Hey Sajla,
Thank you so much – I’m really glad you’ve found my post useful! Best of luck on your curly girl journey!

Hey Harpreet!

Don’t worry – ask away! It is really overwhelming, to begin with, I completely agree. Glad you found the post helpful! So to answer your questions, the routine is a little bit different from person to person so you may need to experiment a bit. I tend to lo-poo once every 10 days or so but I live in a hard water area and my hair is quite fine too, so you may find you don’t struggle with build-up as much as I do and you may not need to lo-poo as often. Also, I tend to co-wash, then condition with a separate conditioner on my wash day, which is usually once a week – I try and leave it as long as possible in-between co-washes.

Deep conditioner is something I would do on wet hair and rinse out after like, 15 mins or so, whereas leave-in is something I’d smooth through my hair after I’ve washed it, and then just leave it in while my curls dry. Leave-in isn’t always necessary, it depends on your hair type and also how many products your hair can deal with. Mine is fine so I need lightweight products, so tend to avoid leave-in unless I’m having a really bad/dry time of it with lots of tangles. My main advice is just to trial and error things one at a time. Start off simple with your co-wash and a gel. If you feel you need more oomph, try adding something else into the mix. I appreciate there’s a lot to take in!

Let me know how you get on with it! x

First of all, I absolutely love this: I knew I had curly (2b/2c) hair but I always thought it was just frizzy, and I only recently discovered that there was a whole world and routine dedicated to curly hair. The information was so overwhelming, but this post really helped condense it all! Especially as I live in the UK too! I’m still a little bit confused on the actual routine: Do you lo poo+ condition as usual and co-wash + deep condition once a week? Does the leave-in conditioner go in the shower, or after you’ve come out? What’s the difference between a deep conditioner and leave-in conditioner (and is a leave-in conditioner needed if you’ve got hair gel and cream)?

Thank you! (Sorry for the amount of questions!)

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Hey Lorraine, that’s amazing news! So glad you’re rediscovering your natural curls through the curly girl method! x

It can be really confusing I know! I’m putting out a step by step guide to co-washing next week, but basically you need to just power through the greasy period and then start with a co-wash after a few days. It’ll take a few co-washes before you’ll need to clarify, so just try and grit your teeth through the first week or so because it will feel horrible before it gets better! x

Good luck! It’s tough going in the beginning but you’ll never look back once you start seeing the curls come through x