Too Thick For Wash & Go? Protective Style Advice for Type 4B-4C 

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@@naarahlloyd-nf6ps I’d say do what works for you. You know your hair better than anyone else. I have to wash off the products (leave-in conditioner, styler, edge control) for my hair to absorb water. Just spraying water and adding more product only causes build up and dry hair making it look dusty. NOT black and shiny how I like it. In the past I’ve been told “for someone with nappy hair, it shole is shiny”🙄. I was thinking yeah jerk because I put water on it. 😂

​@@Cocoflower528gurrrl, I am right there with you. I also need to wash at least twice a week. I have to add that I found soap aloe growing in the garden. Nobody planted it, it's just there and multiplying like weeds. So I have started washing my hair with the gel. So washing hair very 2-3 days is no bigge for me. I lose volume and definition of I just spray and add product.

Well now I am having to cut most of my hair off now. Like you, my regime was Wash/deep condition on Sunday and Co wash with a conditioner on Wed. I too, had people telling me I was washing my hair too much cause "black people don't need to wash our hair that much" WRRROONNGG!!!!! I went from soft, growing hair to broken hair all the way up the shaft. Like Anthony just said, I now what 1x a week, use a conditioner and leave in, oil my hair with black Jamaican castor oil and plat it up WET. When I take my hair down its a tangled mess. I recently went to a stylist to flat iron my hair and give me a trip and almost fainted when I felt the texture, and saw the thinning and broken hair all the way up my shaft. I am cutting it tomorrow not low like a man but damn near and letting it grow and trim trim until all of the broken hair is gone. I am going to go back to 2xs a week wash and use the suggestions Anthony just gave and maybe by summer I can see length and healthy hair again. My hairs is 4b on top and 4c in the back, brown and dry! Today is 12/3/23 wish me blessings in my journey! It'll all be ok....

@@veganista5096 I hope this hair routine is a learning experience that future generations won’t have to endure. I’m sick right now so I wash every 3-5 days and it still works. Another thing I found out is that using coconut oil and brushing my hair with a soft boar bristle hair brush before washing detangles my hair and I have little shed hair no bigger than my thumb nail for every wash. I walk around with a big Afro for 15 minutes before showering but the hair easily detangles with my fingers or comb and shortens my washing time significantly.

Wow. He made me reflect on a protective style regiment. Leave in, moderate heat, and essential oils. Thanks for sharing.

I know 😂

Facts… Stop coming out the house with your hair tore up and say your natural so it’s ok🙄

I get mine done weekly!!!! And not too small!!! I do not want locs or the look of a loc… just the growth lol

I think the key is daily 3 step moisture and weekly maintenance. I never keep my twist longer than a week , moisturizie daily, and my hair is growing like crazy 4b/c girlie

Thanks for sharing!!

Yesss this is what I noticed it's so true , or protective style with hair that has been washed and stretched a bit

Interesting ! What is your hair type ? How do you style it after the blow dry ?

Blow dry before any protective style.

@@hairrules very informative thank you! What was the leave in for extremely dry 4b/c?

This actually works I'm promising you!!!

Dickey advocates for wash n' gos every day. HOWEVER, if you have 4b/4c hair. That may not be practical. So instead, you do a whole week of wash n' gos, daily, to get your hair prepped for a protective style. The day of the protective style, you wash, condition w/ a leave in and your scalp oils, then blow it out. Then you put it into your protective style. So now you can go up to 4 weeks with it, in that style, before you take it down and go back to wash n' gos for another week to recondition

Treat your hair like your favorite cashmere sweater. Don't use shampoos that lather or suds and use a copious amount of conditioner. Co-wash as much as you can. Get a haircut every three months.

@@hairrules thanks so much for responding!! I appreciate the advice!

​​@@hairrulesThank you 😊 I need to start trimming my hair !

Do you use creams or oils a lot? If you do and it's still dry it may be low porosity

A beauty school may provide you with a student, who is usually under supervision, but that may take much longer than having it done by a professional in a salon.

@@hairrules thank you for your response 🙂

By cream do you mean Hydrating Finishing Balm? That works too ❤

@@hairrules I use the kinky curly cream! right after my rinse out conditioner.

Why not?

Of course

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Change products! Use a mousse and lighter products !

@@christy7516 sometimes my thick styling cream doesn’t seat on top of the hair but I low-key wanna try using a mousse in my hair care,

I have low porosity, 4b hair. I use my microwaveable steam cap to prevent products sitting on top of my hair. It may work for you.

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