I've been working out more lately, walking about 2-3 miles a day 3-5 days a week resulting in my relaxed hair looking greasy. As well as the sweating drying out my scalp between wash days. This means I'm now co-washing in the middle of the week and doing a full wash day on the weekends with shampoo.
For my co-wash I'm either using a cheap conditioner or the I'm either using a cheap conditioner or the Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea CoWash.
Mid-week co-wash
- Skipped the pre-poo
- Cleansed using Eden BodyWorks CoWash on my scalp
- Conditioned with a coconut milk conditioner
- Removed the excess water with a t-shirt
- Applied leave-in Nothing But Melted Shea Butter
- Blow-dried on cool
- Finished with grapeseed oil on my strands and Jamaican black castor oil on my scalp
- The result was my relaxed hair felt good, not great. Enough to make me proceed to my full wash day. To maintain my hair I moisturized my ends with Eden BodyWorks Coconut Shea Leave In, sealed with coconut oil and wore styles to protect my ends (though I did wear my hair out a couple of days for a few hours)
Full wash day
- Pre-poo/deep condition with Eden BodyWorks Jojoba Monoi Deep Conditioner. I applied it before I went for my walk which lasted about 35 minutes and let the sun and my body heat do their thing
- Cleansed with a macadamia oil shampoo
- Rinsed with green tea mixed with apple cider vinegar
- Conditioned with a coconut milk conditioner
- T-shirt dried for two hours (I think. I lost track of time)
- Applied the leave-in Nothing But Melted Shea Butter
- Blow-dried on cool
- Applied grapeseed oil to finish and some Jamaican black castor oil mixed with grapeseed oil on my scalp
- The result was really soft, smooth relaxed hair. I had a hard time keeping my hands out of it
How do you maintain your hair when exercising?
I love Co Washing... I actually do it every week... your hair looks soo lovely and thick!
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