I don't really like the dry season because, it makes my hair dry and brittle and I have to keep moisturising. It also makes my skin dry but as long as I moisturise with coconut oil, I'm good.
When I first realised that harmattan was here, I decided to hide my hair in bob box braids. You can read how that turned out here.
After taking out my braids, I decided to just figure out how to take care of my hair in this weather.
CLEANSING
I still use Rhassoul clay to wash my hair once a month. I did this last week and I mixed my clay with Aloe vera juice instead of water and it made a big difference. Thanks Ekene :D.
I also co wash once a week or every 5 days with Yes to Carrots rinse out conditioner. Whenever I cowash, my hair usually feels much better.
DEEP CONDITIONING
I deep condition and steam my hair every week, with my Yes To Carrots conditioner mixed with castor oil.
MOISTURISING & SEALING
I moisturise with Kinky Curly Knot Today and seal with castor oil. I use the castor oil for my hair itself and grapeseed oil for my scalp because, applying castor oil directly to my scalp makes it itch.
One product I DO NOT use in this weather is glycerine. I always knew that glycerine shouldn't be used in dry weather because, the moisture would be sucked out of your hair but I tried it anyway and it was a disaster. Okay, I'm exaggerating a bit but my hair didn't feel good at all so I'll keep staying away.
One thing I tried yesterday though, was adding a little aloe vera juice to my spray bottle and so far, my hair feels good.
STYLING
I've mostly had my hair in puffs. Okay not mostly.. practically every time I'm going out. Sometimes, the puff is from a braid out, most times it's from bantu knots. My bantu knots actually turned out great thanks to the weather but I wasn't sure how to style it so I just put it in a puff.
How do you take care of your hair during the Harmattan season?
Have a lovely week!
Oyime :)
This dry weather isn't funny at all. It's even worse outside of Lagos. My skin and hair are not feeling it. Deep conditioning and moisturizing often are helping me. I like how you Bantu knot out looks. How many knots did you use?
ReplyDeleteThank you! :) I used about 16 knots
DeleteYeeeeeeah your bantu knot out!
ReplyDeleteI've been getting great results with almost every style because no humidity.
I just upped my moisturise and seal frequency but other than that, no big changes for harmattan
Yeah I guess that's the advantage of harmattan :)
DeleteYour bantu knots are great. I think my hair held up pretty well during the harmattan;I recently put it up in braids.
ReplyDeleteYour lipstick is divine by the way- kindly let me know what you used. You can share tips on having great skin like you do. Trying to get rid of all the spots without lightening.
Well done!
It's sleek deep cherry lip pencil and NYX jumbo pencil in milk. I don't do much to my skin but thank you for the compliment! :)
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