The Ultimate Haircare Routine for Growing Long, Strong Healthy Hair! (The Abbey Yung Method)
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AI GeneratedThis comprehensive hair care routine focuses on achieving long, strong, and healthy hair through a structured approach to repair and cleansing. By combining bond repair treatments, strategic shampooing, and targeted scalp care, the routine addresses damage from heat and color while improving overall hair retention and manageability.
This is the updated hair care routine
that has helped me to grow the longest, strongest,
healthiest hair of my life and has helped
so many of you to do the same.
I have to say I have been completely blown away by all of the before
and after transformations
that you guys have been tagging me in over the past year or so.
Like it's one thing for me to just share my routines
and the products that work for me,
but to see how much of a difference it has actually made
for all of you, it has just
It's just been the most special
Rewarding thing ever.
I can't even tell you the number of times
that I have literally been brought to tears
over the past year just reading all of your comments
about your hair journeys and what it really means
for you to feel confident in your hair again.
Like I'll get choked up if I really think about it.
It just happened yesterday.
I was reading one of your comments on Instagram
and I was just like, it's too much.
It just, it makes me really happy to know
that this is not just a routine that I personally use
that I think really helps my hair,
But it's...
It's kind of grown into something so much bigger,
into more of a framework and a way
of thinking about hair care that has just massively transformed
so many, I was going
to say so many of your hairs, well,
just given so many of you massive hair transformations.
Sure. We'll go with that.
And now that this has become a routine that so many of you follow in
one way or another, I feel like it's important
that I keep you updated on how it evolves over
time, which is the whole reason for this video today.
Since first posting this routine, I have
continued to chat with brands about the technology in their products,
dive into emerging research on
scalp and hair science, and of course, test all the new launches.
Because of that, and also because
because several of my original products
Product recommendations have sadly been discontinued.
A few things in my routine have changed,
so I felt that it was time for an update.
So in today's video, I am going to be walking you through
my step-by-step haircare routine
that I follow to keep my hair growing long
and strong and healthy while I continue to
damage it on a regular basis.
Because yes, contrary to what I have seen
in the comments, I do color my hair.
This is certainly not my natural hair color, but...
Boy do I wish it was. I also use heat multiple times a week.
I blow dry with heat three times
and then heat style on top of that at least two more times,
sometimes three. I try to keep it to
two, but sometimes it happens.
And I also just expose myself to all of the everyday things that
cause damage to accumulate that
We don't really think much about like brushing,
detangling, metals and minerals in water,
UV rays, the list goes on.
So basically this is the routine that I continue
to follow knowing that I do all of those things
and want to keep my hair as healthy as possible.
Let's dive in.
Step one is a pre shampoo bond repair treatment
and this is one of three potential places
in your routine where you can use a bond repair treatment.
I personally apply
a pre-shampoo bond repair treatment two times a week and I still
We'll only use a spray for this specific step.
If you are not familiar with a pray,
it is different than a lot of other bond repair
treatments out there because it's actually a super liquidy watery mist.
So I will spray it all over my lengths down
to my ends until my hair is fully saturated
and then leave it in for at least 10
minutes before moving on to step two.
So nothing about this step has changed
for me within the past year, but it might look
a little bit different for you.
If the treatments that you were using were Garnier-
So my updated list of recommendations
for this step, in addition to a spray, include
OGX Bond Protein Repair, L'Oreal's reformulated Bond Repair Plus,
and Olaplex's reformulated
Number 3 Plus.
I shared details about both of those reformulations in this video here,
but to really quickly
Quickly summarize the changes.
L'Oreal made this treatment even more reparative.
Now,
While Olaplex added conditioning ingredients to their original formula
to make this a treatment that not only delivers inner fiber repair,
but also outer layer protection as well.
I still prefer to use these thicker, creamier kinds
of treatments after shampoo instead, so that's why I don't use them
for this step, but you absolutely can if that works better for you.
Either way, and whichever treatment you choose to use for this step,
just make sure that you're applying it as evenly as possible
and leaving it on your hair for as long as the brand recommends to make sure
that it actually has enough time to penetrate and work effectively
Okay, so again, after a pre-poo has been sitting
in my hair for at least 10 minutes, I am ready
to move on to step two, which is a pre-shampoo oil treatment.
Nothing about this step has changed since I first posted this routine.
So it's still a step that I think is completely optional,
but really helpful for anyone looking
to improve manageability and detangling post-wash.
Just in case you're new here and clicking on
Speaking on this video for the first time,
I would recommend trying the coconut oil mist
if you have fine thin hair.
For normal slash medium hair
or just more of a mid-weight option, I would recommend
the coconut milk serum
and the coconut miracle penetrating oil either for coarse thick hair,
super damaged hair, heavily bleached hair, or extremely tangled hair.
Which is why I started using this all those years ago now.
My hair was so bleach damaged it's not even funny
but on top of that I have super
Super fine hair strands.
So the combination of all of those things
meant that I had hair that was so difficult
to detangle post-wash.
My friend was actually texting me about this the other day
because she still really bleaches her hair quite a bit.
And I think she specifically said
that her hair is a place for rats.
I was like, I know exactly what you mean.
My rat's nest had rat's nest
until I started applying this oil
to the lengths of my hair before washing.
That changed
Everything for me. It just made my hair
so much easier to deal with post wash, which was not only a win
because it just made the whole wash process less of a hassle,
but it also resulted in a lot less damage and breakage.
A common mistake that I often see people making
with this step is just applying too much oil.
And while that's not going to damage your hair or anything like that,
it is going to make it a lot harder to fully remove with shampoo,
which means it's a lot more likely
that your hair can end up looking like this.
after you've showered.
So if you do feel like you are a good candidate for a pre-shampoo oil
treatment and you're just going to be trying it out for the first time,
I would highly recommend
a less is more approach with it.
Start with a little bit, like just enough to lightly coat
your lengths and ends, and then you can always add
from there if needed. Also, I know that not
everybody has 30 minutes to let treatment sit
in their hair before showering. So if you really do
feel like you want to use both of these treatments
in your hair care routine, but you also need to
I need to speed this process up.
You could definitely just alternate back
and forth between pre-shampoo bond repair treatments on one wash day
and then pre-shampoo oil treatments the next.
For me personally, it's just worked out for me
with the way that I like to set up the rest of my routine
to do this pre-shampoo treating twice a week.
So I'll do a pre, leave it in for 10 minutes, apply coconut oil,
leave it in for 20, and then jump in the shower.
And I do that on two of my three wash days each week.
But then on the third wash day,
I don't do any pre-shampoo treatments at all.
And I just jumped right in the shower.
So feel free to play around with that however works best for you.
But that's just what has worked best
for me over the past couple of years.
And then after that 20 minutes,
I am ready for step three, which is shampoo.
This step will look the most different
from that original version because number one,
I added a new shampoo subcategory scalp health shampoos.
But number two, I also rearrange the way that all
of my shampoo recommendations are categorized
to hopefully make it easier to figure out exactly what
what you need.
And exactly which shampoos will give you the benefits that you need.
Because I realized that my original layout was a little bit confusing.
So I'm going to walk you through the updated layout just
so that you can see how I personally think about shampoo.
But as I do, please keep in mind that I am not trying
to say that the goal is that you should be buying
a shampoo from every single one of these categories.
Instead, I think that the goal should
be to find maybe one to two shampoos that will help you
to actually address the specific scalp and hair concerns.
that matter to you most.
So step three is for deep cleaning shampoos. And these are shampoos
that have stronger cleaning power that thoroughly remove oil,
dirt, and buildup without really
depositing conditioning ingredients onto the scalp and hair.
The importance of a thorough
buildup removing cleanse cannot be understated in this routine. It's
Arguably the most important step that you do.
I mean, that's hard to say because there are a lot
of important steps, but truly it is so,
so important and often overlooked. I think because
a lot of people just don't realize that the shampoos
that they're using are not cleaning
well enough. That was certainly the case for me
because all of these brands were just removing
all of the ingredients that actually clean well.
So I recommend using a shampoo like this at least
once a week, but if you feel the need to use them more,
you can absolutely do that. These days,
I am usually using a...
deep cleaning shampoo every single wash.
It just works so well for my scalp and hair. So do whatever
works best for you. But that's how much I love shampoos like this.
All the shampoos on the top
row are recommendations for my original routine.
So L'Oreal Clarify, Garnier Pure Clean, Pantene
Sheer Volume, K18 Detox, and White Detox.
But below that, you will find all of the new scalp health
shampoos that I recommend that do fit
this definition of deeper cleaning. So I added
Added two exfoliating options, Neutrogena hair...
store and OGX Pro Growth Plus Peptide,
alongside three other options that are helpful for improving
general scalp health and also hair retention,
including Nioxin Hair Fall Defense, Dr. Groot
Scalp Revitalizing Hair Thickening, and Redken Acidic Grow Full.
I'll touch on the scalp health options a little bit more in step four,
but if there's a shampoo
on this slide for step three that targets your main concerns
and gives you all of the
benefits that you're looking for,
that might be the only shampoo that you need to use.
And if your scalp and hair feel great doing
that and using that as your main shampoo.
Amazing. That's the goal is to find a shampoo
that makes your scalp and hair feel amazing.
That also targets your concerns.
But if you have other concerns that you want to address that
these shampoos do not,
or you also feel like you just need to incorporate a bit of a gentler,
more conditioning shampoo to improve softness and smoothness,
that is when you might want to
consider buying a second shampoo as well,
which is the purpose of step four. So I decided to call
All these benefit shampoos because I see.
I often see them as shampoos
that provide additional benefits on top of cleaning.
And when I think about the main benefits
that I have personally sought out at one point
in time in my hair journey,
and that I also know from reading my comments that you guys
are looking for and care about the most,
four clear benefit subcategories emerged, including
chelating, strengthening, scalp health, and medicated shampoos.
Chelating shampoos are for those of you that have dull,
dry, or brittle hair from
from hard water.
If that is something that you struggle with,
then I would recommend using one of these shampoos
once a week or more if needed
to remove those hard water deposits
that can cause those issues.
But if not, you can skip these altogether.
And none of the options that I have listed here are new.
They're the exact same as my original routine.
So we still have L'Oreal Clarify,
Metal Professional Detox.
No. L'Oreal Professional Metal Detox,
Living Proof Clarifying Detox, K18 Detox, and Ouai Detox.
Next, we have strengthening shampoos.
And these are shampoos that have ingredients that help to
strengthen damaged hair,
while also depositing conditioning ingredients that help to soften,
smooth, and detangle.
When my hair was more damaged, I had to use a shampoo like this every
single wash day. So even on days
when I used a deeper cleaning shampoo, I had to follow up with
with one of these shampoos in the same wash
because again, my hair was a place for rats.
But now I really just reach for shampoos like this when I feel like it
and not because I absolutely need to.
So if you have damaged hair that is difficult to manage, you could
follow a similar approach whenever you use a deep cleaning shampoo.
Deep clean first and then follow that up
with a strengthening conditioning shampoo right after.
If you don't necessarily feel like you need to do that,
but you don't love how your scalp or hair
feels using a deep cleaning shampoo every single wash,
you could just alternate back and forth
between deep cleaning shampoos and strengthening shampoos
and whatever cadence works for you. But
if not, and again, you feel like one
of those deep cleaning options just works great as your
main shampoo, then you can skip these altogether.
From my original list of recommendations, both
Hair filler and Not Your Mother's Tough
Love Bonding have been discontinued.
So I put the L'Oreal Elvive Glycolic Gloss
and L'Oreal Everpure Glossing Shampoos in their place.
But that's not new news for you guys.
I have been raving about those for so long at this point.
You get it.
And then the only other change here is the fact
that the L'Oreal Bond Repair Shampoo was also reformulated.
So that entire line was.
But other than that, everything else is the same.
Next, we have Scalp Health Shampoos.
And these are all shampoos that have
Ingredients that improve scalp health in one way or another.
So again, Neutrogena and OGX are more
so for exfoliation while the rest are for general
scalp health and hair retention.
If you need help figuring out
which one of these shampoos will be the best fit for you,
I am going to link a video below where I dive
into all of the details about them and how
each of them compare, including things like ingredients,
benefits, cleaning power, scalp
type, performance, et cetera.
But in general, I would say.
say that exfoliating shampoos can be used as often as needed,
so maybe that's once a
week to remove buildup, maybe it's more than that,
while the rest of these shampoos should
be used as often as possible if your main goal
is increasing hair retention.
This has really become a priority category for me,
which you already know if you've been
watching all of my videos on this topic over the past year.
So I typically use a scalp health shampoo
every single wash day, but if this is not
not a priority for you or other things are let's say
Even more of a priority, then you can skip these altogether.
The last benefit shampoo category
that I have listed here is medicated shampoo.
And these are shampoos that have active ingredients
that have been proven to control
uncomfortable scalp symptoms like itching,
flaking, irritation, and scaling.
If that is something that you are currently dealing with,
I would highly recommend prioritizing
this benefit category over anything else
and aiming to use a medicated shampoo
every single wash day until you're
Symptoms are under control.
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And then once those symptoms are under control,
you might be able to space the use
of your medicated shampoos out a little bit.
You might not need to use them every single wash
to keep that flare up from happening.
But if you feel like this is something
that you just like can't kick
and your symptoms are not going away,
it might be helpful for you to know
that research does suggest
that using a medicated shampoo
at least three times a week
is ideal for preventing flare ups.
When it comes to my recommendations for this category,
The only new product in this lineup is Neutrogena T-Sal Plus,
but it's comparable to what was
there before.
It used to be a different Neutrogena medicated shampoo
that also had 3% salicylic acid.
This is just their new and improved version
of that with additional scalp caring ingredients
added.
And I will also list a video below where I talk about
the differences between all of
these options if you need help deciding
and finding the best fit for you.
But of course, if you don't have any
of those scalp concerns that I listed off, you can
You can skip medicated shampoos altogether.
Okay, I know that that was a lot, oh my goodness,
but again, my hope in doing that is to give
you guys very specific recommendations
for the most common concerns that I see, and just
make it easier for you to figure out what you do and don't need.
And I will wrap up this discussion about shampoo
with my current approach.
So I still prioritize deep cleaning at least once a week,
but I usually end up deep cleaning
every wash, so three times a week.
I also prioritize using scalp health shampoos as often as possible.
So that also usually ends up being three times a week.
And then when it comes to shampoos
and the rest of those categories,
I just use them as needed.
That is what works best for me right now.
But if that doesn't work best for you,
please don't feel like you need to try
to force that same thing.
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I'm so sorry.
All right, after I have shampooed,
I am ready for step five,
which is a post-shampoo bond repair treatment.
And this is still something that I do about once a week.
And it really all kind of revolves around K-18
because I use K-18 about once every three-ish weeks, so on the
weeks when I am not using K-18,
I'll just reach for one of the other options that I have listed
here. But regardless of the specific treatment
that I'm using each week, I will always skip my
pre-shampoo treatments that day.
So I don't apply a pre, I don't apply a pre-shampoo oil treatment,
I just jump right in the shower and shampoo,
and then I am ready to apply a bond repair treatment.
In case it's helpful to see a visual.
of what that looks like every week,
I'll lay that out for you quickly here.
So wash day one would be a pre,
a pre-shampoo oil treatment, shampoo, no post-shampoo bond
repair treatment.
Wash day two would be no pre-shampoo treatments,
just jumping straight into shampoo and then
adding a post-shampoo bond repair treatment.
And then wash day three is the exact same as wash day one.
And then that wash day two will just alternate between either K18
or OGX, L'Oreal, or Olaplex.
18 week. I am still applying that the exact same way
that I have for several years now. So I start
with a deep cleaning shampoo.
I squeeze the excess water out of my hair with a towel. I apply K18.
I let it sit for four minutes
and then I'll usually add more water to my hair to make it easier to
apply conditioner or a hair mask.
I'm not like technically trying to rinse away the K18. So
that's why I say it that way. But you could think about it like
that if you want to, I guess. But
But I'm just rewetting my hair to apply
that conditioning product and then I'll
And then I'll let that sit for a few minutes and then rinse.
And that's often pretty much the same thing that I'll do with OGX,
L'Oreal, or Olaplex.
I guess I just don't towel dry
and instead I squeeze the water out with my hands.
But that is one approach that I will follow
with those kinds of treatments.
The other is something that I have started playing around
with a bit more recently and
I have been loving it.
I call it a bond repair sandwich because with this technique,
the bond repair treatment
is sandwiched in between shampoo.
Here's what I mean.
I start with the deep cleaning shampoo.
I squeeze the excess water out of my hair.
I apply either OGX, L'Oreal, or Olaplex after that.
Let it sit for three to 10 minutes,
depending on the treatment I'm using.
Then re-wet my hair if needed,
and use a strengthening shampoo after that.
Then I will rinse, use a conditioner or a hair mask,
rinse again, and then I'm done.
I talked about the reason for doing this
in a bit more detail in this video here,
but it's essentially a way to help to prevent
any sort of heaviness or weigh down
from these thicker cre-
creamier kinds of treatments.
So again, I'll use one of these bond repair treatments after shampoo
or sandwiched in between shampoo once a week
and then move on to step six after that. But if it is
a wash day that I'm not using a treatment like this,
then I will move straight from shampoo
into step six, which is conditioning.
Aside from a couple new products that I've added,
really nothing has changed about this step within the past year.
My rule with it, if you will,
is still the same and that is that I think it's very
It's very important to use
at least one conditioning product after shampoo every single wash day.
I know that for a lot of people that is just like a no-brainer,
but you'd be surprised
by the number of comments I've seen asking
if this is a skippable step, and my answer
to that is no.
I think it is so important for protection and length retention.
And the specific product that you use for this step
is totally up to personal preference.
There are a lot of options to choose
from that deliver really similar benefits, but
if there are different...
benefits that you're looking to get
from conditioning products, then you could definitely
use more than one in the same wash if you want to,
but you certainly don't have to. So an example of
that could be using L'Oreal Bond Repair Conditioner to get that repair,
but then following up with
the Kristin Ess Gloss to get super glossy, silky,
shiny results on top of that. That's really why I
have these products separated and listed in the way that I do,
not because you need to use every
Every single one of them, every single wash day.
I certainly don't do that.
I will.
Either pick one or two.
A lot of days I only use one.
Sometimes I'll use two.
It just depends on what I'm in the mood for
and the benefits that I am looking to get that day
and how I wanna style my hair.
So for my conditioner recommendations,
the changes here are the exact same changes
that I mentioned with strengthening shampoos
because these are all their conditioning counterparts.
Otherwise everything is the same.
Hair masks are exactly the same, no changes there.
And the only change for hair glosses
is that I have added that Kristin Ess gloss.
I keep wanting to call it the high shine gloss,
but it's the high gloss instant rinse, which
is confusing for my brain because
that doesn't really make sense, but nonetheless, it's an
amazing gloss.
Okay, so after picking a conditioning product,
letting that sit in my hair, rinsing, maybe
doing that a second time if I'm using
a second conditioning product after that, I'll do one
final rinse to make sure
that I don't have any product left over in my hair, and then
after that, I'm ready to get out of the shower
and move on to step seven.
And this is really the only brand.
brand new step in this routine in the sense
that it's truly incremental to what I was
doing before.
Like when I think about a scalp health shampoo,
yes, that is a new category or type of shampoo
that I wasn't using before,
but I'm still shampooing the same amount that I was before.
That was not a new step that I added
to my routine in the way that this is.
So step seven is now for leave on scalp serums.
I did not use to use a scalp serum before,
but I have been using them every single day
for over a year at this point.
And if you've been watching my videos,
Over the past year, then you have seen the scalp serum
and scalp health journey unfold firsthand, you do not need
to hear it all again, I have posted so many videos on this,
I just became obsessed with this category in the past year,
I did so much research, I got on so many calls with brands.
And that is what led me to making
this a permanent step in my haircare routine.
So I personally use Pantene and Neutrogena every single night.
But I also added a few other options here
if you don't want to use those ones. So I have
Derma Scalp Density Boost, Nioxin Hair Fall Defense,
and the Dr. Groot Scalp Barrier Boost Oil and Serum,
which is not an oil at all.
It just has these like micro oil
droplets suspended throughout the serum,
but it still feels very watery and very lightweight.
Like there's nothing oily about the feel of it.
I of course will list all of my scalp health related videos
in the description box below
if you want more information on all of these,
but I'm also going to list my nighttime scalp care routine
that I posted a couple of months ago now
through how I actually apply these
and kind of that step-by-step process
to make sure that I'm getting best results.
But if it is a wash day,
I will apply my scalp serum first thing
after getting out of the shower
and then move on to step eight.
Step eight is the third and final place
that you can use a bond repair treatment in this routine.
So it is for post wash bond repair treatments.
I do apply one of these every single wash day,
but you can definitely use them less frequently than that
if you want to, like you could do once a week,
Maybe twice a week or...
Or not at all, if you like using Bond Repair in other places instead.
I am just always going to be doing the most
with my hair because this is my job.
So what I have been doing is just alternating back
and forth between Living Proof and Pantene
with really no rhyme or reason,
just kind of all based on what I'm in the mood for using
because there are pros and cons to both.
With Living Proof, you have
to wait 10 minutes after applying it before using any other product,
but you don't have to do that with Pantene.
And because Pantene is a spray, it's a lot.
easier to evenly apply than Living Proof.
It's also a lot more weightless. I have
seen a lot of comments from you guys
that tried Living Proof, didn't love how
it made your hair feel,
but really loved Pantene because of how light it is.
Great, well, the leaf blowers are going by at the neighbors.
I'll reapply.
But I still really love Living Proof
and it is more apparent than Pantene.
So I continue to reach for it.
I just go back and forth
depending on what I'm in the mood for.
And then after that, I'm ready to move on to step nine,
which is leave-in conditioner and heat protection.
This is another step that hasn't really changed.
It's actually the third product
that I think is required on wash day.
I'm often asked that,
like if I could create the most minimal routine possible,
what would it be?
The answer is always shampoo.
A conditioner, a hair mask, and a leave-in
conditioning spray with heat protection.
So this is still a non-negotiable for me for conditioning,
softening, smoothing, detangling,
protection, of course.
And all of my recommendations are exactly the same,
with the exception of the Pantene
Deep Nourishing Cream to Mist that I co-created with them.
That actually just ended up replacing
the Not Your Mother's leave-in that was discontinued,
and I, of course, am obsessed with it.
And also obsessed with reading.
All of your comments and reviews about how
much you have fallen in love with this too.
I can't quite explain it,
but there is something very different about reading comments like
that about how much, you know,
people love your recommendations when it's a product that
you helped to create versus one that you didn't.
Like, obviously I see comments all
the time raving about products that I've recommended,
but every time I see a comment about this,
just talking about how amazing it's made your
hair feel, I'm like.
It's just so much more rewarding.
It really has been so cool. So I'm so excited to hear all of
that. If you haven't tried it yet, but you plan to,
please let me know what you think when you do.
It's the perfect addition to step nine, if I do say so myself.
And then after step nine,
I'm ready to move on to step 10. Step 10 is for styling.
And this is a step that is completely
optional, completely up to personal preference.
You can truly use any styling products that you
you want in any order that you want
in this routine. If you like using more
more than one you can do that too if you don't want
to use them at all you don't have to.
Styling is such a personal thing that really makes hair
so fun so please please do whatever
you want for this step but I do have some
of my favorite styling products listed here
if you need some suggestions.
I have talked about all of these products in previous videos so
To keep this video moving
because it's already getting to be very, very long,
I'll just link videos where I've reviewed them below
and we will move right along to step 11.
Step 11 is for what I like to call style sealers
because I kind of think about products like this
as products that help to seal in your style,
if you will, as the final step in your routine.
So if after using your leave-in spray
and any styling products that you're using,
You feel like you need a little bit more smoothing, softening.
Softening, shine, frizz taming,
you want to help to protect your hair a bit better, ease
detangling even more,
then that is when you can finish up with a serum, cream, or oil.
I definitely need to do more work on the serum
and cream category because so many of my affordable
recommendations for this step have been discontinued.
So these are kind of my remaining options,
which almost all happen to be high-end.
Which you guys know I do not love.
I mean, they're great products,
but I always try to include
affordable recommendations as well.
So I will continue trying more there,
but again, all of those are really great.
If you prefer to use an oil instead of a serum or cream,
then these are all of my recommendations,
which have not changed since I first posted this routine.
For me, this is another one of those steps
where it's like, sometimes I do it, sometimes I don't.
It just depends on what I'm in the mood for.
I do not have an absolute need for a hair oil.
Like I used to when my hair was more damaged,
but I do love using one to help to smooth
and add more shine.
So it just all depends,
but some wash days I don't use a style sealer at all.
So that is it for my pre-wash in wash.
Shower, I guess.
And then post-wash routine.
But there is one more step that I've added
to this routine that I call between-wash care,
and I specifically added it
for those that feel like they need one of these steps to
help to hold them over in between washes.
So the first part of that is conditioning,
and for those of you that feel like your hair
just starts to feel really dry or tangled
or just unmanageable in between washes, if
If that's the case, I would highly recommend
reconditioning with any of those stuff.
style sealers that we talked about.
It could be the same exact thing that you used on wash day.
It could be something else.
It's really up to personal preference, but a serum or an oil can go
a long way and helping to kind of restore some of those lost benefits.
Part two of step 12 is for heat protection.
So if you are somebody that often uses a straightener
or a curling iron in between washes, and you really want to make sure
that you're getting the most amount of heat protection possible,
then that is when you can use a dry aerosol heat protectant. Not
Not because any of the leave-in sprays
that I recommend don't have heat protection, because
they all do, but because
when we're applying heat protectants like that, our hair is wet
and naturally just more clumped together than it
is when our hair is dry, meaning it's just
easier to kind of like neglect strands in that application process.
So when our hair is dry,
you can definitely apply an additional heat protectant like one
of these that I have listed here to just make sure
that your hair is as evenly covered as
possible if you want to.
Obviously don't have to do this.
I don't do it every single time that I heat style my hair.
I try to, but sometimes I'm just too lazy.
But given the fact that I do heat style my hair quite often,
I try to make sure that I'm doing that as much as possible.
I also need more affordable recommendations here.
It drives me nuts that I don't have any,
but these were my top four
after I did my heat protectant showdown last summer.
I just wasn't obsessed with any of the affordable options
that I tried, unfortunately.
So hopefully we'll have some to add there in the future.
And the final part of this.
This between wash care step is for those of you
that want to refresh greasy roots in between
washes.
If that's the case, feel free to apply
a dry shampoo as long as it's not something that
you're using to constantly replace wash days
and you are still regularly shampooing with
a shampoo that actually properly cleans
and removes this buildup, I think it's totally fine.
And these are all of my current favorites,
which I have also talked about in recent videos,
especially the new additions. So the Living Proof Sheer Clean Mist,
Not Your Mother's Clean Freak Advanced, and L'Oreal Elvive Big Fresh.
I talked about all of those
in my last two favorites videos, I think.
I know that that was a lot to cover in one video and
that this is going to be super long, but again,
because I know that this is a routine that so
So many of you do now and a lot of you really want my recommendations.
I felt like it was important
to do a proper update where I walk through everything, talk
about what's changed, what's the same,
so that you guys just have the most current possible
version of this routine.
I hope that you found this helpful,
and if you want more information on really anything
that I talked about, check out my description box,
I'm gonna have tons of related videos
listed there.
You know it's your time to shine.
Finn has decided he does not want to join us.
Make sure to stay tuned for my next one,
that will not be up next week, I don't know exactly when I'll be back
because I do have some travel coming up for work.
You can find me on short form platforms in the meantime,
but then we will be back very soon, I promise.
And until then, I hope you have a great few weeks.

