Maintenance and Daily Hair Care

Daily Maintenance

Brush or comb through before styling.
Always use ceramic straighteners or curling irons.
Blow dry straight with a hand dryer and round bristle brush.

Sleep

Before going to bed, braid your hair into one loose large braid at the back of your neck.
For short hair, and curly hair use a silky cap fastened with bobby pins before going to bed.
After waking up undo the braid and comb through starting from ends to roots.

Sauna

Braid your hair into one large braid at the base of your neck.
The water in the humidity of the sauna will penetrate hair and make it wet.
Do not wrap hair in a towel so as not to compress the hair, or your own hair.
After sauna, make sure to keep the hair out of water with loose shower cap.
After shower, undo the single braid and comb through from ends to roots, and leave to dry naturally.
Shampoo and condition hair as recommended below.

Swimming

It is not recommended that you swim while wearing our relaxed textured hair products.
However, if you swim frequently, any of our natural wavy hair or natural curly hair products may be more suitable.

The following tips may help:
Never wear a swimming hat or anything to cover your hair, as the lapping action of the water can get beneath the hat and cause matting.
Before swimming, comb out any tangles.
Braid your hair in one braid starting from nape of your neck.
Try to keep most of your head out of the water, never swim submerged under water.
No diving whatsoever as this may tangle the hair
After swimming keep your head out of the shower.
Immediately after showering undo braid, comb out and leave to dry naturally.
Shampoo and condition hair as recommended below.

Washing Hair Technique

•    Shampoo hair at least once a week
•    Use a shampoo no higher than PH 7
•    Dilute one ounce of shampoo in a bowl with a pint of warm water
•    Sponge the shampoo into the hair. Do not massage !!!
•    Rinse thoroughly
•    Apply conditioner and start to comb from the ends up toward the roots
•    Rinse thoroughly
•    Apply conditioner and start to comb from the ends up towards the root
•    Rinse again thoroughly
•    Leave to dry naturally or finish by using a ceramic straightener or blow dry straight with a hand dryer and round bristle brush