Breakage. Dryness. Slow growth. Unmanageable hair. These are all issues that can be remedied by properly and consistently moisturising your hair.
Take a look at 5 ways to keep your natural hair moisturised during the Harmattan months and all year round.
1. Pre-poo
This a method where you add oil, conditioner, honey or eggs to your hair before the shampoo process. You can use oils such as coconut oil, olive oil or castor oil.
Then, distribute it evenly all over your hair strands from the ends to your scalp and cover with a plastic bag or conditioning cap, and sit under a hooded dryer or steamer.
Prepooing adds moisture to your hair follicles. Yes, the shampoo will strip the hair of product build-up, dirt and oils, but prepooing preps the hair for the harsh ingredients that strip it if you are using a sulfate shampoo by keeping the natural oils from our scalp to keep our hair moisturised.
2. Condition your hair
The purpose of conditioning your hair is to add moisture to the hair shaft after the shampoo has stripped the hair and raised the cuticles. You want to get a moisturizing conditioner with natural ingredients that will properly moisturize the hair.
3 Deep condition your hair regularly
Deep conditioning will make or break your moisturising routine for your hair. This is when you add a moisturising hair mask which can be DIY deep conditioner with honey, coconut oil, avocado oil, etc. all over your hair shaft for extra moisture.
4. The steam method
This is adding moisture into your hair using steam. The hot steam raises the cuticle so that the products applied are easily absorbed into our hair shaft.
Especially for low porosity girls, this is a staple to ensure that the products are fully absorbed into the hair shaft since the cuticles are always closed and can only be lifted with heat. It’s an easy way to add moisture to our hair without having to drench it in water.
5. Remember the LOC method
The LOC method stands for Liquid, Oil, and Cream is a way of sealing in moisture for your natural hair using the following ingredients.
For the liquid you can use water or leave in, oils such as jojoba, almond, castor or coconut oil. The cream can be shea butter.
After applying the moisture with the water/leave in, the oil will hold onto the water molecules than the cream seals in everything to the hair shaft.
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