Back To Basics – Let’s Build A Natural Hair Regimen For Length Retention and Health

Step 2 Decide on what you will do and when

There are 4 weeks in a month, you must have a wash day either every week, every two weeks or every month. Your hair and scalp must be cleansed at some point for healthy growing hair to be maintained.

Regardless of which one you choose you will do the same thing on wash day everytime. So pick your poison, think about your lifestyle. Do you work out often? Do you want to protective style 90% of the time and cleanse once a month? Do you use a lot of gel? All of these things will play a part in what you decide.

Step 3 To Pre poo or not to pre poo

Now it is time to get wash day started. Pre pooing is a form of deep conditioning*, it is typically done before you shampoo. Here is how to decide if you need one or not.

If you plan on using shampoo that has sulfates in it, then doing a simple pre poo can lessen the drying effects of the sulfates on your hair.

Since pre poo’s are the same as deep conditioning*, if you plan to use ingredients like eggs, avocado or hard to rinse conditioning agents, it might be easier to deep condition (pre poo) first then cleanse and re condition your hair with a basic conditioner after.

A very simple pre poo just takes one ingredient, and that is oil, any oil of your choosing warm or room temperature.

Step 4 – Cleanse and condition

Cleansing and conditioning are the meat and potatoes of any regimen. You should cleanse your scalp and hair every week, two weeks or monthly depending on what you chose in Step 2. Cleanse your scalp in sections using the balls of your fingers getting rid of dirt and debris. Wash the shampoo out thoroughly.

Condition your hair right after cleansing your hair. Use your cheap conditioner first on each section so that you can detangle your hair while in the shower. Detangle each section using your fingers, wide tooth comb* and shower stream then twist the section leaving a little conditioner in the hair.

Rinse each sections while twisted and move on to deep conditioning. If you did not pre poo then add your deep conditioner* to each section of your hair ensuring to re-twist the hair as you go along to keep your hair detangled.

Always deep condition using heat. This means using a plastic cap and sitting under a dryer for 20 minutes or steaming your hair with a hair steamer. Rinse your hair out while separated in sections and move on to adding your leave in conditioner* and then styling.