If you've just started taking your curls seriously, the amount of advice out there is the main obstacle. Porosity charts, curl typing systems, nine-step routines, twenty products. You don't need any of that yet.
You need four products and one order. Here it is.
The short answer
Once a week: shampoo the scalp, condition and detangle the lengths, leave-in on soaking wet hair, then a richer leave-in or cream to seal. That's the routine. Everything else is refinement you can add later once you know how your hair responds.
Step 1 — Shampoo, but only the scalp
Build-up and oil sit on your scalp, not your ends. Put the shampoo on your fingertips and work it into the scalp in sections; the lather rinsing down is enough for the rest.
Oh So Clean! Moisturizing & Softening Shampoo cleans without the squeaky, stripped feeling that harsher shampoos leave on textured hair.
How often: once a week for most people. Twice if your scalp gets oily quickly or you train most days.
Step 2 — Condition, and detangle while it's in
This is the step that decides how much hair you lose. Work In Control Moisturizing & Softening Conditioner through in four sections, then detangle each one with the conditioner still in — fingers first, then a wide-tooth comb, always starting at the ends and moving up.
Never detangle dry hair. Never detangle under running water. Both cause breakage.
Step 3 — Leave-in, on soaking wet hair
Don't reach for the towel. On dripping hair, rake Quench! Moisture Intensive Leave-In Conditioner through section by section.
Wet is the point. The water is the moisture — the leave-in is what stops it evaporating. Apply this to towel-dried hair and you're sealing in far less.
Step 4 — A richer layer to finish
Transform! Hydrating Leave-In Conditioner over the top, concentrated on the mid-lengths and ends where dryness lives. Then scrunch upward and leave your hair alone while it dries.
If your hair is fine or gets weighed down easily, use this on the ends only, or skip it and go straight to a styler.
Between wash days
Two habits, both free, both more important than any product:
- Satin at night. A bonnet or satin pillowcase. Cotton pulls moisture out of your hair for eight hours a night.
- Refresh, don't rewash. Every two or three days, mist with water and add a little leave-in to the ends. Four minutes.
Common questions
How often should I wash curly hair?
Once a week suits most people. Textured hair doesn't get oily as fast as straight hair because the oil struggles to travel down the curl.
Do I need to know my curl type or porosity?
Not to start. Curl typing tells you very little about what products to use. Pay attention to whether your hair feels dry or weighed down and adjust from there — that's more useful than any chart.
Why does my hair feel dry the day after wash day?
Usually the leave-in went on hair that was too dry, or nothing was layered over it to hold the water in. Both are fixed in steps 3 and 4.
When do I add styling products?
Once this routine feels automatic. Add a gel or custard after step 4 when you want definition and hold — not before you've got the moisture side working.
How long until my hair looks different?
Softness improves within two or three washes. Real change in condition takes two to three months of consistency.
The four products, together
These are exactly the four in the Wash Day Starter Pack — shampoo, conditioner, and both leave-ins — which is the cheapest way to get the whole routine at once rather than buying four separate bottles.
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