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    Hello, everyone! So, there is a type of hair care that is becoming quite popular in South America. It involves building a personalized capillary schedule (cronograma capilar) based on your hair needs, be it moisture, nutrition, or repair. I think it will be intriguing for people, like me, that love scheduling.

    First, you need to do a porosity test: get a strand of your hair (from a brush or such) and place it on a water surface. If the strand sinks to the bottom, you need to base your schedule on repair. If the strand stays neither on the bottom nor on the surface of the water, you need nutrition. If the strand floats on the surface, you need moisture ( https://i.postimg.cc/d1XvBz5m/kit-cr...elle-dicas.jpg ).

    Now that this test is done, you can build you own capillary schedule. A capillary schedule usually involves washing hair 3 times a week, each time focusing on a specific need.
    For example, my hair strand floated on the surface so I need moisture. My capillary schedule involves 10 monthly hydrating treatments, 1 monthly nutrition treatment, and 1 monthly repair treatment.
    My hydration-based capillary schedule:
    1st week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-hydration

    2nd week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-nutrition

    3rd week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-hydration

    4th week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-repair


    If you hair needs nutrition, you'd alternate between nutrition, hydration, and repair.
    Such as:
    1st week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-nutrition
    3rd day-hydration

    2nd week
    1st day-nutrition
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-repair

    3rd week
    1st day-hydration
    2nd day-nutrition
    3rd day-hydration

    4th week
    1st day-nutrition
    2nd day-hydration
    3rd day-repair

    The concept would be similar with a schedule based on repair. That is, fitting in hydration treatments between repair and nutrition.
    As you can see, the treatments alternate every week and the schedule is repeated every month.
    (Very important, always do a hydration day before/after and between nutrition and repair treatments since too much protein can make your hair crunchy.)

    Now, what constitutes a hydrating treatment?
    -hydrating masks (obviously)
    -shea butter
    -shea oil
    -liquid d-panthenol (vitamin B5, usually mixed with a hydrating conditioner and/or mask)
    -SMT

    Nutrition treatments would, basically, be oils like:
    -coconut oil
    -castor oil
    -olive oil
    -amla oil, and other Indian oils
    -argan oil

    Repair treatments include:
    -your regular keratin masks
    -collagen treatments
    -and other protein-heavy masks/conditioners


    And that's all! I hope you find this as interesting and fun to plan out as I do!


    Here is a site that explains it all very clearly. It's in Portuguese, but nothing google translate can't fix! There aren't many sites that offer info in English as it's quite centralized in Brazil. https://www.todecacho.com.br/cronogr...ar-como-fazer/


    Please comment if you have more info as I'm only getting started with this.
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    Oh! I like this. I like how systematic and structured it sounds. Thank you for sharing. I'll take a look at the link and give this some serious thought.
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    That water test, just so you know, is seriously flawed.
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    I do the Cronograma Capilar Method and I love it! It really gave me very good results, I am still using it with every wash.
    I first found out about it a few years back on instagram, this Brazilian Girls who came out with this method have amazing beautiful hair! I follow them on instagram and it serve as my hair inspiration and motivation to continue with my hair journey.
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    The water test for hair strands is worse than flawed, it's a complete lie and fake...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathie View Post
    Oh! I like this. I like how systematic and structured it sounds. Thank you for sharing. I'll take a look at the link and give this some serious thought.
    Quote Originally Posted by akurah View Post
    The water test for hair strands is worse than flawed, it's a complete lie and fake...
    I just came across a link about this in another thread earlier today and was rather surprised. I thought this test was more about porosity than damage, though?

    Edit: NVM, they both are sort of related I suppose.
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    Yes, it's about determining hair porosity...but if someone could elaborate?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kathie View Post
    Oh! I like this. I like how systematic and structured it sounds. Thank you for sharing. I'll take a look at the link and give this some serious thought.
    Glad you find it interesting!
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    In truth, doing the hair strand test doesn't matter, knowing your hair type and condition is enough to choose which Cronograma is the right one to go for.

    The whole point of the Cronograma Capilar is the schedule and the order of the products which gives really good results, the hair strand is not really that important
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    Quote Originally Posted by browntatis View Post
    I do the Cronograma Capilar Method and I love it! It really gave me very good results, I am still using it with every wash.
    I first found out about it a few years back on instagram, this Brazilian Girls who came out with this method have amazing beautiful hair! I follow them on instagram and it serve as my hair inspiration and motivation to continue with my hair journey.
    Quote Originally Posted by browntatis View Post
    In truth, doing the hair strand test doesn't matter, knowing your hair type and condition is enough to choose which Cronograma is the right one to go for.

    The whole point of the Cronograma Capilar is the schedule and the order of the products which gives really good results, the hair strand is not really that important
    I'm glad it works for you! I've recently started and my hair does feel softer and easier to brush through.

    As for the porosity test, they always mention it as a step before making the schedule. I didn't know it was wrong? Couldn't find anything on here either. I wish someone would elaborate. Regardless, as you said, with knowing your hair type and hair condition, you can start planning your schedule.
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