How to Wash Your Hair Without Shampoo: 11 steps - wikiHow

"As Lorraine Massey, author of Curly Girl, told the New York Times, "The curly-haired can leave their hair hydrated with natural oils and clean their scalps quite well by rinsing only with conditioner .... Rubbing the scalp firmly with fingers is enough to loosen dirt."

There are many reasons to eschew typical shampoo if you have naturally curly hair. Most shampoos contain harsh, drying sulfates that are extremely damaging for curly hair (ammonium laureth sulfate, ammonium lauryl sulfate, sodium laureth sulfate, sodium lauryl sulfate, etc.). They are often foaming agents that make curly hair frizzy and uncooperative. Using conditioner in place of shampoo will cleanse the hair just as effectively without stripping it of moisture." wikiHow.com

STEPS:

1. Prepare before you begin a no-shampoo routine. Clarify with a sulfate shampoo to remove any silicones and get your hair trimmed if you have any split ends. It takes 2-4 weeks for your hair to adjust to the no shampoo. It may even look worse at first. Hair is a long-term project and it may take a couple weeks for it to regain its health.

2. Begin your routine by wetting your hair in the shower.

3. Distribute conditioner on your entire scalp and massage your scalp with the tips of your fingers. This will cleanse the scalp of any dirt and get rid of dandruff. Then rinse thoroughly. You only need to do this step every other day.

4. Distribute a moisturizing conditioner throughout all of your hair.

5. Untangle using your fingers or a wide-toothed comb. Take a small section of hair on one side of your head and untangle from the bottom up. Repeat until all of your hair is combed."

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How to Wash Curly Hair - wikiHow.com

"Curly hair is typically dryer than straight hair. Pay careful attention to how you wash your curls and reap the benefits of healthy hair.

STEPS:

1. Know that you can wash your curly hair every day, but ideally you shouldn't wash it with a sulfate shampoo. Occasional non-sulfate shampooing and conditioner washing on a day-to-day basis is best. Visit this article for more information. If you still want to wash with shampoo try to limit it to no more than twice a week. On the other days just conditioner will suffice.

2. Find a good conditioner that adds moisture to hair. You can find them at drugstores, health food stores (organic conditioners are often very good), or specialty stores (such as Ulta or Sally's Beauty Supply). Try to find a conditioner without any silicones. Find out if your conditioner has any 'cones' by scanning the ingredients for items ending in -cone, -conol, -xane, and -one. Ingredients with PEG in front of them are okay however. Exceptions to the rule are benezophenone, a beneficial sunscreen and methylchloroisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, preservatives.

3. Find a cheap conditioner that is also silicone free such as V05 or Suave naturals.

4. Rinse your hair with lukewarm water.

5. Apply as much of the cheap conditioner as needed to your scalp and massage with the tips of your fingers to remove dandruff and dirt that has accumulated. Rinse." wikiHow.com

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Hair Care Products & Styling Tools

Good morning! In upcoming posts I will share hair care information as outlined, below:

Products & Styling Tools

• Shampoos


• Conditioners: Rinse-out conditioners, Leave-in conditioners, Deep-conditioners (Creams, Oils - Essential, Vegetable & Carrier)


• Styling Tools: Hair Dryers, Heat Caps, Curl Smoothing Tools (Barrel-shaped Styling Irons & Flat-shaped Styling Irons), Combs (Detanglers & Barretts), Brushes & Others (End Papers & Rollers).