Your best LHC tips or advice

[SheeJee]

What's the best tips or advice you have got from LHC that you now swear by for your hair? I'll start

1. Co washing, this has saved my hair even though I've only done it for a few weeks, my hair is not as dry and it's not falling out as much. I use Kiwi Lime Squeeze Conditioner, followed by a more hydrating conditioner on the ends that I wash out

2. I dry my hair using a cotton tshirt, to reduce frizz and friction

3. Leave ins - I put oils in my wet hair after washing it to define my waves and to seal in moisture

4. Regular scalp massages with Rooibos tea, emu oil and clove oil - this has significantly reduced my hair fall after a week of daily massage with these. I am thinking of adding castor oil to this mix soon.

5. Not brushing my wavy hair!!!

6. Biolage ultra hydrating balm, which I remember reading about a month ago on LHC... now my HG hair product.

7. Regular SMT's (usually once a week or fortnight)

8. The proverbial 'treating your hair like it's a fine piece of silk'

Can't wait to read everyone else's!!

[silverjen]

The thing that has absolutely helped my hair the most is stretching washes. My scalp is happier and my ends no longer dry. Other than that, i try to keep the routine pretty simple.

[pes3108]

1.No chemicals
2. No heat
3. no rough brushing
4. Coconut oil a few hours before washing
After following just these 4 steps, my hair has grown like a weed and is soft and shiny. i love it!

[Copasetic]

Accept your natural texture.

[Yozhik]

Stretching washes and using oils.

[KwaveT]

Where do I even start since I knew absolutely nothing about taking care of hair.

1.Stop treating my hair so roughly. I would towel dry it like there is no tomorrow. Rip hair brushes right through my hair. I stopped fry drying my hair. I was burning my hand while blow drying so I can only imagine what that was doing to my hair.

2.Going conditioner only has helped with my dandruff and overly oily hair.

3.I use tangle teezer and boar bristle brush to detangle, massage, and eliminate sheds so they don't find their way into shower and sink drain.

4.I have learned to accept my natural hair. I have always try to comb and brush my hair like straight hair. Since I am growing it that isn't going to work anymore since my waves are going to sprout out.

5.I have found out which supplements help my hair with both its strength and speed of growth. I use those now.

[starlamelissa]

Before lhc I used to roughly towel dry, rip a brush thru it wet starting at the roots. Some how it grew to bra strap/ waist like that....

But now I don't get splits, like, ever.

[archel]

Ditch the sulfates and cones, ditch the box dye and heat styling, air dry only, SMTs, henna, castor oilings, seamless combs, BBBs, oil to seal, protective updos...gosh I could just keep going and going!

[teal]

Oh, man. Um, let's see, about 99% of my routine. LOL.

- stretching washes including no-poo
- CO-washing
- scalp massages
- protein, moisture and other deep treatments
- oiling
- dietary supplements
- BBB and horn combs (still waiting on the combs' arrival)
- hair styles
- hair toys
ETA: How could I forget S&D? Wouldn't have occurred to me to just trim visible damage off myself, even though I wasn't concerned about the shape of my hemline because I'm a fairytale ends kinda gal. (Wouldn't've known the term for that, either, without LHC!)

You know, the more I think about it, the more I think LHC gets that last percent after all. I really didn't know ANYTHING worth knowing about how to take care of my hair before coming here. Thanks, everybody!

[Madora]

EVOO courtesy of member JoJo (thanks again!) and
wearing my hair braided in a bun on top of my head. Made a world of difference and eliminated 99.9% of tangles.