Essential Tool Kit

[mallorykay13]

What are your top long hair necessities. Your "cannot-live-withouts"?

[ravenreed]

Tangle Teezer. Everything else is optional.

[Cassie 123]

1. Conditioner! I use a plain conditioner base from a company that sells soapmaking supplies and such.
2. A light, penetrating oil (camellia, avocado, argan, fractionated coconut... All seem to work pretty well, and I'm sure there are more possibilities) for heavy oiling, light oiling, and enriching my conditioner.
3. A resin wide-tooth comb. While I also love my horn comb and I have a good BBB, I could live without those without real hardship.
4. Hairbands. Clips and sticks are fine, but don't take away my hairbands! I use satin scrunchies at home and cut-up tights when I'm out.
5. Shampoo. This is at the bottom of the list because I don't need it every week, but I probably wouldn't want to live without it forever.

[longcurlygirl<3]

Kinky-curly knot today leave-in. And my coniar detangling comb :)
2. Satin/cotton scrunchies, they my on to go quick fixes.
3. Bobby pins/clippies.
4. Flaxseed gel
5. Suave pomegrante for co-washing
6.Coconut oil + shea butter :)
7. Henna sooq shampoo bars + avc to seal the cuticle
8. Shea moisture coconut shampoo for curly thick hair. [on the bottom because I use it once a week, but helps my detangling.

[Crystal2010]

1. Cone free conditioner
2. Coconut oil or Wonder Oil
3. Wide tooth comb
4. Aloe Vera gel
5. Protein free conditioner
6. Scrunchies

There's probably others, but these would be my essentials.

[curlsgalore]

1.Cone free conditioners
2.cone free gel
3.body shop wooden comb
4.hair forks, stick, etc. :)
5.Good towel (Turbie, flour sack towels, curlease)

[Anje]

1) Wood comb or Tangle Teezer. Preferably TT.
2) Conditioner.
3) Oil. I tend to mess around with different ones, but if I had to pick one it'd be camellia or roasted sesame. Probably camellia, as it isn't stinky.
4) Braid enders.
5) Hair stick.
6) Sleep bonnet.

That's basically everything I use for weeks at a time. I've got duplicates and a few more types of hair toys, like the Ficcare I'm wearing today, but I wouldn't complain too loudly if I had to live with those 6 for the rest of my life.

[cocoahair]

1)Macadamia Oil healing oil treatment
2)Tangle Teezer
3)condish(with cones)
4)avacado oil
5)satin pillowcase

[Fairlight63]

1. Nioxin hair vit. + other vit.
2. Nioxin shamp. & cond.
3. BBB brush, horn comb
4. headbands & hair ties, bobby pins large & small, ficcare
5. Satin pillowcase

[Cassie 123]

3) Oil. I tend to mess around with different ones, but if I had to pick one it'd be camellia or roasted sesame. Probably camellia, as it isn't stinky.

Anje, I have never heard of using roasted sesame oil on hair! That would be... fragrant! Does it work better for you than the plain untoasted kind?

[C.H.]

1. Conditioner
2. Tangle teezer
3. Hair sticks
4. Satin scarf
5. Good shears
6. Mini claws
7. Microfiber towel

[islandboo]

1. moisturizing conditioners
2. catnip
3. oils (camellia is the current fave but I also like monoi, kukui, jojoba and Panacea)
4. silk sleep bonnet
5. TangleTeezer
6. hairpins/hairtoys for updos
7. S&D scissors and glasses

[Anje]

Anje, I have never heard of using roasted sesame oil on hair! That would be... fragrant! Does it work better for you than the plain untoasted kind?
It seems marginally better than the untoasted kind. I have no idea why, but my hair likes to sop it up in ways it never does with olive or coconut oil. Good slip, too.

[QueenJoey]

Wide-tooth comb and a hair stick. Everything else is nice, but I'd be able to move on if for some reason I couldn't use them.

[ddiana1979]

1) Tangle Teezer
2) Goody Spin Pins
3) Nightblooming's Triple Moon Anointing Oil

Those are my must-haves. Everything else is optional &/or easily replaced by similar product.

[C.H.]

Wide-tooth comb and a hair stick. Everything else is nice, but I'd be able to move on if for some reason I couldn't use them.

Hah! There'd be no moving on from conditioner for me.

[Remyy]

1.) Hair sticks,
2.) BB Brush
3.) Tea Tree Oil

[swearnsue]

I'm just starting out but I'm already hooked on my satin pillowcase and henna!

[pepperminttea]

Conditioner. My fingers. A heavy oil, and a light oil.

Everything else is nice, but those are the real essentials. :)

[free_hug]

1. my beloved wooden comb
2. protein conditioner. plus a protein-free one, for an occasional change
3. my soft cotton hairbands
4. my trusted multivitamins supplement

...very flexible on all other aspects.

[tigereye]

Condish
Henna for glosses
BBB
Hairstick/pencil

Theyre my absolute necessities to keep my hair nice. Other things are great to have, but I could likely do without.
Actually, this helped me a lot, because maybe if I try just using the absolute necessities, then it would certainly help my budget for the coming year, as my first year at uni, and away from home. I have henna stocked up to last a long while, so all I would need to buy is cheap condish from the pound store.

[MissManda]

1.) 'Cone-free, very moisturizing conditioner, preferably GFTN
2.) Tangle Teezer
3.) Hair ties for braids
4.) Spin Pins or XL Flexi-8
5.) Coconut Oil
6.) Sharp, hair-friendly scissors ;)