My Weekly Hair Care Regimen

Hey Lovelys! Many of you have been wondering about my Natural Hair Care Regimen, so here it is. I wash my hair weekly with a nonsulfate shampoo. But before I wash my hair, I finger detangle my DRY hair with Extra Virgin Olive oil and Aubrey Organics Honeysuckle Rose Conditioner. I love love love this stuff. It makes your hair feel soooo soft. Anyways, I take the olive oil and conditioner and put it all over my hair from root to tip making sure I focus on my ends as well. I put a plastic cap on my hair and let it sit for about 30mins. SN: If any one of you follow me on twitter, this process is called Pre-poo'n. I say that a lot on Twitter when I talk about washing my hair. Next I start the detangling process with my Fingers in sections and once Im finished with a section, I 2strand twist it. I also use my wide tooth comb to help out if need be. This process takes about 1.5hrs, 2hrs total with the pre-poo sitting on my hair for 30mins. I know this seems like a lot, but I have a lot of hair. Next I hop in the shower and wet my hair completely. I add more olive oil and I add conditioner. You can use whatever conditioner of your choice. But choose one with pretty good slip. I now do more detangling with my hands in a downward motion and also use my Tangle Teezer brush to detangle in sections. Next, I shampoo my scalp with a sulfate free shampoo in sections. I don't add shampoo to the ends of my hair. I just really focus on my scalp in a circular motion with the palms of my fingers and let the suds flow down to my hair strands. After that I add more conditioner and put my hair back in the clip and move to the next section. Once done with all sections I rinse and add my deep conditioner of choice. I let the deep conditioner sit in my hair with my hair therapy heat cap for about 30mins. Then rinse. I sometimes do a Tea rinse with apple cider vinegar to help seal my cuticles. Rinse that with cold water.  Then I add my leave in conditioner of choice, seal with moisture with an oil of choice, and add my styler of choice. My style of choice now a days in medium size 2strand twists and once I twist them, I placed them in a bun to protect the ends of my hair for the week. This entire process takes 4.5 hrs total once a week and it's totally worth it. My hair has grown so much.  Every night I moisturize my hair with my water/condish/oil/glycerin mix. I also add olive oil to my ends. By mid week, I undo the twists and just put my loose hair in a bun. I might cowash with conditioner only if I feel that my hair needs it once during the week and place it back in a wet bun until the next wash day.  I keep it simple. My hair is now almost bra strap length. My ultimate hair goal is waist length. My goal is to reach Waist Length by the end of 2012.  My hair nights are Friday nights:)
So there it is....My weekly Regimen. Nothing Glamorous....but I hope this helps someone out there!

<3CurlyTai~