Kuda's Hair Regimen

Things to have when on a natural hair journey
1. Sulphate Shampoo – a sulphate shampoo for clarifying/deep cleaning of the hair especially
when you have had a long term protective style (weave, braids etc) or you have used lots of
hair products during the week (oils, gels and moisturisers).
- This contains sodium laureth sulphate (or some variation that has sulphate in the name)
in the ingredient list
- This shampoo to be used atleast once a month.
- Too much use of sulphate shampoos strips the hair of its natural oils and dries it out.
That’s why you must use sparingly
- I like Jabu Stone Natural Hair Care Moisture Treatment Shampoo, its affordable (I hope it
still is) and is locally available (bought mine at Bon Marche) and it is sooooo good.
2. Sulphate- free shampoo – this is gentler on natural hair as it doesn’t strip the hair during
washing. It can be used weekly on each wash day.
- I like Design Essentials Almond & Avocado Moisturizing & Detangling Shampoo. Its
Bomb.com! Smells amazing and leaves the hair soft and manageable
- Other good ones are Crème of nature Sulfate-Free Moisture & Shine Shampoo and the
Cantu sulfate-free cleansing cream shampoo
3.Conditioner – NEVER EVER wash your hair and don’t condition. This step is a must.
- After I wash my hair (coz it’s so kinky) I use a bit of cheap conditioner (any type) to
lightly saturate my hair so that helps with detangling (never comb dry hair!!!)
- I then use my deep conditioner to fully saturate my hair (yes. I layer conditioners) before
I partition my hair into sections (the number depends on the length of your hair but
these should be manageable chunks of hair)
- Use a wide tooth comb to detangle hair starting from the tips and slowly working your
way to the roots.
- When I detangle a section I tie it off with a scrunchie into like a small puff (so that after
detangling I have like 4 puffs on my head)
- I wear a plastic bag and use a warm blow drier (I randomly run it up and down my head
for 15 minutes) to “heat” the conditioner (applying heat allows the hair cuticles to open
up and absorb the product better)
- NB// in these zesa-less days I just wear the plastic bag, wear about 2 woollen hats stay
with the conditioner in my hair for about half an hour (I use my body heat to warm the
conditioner)
- Then rinse with luke-warm water.
Deep conditioners are EXPENSIVE that’s a fact and are usually sold in USD. But if you can
invest in a moisture one (any brand) that would be a good idea. But in light with the
economy, use what you can get (any hair masque works)
I like the following:
Dark n lovely cholesterol
Originals by Africa’s best hair mayonnaise (this is a protein)
Below are some examples of some good deep conditioners for afro hair.
4.Styling – I like to keep this part very simple. After I was my hair the first thing I do is oil/ grease my
scalp. You could use oils and all that but personally I have found that good old fashioned hair food
does the job.
- I part my hair into small sections and grease away, then I massage my scalp for a few minutes to
make sure that there are no dry parts. A dry scalp is a flaky scalp
- I then use a leave in conditioner, (either the design essentials almond and avocado leave in
conditioner or the cantu leave in conditioning repair cream)
-When it comes to leave in, this is a trial and error thing. Find what works for you but make sure you
get one if you are serious about retaining length (dry hair breaks easily, moisturised hair is more
elastic and can withstand manipulation better)
- After my leave in, I like to seal in the moisture with pure shea butter. I take a bit and rub into my
hand and then moisturise, portion by portion.
- After that I just plait mabhanzi.
-So I either keep the mabhanzi under a wig or I get my hair plaited into cornrows and I’m done!
Summary
1. Wash hair weekly (2 times a week if you are unable to do this but don’t ever not wash your
hair lol!)
2. Use sulphate shampoo once a month to cleanse hair
3. You can use natural conditioners like avocados, bananas, eggs etc (google natural hair
homemade hair masks or something similar)
4. Always use conditioner
5. Don’t comb dry hair
6. Keep your routine very very simple
7. Don’t overspend on hair products…don’t be a junkie! Hahahahahahah
GOOD LUCK!

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Things to have when on a natural hair journey

I like the following:

Dark n lovely cholesterol

Originals by Africa’s best hair mayonnaise (this is a protein)

- After that I just plait mabhanzi.

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