What are your hair-care routines?

We wash Jennifer's hair about every 2-3 days.  Days we don't wash it, she may put it up in a bun or just let it down in the shower and I wash the bangs and condition the length.  We use Pantene or Long N Strong usually.  Since they have silicones in them, about every 2 weeks we'll use a cheap shampoo and really work up a good lather or use a clarifying shampoo to clean out any deposits in her hair.  Once a week we use a deep fortifying or deep conditioning treatment.  Every 2 weeks or so, we try to either do a mayonaise or olive oil treatment.  About 3 or 4 nights a week, I'll finger several drops of Jojoba oil in her hair.  Every day we get her length wet, we use Infusium on the length - focusing on the ends (this is great stuff by the way).  That's about it; it sounds like a lot, but we enjoy it.

Thanks for your replies!

tdouty, what is in your olive oil treatment? Just plain olive oil?

How do you do a sock curl Anais Satin?

~A

I wash my hair with 50/50 Avalon shampoo (no sulfates) with water every other day.  Then I condition with avalon conditioner (no cones or sulfates, very lightweight). 

I clarify once every 2 weeks with Avalon's clarifying shampoo (the lemon verbena one is the clarifier), and condition as usual, but add pantene afterwards.  I put pantene on the last inch of my hair to prevent tangles (the avalon would not prevent tangles on it's own, it's too lightweight and just adds moisture).  I don't want the pantene on more than my last inch so I don't get cone damage, but at my current length, one inch is all it needs to be tangle free.  I've discovered that I only need to use the pantene that one time, it puts such a thick layer of cone on my hair that tangle free layer will last until I clarify again 2 weeks later without another application (which is why I said above that I usually only use the avalon).  This was not the case when my hair was bleached, it needed cones every day, but now that it's natural a single application lasts a long time.

I ended up with severe rashes in March, due to the dry winter weather (it just hits me harder every year), so I have spent a few weeks just rinsing my hair in water, week after week, and treating the rashes with oil. And, to my surprise, it is rather fresh looking. I always thought I had to use something, but maybe it´s just as easy not to? I think I have a tendency to reach for complicated solutions rather than the easy ones. Or maybe it´s just this urge to buy something...

 

 

I currently wash about twice a week.  I work conditioner in to my hair from my ears to the ends and then whetever is leftover on my hands I put up top.  I wait about two minutes and then I rinse out my hair really well.  After that, I take about a dime size drop of shampoo and mix it with a little water from my other hand and work it through my roots.  I rinse again.
About once a month, I do an olive oil or mayo treatment and wash it out with some baking soda and water.  I then rinse with watered down apple cider vinegar or lemon juice.