Hair Regimen for First Timers - Basic

Hair Regimen for First Timers - Basic

Many person dream of having long and healthy relaxed hair but many of the persons who dream of this don’t take the necessary steps to achieve this. Many women with relaxed hair complain that their hair never gets past their ears, necks or even shoulders. Unlike other races, African hair is the driest of them all, and as such is prone to breakage. To combat this breakage you need to add moisture to the hair daily. When I say adding moisture I don’t mean oiling your scalp of hair with hair oil or petroleum based products. Use water based moisturizers these don’t sit on top of the hair but penetrate into the hair shaft and add the much needed moisture to the hair. Hair oil (not natural oils) will only sit on top of the hair coating the hair and giving the appearance that the hair is moisturized when it’s not.

Starting a regimen is what you should do when you are looking to achieve a goal for your hair. Whether you want long hair, or just to improve the overall health of your hair creating a regimen is the way to go. What a regimen does is that is provides a guideline for you to follow whether daily or weekly. An example of a basic regimen is displayed below.

Shampoo – once a week

Deep condition – once a week

Moisturizing – daily

Moisturizing and sealing the hair – nightly (this is when you apply a moisturizer to the ends of your hair and then apply a natural oil – olive oil, coconut, almond, etc over the moisturizer)   

           

Protein Treatment – once a month (if you are unable to get a protein treatment as most are expensive you may opt to use an egg or two and add your oils to the egg. Cover your hair with a plastic cap and let sit for 30 minutes then rinse out)

Relax hair – every 8 weeks or more

Wearing protective hairstyles – to protect the ends of your hair to avoid breakage, styles such as – buns, ponytails, etc.)

Co-wash – once a week (this is optional, if during the week your hair feels dry and you wish to add moisture you may wash the hair using a conditioner of your choice)  

So that was a basic hair regimen the items that you will need to make this regimen work are as followed:

1.       Moisturizing Shampoo

2.       Moisturizing Conditioner

3.       Protein Conditioner (Light)

4.       Clarifying Shampoo ( To rid hair of product build up leaving the hair extremely clean)

5.       Protein Treatment (Medium eg. Organic Root Stimulator Hair Mayonnaise, -Heavy Aphogee 2 Step Protein Treatment )

6.       Moisturizer

7.       Leave – In Conditioner

8.       Natural Oils – any of the following (Olive Oil, Castor Oil, Coconut Oil, Avocado Oil, Almond Oil, Grapeseed Oil, Argon Oil)

9.       Wide Tooth Com

10.   Heat Protectant  

As you get more into your regimen you will add new products or procedures as you learn more about your hair. Just stick to it and I guarantee you will see results, just don't expect them to happen over night!!!