Hope you will all share your long hair care steps:
Here is mine currently for my waist length hair:
1. Carefully brush out all tangles before shampooing with an Ambassador boar`s head brush. Do a pre-conditioning oil treatment if hair is super dry.
2. Wash hair every day with Nature`s Gate Chamomile or NG Herbal or ARTec Smoothing Shampoo or PhytoJojoba.
3. Follow with rinse-out conditioner. My current favs include Nature`s Gate Chamomile & ARTec Smoothing.
4. Always follow conditioning with a cool/cold water rinse for shine. Brrrrrr but worth it.
5. Wrap my hair in a super absorbant towel to suck all the excess waters. Gently squeeze out all excess water.
6. Add a leave-in conditioner such as Phyto 7 or Joico or ARTec Kiwi.
7. Comb out tangles with a Battalia wide-tooth comb.
8. Blow dry on days when I have a special event to attend or else air dry completely with hair wrapped up in claw clip. Blow dry only until all moisture is removed.
9. Deep condition 1-2x a week w/ olive or almond oil. For lazy times condition w/ PhytoCitrus or ARTec Moisture Pak.
10. Roll hair up in rag rollers for special events and sleep on them overnite. Make my own rollers from old flannel PJs.
11. Use tiny bit of jojoba oil to smooth frizzies when necessary.
12. Get ends trimmed every 12 weeks & trim on my own the rest of the time.
13. Take B vitamins, EFAs and Viviscal.
14. Hang out at HairBoutique.com and THLS messageboards to get inspiration for long hair.
15. Visit a long hair expert for special updos and braids.
Thanks for sharing.
Karla
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