It is Fall! The leaves are changing and so should your hair-care regiment.
It might not need a complete makeover; but as the weather changes, a second look at your line of defense against those frizzy flyaways should never take the back seat.
Let’s take a look at the basic essentials of a hair-care regiment:
Moisturizing shampoo
Sulfate-free conditioner
Deep conditioner
Leave-in conditioner or other moisturizing cream
Styler (This isn’t essential. Using this depends on whether you want extra hold for your curls to pop or whether you want to rock a bigger style)
Sealant (oh so essential)
Recently, curlmart.com released a list of ingredients that you should limit in your hair care regiment.
Among them are glycerin and protein. https://curlmart.com/fall-hair-products/
I didn’t instantly subscribe to this idea, but I noticed that my hair was incredibly dry! I haven’t trimmed in a few months and the ends of my hair felt like straw.
Seriously, the ends of my hair looked like a wicker broom! I just wanted to run to the salon and chop off my hair all over again. I figured it wasn’t because of products since they had been working so well for me.
I wondered if my hair had just gotten too thick for my current products, and if I needed something heavier.
I went to the nearest sally’s and bought a few new products. It was all the same. Nothing had changed in my hair.
Then I realized a bunch of products had glycerin and protein in them. I changed my entire hair-care line for the fall to exclude glycerin and have less protein and WOW is there a difference!
You can find several recommendations from CurlMart, Naturally Curly, and possibly other natural-hair blogs, but here are some of my personal recommendations:
Moisturizing shampoo
Giovanni Smooth as Silk Shampoo
Shea Moisture Coconut and Hibiscus shampoo (current love)
Sulfate-free conditioner
Neutrogena Triple Moisture
Giovanni Smooth as Silk Conditioner
Elucence Moisture Balance
Aussie Moist Conditioner
Deep conditioner
Jessicurl Deep Conditioning
Leave-in conditioner/other moisturizing cream/styler
Shea Moisture Style Milk
Kinky Curly Knot Today Leave In
Kinky Curly Curling Custard
Sealant (oh so essential)
Jojoba oil
Vatika Oil
Argan oil
Most of these products you can get at either WalMart, Target, Sally’s, Amazon.com, or CurlMart.com.
Your hair may have a different reaction to these ingredients. If it works, keep it! If something is suddenly not working for you, switch it up.
BACK TO YOUR HAIR ROOTS 