new year new challenges

Since dec 25 i have been wearing my hair in platts(not going any where so i said why not) but my new challenge is not to wet my hair so much i just realized that i wet my hair every day i know it need to be moisturize so what do i replace of water? I think that wetting my hair everyday is not good so what should i do

ps i have not been on here forever ................. lol

whats wrong with wetting your hair daily i wet mines twice a day ?

for me i dont think its good i prob have hard water some hair is brittle and i think its from the over use of water

you could use a water base leave in conditioner..I think KCKT and giovanni direct leave in are water base..

I don't think wetting the hair everyday is a good thing either. I agree with the leave-in suggestion. Giovanni Direct leave-in may work well for you. You can put it in a spray bottle with some oils and aloe vera juice (kimmaytube leave-in) or you can use it straight out of the bottle.

I wet my hair every day, twice actually and my hair thrived! My curls are defined, moist and soft! This is my 2nd BC and I have tried a few products and nothing keeps my hair more moisturized than water. I will be watching this thread as I am curios to what you find to replace water.

You could get some distilled water for wetting your hair. Put it in a spray bottle and use that to wet your hair rather than using tap water. I have distilled water in my spray bottle. My goal is to use the distilled water, I think it will be better for my hair and my scalp.

Hey Truet!!!! Where have you been hiding? You are right, it has been FOREVER since you've been to CN!!!

I agree with the Latoya28!!!

Tell your sister I said hello!!!

For me, I think water everyday is fine but with something else like shea or an oil. Its been my hair experience that if I just wet my (4b) hair without and leave in or oil or butter or something it dries rough. For example I spray water and rub a little CD tui oil and it dries soft

So I do get what your saying truet but try to put something else in after you wet it....that's if you havent tried that already. Im no expert i just go by how my hair feels.


good luck mama.

I want to clarify that this works best for MY TWA I didn't wet it every day when it was longer.

Madeaj wrote:You could get some distilled water for wetting your hair. Put it in a spray bottle and use that to wet your hair rather than using tap water. I have distilled water in my spray bottle. My goal is to use the distilled water, I think it will be better for my hair and my scalp.

This along with the water based conditioner should work instead of wetting your entire head. I also use water in a spray bottle and follow up with a water based conditoner to keep my hair moisturized.

Thanks ladies
@Madeaj I was thinking about using distilled water i going to do that now. I put it in my body why not the hair!
@latoya28 can i get this giovanni direct at sallys or target/walmart
@Lynnieluve Heyyyyyyyyy we been super busy and how are you? love your hair super jealous.
@sweetdrk1 nice hair btw

so far i now i will try the distilled water on my hair and not wet it when iam in the shower lets see if that will work

Oh, I forgot to say. I don't get my hair dripping wet. I just spritz a little water and rub a little of my butter mix on my hands and then on my hair as I style it. Occasionally I use my Aussie leave-in conditioner when I feel the need for it. I am doing mostly protective styling so my daytime hair is usually some kind of loose bun. Bed time hair is 3 or 4 braids pineappled so the ends are protected.

okay that sounds good i have my protective style of twist for about 1 month i wear them down alot but going to start wearing them in a bun, spritz hair with distilled water and a leave in daily or when needed i think this is going to work. and shea butter. do you apply your butter before or after you wet it?????

do you apply your butter before or after you wet it?????

After I wet it and I only apply what's left on my hands after I rub it in a little. My butter mix has Coco butter, Aloe butter, coconut, Smart Balance Oil, jojoba, castor and vitamin e oil. I use my butter all over, hair and body.

My hair is in twists currently
and all I do is spritz twice a day with my bottle containing distilled water, jojoba oil and lavender e.o.

I used a shea-cocoa butter mix on dry hair to twist and so far my twists are looking and feeling great.

Hey Truet. There is nothing wrong with wetting your hair everyday, we drink (or supposed to) water everyday cuz our bodies need it. Hair needs it too. But you have to seal it with an oil or butter. Moisturize with water or conditioner and then seal. But I do think you have a point with that hard water thing cuz ours is hard too. Showerhead filter is a good idea like someone said or bottled water. But before we moved where we are now, i wet my hair EVERYday, especially in the summer and my hair loves it!

I thoguht over-moisturised hair gets too soft and it's too much protein that makes hair brittle? How much protein goes in your hair Truet?
Anyway, what others have said about sealing with oil and/or using a water based moisturiser and/or sorting out your hard water problem is good advice.

@ jo sombody dont know about the protein i just use water conditioner and oil in my hair