Hair Care Routine For 2B Hair With The Curly Girl Method

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When I first started researching the curly girl method, I was obsessed with trying to find someone who had the same type of hair I have – but I have yet to find one!

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I wanted to write this to help those who have the same (or similar) curl pattern, porosity, thickness, and ‘build’ that I have to determine what products I use for wash days, refreshes, and treatments!

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Wet hair in the shower and apply deep conditioner with protein in it. Deep Condition for five minutes, comb through with a wide-tooth comb.

2b Wash Day Routine

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CoWash with As I Am Coconut Cowash.  Work product along scalp and gently scrub to clean, avoiding ends of hair. Allow water to rinse cowash from 2b hair completely.

Apply leave-in conditioner in shower. Using my fingers, I smooth a quarter-sized amount of leave-in conditioner into my hair, grazing the roots but focusing on the ends.

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For my 2b hair, I’ve found that I need three products to hold the waves after applying the leave-in:

How To Style 2B Hair

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Emulsify a pea-sized amount of Canta curl activator and 2 pumps of LUS for Wavy Hair all-in-one in wet hands and apply by roping.

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Run a good amount of cool water onto a wet brush and brush through hair to distribute product. Lightly scrunch to encourage clumping, tilting head side to side.

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