Hair Care 101: Shampooing and Conditioning

Welcome to M2GH Blog! I am so excited to share my hair knowledge, philosophy, and care with you. My goal is to enable everyone to have healthy hair. All types, textures, styles and goals. So to kick things off  I would like to start with the basics. Let's talk Hair Care 101: Shampoo and Condition. I know for some reason there is debate about if you should wash your hair. Short and long answer is yes! The frequency will change according to how much product you use on your hair (it will never be more than 2 weeks between washes).  Note all the recommendations on this post are for ages 16+. Let's get started!

Step 1: Detangle

Detangle your hair first before washing. This will help to have an easier go at washing. I suggest a leave-in conditioner, wooden wide tooth comb, and water spray bottle. Spray hair with leave-in and follow up with water. Start to finger detangle at the bottom of the hair (not by the scalp, the ends). Then follow up with a wide tooth wooden comb and detangle from bottom to top. Using wooden combs help to reduce the friction and snags. As you detangle you can put your hair in two strand twists to separate and keep out the way.

Step 2: Massage Scalp 

Massage around the edges of your hair, the temples, and move into the crown. This is to get blood flowing to stimulate hair growth. Then do a light scratch across your scalp. This is to break up any dead skin and product that may exist on your scalp. 

Step 3: Clarifying Shampoo

This is your opportunity to take your hair down to the base. It will help to remove product build up that a regular shampoo does not do. Run warm water over detangled hair while taking down the twists. Take hair clips and part hair ear to ear in medium/small sections. Take clarifying shampoo and apply to scalp part and then to hair from base to end. Repeat this across your medium/small sections until you have done your entire head. Now work clarifying shampoo in massaging the scalp and cleansing base to end. Let sit for 3 minutes. Rinse out thoroughly with warm water.

(You might have to do this more then once. You will feel it when its clean and the lather will be big)

Step 4: Moisturizing Shampoo 

This step we are all familiar with. You will shampoo hair as normal with moisturizing shampoo. If you did step 3 correctly you will use little product and see a big lather. Some shampoos might not say this but I recommend leaving the shampoo on for 5 minutes while combing through the shampoo using the wide tooth wooden comb. Then rinse out thoroughly with warm water.

Step 5: Conditioning

This step we take conditioner and lather into hair. Comb conditioner through hair with wide tooth comb to evenly distribute the product. Leave this on per the bottle instructions. Rinse out thoroughly with cold water.

Step 5A: Deep Conditioning

If your hair is lacking moisture you can do step 5 but do not rinse just yet. Place shower cap over hair and sit under hooded hair dryer or hand/hood connection for 15 minutes under medium/high heat. Then remove shower cap and rinse out thoroughly with cold water. I would suggest deep conditioning once every two weeks.

Step 6: Leave-In Conditioning

Towel dry hair to damp. Spray in leave-in conditioner and style as desired

Well that's all for now. I will update this blog with age specific recommendations as I post them. 

*Bonus knowledge. We use cold water at the end to shock and close the pores on your scalp*

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M2GH