Staple Hair Practices

[Nameless]

This thread is sort of a contradiction of my previous thread:

http://www.longhaircareforum.com/showthread.php?t=436414&highlight=



Anyway, I was just wondering what are your staple hair practices that you believe have contributed to healthy/longer/better hair.

My ones are:

• Moisturising my hair every night with my leave-in conditioner and then sealing with olive oil. I pay particular attention to my ends.
• Wrapping my hair at night so that it's straight the next day with a nice bump to it. This also contributes to me not using direct heat on my hair every time I want straight hair.
• Roller setting my hair after every wash. This makes my hair seem fuller.
• Washing my hair in the shower as opposed to in the bath tub with QP Elasta Creme Moisturising Shampoo. This has reduced tangles.
• Adding 1 or 2 drops of peppermint oil to my deep conditioner has given it a bit more life and I believe it has helped promote my hair growth. It tingles when I use heat.
• Massaging my scalp has been helpful and is quite relaxing.

Obviously I do other things and I use other products and equipment but the things listed are my staples. Even if I were to change things in my regemin, I would never change those things.

What are your staple hair practices that you would NEVER change even if you were to make tweaks to your regimen?
Please share.

 

[mariofmagdal]

During this season, I am doing bi-weekly wash/DC
Moisturize and Whole head bag nightly.
Protective styling
No heat

 

[chavascandy]

* weekly deep conditionings.
*washing with only CON and detangling in the shower.
*Brushing and detangling with a vent brush.
* applying leave ins after every wash.
* wearing wigs and buns as protective styles.
* always applying a hair protectant serum before blow drying.

 

[Nameless]

 

[Nameless]

Bumping for more responses

 

[IDareT'sHair]

Mine Would Be (in No Particular Order)

Tying Hair up at Night
Using Porosity Control *or similar product as a Final Rinse after DC'ing with heat*
Weekly DC'ing Treatments with Heat i.e. Heat Cap or Steamer
Daily Moisturizing
Maintaining Protein/Moisture Balance
Weekly use of Light/Med Protein/Reconstructing Treatment
Clarify monthly or bi-monthly
Weekly use of Ceramides

 

[Americka]

• dc'ing weekly or bi-weekly with heat
• rollersetting or pincurling nightly
• shampooing/conditioning in the shower to avoid tangles
• moisturizing and sealing
• using leave ins and heat protectants
• protecting hair at night with satin scarves and bonnets

 

[ceebee3]

Mine Would Be (in No Particular Order)

Tying Hair up at Night
Using Porosity Control *or similar product as a Final Rinse after DC'ing with heat*
Weekly DC'ing Treatments with Heat i.e. Heat Cap or Steamer
Daily Moisturizing
Maintaining Protein/Moisture Balance
Weekly use of Light/Med Protein/Reconstructing Treatment
Clarify monthly or bi-monthly
Weekly use of Ceramides

Exactly what she said.

 

[Chaosbutterfly]

1. Using a protein reconstructor once a week, every week.
2. Rollersetting weekly, with leave-in and oil.
3. Baggying nightly.
4. Deep conditioning at least once a week, every week, with a conditioner intended for deep treatments and heat. No more using augmented rinse outs.
5. Bunning daily!
6. Using porosity control and cold water after every DC.

My hair and I have never been such good friends. ^_^

 

[darlingdiva]

1. Always wearing a satin bonnet

2. Doing a light protein treatment every time I wash my hair

3. Always washing my hair in sections

4. Using heat when I do my light protein treatments

5. Washing my hair with cool, not warm, water

6. Doing an ACV rinse at the close of every wash

 

[MonPetite]

-Daily Washing
-Daily Cowashing
-No more poorly formulated products (petroleum or fragrance heavy with little else to offer my hair)
-Neutralizing properly (while relaxed)
-Protein treatments on a schedule

 

[hothair]

Using a good moisturising leave-in at least every 2 days and sealing, washing and DCing my hair, flatironing helped my ends and protein treatments are a Godsend

 

[ILYandY]

1. Clarifying once a month (hair in sections)
2. Deep condition weekly.
3. Scalp messages with murad/botea serum (in sections).
4. Saturate hair with Nutiva EVCO before relaxer.

 

[charmtreese]

1...Using Castor oil as my primary moisturizer.
2...Rollersetting after every wash
3...Using protein regularly in my regimen
4...Finger combing daily
5...Stretching Relaxers
6...Having my touch-ups professionally done
7...Sticking to products that work (No jumping on band wagons and product jumping)
8...Properly detangling wet hair
9...Keeping NG soft and tangle free
10.Sticking mostly with one product line

 

[gissellr78]

-Weekly Deep conditioning
-Protein treatments
-sleeping with my hair covered (bonet, scarf,net..Whatever)
-moisturizing daily or every other day

 

[ladylina]

washing and dc every 5-7 days
cw's in the summer
rollerseting
using a leave in and sealing with coconut oil every two days.

 

[chebaby]

deep conditioning weekly, sometimes more
moisturizing twice daily
light protein 2x a week
satin bonnet, pretty wrap every night
co washing daily
using all natural penetraiting conditioners, moisturizers, and oils to nourish my hair

 

[LaToya28]

~DC with a conditioner that specifically states that it is a deep conditioner
~Use a reconstructor weekly
~3 relaxers per year
~Moisturize and seal at least 3 times per week
~Rollerset once a week
~Bun hair without elastic bands to minimize breakage
~Being consistent in my regimen and products

 

[Lola Laughs]

1. Pre-poo and detangle with Vatika & Amla Oil
2. Wash with BS, honey
3. Rinse with ACV
4. Moisturize (homemade w/ Shea, Mango, Neem, Argan, Emu)
5. Seal w/ castor
5. Twist

Really trying to keep in simple (and cheap) in '10.

 

[Computer Blue]

everytime I wet my hair I deep condition
diluted poo applied to scalp only
monthly protein/ceramide treatments
seamless combs
protect my ends
moisturize-as needed- never let my hair dry out,but not keep a wet head
scalp massages with oil
use only products that give me the results I want
no direct heat on relaxed hair
oil to detangle/prepoo
take care of my hair then leave it alone
silk scarves/pillowcases
plait or bantus at night
never neglect my hair
sedu ng(1 pass only) bet 320-360 with heat protectant every 2 wks at most
washing in sections/plaits now

 

[PrincessLinzz]

No regimen yet, but I guess this is sorta my regimen:

Co-Washes every 2-3days
Scalp massages with rosemary oil
DC weekly
Moisturize ends with NTM daily and seal with coconut oil
Twists for bed and wearing a satin night cap
Daily twistouts buns and french rolls keeping my ends hidden

 

[Toy]

Deep Conditioning
Conditioning washes
tying my hair up at night
Moisturizing

 

[Nameless]

I hope all these suggestions can help someone who is developing a regimen. Looking at all these, it looks like it's best to keep it simple

 

[Queen V]

1. Daily moisturizing.
2. Clarifying once per month.
3. Weekly deep conditioning treatments.

 

[yora88]

Daily co-washing!!!
Daily moisturizing with NTM leave in and Elasta QP moisturizer.
Getting PROFESSIONAL relaxers/touch-ups.
Regular trims.
Keeping my hair wrapped when wearing it straight.

 

[nymane]

DC'ing weekly
Hardcore protein treatments
Pre-poo followed by Co-washing
M&S daily
Air drying
No direct heat
Braid outs
Scarf at night

 

[chrisanddonniesmommy]

1. Co-washing no less than 2x a week (I live in L.A., so weather's no biggie).

2. Moisturizing and sealing my scalp and hair with a leave-in and castor/coconut oil.

3. Washing my hair once a week.

4. Using a light protein treatment once a week.

5. DCing once a week with a dome dryer.

6. Stretching no less than 12 weeks.

7. Keeping my hair off my neck.

8. Sleeping with a satin scarf.

9. Air Drying!!!

10. No heat or coloring (I was a color freak)!!!

11. Clarifying once a month.

 

[jahzyira]

*Deep condition 2-3x a week (as of lately)
*Moisturize and seal every other day(as of lately)
*Whole head baggying 3-4 days a week
*Individual braids bunned under a wig(siggy)
*Indefinite stretching

 

[EMJazzy]

Deep Conditioning
Conditioning washes
tying my hair up at night
Moisturizing

I do the same thing.