MaeveCarmen
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Hey everyone..if you have the Japanese hair straightening/Thermal Reconditioning Treatment for you hair, please share your hair care routine.
Here is my current routine:
Hairtype: 3c and 4a mix.
1. My hair seldom gets greasy so I only wash it once a week.
2. On wash-days, I shampoo and condition my hair. After using a "normal" conditioner, I use a deep conditioning treatment and de-tangle. I then leave it on for an hour with a plastic cap.
3. I then rinse it out with cold water.
4. Next, I apply Olaplex No.3 on my hair, focusing on the ends of my hair. The ends of my hair are bleached so I baby my ends as it is very fragile due to being bleached.
5. I then spray my moisturizing product, then coat it with oil and following up with a cream product, aka LOC method.
6. I then let my hair air dry, and spray my hair with the moisturizing product again. (for some reason, this makes a HUGE difference for my hair compared to not spraying after LOC method.)
I didnt mention any products (besides the Olaplex) since I switch it up a lot and sometimes use DIY.
With this routine, I was able to eliminate my breakage problem and saw less shedding.
What do you guys do to help breakage and to retain length when your hair is chemically treated?
Here is my current routine:
Hairtype: 3c and 4a mix.
1. My hair seldom gets greasy so I only wash it once a week.
2. On wash-days, I shampoo and condition my hair. After using a "normal" conditioner, I use a deep conditioning treatment and de-tangle. I then leave it on for an hour with a plastic cap.
3. I then rinse it out with cold water.
4. Next, I apply Olaplex No.3 on my hair, focusing on the ends of my hair. The ends of my hair are bleached so I baby my ends as it is very fragile due to being bleached.
5. I then spray my moisturizing product, then coat it with oil and following up with a cream product, aka LOC method.
6. I then let my hair air dry, and spray my hair with the moisturizing product again. (for some reason, this makes a HUGE difference for my hair compared to not spraying after LOC method.)
I didnt mention any products (besides the Olaplex) since I switch it up a lot and sometimes use DIY.
With this routine, I was able to eliminate my breakage problem and saw less shedding.
What do you guys do to help breakage and to retain length when your hair is chemically treated?
. My hair type is 4b and I usually get my hair treated 2x a year. My hair is usually ok up to 5 months between treatments. I feel like it's actually easier to handle the two different textures with this than with relaxers. When I was relaxed, I couldn't stretch more than 2 months. It seemed like all my hair would get super tangled, even the relaxed part. If I hold out for 7mths then my hair starts acting up though lol. I retain length a lot better and have been to reach MBL in the back but I'm still BSL in the front.
. I will have to try it eventually.
