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Tara said:
Bumping!
What is your routine while in the braids?
if you can tell me where your in-braid regime is on your site I'd appreciate it.
I was wondering if you moisturize your braids the way she suggests on her site (wetting a wash cloth, putting moisturizer in a bowl and then squeezing the moisture into your braids) or do you just spray your moisturizer onto your extensions?
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Hello Tara,
I have'nt written a braid routine on my site yet, as I follow Robin's one. However, I have tried out a different technique using my natural hair, to grow my hair instead, to take a break from exstensions. I wore cornrows for two months, that is how I obtained my current length. I always ensure that I re-do the ends every two weeks or so, to lessen matting and to tidy the overall appearance of the hair. My technique has proven successful so far, I plan to rebraid cornrows keeping them from 2 months, obviously I make sure I care them properly. This time I will be applying Robin's dry cleaning hair and scalp method, this will be a great help for keeping my scalp fresh and clean and the ability to prolong my style.
My usual routine involves washing/conditioning my hair once a week using a hair net to avoid manipulating the hair too much. (Robin's routine recommends using a sea sponge to wash natural braids) this is great also. I apply her technique of saturating the hair or sometimes I just spray it with the recommended braid sprays. I moisturised my natural/synthetic braids up to twice a day, plus I used infusium 23.
When I wear the kanekalon hair, I ensure that is pre-treated with vingear in hot water for 10-15 minutes to strip away alkaline levels, alkaline is quite drying to the natural hair, my personal results after removing exstensions shows more moisture in my hair strands.