As I told you in my previous post, I would
tell you how I took care of my braids while I was in them.
To be honest, I love simplicity, every now
and then I get cravings to be flamboyant, and do silly updos but most of the
time I prefer simplicity, and the good thing is that actually for healthy
natural hair, simplicity is important!
So for the 4 ½ weeks I had my braids in
there is only 3 procedures I did, daily spritz, shampooing and deep conditioning. The shampooing and deep conditioning I did
only once as my hair was very fragile and could not take more than that.
As I
noted before I braided my hair when it was only about an inch and a half or
less, I did not blow dry my hair before braiding as was usually the case and
thus my braids had some fuzzy ends where my hair ended in the braid and thus if
I washed my hair more than once, I trust it would have been a disaster, or I
would have walked around looking like I had a mop on my head.
So for my daily spritz I did a mix of water,
coconut oil, olive oil and castor oil. I would always spritz in the morning or
before I went to bed depending on the feel of my hair if it was dry. I would
only spritz from the roots to the ends of my hair as the spritz was mainly to
moist my hair. Braids suck a lot of moisture from your hair so it’s always
important that you do a daily spritz if nothing else.
As for the deep conditioning, here is how I
did it:
First I split my hair into 8 sections. Then
I braided each section loosely from my hair roots to end then tightly from
there.
I then shampooed gently through the
sections. I concentrated only where my hair was as using products on the rest
if the braid is as good as wasting it.
Of course water is bound to pour to the rest of your braids, but focus
only on your hair. After shampooing I did a thorough rinse and then I went on
to deep condition.
For the deep conditioning I did a simple
deep condition. The ingredient:
Sufficient amounts of coconut oil!!!
Yep, that’s it! Lol! I applied my coconut
oil from the roots to tips of my hair. Note: not through the braid, just
from roots to ends of my hair. The reason for using coconut oil only was
because coconut oil is an amazing conditioner, it has high absorption rate into
the hair shafts, strengthens, thickens and softens hair.
If I
mixed too much ingredients and/or if I used my regular conditioner it was bound
to be too heavy and would only lead to build up on my scalp and the braids
which would create an unsightly look.
So I applied the coconut oil on my hair,
wrapped the braids into a bun then I wrapped with a shower cap and head wrap
and stayed with it for about 2 and a half hours and then I washed out the oil
using warm water and finished with a cold rinse.
And voila! That’s it.
That’s how I took care of my braids while I
had them in.
I also avoided pulling the edges to hard as
we know the edges are very sensitive and none of us want a receding hair line.
I also didn’t do many updos with the hair, I just had it in a pony tail or bun.
Maybe when I do braid next time I will try to experiment more.
I will follow this post with how I removed
my braids.
So how do you take care of your hair in
braids? I would love to get some tips.
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