Care For Your Hair

Finding the right products for your hair can be frustrating, but we have created the best products to give you stronger, healthier hair. 

Curly hair care isn’t the same for everyone—it varies based on your curl pattern and porosity. Knowing your curls will help you better understand how to treat and care for them. Most people will tell you they have more than one curl type in their head, which can be true! However, knowing your basic curl pattern can help determine what is best for your curls to shine. 

Curly hair routines really only vary slightly between curl types. The biggest difference in your natural curly hair care regimen will be with the types of curly hair products you use, just as we shared above. Below, we’ve boiled down the basics of how to take care of curly hair into seven steps anyone with curls should follow.

Basic Hair Care Steps:

1. Cleansing. Start your curly hair routine with a good wash to help get rid of any dirt and grime. When cleansing your main focus should be on your roots. Gently massage your cleanser from the roots to the ends of your hair. Cleanse is a hydrating shampoo that helps to remove product build up from the scalp without stripping your hair of it’s needed oils.

2. Conditioning. Follow it up with a great conditioner. This is where you focus on the length of your hair to the tips. Use your conditioner to also gently detangle before moving on to styling. Renew is made with many natural ingredients that will help to restore your hair and give you soft and stronger curls. 

3.Hair Mask. Usually, twice a month or at least once a month, treat your hair to a hair mask. We created a leave- in treatment that is a combination of a leave in and hair treatment. This can be left in or rinsed out like a hair mask. Using our Chebé Leave- In Treatment will help to restore and strengthen those curls. For an even more hydrating fix, use a hair steamer to help open up the cuticle and allow the mask ingredients to penetrate within the hair shaft.

4. Proper drying. Dry your curls carefully. It’s important to dry curls with a fabric that won’t cause too much friction. Not only does friction make curls look frizzy because it’s lifting the cuticle, but the rubbing can also cause breakage. Instead of a towel, use a soft cotton T-shirt to dry curls.

5. Protecting. A big part of curl care is how you protect hair while you sleep. Putting it in a protective style and ensuring that your hair doesn’t rub against rough fabrics is important. Sleeping with a bonnet or satin pillowcase is pretty much a requirement in any curly hair care routine.

6. Styling. When styling, protect your strands with a leave in cream like Puddin’ (a gentle protein building leave-in), Nourish ( a rich, moisturizing leave-in), Juicy ( a thicker moisturizing butter cream), or Luster (a BIOTIN infused de tangling spray) and a hair oil like Soothe (a soothing, rich oil) to lock in moisture and keep your strand moisturized. Whether you prefer to use our oil as a prepoo oil treatment, an every day oiler, or a few times a week oiler, oiling and massaging your head is a great step to add to your routine to really see the health of your hair flourish. Remember retaining length is all about keeping those curls from breaking! 

7. Define. If you want to help define your curls, use a hair curling gel or soufflé like Gellie ( a flaxseed rich, medium to strong hold styling gel) to help define those bouncy curls. For more sleek styles, locs, braids, and edges, using a stronger and more durable gel is ideal. Our Pink and Purple GEL-Os, and our SO SLEEK hair gel are perfect for these styles. They provide strong hold with no flakes or build up.

Following these steps can aid in improving your hair health overall. 

1. Wash. Sometimes you may need to shampoo 2x to get the best cleanse.

2. Condition. Deep treatment or your regular conditioner to add some moisture to those curls.

3. Moisturize. On wet, clean hair add in more moisture with a leave in, cream, or leave in spray.

4. Oil. This step can vary with hair type. If you have more oily hair you may want to only do this a few times a week. Leave in over night and wash out (shampoo & condition) and apply a leave in cream or spray to add back that moisture. If you are on the dry side we recommend leaving it in a bit longer. About 1- 3 days. Then proceed to wash it out (shampoo & condition) and apply a leave in cream or spray and lightly apply more oil to your strands over top. A little goes a long way.

Finding a routine that works best for you is the first step to getting healthier hair. Everyone’s hair is different, so a routine that works for some may not work for all. (And that is okay!) We do our best to provide quality products with ingredients that will bring love and care to your strands. 

Remember when you are wanting to retain length you have to take care of your hair. Your hair needs fed just like your body, except not with food. Most tighter curl patterns can be more dry and more fragile, these hair types tend to need the most care (But this does not mean looser curl types do not need care at all! They do too!) Making sure your hair is healthy and maintained from root to ends is how to keep your hair growing faster, stronger, and healthier. Moisturizing and oiling your hair is a great way to help you reduce breakage and split ends, help your hair retain length better, and over all help your hair to stay longer, stronger, and healthier. 

Your hair is apart of you, so let’s start taking better care of you.