Get the stink off your weave quick!

Picture this:

It's a lovely day, your crush is approaching and the sun is like a spotlight on your face. You are wearing that perfectly fitting dress and nature is on your side as a gentle breeze hits you up like a studio fan. In the middle of your Marylyn Manroe pose you pause 'coz your hair is greasy, and the only thing blowing on your head is the damp funky smell of your product infested unwashed hair...

 

Ok! maybe I'm a little dramatic, but you already get the gist of why your hair needs to not only look good but smell good too.

 

With all the beauty routines we need to keep up with, plus the rest of our lives going on and not to mention the few hours in a day, sometimes you may forget to wash our hair. Especially the weave type! Let us look at a quick and easy way to refresh your old weave and have it look and smell like a new hairdo.

 

Here's what you'll need:

• Shampoo
• Leave in conditioner/wash out conditioner
• Dry shampoo spray
• A pair of scissors(optional)
• Combs
• Hair dryer
• Flat iron
• Hair clips for parting (optional)

NB: Please note this is not a co-wash (Conditioner wash where you skip the shampoo process. A co-wash is best on 3rd day hair to help it be more manageable). This involves actual hair washing, but we avoid the bottom where the tracks are and sewing was done because they take time to wash and dry because of the thick locked hair. Advisable for flat or greasy hair that needs volume and refreshing.

So my sister has natural African hair, and has had a sew-in-weave on for the past 2 months. She washes her hair and deep conditions it every week (including the tracks and natural hair) and co-washes it once a week which means she keeps a clean head of hair. Last week was not such a weak because she had just started exercising and developed a busy schedule. With the sweat and the combination of old weave, this did not give off a pleasant smell.

 

Now honey, if you have ever had a weave on, you know how that thing can stink when left unattended. And often the stink will be stuck on the tracks that hold most of the product and have so much thickness from the cornrows and sewing you have under your weave. Deep cleaning your weave requires time,  especially drying time that is hard to find. Please only do this if you really don't have time, your thread is getting weak, or you are close to removing your weave. Always wash your hair at least once a week.

 

Step one

Shampoo and condition

 

 

• Wet your hair with warm water and gently wash it and avoid the tracks. Rinse and repeat the process.
• For wash out conditioner, apply conditioner to the shampooed hair and wait 5 minutes and rinse out.
• For leave in conditioner (Like I used on her), apply to towel dried hair and don't rinse.

(I used Tressemme Keratin smooth shampoo, Soft Beautiful Botanicals ultra-nourishing leave in conditioner.)

 

 Step two (optional)

 

Trim your ends

 

 

Step three

 

Dry shampoo

 

• At a distance of about 30cm, spray dry shampoo to your scalp and tracks of your weave.
• spray your hairline all around your hair and leave in for bout two minutes.
• NB; you can use dry shampoo after you dry your hair, but I prefer to use it before because dry shampoo leaves a white residue. (There are tinted dry shampoo's available)

(I used Batiste dry shampoo in cherry scent)

 

Step four

Dry and flat iron your hair

•  using a wide toothed comb, blow dry your hair in low heat and flat iron it.

Step five

Flaunt your hair Girl!!!