil, water)
2. Seal with hot six oil
3. Baggy about twice a week overnight.
4. Wear satin bonnet to sleep.
5. Sometimes I co-wash or water-wash while once or twice throughout the week.

are u doing the crown & glory method?

thinking of backing up to my original plan & adopting you and Nonie's hair routine

 

[I Am So Blessed]

4a here: texlaxed

DC on dry hair for 3 hours twice per week with ors replenishing pak mixed with coconut oil, cholesterol, and aphogee two min.. mix all this up in a bowl.

rinse that out and put on some coconut oil with care free curl, then bun or where it out curly.

no shampooing. the rinsing of the DC is the co-wash.

 

[Tene]

All I do is co wash everyday, use leave-in and whatever styling product I have. I clarify once a week and use my shampoo bar in between that. I use henna or cassia once a month and dc once a month or more. I also detangle once a week, sometimes once every 2 to 4 weeks depending on when I feel like it.

 

[Newtogrow]

I just recently took out my braids done on my own hair.
Washing: While in braids I would wash with Aphogee for Damaged Hair (in recovery); Roux Porosity Control; Aphogee 2 min Keratin Conditioner; then leave on Neutrogena Triple Moisture.

Daily: Spritz with spray bottle mixture of conditioner, water, glycerine, saa

 

[charmtreese]

Nightly Regimen

• Use WGO/JBCO mix nightly on scalp and ends
• Use Joico Silk Results conditioner as a nightly moisturizer 3-4 days after each wash or whenever NG and or ends feel dry.
• Every other night apply Mizani H20 Night Time Treatment to hair (apply to edges and nape every night.)

Morning Regimen

• Finger comb and style, moisturize with Joico Silk Results Sheer Gloss, and spray Morroccan oil on finished style.

Pre-Shampoo Regimen

• Spray NG with Mane and Tail detangler, finger comb in
• Moisturizer hair and ng with Joico silk results conditioner
• Seal with WGO

Night Style

Set with flexi rod or twist, scarf nightly.

Daily Style

Updo’s, Pin ups, Buns, Ponytails, hairzing pony’s

Staple products are in my siggy!

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

^^^^ i see a reoccurring trend, i MUST INTRODUCE MYSELF TO JOICO

ANY TYPE 4's swear by KINKY CURLY KNOT TODAY???

OR KNOW OF A BETTER LEAVE-IN/MOISTURIZING/DETANGLER ???

 

[sithembile]

Wash my hair twice a week.

• First of those involves shampoo, condition, ACV rinse;
• Second one involves DC on dry, shampoo, condition, ACV rinse.

No detangling or combing necessary (hair is in braids, which get redone one at a time as needed, usually while watching TV).

Baggy every night, or when wearing a wrap or hat.

That's all folks!

Nonie what products do you use?

 

[silenttullip]

4a NATURAL
SUMMER REGGIE
DC - Aubrey Organics GPB, BGA, or HSR 15MINS-1HR
POO in 4 sections - Giovanni 50/50, GTTT, Desert Essence Theraputic, Roux 5 in 1
CON - ALBERTO VO5, OR GTTT CON
LEAVE IN - Curl Junkie Curl Assurance (leave in/rinse out/dc), HEHH (thinking of trading for a rinse conditioner in summer)
moisturize - Add coconut oil and my own spritz
Detangle - water, conditioner, and cricket comb
put in braids or loose twists
Seal - wheat germ oil or set it free
This is done twice a week

As for nightly I moisturize and oil my ends and hairline
I also use my electric scalp massager every few days

 

[ladysaraii]

I'm transitioning right now and I think I'm a 4-something w/ some 3c int eh back

current regimen

1-2x per week

Wash w/ my mis of TJ Nourish Spa shampoo & aloe vera gel
Condition and detangle, most likely w/ Nourish Spa conditioner, sometimes w/ something else (I have a lot of conditioners sitting around)
Moisturize
Seal

1x per week

Pre-poo w/ WGO/olive oil mix or hempseed oil
Shampoo w/ either Jason's Tea Tree shampoo or BWC Rosemary & Tea Tree shampoo
detangle w/ cheapie conditioner (normally v05)
DC
AVC rinse (I include some EOs like tea tree (always), eucalyptus, sage, etc)
moisturize
seal

My moisturizer is my water, AVJ, glycerine mix w/ peppermint oil
I seal w/ either Avocado, hempseed, or sweet almond butter

After I'm done with all that, I put it in 2 french braids and let it air dry

I have recently decided to start adding back some OCT and that step will be included after the shampoos.

My hair has been pretty happy the last few weeks with this regimen. My scalp is feeling good, my hair feels nice and soft, and it's manageable. I'm getting my staples down and keeping it simple so i can keep up w/ it.

The only thing I do to keep it up in between washes is spray my mix every morning and night and then I oil my edges w/ either emu or castor oil. I've started back wearing my wigs to work.

 

[Evallusion]

I am a Natural 4B.

Regimen:
Shampoo and deep condition once a week.
Rinse/cowash hair in between shampoos as often as needed.
Spritz and moisturize hair daily.
Comb as little as possible and only while wet.

Favorite products:
Nexxus Therappe Luxury Moisturizing Shampoo
Renpure Organics Moisturizing Shampoo (red bottle)
Taliah Waajid's Herbal Conditioner
Taliah Waajid's Protective Mist Bodifier
Oyin Handmade's Shine & Define Serum
Oyin Handmade's Whipped Pudding
Darcy's Botanicals Herbal Leave In Spray
Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
Qhemet Biologic's Amla & Olive Heavy Cream
Afroveda's PUR Whipped Jelly
Olive Butter
Castor Oil

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

I am a Natural 4B.

Regimen:
Shampoo and deep condition once a week.
Rinse/cowash hair in between shampoos as often as needed.
Spritz and moisturize hair daily.
Comb as little as possible and only while wet.

Favorite products:
Nexxus Therappe Luxury Moisturizing Shampoo
Renpure Organics Moisturizing Shampoo (red bottle)
Taliah Waajid's Herbal Conditioner
Taliah Waajid's Protective Mist Bodifier
Oyin Handmade's Shine & Define Serum
Carol's Daughter Healthy Hair Butter
Qhemet Biologic's Amla Heavy Cream
Olive Butter
Castor Oil

do u use/like renpure conditioner (red bottle as well?) i bought several the other day....wondering if you disliked it?

 

[Evallusion]

do u use/like renpure conditioner (red bottle as well?) i bought several the other day....wondering if you disliked it?

I don't particularly like the smell of either the poo or condish. It smells like acetone to me. But the shampoo has nice lather rand isn't very stripping. The conditioner isn't "all that" to me. I definitely won't be repurchasing the conditioner.

 

[tHENATuRALhAiRpRoJEcT]

ANYBODY WHO MOISTURIZES & SEALS HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OIL ON THEIR SHEETS?????