I don't care where I go, people are always stopping me to ask, "Who does your hair?" "What products do you use?" or "How do you take care of your hair?" So I decided to post my hair regimen. This is rather detailed but worth the read.
I normally keep my hair in a protective style for the most part of the year. Protective means that I'm not causing damage to the hair by combing, picking, applying heat, etc. Most of the time I wear two strand twists, using just my hair. Normally I do it myself, but about 2-3 times a year I go to
Schatzi's Day Spa. There I get my ends clipped once every 4-6 months, in addition to trying a new style (pics of mohawk coming soon).
I usually keep my two stands in for about a month. During this time I don't wash my hair, but I do keep my scalp moistured using
Wild Hair Growth. After about 4 weeks, I'll untwist my two stands and wear a twist-out style for about 3-4 days. After that, it's about time to shampoo my hair.
I just started a new shampoo routine. I use a hot oil treatment as a pre-poo (pre-shampoo). You can use almost any hot oil treatment, but I use virgin coconut oil mixed with olive oil. I mix the two and warm it up in the microcrave (be sure to test the temperature before you apply it to your hair). I wet my hair as if I'm washing it, and then apply the hot oil. I sit under a processing cap for about 10-15 minutes and then I rinse it out.
Next I use my regular shampoo,
Organic Root Stimulator Olive Oil Aloe Shampoo. I shampoo once and rinse.
I recently added a step after my regular shampoo, shampooing with Apple Cider Vinegar. I have a medium sized water bottle where I mix have water with half ACV. I drench my hair with the mix and massage my scalp as if I'm using a regular shampoo. The ACV smell is stiffling, but once your hair dries, the smell leaves. ACV is acidic and it's supposed to restore shine and repair damaged hair. Some people leave in the ACV, but I wash it out.
Lastly, I alternate each month between Organic Root Stimulator's
Hair Mayonaise, as a protein treatment, and their
Replenishing Pack (which is now sold by the bottle) as a deep conditioner. Either way, I use a processing cap for about 20 minutes.
Once I remove the processing cap, I detangle my hair with the conditioner still in. I normally pick through my hair using a metal pick and then I use a rat-tail comb to comb through and divide my hair in sections. I two strand twist about 8-10 sections. Then I rinse my hair with the twists in tact. This helps to prevent the retangling of my hair.
Wow, this process is seeming very long. I like doing my own hair, but I see why so many others let someone else do theirs. Normally it wouldn't take me long, but once I added the pre-poo and ACV rinse, my regimen time increased.
Ok, almost done. The last step is I towel dry my two strand twists and then one at a time, I untwist, apply Carol's Daughter's
Healthy Hair Butter and comb through that section again. I retwist it and then move to the next one. Then I let my hair air dry either over night or for the rest of the day.
I rarely use a blowdryer.
Once all of this is done, (yes it is truly a process) I will pick my hair out for a few days, using Carol's Daughter's
Hair Milk as a moisturizer. Picking it out helps to elongate the hair before I go back to my twists. If I wear my hair picked out, I always try to twist it up at night to prevent bed head and knots. And I always sleep with a satin cap.
After about 3 days of the fro, I go back to twisting my hair up. Thus begins where I started. It's hard to believe, but my hair is only shampooed about 12 times a year, roughly 10 by me and about 2 at the hair salon. So even though I have a thorough routine, I'm only doing it a few times a year.
I hope this has been helpful!
even get her name), I had to take a pic of it so that I could show my hair stylist. I looked in my purse for my camera phone and found my actual camera. 
At any rate, love this look and will be trying it soon. Enjoy!
