I don't have a regimen, that's how I can give advice - I'm always trying stuff!
Right now my regimen is having my hair in cornrows. I have it braided every week using my own hair and not uber tight. I spray my braids down in the morning with Paul Mitchell Awapui Moisture Mist (a few drops of glycerine were added) and I apply Lenzi's Request to my edges and nape.
Afternoon I spray again with PM
At night I spray with Lanza Healing Moisture, JBCO on edges, Bee Mine on scalp.
1-2 nights a week I apply Rolland's Oxygenating Drops to my scalp
When I notice the slightest buildup (I can't stand scalp debris) I squish shampoo (diluted shampoo and squish my hair in braids)
After shampoo, apply Elucence Moisture Repair Treatment and steam for 20 mins. (lovin this
)
Apply Redken Anti-Snap
---Every two weeks in between braiding, I shampoo with Phyto Organics Kelate and DC using Rolland UNA Intensive Reconstructing
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Outside of this personal braid/"Hide Your Hair Challenge"
My Regimen:
After Relaxer - 1st six weeks:
- shampoo 1-2x a week
- co-wash perhaps 1x a week (loving Sebastian Light for cw)
- DC 2x a week - I tend to go protein heavy.
* steam DC once of the two times
- 1x every week or 2 weeks - steam oil treatment with sunflower oil - dry hair
Sometimes I forgo a shampoo altogether. I'll DC on dry hair, rinse and use a clean rinsing CW (S. Light)
After 7th week:
I use more moisture based DC. I maintain proteins in the form of ceramides and I clarify w/Kelate. I begin to comb less, let my hair dry longer before I comb and use more leave in moisturizers. (Still looking for a replacement for Elasta QP - it gives me a reaction now)
**I do not use a brush - if I must, it is a very soft bristle brush
**In the summer I use more glycerine based sprays - I usually make my own or add drops of glycerine and aloe to a leftover spray I haven't finished.
....I little goes a long way - if you can feel an almost 'clean' or stringent feel after adding glycerine, you've added too much. The feel should be thicker and more emollient to the touch.
**I don't use Porosity Control - no particular reason, just don't see the need in it. My problem has never been about porosity.
**I use henna. (It helps me avoid being itchy to color/highlight my hair)
**I do more pre-poo/hot oil treatments in the winter than in the summer
** I strand test often
**I don't worry about shedding. Once you learn your hair's 'cycle' you know what to expect.
**I'm always dealing with keeping breakage at bay. I have medium strand density AND medium density - so broken hairs, though blended, create thinned out hair. If you can control breakage, you control the journey.