That's awesome that you're making the decision to go natural.
When you see "CWC", "COW", etc. basically a C stands for Condition, and a W stands for Wash. Except for COW, that's a combination of Conditioner-Only and Wash. They are combination hair washing techniques.
- CO = Conditioner Only. Light conditioner massaged into scalp, rinse, regular conditioner on length.
- COW-C, C-COW-C, variations = COW stands for a "cow c.ocktail", which is basically a mixture of water, light conditioner, and shampoo, shaken to a milky froth. and then you'd follow with a regular Conditioner
- CWC = Condition, Wash, Condition. (light conditioner, rinse, shampooing, followed by your usual conditioner)
- WC = regular shampoo, regular conditioner.
A light conditioner is anything you can find less than 1.00 at the drugstore. Such as Alberto V05 or Suave Naturals. They're very watered-down and easy to use. These light conditioners really help protect the length from the shampoo, when you light condition before washing. http://anaissatin.freespaces.com/cleansingmethods.html - more wash info found here
Everyday hairwashing isn't necessarily bad, but you can always reduce it to every-other-day. On average, the "ideal" routine is about 2 times a week, but some people have scalps that need more frequent shampoo (because of varying degrees of oil production or dead skin buildup) . Of course, the methods that involve diluted shampoo will lengthen the time between hairwashes.
edited to add: The COW variations and the CO method have greatly reduced frizz for me. Hair gets frizzier on average when more shampoo is involved.
Hope this helps
Anais
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