Natural Hair Care Routine for Hydration Health Retention

Natural hair tends to get dry and frizzy quickly. Therefore, curly hair needs to be hydrated more often. Below, we’ve shared 5 effective tips on how to hydrate curly hair to restore its health. 

#1. Shampoo to Remove All Buildup:

When you're starting each week you want to start fresh. Shampooing weekly is really good for your hair because the products that have accumulated on your hair prevent moisture oils and other nutrients from penetrating your hair properly. Use a shampoo brush to really get in your scalp. Get it deeply clean and make all the residue from any products you've used the week before is completely gone and your hair is basically zeroed out. It's neutral and it's ready to take on any moisture that you want to put back into your hair. 

#2. Detangle with a Deep Conditioner that Provides a Lot of Slip:

To save on time go straight into deep conditioning by using a deep conditioner that provides an ample amount of slip to detangle your hair and distribute the deep conditioner evenly. Using the tangle teezer for this step is really helpful because it ensures that the conditioner covers every single nook and cranny of your curls. Using a detangling brush or like any of your favorite ones. These ones definitely cut down on detangling hair. 

#3. Deep Condition with Gentle Heat to Retain Maximum Moisture:

Use a foil cap to deep condition because this allows the deep conditioner to work faster by effectively trapping in the body's natural heat metal is an excellent conductor of heat. This is why it works a lot faster word of caution using this. Though if you are using a hooded dryer or a blow dryer, do not use the past 10-20 minutes because it helps the heat to work so fast. It could actually end up dehydrating your hair. If you overdo it, use the steamer, deep conditioning cap because it releases a very gentle heat that works perfect for the amount of time that you need to use it. If you are short on time though you can deep condition with the foil cap in the shower without worrying about the time. Keep it for 30 minutes because it's not just necessary to keep it longer than 30 minutes. 

#4. Apply Leave-in Conditioner in the Shower:

After rinsing out the deep conditioner with ice cold water, apply leave-in conditioner while in the shower. This is going to give you ultra defined curls and what steps it up a notch is if you actually wet plop. So this means while you're in the shower go ahead and take a plastic shower cap. Put  your curls in the shower cap and then wrap it in a head towel. This is going to help it to penetrate and also it gives really juicy plump curls. This is the best method for really helping your hair to hold on to hydration and helping it to be super shiny by the time your hair is completely dry. 

#5. Style Curls on Soaking Wet Hair for Zero Frizz:

For any of you who still might be curious, use flax seed gel to style your curls because it pairs well with literally any store-bought product. This is perfect because it tends to switch up leave-in conditioner every other week and flaxseed gel is absolutely fireable for maintaining hair length. It encourages healthy hair growth. It's lightweight leaves your hair defined without being too weighed down or greasy. Another great benefit is that flax seeds are rich in vitamin E and Omega 3 fatty acids which can nourish dry damaged hair.

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