Finding the right hair care routine for you can be a little daunting, especially with so much information online and new haircare products launching every day. This is why we’ve compiled an overview of simple hair care routine steps to achieve healthy hair!
Understanding Your Hair Concerns
Before you rethink your hair care routine, it’s important to think about your hair concerns and the current state of your hair. Achieving healthy locks will be a different journey for everyone! Typical hair concerns include dryness, frizz, flyaways, dandruff, and split ends. Take some time to reflect on what bothers you most about your hair.
Setting Goals for Your Healthy Hair Care Routine
Next to the hair concerns you want to tackle with your daily haircare routine, it’s also smart to set some hair goals. This will help you create your routine and choose the right products to achieve your desired results! Some haircare goals you may set for yourself include having softer hair, reducing frizz, or growing your hair longer.
Building Your Hair Care Routine
With your hair concerns and goals in mind, it’s now time to build your routine. Every basic haircare routine contains some important steps: cleansing, conditioning, moisturising, detangling, styling, and treatment. The frequency of these steps will depend on your hair type, lifestyle, and preferences.
Hair care routine steps for healthy hair include cleansing, which helps remove dirt, oil, and product buildup from your hair and scalp. Conditioning helps detangle, seal the cuticles, and provide moisture. Moisturising helps lock in moisture and keep your hair healthy. Detangling helps eliminate knots and minimize breakage. Styling involves using heat tools or letting your hair air-dry, and treatment involves using masks, oils, or scalp treatments to give your hair some extra TLC.
Cleansing Your Hair
The first step in any haircare routine is to cleanse. Just like you cleanse your skin every evening, your hair also benefits from a cleanse – perhaps not daily, depending on how dry your hair and scalp is and how many products you use which can cause build-up. Washing your hair will leave your hair and scalp feeling clean, removing any products, grease, dirt, and dead skin cells which might have built up.
Cleansing tips include using a gentle shampoo suitable for your hair type, massaging your scalp to remove dirt and oil, and avoiding over-washing, which can strip your hair of its natural oils.
Conditioning and Nourishing Your Hair
The next essential step in your washing routine is to condition. Conditioning your hair helps detangle, seal the cuticles, and provide moisture. It replenishes the moisture that your shampoo may have removed, and it will help remove any knots or tangles that were caused by massaging your shampoo onto your hair and scalp.
Conditioning tips include using a deep conditioning treatment once a week, using a leave-in conditioner to help detangle and add moisture, and avoiding over-conditioning, which can weigh your hair down.
Detangling Your Hair
Detangling your hair will help eliminate knots and minimize breakage. One product that can smoothen the detangling process is a leave-in conditioner, like our Honey Infused Leave-In Conditioner. This will help smooth your locks, preparing them for detangling with a brush or wide-tooth comb.
Detangling tips include using a wide-tooth comb or a detangling brush, starting from the ends of your hair and working your way up, and being gentle to avoid breakage.
Protecting, Priming, and Styling Your Hair
Always make sure you prep your hair before using heated tools such as a blow dryer, curling tool, or straightener. This will not only protect your hair from breakage but also enhance styling results and ensure that your hairstyle lasts! Use a lightweight styling primer, like the Propolis Infused Polishing Primer, to prepare your hair for your styling routine.
Protecting, priming, and styling tips include using a heat protectant to prevent heat damage, using a styling product to add hold and texture, and avoiding over-styling, which can cause damage and dryness.
Moisturising Your Hair
After styling your hair or letting it air dry, you might want to add back in a little moisture. Also on days where you’re not washing your hair, your strands may benefit from a moisture boost. This is where hair oil comes in, our favorite multitasker! Hair oils are also great for controlling frizz and preventing dryness.
Moisturising tips include using a hair oil that’s suitable for your hair type, applying a small amount to the ends of your hair, and avoiding over-oiling, which can weigh your hair down.
Treating Your Hair
There are three types of treatments which you can add to your weekly routine to give your hair some extra TLC: a mask treatment, oil treatment, or scalp treatment. Regular hair treatments will help tackle specific hair concerns such as damage, dryness, and an oily, flaky or dry scalp, and improve the overall appearance and health of your hair.
Treatment tips include using a hair mask once or twice a week, using a scalp treatment to tackle dandruff or flakiness, and using an oil treatment to nourish and moisturise your hair.
5 Hair Care Routine Tips for Healthy Hair
Next to your basic routine, here are some extra tips on things you can do to improve the health of your hair: avoid over-washing, use a wide-tooth comb, trim your hair regularly, avoid heat styling tools, and drink plenty of water to keep your hair healthy from the inside out.
If you’re looking for specific advice or tips for your hair type, take our Hair Quiz to find out which products work best for your hair type.
