Contents
- Understand How Moisture Works
- Seal In The Moisture
- Replenish The Moisture As Needed
- Make A Refresher spritz
- Do The Green House Effect (GHE)
- Make An Ayurvedic Hair Mask
- Bonus: Hydration Recipe
Replenish The Moisture As Needed
This was something that I learned when I was perfecting my wash n go. I thought that all I had to do was wake up, fluff and go. Wrong.
Even though you sealed your hair after washing, that won’t be enough to last you until your next wash day. I like to do it daily, but some do it every other day or every 3 days at the most.
Moisturizing simply means both adding and sealing in moisture. Meaning, if you seal your dry hair – it’s just oiled dry hair and nothing more (and this is never a good idea).
Moisturizing means water must always be involved, so to moisturize your hair water has to be incorporated on some level – like a watery leave-in spray conditioner or water is the first ingredient in your leave-in conditioner*.
You cannot seal with a watery moisturizing product (it will evaporate too quickly) and you cannot effectively moisturize with a sealing product (it will keep your hair dry). You need two separate products to do the job.
Though olive oil and coconut oil* do penetrate the hair shaft and “moisturize”, they are not effective moisturizers alone. They work best with water. My favorite combination is Camille Rose Revitalizing Hair Smoother + water + coconut oil.
I typically spray my hair with a spray bottle to get it damp, not soaked, then rub the smoother and coconut oil* in my hands and then coat my hair with it. It leaves my hair super soft, and visibly moisturized too. I also my then throw in a bit of argon oil to combat frizz, but that’s just a preference.
Make A Refresher Spritz
I promise this isn’t hard. Using water, aloe vera juice*, peppermint or rosemary oil*, one tablespoon of honey, one tablespoon of creamy Leave-in conditioner*, shake vigorously and spritz at least once daily.
For me, I like to soak the natural aloe vera – after I cut off the skin – in water and use that instead of the plain water but either way works. Be sure to use LOC or LCO method to seal. I like to use Castor oil and organic shea butter*, when I’m fresh out I use Blue Magic Castor Oil hair grease ( don’t judge me).
NB: the water used should preferably be distilled water or at least something that has been filtered especially if you live in hard water area.
Zackins says
loving the comments everyone :p
Ariel Smith says
Just what I needed!!
Jeannea Nesquik Darthard says
Good read …. i found my hair gets dryer if i don’t style it