Haircare routine

I have recently found a haircare routine that works for me. All my life I've had long hair. Ofcourse, long hair leads to a few common issues- split ends, tangles galore, and dry ends. I wash my hair every other day so that I allow at least one day for the "body's natural nutrients and oils" to work their way down my hair. However, with one day, really all they reach is my roots- leading to greasy roots and dry ends. On top of that, I also blow dry and flat iron my hair after almost every wash and made the mistake of frequently dying my hair when I was younger. So now I've found products to nourish and "trick" my hair into being soft and healthy. But it appears to have stopped tricking itself and now hair actually IS healthy and soft. So here's a peek into what I've used along this journey to healthy hair.

My daily shampoo and conditioner. The Redken along with a Nexus shampoo that I used before this are the best ones I've ever had. I'll probably start to rotate between the two. This Redken one is the all soft shampoo. It's for dry hair like mine, and it has the amazing argan oil in it. It nourishes my hair while still making it really clean.

This Wella hair mask= holy grail. Man I love this stuff. I use it in place of a conditioner and leave it in for about 10 mins in the shower while I wash my face and body and such. It's saved my hair and unless my hair mysteriously grows immune to it, I'll never buy anything but this. If you can find this somewhere, buy it!!

I was previously using the Macadamia Deep Repair Masque. It's good but not nearly as good as my Wella one. I still have most of this left but I don't want to switch back to it.

Next, while my hair is damp, I use these 5 products.

I love, love, love these two leave-in conditioners. 

First I'll spray this Milkshave leave-in all over my hair. Then I rub a pea-size amount of Redken's anti-snap leave-in into my ends. Together they make my hair soft, shiny, frizz and tangle free. The better of the two is probably the Milkshake one but I'll definitely continue to repurchase the both of them because I think they work great together. 

Some may say it's crazy to use 3 heat protectants, but they all serve different purposes and a little bit of each does an amazing job. All 3 smell good and don't weigh my hair down or make it dirty. The got2B guardian angel makes my hair shiny and ready for the flat iron. The got2B crazysleek blow dry lotion makes my hair dry really fast when blow drying. And the Tresemme heat tamer is good for all-around protection. 

These are my two favorite volumizing products. When my hair is damp I'll put some of this LaCoupe thickening mousse into my roots and after styling I'll use the got2b powder'ful volumizing styling powder to keep the volume. No nutrients value here, but I love these both and I think my hair can handle a couple of styling products. 

 Those are my everyday products. Then there's the occasional products.

When my hair gets tangled, I brush it out with these Suave Kids detangling sprays. They're gentle, cheap, effective and smell soooo good!

I rarely use hairspray but I like the smell, size and hold of this Tresemme #4 Climate control finishing spray. It's good for humid summer nights, rainy days, and for when I curl my hair.

In between washes I use dry shampoo. I've tried a bunch of brands but by far the best is Batiste Dry Shampoo. They have lots of different flavours too. Currently I have the Tropical and Blush one but my favorite is actually the original. 

Serums... 

From left to right:

Garnier Fructis sleek & shine anti-frizz serum. I've been through so many bottles of these. I love this product, especially in the summer, and even raved about it in a previous post. However with each bottle I got, the smell I adored so much got tamer and tamer and now the ones in the store have a completely different scent. I am so upset. So upset, that I don't want to use this up and have now taken it out of my daily routine. To make matters worse, my boyfriend used a whole bunch of the little I have left thinking it was hand soap....

Sebastian Liquid Gloss. This did nothing. And the bottle leaks like crazy.

Organix nourishing Coconut Milk anti-breakage serum. This is a new purchase, bought off a friend's recommendation. Still not sure if this is making any difference since I've only used it twice. So far, I think it's made my hair softer and also heavier. I may still look for a good serum.

Hair tools.

My blow dryer was my mom's and it is soooo old but still works so well. The name and brand is completely worn off.

My beloved NP flat iron I got for Christmas in grade 8... 6 years ago now. If it ever breaks I'll probably rebuy it or get an infamous GHD one. 

And this Amika curling iron was somewhat of a recent purchase from Winners. It was too cute and had good reviews. It also has a big barrel for bigger waves, which I like and no clamp. I've tried it a couple of times and love it. 

pink and leopard <3

So that's everything I use. Hopefully this was helpful if you also have dry, damaged, long, and/or tangled hair and need some remedies.

Until next time,

xoxo V