When I had relaxed hair, I had no issues with applying shampoo and rubbing my head vigorously to get the shampoo to get sudsy. This carelessness, of course led to some tangling and when I dried my hair with a towel, I applied the same vigorous rubbing motion to remove as much water as possible. I quickly learned that this does NOT work with natural hair.
I longed for my hair to have curls but after my BC, my hair was so short and there was nothing much that I could do with it. When washing, I realized my old techniques would lead to tangling that was very difficult to undo. Not only was it difficult to detangle the hair when washing, it was difficult for me to keep it detangled while towel blotting, adding products, and even styling.
As my hair grew longer, the wash process has grown easier. I now have adopted a new strategy. Most times I wash my hair in the shower but if I were to wash over a sink, the process is the same. First, I wet my hair and use my fingers to detangle the hair, starting from the ends and working my way to the roots. After this step, I will add shampoo to one of my palms and apply it to chunks of my hair at the roots. Once the shampoo is out of my hand, I begin to rake the shampoo through my hair, roots to end, using my fingers. If more water or shampoo is needed, I will apply and continuously rake until I get a nice lathering.
The next step is to take sections of my hair and sandwich them between my hands and do a gentle sliding motion to cleanse the hair. After that is done, I gently use my fingertips to massage my scalps. Once these processes are complete, the rinse begins. Just as the shampoo was applied, raking the fingers through the hair, it is removed in the same manner while flushing with water. Conditioner is applied to the hair as described above for shampooing, and leave-in is put on after a brief head shake.
~natural para siempre~
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