Tell Everyone What Is the BEST Things You Do For Your Hair!!!

[stargazer613]

1. Keeping my scalp healthy (ACV rinses, jojoba oil, scalp spritz, sulfate-free shampoos)
2. Moisturizing and sealing with oil (using all/mostly natural moisturizers, spritzes, and cold-pressed/organic/unrefined oils)
3. Keeping my hair healthy + strong (deep conditioning Always with warmed up conditioners and oils for 1-2 hours, twice a month)
4. Protective Styles (for me, just a simple everyday bun)
5. Vitamins + Supplements+ Diet (multi-vitamin, B-Complex, healthy diet)
6. Water (drinking half of my body weight in ounces everyday)

*Oh yeah, using heat protectants when I blow dry (Tresemme) and flat iron (Chi Silk Infusion)*

 

[Mook's hair]

deep conditioning consistently
-low manipulation via cornrows
-Eliminating the Salon
-Drinking Water
-Flinstones Vitamins &
-raw baby spinach salads (yum)
-scalp massage

 

[homegirljiggy]

*conditioner washes!!! which basically boils down to less heat and more water...
* deep conditioning weekly
* low manipulation... cowash, ponytail, etc

 

[MizAvalon]

For all the Newbies and Discouraged hair growers, tell the board what is the best things you do for your hair and why it helps.

I'll go first!

• Protective styles (Bunning and weaving) : protects ends from manipulation to retain great length and enhances thickness
• Stretching : Enhances hair thickness and gives me enough new growth to relax
• Texlax instead of bone straight relaxer : Hair is much stronger
• Moisture, Moisture : No breaking hair
• Co-Washing : Hair is softer longer and I dont have to DC as much

What About You?

Edit : OH YEAH, DECREASE HEAT DRASTICALLY!

These answers are everything that I was going to say.

Gets pretty repetitive and boring week after week, month after month but the results are soooo worth it.

 

[RosesBlack]

Bunning. That is my number one.
Henna'ing.
Every night I moisturize, bun and wrap the bun in plastic cut from grocery bags. Sounds totally silly but, I believe that's contributed a ton to retaining length.

 

[sky035]

1. Using quality products
2. Deep Conditioning treatments at least 1x per week
3. Texturizing
4. Co-washing several times a week
5. Covering my hair at night

 

[Britt]

Deep conditioning and washing weekly..
I'm also going to try and stop airdrying... I notice when I air drying in a bun b/c i notice when I comb my hair, there's a lot of shedded hair. After all this time, I *now* see why airdrying in a wet bun could be troublesome.

 

[mscocoface]

Water daily
protective styles
Keeping hair products simple and manageable

Oh and did I mention Water and lots of it?

 

[vestaluv1]

Moisturising and sealing twice a day
Baggying
Low manipulation (putting hair in plaits twice a week)
Minimal combing
Hiding my hair (wearing wigs as protectives styles)
Taking supplements
Ayurvedic rinses and oils.
Hot Oil treatments twice a week
Scalp massages
Deep conditioning twice a week
TRANSITIONING! Relaxers are not for everyone
Being extra gentle with my hair
Keeping it Simple!

 

[BeautifulFlower]

Thank you ladies for posting. I hope this inspires something to keep doing what they are doing or tweak their regime for maximum results.

 

[Cinnabuns]

Great thread!

1) Eating a proper diet (protein, fruits, grains, veggies)
2) Lots of Water
3) Co-Washing Daily
4) Treating my hair like silk

 

[Simply_Kelz]

Deep Conditioning. Regularly.

Co-washing.

MOISTURIZING.

Cutting back on the heat.

Basically, putting moisture back into my hair.

 

[tadeja]

Finding the Neem Bar.
I had horrible flakes, a sign of an unhealthy scalp, even when I washed twice a week with all kinds of special shampoos (dandruff, dry scalp, etc). The Neem bar has helped my scalp tremendously and my hair is flourishing because of it.

 

[Wildchild453]

Protective styling in the fall/winter months
Water
Moisturizing daily

 

[clever]

quality products
MOISTURE!(co washing)
MOISTURE!(DC's)
MOISTURE!(daily leave ins)

 

[BeautifulFlower]

Protective styling in the fall/winter months
Water
Moisturizing daily

Cute siggy!

 

[vlucious]

co washing, going natural.