The Curly Girl Method

Ready for hair that's strong and healthy? Want to get rid of the damage in your hair? Its time for the Curly Girl Method! The Curly Girl method will give you a good start to leading your hair down the path of healthiness and happiness. Follow these steps to begin.

1. Shampoo your hair for the last time. This will cleanse your hair of products that are not water soluble.

2. Now that you cleansed your hair, throw that shampoo away!!! I know it sounds harsh but shampoos contain harmful chemicals that can strip your hair with continuous use. Shampoos also contain silicones that can cause drying and breakage to your hair. If you do decide to use shampoo make sure that it doesn't have any ingredients such as silicon  that can cause damage to your hair. Here are a list of a few ingredients to avoid.

3. Use a silicone free conditioner to co wash your hair. Co washing your hair consist of using a conditioner instead of a shampoo to cleanse your hair. This may seem like it will not clean your hair, but conditioner works just as well as shampoo and it is less damaging. Make sure you rub your scalp with your fingertips (not your nails) to loosen all the dirt. Then continue to rinse.

4. Trim your hair. This will get rid of any split ends you may have so your hair can start off on a clean slate. As your hair grows you can get regular trims every 6-8 weeks. Constantly cutting your hair is not a necessity.

5. Detangle your hair while wet. Detangling your hair while dry is not recommended for natural hair. Your hair is a lot more manageable when it is damp or wet. You could also use a lot of conditioner in your hair prior to detangling. Make sure you use a wide tooth comb as opposed to a comb with smaller teeth.

6. Dry your hair with a old t-shirt, paper towels or microfiber towel. Do not rub your hair, pat dry it or scrunch your hair until dry. This is called plopping. Rubbing your hair with a generic towel will make it frizzy.

7. Moisturize your hair to protect it from dryness. A good method for this is the LOC method explained here.

8. Before styling your hair, make sure your products of harmful ingredients such as the ones in step one. Do research and see what other products could harm or help your hair. Research is an important step in the Curly Girl Method.

The Curly girl method is no easy task. Input time and effort and your output would be hair that screams “Love You”. Comment Below some tips you use for the Curly Girl Method.

Long Hair and Prosper,

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