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My weekly hair routine {Hair Care}

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I have been trying to take care of my hair since quite long and have been trying to keep a sustaining routine. This is what I do weekly.
  • Since my hair is curly and dry, I wash my hair only twice a week unless I go out somewhere in the dirt and pollution and specially in the day time or afternoon. Generally, I do not go out so my limit of shampooing twice weekly. Remember my article on how often should you shampoo hair?
My Weekday’s Routine
  • On the weekdays, when I wash my hair, I oil my hair and try to give it a hot oil treatment. At the very least, I try to cover my hair with shower cap and cover with a scarf for extra heating.
  • If not so elaborately, I do heat the oil and then apply it on the scalp and generally massage my scalp for 15-20 minutes while watching something on the television.
  • Then, I leave the oil overnight and wash my hair next day.
  • I do try to massage my scalp every night but I am not so very regular with it.
  • And, I give my hair a trim once in every two months. I do it on my own generally to avoid spending so much of money!!! But, twice in a year, I do prefer to go to a salon for a good hair cut. That reminds me of my next hair cut 🙂
Washing and Conditioning
  • I use a dollop of shampoo and mix it with a fist full of water and dilute it.
  • I wet my hair thoroughly with water and then, apply the diluted shampoo to my scalp and massage the scalp for sometime.
  • Then, wash it off an follow with the shampoo second time if I have oiled my hair otherwise once is enough.
  • After washing my hair, I squeeze the extra water from the hair and then, I apply a good amount of conditioner on damp hair and keep it on for 3-5 minutes minimum.
  • After that, I wash my hair thoroughly, obviously, and remove all traces of the conditioner.
  • I generally air-dry my hair. I use the towel to squeeze out all the water from my hair and gently wrap it in the towel for sometime to catch all the dripping water. This is something I do in the winters where as in summers, I leave my hair as it is.
  • I use a cotton towel instead of a turkey towel as the turkey towel is more fluffy and can cause the hair to dry out more than the cotton towel. And, I use a separate towel for my hair – the cotton ones which are extremely thin.
  • Anyways, after that I run a drop or two of the hair serum through the damp hair and since my hair is curly, I prefer to detangle my hair when it is 80-90% dry instead of letting it dry completely. The dampness helps the hair to detangle easily as compared to completely dry hair.
My Weekend’s Routine 
  • I do try to do a weekly deep conditioning treatment as my hair is dry, curly and thin and they get rough and dull very easily so I have to take care of them pretty regularly.
  • In the summers, I prefer to use home remedies like eggs and curd and such things but in winters, I am using the hair masks.
  • But, I do not apply the hair masks on the scalp so I use the aloevera gel for my scalp. And, I keep the conditioning treatment for an hour minimum and wash off my hair.
So, this is my weekly hair care routine. Nothing elaborate but it helps keep my hair soft, shiny and manageable and routine hair cuts ensure no splits.
Products I am currently using for hair:

Dove Nourishing Oil Care Range {Product Review}

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So, I have reviewed the shampoo, conditioner, hair mask and the leave-in serum. If you had noticed, I had not written anything about my recommendation because I wanted to give a collective judgement about the results. So, here goes that.

Packaging
Extremely elegant and classy when compared to other over-the-counter products in the market. But, they are not travel-friendly as each of the product is bulky and will take space and add to the weight.

My Recommendation
I would definitely recommend this range altogether. The biggest disadvantage of the range is that every product has silicone or dimethicone as one of the ingredients. As you know, silicones and the family are notorious for creating a film on the hair and not getting washed off by the shampoos and consequently, dulling the shine of your hair, this ingredient is not very much liked. In fact, I had stopped using Livon just for the same thing. But, if this doesn’t affect you, I would definitely say that the range really gave great results.I would also add a word here that the debate about ingredients is a bit waver-y and not to be trusted too much so I wouldn’t really pay heed to that because of the results of this range altogether for my hair. My hair is softer, shinier and definitely less frizzy and more manageable. And, it also gives volume to the hair over all. So, I am definitely loving the results altogether. I have not yet had this kind of experience and results with any affordable-priced products. So, that does give the range an edge. So, I am loving it!!!

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PS: Products were sent by the brand for consideration. 

Dove Nourishing Oil Care Repair Mask {Product Review}

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Price: Rs 300 for 200ml

Ingredients

My Experience

The mask is creamy and light and spreads very easily in the hair. I have used it thrice yet and can easily say that it makes the hair super soft and keeps it conditioned. Though, I would also add that it is important to follow this up with the conditioner otherwise the hair does remain frizzy!! And, it is light enough that one can use it twice a week too because I didn’t feel that its effects last for a week. Ok, one more thing I would say that this tub would last me quite a while because you can see the finger traces and amount of the mask used up till now. For every wash, I use two scoops of the mask and spread it on towel-dried hair and keep it on till 5-7 minutes minimum.

PS: Product sent by brand for consideration.

Also read other reviews from the same brand:
Dove Nourishing Oil Care Shampoo
Dove Nourishing Oil Care Conditioner
Dove Nourishing Oil Care Serum