Hair care 101, Hair care routine

How to do an oil pre-poo treatment on relaxed hair?

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pre-poo treatment
For this week wash I decided to start my routine with an oil pre-poo treatment. It’s been a while that I have done this treatment, and to be honest my hair needs it.

What is a pre-poo treatment?

An oil pre-poo trdeatment is a great way to protect your scalp and hair from the shampoo that your are about to use. What do I mean? A shampoo is great to get your scalp and hair clean, but sometimes can be a bit harsh. So the treatment can be used to hold on the moisture on your scalp & hair.

Another reason why I like an oil pre-poo treatment is the way how it softens and add shine to my hair.

How to do the pre-poo treatment?

I start of with applying an oil mixture to my scalp. This is a mixture of carrier and essential oils. Great way to stimulate blood flow on your scalp. On the length of my hair I use a mixture of carrier oils.

In small sections I coat my hair with the oil. Make sure that your hair is not dripping in oil.

After applying the oils, I take the time to massage my scalp and give my ends some extra love. When I’m done, I cover my hair with a plastic cab and let the oil sit for 30 minutes to a hour.

“Shine bright like a diamond”

When I’m done with the treatment, my hair is soft and shiny. I proceed with washing and deep conditioning my hair.

What I also have noticed is that I have less breakage while shampooing my hair.

The oil pre-poo treatment is an extra step, but a step I don’t mind, because of the benefits that comes with it.

Are you familiar with this process and if so, how do you incorporate it in your regimen?

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How to create a hair routine for your relaxed hair

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Having healthy hair doesn’t come overnight. You need a hair routine to get your hair to a healthy state. With a hair routine you are about to get your hair in shape! Yes, see it like working out. There needs to be a plan in place in order to achieve the body or healthy weight that you want.

“GET READY TO GET YOU RELAXED HAIR IN SHAPE”

Your hair regimen needs a routine that fits your lifestyle. In this post I will share my routine, so that you can see for yourself how to build your own routine.

Wash days
Figure out on which day(s) you are going to wash your hair. Having a specific day gives you room to plan your day. For example, my wash days are on Saturdays. Even my friends know how I spend my Saturday mornings.

When it comes to washing your hair I would advise once a week or every other week.  If you are someone that washes more than two times a week, I need to tell you, stop doing that. It’s important to have a clean scalp, but too much washing will dry out your scalp.

Deep condition
With every wash it’s necessary to follow up with a deep “moisturizing” conditioner. A deep conditioner will give your hair the nutrients that it needs. I think you already know on which days I deep condition my hair. If you said on Saturday’s, then you guessed it right.

Deep conditioning my hair is my favourite step out of my whole routine. There are some many benefits when it comes to using a conditioner. Will talk about that more in another post.

“THE BESTS STEP IS DEEP CONDITIONING YOUR HAIR”

Moisturize your hair
To keep your hair moisturized in between wash days using a cream or lotion every day, will help fight the dryness. I moisturize my hair every night or every other night before I go to bed. Doing this step in the evening gives the product enough time to work its magic.

Trimming your hair
Hairdressers advise to trim your every 8 – 12 weeks (2 – 3 months) and I agree! We often neglect our dead ends, because we focus to much on having long hair. You need to get rid of the dead ends in order to have the healthy length that you want.

Holding on to a routine, when it comes to trimming your hair, will keep the dead ends away. I’m going to be honest, I have neglected with keeping up with trimming my hair. That’s why I make sure to write down the date when I trim or cut my hair and plan ahead.

“DON’T GO LONGER THAN 3 MONTH WITH TRIMMING YOUR HAIR HAIR”

Now it’s up to you to create the routine that fits your lifestyle or tweak the routine that you already have. The main goal for your routine is to upkeep your healthy hair care. So don’t stress yourself about it, because you can always adjust the routine.

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Shampoo and conditioner, create your basic wash routine

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It’s best to have a routine that caters to your hair when you are taking care of your relaxed hair at home. Finding a routine aka regimen for my hair hasn’t been an easy road, but the outcome to sticking to a routine did wonders. I mean, before my hair journey my new growth was soft & stiff and know I’m able to stretch my hair for 20+ weeks.

I never thought stretching for so long was possible, but this is post not about stretching, so let’s stay on topic.

Basic hair care routine

How did my hair care routine come about? Thank God for other relaxed ladies online that shared their routine, but also doing my homework and creating my own routine was key to getting my hair on the right track.

In the post “regimen for relaxed hair” I shared three basic tips on how to build your regimen. My first tip to a basic regimen was about shampoo & condition.

This step is really my saviour when it comes to getting my hair healthy. When I started my hair journey, the #1 focus was on getting my hair softer/smoother. My hair was really dry & stiff. Even when I would moisturized my hair, there was no shine to it at all. So first thing was to be consistent with shampooing and especially doing deep condition treatments.

There are different types of shampoos & conditioners. In my routine I make sure to use moisture based products that will contribute to making my hair softer. Yes moisture is really important, but please don’t skip on protein.

When I got into hair care I found out that protein is needed to strengthen your hair. Also using a protein based product is a great way to bring your hair texture back to life.

Because of the different types of shampoos and conditioners I created a routine when I would use a specific product

My shampoo & conditioner routine

Week 1
Clarify shampoo paired with a moisturizing deep conditioner

Week 2
Moisturizing shampoo paired with a moisturizing deep conditioner

Week 3
Moisturizing shampoo paired with a protein based conditioner followed up with moisturizing conditioner

Week 4
Moisturized shampoo paired with a moisturizing deep conditioner

This is a basic routine, my foundation. Having a steady routine makes it really easy for picking out which product to use. It’s possible to switch things up. For example if you feel that in week 2 your hair is really weak, don’t wait for week 3 to do a protein treatment. My hair rule is always to listen to your hair and give your hair what it needs at that moment.

Do you have a routine based on the different types of shampoos and conditioners? Or do you just go in and wash your hair? Comment down below and let’s talk.

With care,

Eems
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Have a hair regimen to keep your relaxed hair healthy!

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Taking care of you hair can be a task. Let me emphasize on the word CAN. In the beginning of my hair journey I did everything what I thought was needed, but over the years, I have found a hair regimen that works for me, my lifestyle &  hair.

hair regimen

a systematic plan especially designed to improve and maintain the health of your hair.

“Create a hair routine that your hair needs”

 

I spoke a little bit about having a hair regimen a.k.a. a hair routine that caters to your hair. There is no one way regimen when it comes to having & maintaining healthy hair, but you need a hair regimen.

Before I go in and share my hair regimen, I want to make it clear I’m not talking about hair products. A hair regimen is a routine based on treatments that you do for your hair.

“Have a hair routine”

 

Let’s dive in! What is my hair regimen?

My hair regimen is planned in a specific routine based on daily, weekly & monthly treatments. I like to be consistent with certain moisture or protein based treatments, that I know my hair needs. That’s why that some treatment will be more frequent than other treatments, but together brings the balance when it comes to having healthy hair.

[1] when I’m not wearing a protective hair style, I wash my hair every week. Washing my hair weekly is a must for my hair. Also conditioning my hair weekly is a must. So cleaning my scalp & hair followed up with a conditioner is an important treatment to maintain healthy hair.

When it comes to shampoo’s & conditioners I also plan out what type of product I use. It’s not every time that I use a moisturizing shampoo or conditioner. It’s also necessary to clarify or do a protein treatment.

[2] during the week I moisturize my hair daily or every other day. I like to moisturize my hair at night, so that the product has enough time to sink into my hair.

[3] to keep my length hair I will trim or dust my ends every 8 weeks. If your hair is “super” healthy, no split ends, you don’t need to trim every 8 weeks. Find out what works for you, but please don’t hold on to unhealthy ends for too long.

Now that we have the basic regimen in place, now you can continue with creating which treatment you are going to do.

Leave a comment down below if you want a post  or a video about the hair treatments based on my routine.

With Care,

Eems
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Have a relaxed hair regimen to get healthy hair!

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When I started my relaxed hair journey I didn’t know where to begin. So finding ladies on YouTube that shared their relaxed hair regimen was a blessing. My hair needed a solid hair routine to get my relaxed hair healthy again.

“What is a hair regimen?”

When ladies decide to take better care of their relaxed hair, the answer that I get after asking the question “what is your hair regimen” is always get the same response. Hair regimen? No I don’t have a routine.

Confused Season 9 GIF by The Office

What is a hair regimen?
Any set of rules about food and exercise that someone follows, especially in order to improve their health
-Cambridge

I laughing out lout when I was reading the definition, because I always use the analogy of working out. When looking at a regimen for the hair, the food can been seen as the hair products that you will use and the exercise the methods/treatments that you incorporate.

“Go set some rules”

A hair regimen is just that! Set of rules using specific hair products and applying specific methods to your hair to maintain the health of your relaxed hair. Now before I continue, I just want to say that there is no “one” right way to get your relaxed hair healthy. If you look at how many different exercises and diets there are, you know there is no one way to improve your health. With that being said, there are some basic steps that you can’t skip.

How to create a regimen?
To build up or maintain the health of your relaxed hair it’s good to have a solid routine. Like how often do you wash your hair or how often do you do a protein treatment. There are many ways to take care of your hair, but keep in mind that it doesn’t have to be that difficult.

Have a consistent hair routine! Know what your hair needs on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.

In my next post I will go more in dept about how to create a hair regimen. I will use my own hair regimen as an example to give a better understanding.

With care,
EEMS!

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