Curly mama haircare regimen

Here is one of my favourite photos of my curly girl- and it gives a good illustration of my curly hair too.

I thought I'd start this blog by going over my own curly hair regime. I'm the first to admit I'm a hair care product junkie! I'll try anything for my hair to nourish, tame and control the curls.

As a disclaimer, please note I'm not claiming to be a hair stylist (far from it) or curly expert. But this is what I do for my hair (I'll review these products as I try new ones).

1) Shampoo 1-2/ week - Right now I'm using the Avalon Organics "nourishing Lavender" shampoo. I like this shampoo, smells great and is an affordable organic option.

2) I Condition DAILY!!! Without exception I condition my hair daily. Sometimes twice a day.

The shampoo will last about a month, and the conditioner will last me 10-14 days (depending on how dry it is.. remember I am very liberal with the use of conditioner).

3) Deep condition weekly (or more often during the dry season) with Kerastase oleo-relax. Strong rose smell, but works well and hair feels silky afterwards. I find this container will last approximately 2 months. (Note: don't use this product on your curly kids.. it stings!!)

4) Aveda products daily: Curl cream immediately after shower on wet hair, followed by Confixor. I know curl cream ismarketed as "curl booster", but I find this just weighs down my hairand helps make it more manageable. Really like a thick leave inconditioner. (In the Be Curly line there are various products, but I find the Be Curly serum isn't really helpful in my hairregime and the shampoos/conditioners are really drying).

Confixor is a soft Aveda gel. It actually doesn't give me a lot of "hold", but it does tame the frizzes. It also smells amazing. These products, used daily or twice a day will last approximately 6 weeks. It doesn't leave my hair crunchy either.. which I hate in gels, and it doesn't flake off either.

5) Occasional morocco oil when hair feels particularly dry (right now that's weekly).

I often re-wet my hair usually once/ day and add additional Aveda Confixor.

the Morocco oil container will last me about 3 months. This product also comes in a curly cream, but it isn't as good as the Aveda Be Curly cream and it becomes too mucky to use both creams. I prefer the oil version of this product.

While I do spend $50 month on my personal haircare products, I feel this sort of balances out because I only get my hair cut ONCE A YEAR. I actually don't like going to the hair dresser, it makes me feel nervous, nauseous and terrified that the stylist doesn't know how to cut curly hair.
Hint: If they comb your hair straight, pull it down and cut it- they are not doing you a favour!!

I also always walk out of the hair salon with horrible looking hair- because they don't use enough or the right hair products on my hair and they always try to dry it with a hair dryer.. I NEVER dry my hair with a hair dryer (Ummm.. can you say FRIZZY!!).

So that's my hair regime these days.

Stay tuned for my curly girls hair regime.