Updated Winter Hair Routine

Hi Friends,

Seasons Greetings and happy holidays!

Has your winter been mild like mine has been so far?  This time last year, I remember there already being heavy snowfall in the north east, and my mood had already slipped into a funk. Well this year, I have no complaints to make yet. I half wish the weather would stay this way for the rest of the year. I mean, does the world really need winter?

Apart from that, I've noticed that my hair has been feeling drier than normal-understandable since there is less moisture in the air during this time. In any case, I wanted to get in front of the problem before it escalated into something worse, like breakage.

Getting in front of the problem for me, means returning to proven techniques that have worked in the past, namely avocado treatments. Once upon a time, they were all I did, and my hair thrived, you hear me? Thrived. I stopped doing them when I started to feel that the preparation process was too involved and I suppose I was trying to simplify my already simple routine. Lazy natural, reporting for duty. This year, I decided to start dedicating more time to maintaining my hair, just like the good old days. 

We used to be besties, my hair and I, and I want to start nurturing our relationship again.

For several weeks now, I've been treating my hair to a yummy avocado deep conditioner mix. You all know that I finger detangle once a month, so I've been deep conditioning with the mix after my detangling session, and following up the following week with a cowash and another avocado deep condition. I make my treatment in batches that last for two sessions, so that I don't feel overwhelmed in the prep process, and so far this has been working well for me.

More recently, I started using bentonite clay to cleanse my hair. One awesome thing I like about both of these treatments is the consistency of both mixes. They are heavy in texture, and when applied to the hair, they add weight to my curls, effectively elongating the coils. They also encourage clumping, and both of these factors (clumping and elongation) are ideal when you're trying to reduce tangles or breakage.

Reducing tangles and breakage is always the focus, isn't it?

So this will be my routine into the new year and out of the cold weather. Hopefully, the bentonite clay won't overly dry out my hair. If it does, I'll probably still stick with the avocado deep conditioning, but switch back to shampooing once a month.

In the meantime friends, stay tuned and take a look my latest video, detailing my entire process.

Let me know what you think.