1. Identify Your Hair Type
Understanding whether your hair is straight, wavy, curly, or coily is the foundation of healthy hair care. This helps determine its specific needs and how it responds to products.

2. Choose the Right Hair Care Routine
Once you know your hair type, follow a routine tailored to it — including how often to wash, deep condition, detangle, and style.

3. Select the Best Products for Your Hair
Use shampoos, conditioners, and treatments that suit your hair’s texture, porosity, and moisture needs. Avoid harsh ingredients that strip or damage your hair.

4. Use the Right Hair Tools
Tools like wide-tooth combs, detangling brushes, and heat protectants help prevent breakage and support healthy styling.

5. Protect Your Hair Daily
Incorporate protective items like satin or silk bonnets, pillowcases, and scarves to reduce friction and retain moisture while you sleep.

Straight hair, ranging from silky-fine Type 1A to slightly textured Type 1C, is known for its smooth appearance, natural shine, and sleek finish. While it tends to reflect light beautifully and resist tangling, straight hair can also be prone to oil buildup, flatness, and frizz—especially with heat styling or humidity. Whether it's pin-straight or has a subtle wave, maintaining healthy, vibrant straight hair requires the right products to enhance shine, add volume, control frizz, and protect from damage.

Curly hair, from loose waves (Type 2A) to defined ringlets (Type 3B), is full of texture, bounce, and natural volume. While beautiful and dynamic, curly hair often struggles with frizz, dryness, tangles, and moisture retention due to its unique structure. Each curl type needs targeted care to enhance definition, maintain hydration, and protect against breakage. Whether your curls are soft and wavy or springy and voluminous, the right routine makes all the difference. 

Coily hair, ranging from tight curls (3C) to dense, kinky coils (4C), is incredibly versatile and beautifully textured but requires dedicated moisture and care. This hair type tends to be more fragile and prone to dryness, shrinkage, and breakage, making hydration, gentle handling, and protective styling essential. To keep coils healthy, defined, and strong, it’s important to use products that lock in moisture, reduce frizz, and strengthen strands without weighing hair down.

1. Wash 2–3 Times a Week
Straight hair tends to get oily faster due to the direct path from root to tip. Use a lightweight, sulfate-free shampoo and a hydrating conditioner focused on the ends. Avoid over-washing to prevent dryness.

2. Use a Clarifying Shampoo (1x Weekly)
To prevent product buildup and excess oil, use a clarifying shampoo once a week or as needed. This keeps straight hair looking fresh and full of life.

3. Deep Condition Weekly
Apply a light deep conditioner or mask once a week to maintain moisture and prevent breakage without weighing the hair down.

4. Detangle Gently
Use a wide-tooth comb or detangling brush after showering, starting at the ends and working upward. Straight hair can tangle easily if left damp and unattended.

5. Apply a Lightweight Leave-In or Serum
Use a light leave-in conditioner or anti-frizz serum to smooth flyaways, add shine, and protect from humidity—especially if you style with heat.

6. Heat Protect Before Styling
Always apply a heat protectant spray before using flat irons, blow dryers, or curling wands. Even straight hair needs shielding from heat damage.

7. Trim Every 6–8 Weeks
Regular trims keep your ends healthy and prevent split ends from traveling up the shaft.

1. Cleanse Weekly or As Needed
Curly hair is naturally drier and doesn't need frequent washing. Use a sulfate-free shampoo or co-wash once a week to gently cleanse without stripping natural oils.

2. Deep Condition Regularly
Curly hair thrives on moisture. Use a rich deep conditioner or hair mask once a week to hydrate curls, improve elasticity, and reduce breakage.

3. Detangle While Wet (with Conditioner)
Apply conditioner and gently detangle using a wide-tooth comb or fingers. Start at the ends and work upward to avoid breakage.

4. Apply Leave-In Conditioner
Use a moisturizing leave-in conditioner to help retain hydration and prepare curls for styling. This step also helps reduce frizz and define curls.

5. Use Curl Cream or Gel
Apply a curl-defining cream, gel, or mousse to damp hair, using the “praying hands” method or scrunching technique for best curl formation.

6. Air Dry or Diffuse on Low Heat
Let curls air dry when possible, or use a diffuser attachment on low heat to enhance volume and minimize frizz. Avoid touching curls while drying to maintain definition.

7. Refresh Between Wash Days
Use a water spray bottle + leave-in mix or curl refresher spray to revive and reshape curls on non-wash days.

1. Cleanse Gently (Every 1–2 Weeks)
Coily hair is prone to dryness and needs gentle care. Wash with a sulfate-free shampoo or moisturizing co-wash to cleanse without stripping natural oils. Focus shampoo on the scalp and avoid over-manipulating the hair.

2. Deep Condition Weekly
Moisture is essential. Use a thick, penetrating deep conditioner or mask every wash day to strengthen hair, improve elasticity, and reduce breakage.

3. Detangle With Care
Always detangle when wet and conditioned, using fingers or a wide-tooth comb. Work in small sections from ends to roots to prevent breakage.

4. Use a Leave-In Conditioner
Apply a rich leave-in conditioner after washing to lock in moisture and prep the hair for styling. This helps with manageability and curl definition.

5. Apply Moisturizing Creams, Butters, or Gels
Layer products using the LCO or LOC method (Liquid, Cream, Oil or Liquid, Oil, Cream) to seal in moisture. Use curl creams, styling gels, or twisting butters depending on your desired look.

6. Style in Protective or Low-Manipulation Styles
Opt for styles like twists, braids, puffs, Bantu knots, or wash-and-gos to minimize daily manipulation and retain length.

7. Refresh Between Wash Days
Rehydrate hair as needed with a water spray bottle + leave-in mix, or apply a light oil to seal in moisture. Focus on ends, which dry out the fastest.