Our Routine & Products

Our Routine:

After trying several techniques and products for several months, I was able to come up with a hair routine.    

Our routine starts by pre-pooing her hair using either warm Extra Virgin Olive Oil or 100% Coconut Oil.  Lately, I have been using Extra Virgin Olive Oil with a bit of Castor Oil.  I let the warm oil sit on her hair for at least twenty minutes and then I proceed to wash her hair using Creme of Nature Argan Oil Moisturizing Shampoo.  

What is a Pre-Poo Treatment you may ask? 

     Well, Pre-Poo stands for "pre-shampoo treatment" that can be done with oils or conditioners.  I pre-poo her hair when I have to repeat the shampooing step more than once in order to remove all product build up and/or dirt from her hair.   Ms. Bree's hair is normally dry, excessive use of shampoo on her hair can strip the strands, making the hair more delicate. 

*You can pre-poo the hair by using oils as Castor Oil, Coconut Oil, Olive Oil, Grapeseed Oil or you can use conditioners like My Honeychild Olive You.   

I then condition her hair by using Herbal Essence None of Your Frizziness.  I "finger" detangle her hair and keep it in sections in order to prevent the hair from becoming tangled again.  Rinse each section out carefully.  

After our washing routine 90% of the time I band her hair so that I may style it the next day.

            

 

Second Washing Session: Deep Conditioning 

After I shampoo her hair with the moisturizing shampoo, I apply a deep conditioner.  I always use Bee Mine Bee-u-ti-ful Deep Conditioner, place a cap and let it sit for 25 minutes.  

Then I rinse her hair out and banded in order to style the hair the following day. 

Third Washing Session: Co-Washing

During this session, I do not use shampoo of any kind, I simply wash her hair using conditioner only.   Then band and style her hair like I normally would.

Fourth Washing Session: Protein Treatment (if need it, if not I DC her hair again)

I shampoo her hair like I normally would and then I do a Protein Treatment.  Rinse out the protein treatment then I band her hair and style it the next day.


Then the following washing session I start by pre-pooing her hair and I start all over again.  

LET'S DO A RECAP: 

* I pre-poo her hair with oils before washing with shampoo;
* After washing her hair, I include a deep conditioning treatment;
* I co-wash by using conditioner only;
* I end our cycle by adding a Protein Treatment to our washing session.

Please keep in mind that this is the routine that has worked for Ms. Bree's hair.  Sometimes I may skip the protein treatment if I see her hair is good in the protein department.   And I always deep conditioned her hair as need it, even if it means deep conditioning her hair once a week.

If Ms. Bree has a protective style, (i.e. Box Braids, Cornrows, Twists) I wash her hair with the style in.  However, I do skip two steps, the Pre-Poo and Protein Treatment.  Once I take her protective style out I pre-poo her hair.  

All of the products we use:

Shampoo:

• Creme of Nature- Argan Oil Moisturizing Shampoo.

Conditioners:

• Herbal Essence None of Your Frizzness;
• Herbal Essence Hello Hydration
• Suave Moroccan Argan Oil Infusion- Shine Conditioner

Deep Treatment Conditioners:

• Creme of Nature Argan Oil Intensive Conditioning Treatment 
• Bee Mine Bee.u.ti.ful Deep Conditioner 

Oils I use:

• Cream of Nature Oil Treatment, with Argan Oil from Morocco
• 100% Castor Oil
• 100% Jojoba Oil
• Coconut Oil- 100% (Virgin or Extra Virgin)

Styling Products I must have:

•   Bee Mine Luscious Balanced Cream
•   Bee Mine Bee Hold Curly Butter
•   Bee Mine Deja Hair Milk
•   Bee Mine Juicy-Moisturizing-Daily-Spritz

Styling Gels  
     

• Eco Styler Argan Oil Styling Gel;
• Creme of Nature Argan Oil- Perfect Edges

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NOTE: So far, the conditioner that works best for me to detangle her hair is the Herbal Essence Conditioner, remember, these are products I feel that have worked for her hair.