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Deciding on a healthy hair regimen for you child in the beginning can be down right scary! Healthy hair doesn’t just happen, it’s the result of proper care and maintenance. But what if you don’t know where to begin when it comes to a routine for your child’s tresses? Don’t worry–a hair regimen doesn’t need to be complex or super expensive, but you should set aside some time to really develop a proper routine to keep your child’s hair as healthy as possible. Click through to see the steps your little one’s basic hair care regimen should include.

Natural Hair Kids Blog: 7 Steps For the Perfect Weekly Hair Regimen

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Shampoo
Shampooing your child’s hair and scalp is a must. Washing their hair once a week or once every two weeks is sufficient if their hair isn’t excessively dirty. Whether you use shampoo or prefer to do a co-wash, shampooing is just what your child’s hair needs to maintain ultimate hair health.

Some great natural hair shampoos for kids are:

• SheaMoisture Raw Shea Butter Moisture Retention Shampoo
• L’Oreal EverCreme Intense Nourishing Shampoo
• Creme of Nature Argan Oil Moisture & Shine Shampoo
• Free Your Mane Sulfate Free Hydrating Shampoo
• Carol’s Daughter Chocolat Smoothing Shampoo

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Detangling
Detangling is the most difficult step in the regimen because it can cause a little bit of discomfort for your child. Gently removing tangles from your child’s hair helps you retain length and helps you dodge those nasty single-strand knots.

After rinsing out the shampoo, apply a very generous amount of a cheap drug store conditioner on soaking wet hair. You can use your fingers or a tool such as a wide tooth comb, to make certain their hair is tangle-free. Detangle the hair and rinse out the conditioner completely.

Some great conditioners to use for detangling your child’s hair are:

• Tresemme Naturals Nourishing Moisture Conditioner
• Aussie Moist Conditioner
• VO5 Strawberries & Cream Conditioner
• Herbal Essences Hello Hydration Conditioner
• Garnier Fructis Haircare Hydra Recharge Fortifying Conditioner

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The LOC Method

• Leave-In Conditioner
  Applying a pH-balanced leave-in conditioner is important because it closes the cuticles of your hair shaft. This ensures that all the nutrients and moisture that you added during washing and conditioning don’t escape. It also leaves your child’s hair super soft and alleviates breakage due to dry hair.Some great leave-in conditioners to use in your child’s hair regimen are:
  • Mixed Chicks Leave-in Conditioner
  • Miss Jessie’s Leave-In Condish
  • Cantu Shea Butter Leave In Conditioning Repair Cream
  • As I Am Leave-In Conditioner
  • Carol’s Daughter Black Vanilla Leave-In Conditioner
• Oil
  Oil helps seal in moisture. Apply a thin layer of oil to your hair to help lock in the moisture. Common oils are coconut oil, extra virgin olive oil and Jamaican black castor oil.Some great oils to use in your child’s hair regimen are:
  • Darcy’s Botanicals Organic Coconut & Hibiscus Conditioning Oil
  • Curl Junkie Beauticurls Argan & Olive Oil Daily Hair Conditioner
  • Spectrum Naturals Organic Refined Coconut Oil
  • Sunny Isle Jamaican Black Castor Oil Extra Dark
• Cream
  Apply a butter-based, creamy moisturizer to your hair to seal that moisture in. Shea butter is PERFECT for this step!Some great cremes to use in your child’s hair regimen are:
  • SheaMoisture Raw Shea Butter infused with Frankincense & Myrrh
  • Cantu Shea Butter Grow Strong Strengthening Treatment
  • Bee Mine Bee Hold Curly Butter
  • Organix Smooth Hydration Argan Oil & Shea Butter Curl Enhancing Yogurt
  • Camille Rose Naturals Curlaide Moisture Butter

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Protective Style
Any hairstyle that protects the ends of your hair from breaking and over exposure to harsh elements is considered a protective style. Cornrows, braids, twists and the like are invaluable at growing out your child’s hair.

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Daily Moisture 
Adding moisture to your child’s hair in between washing is important. Depending on how dry their hair is, moisturizing it only once per day or even 3-4 times a week is perfectly fine. Moisturizing can be as simple as spritzing their hair with some water and applying oil afterwards or using a store-bought moisturizer.

Some great daily hair moisturizers to use in your child’s daily regimen are:
•Shea Moisture Curl Enhancing Smoothie
•Jane Carter Nourish and Shine
•CURLS Whipped Cream
•Miss Jessies Baby Buttercreme
•Africa’s Best Kid’s Organics Hair Nutrition

Nightly Protection 

No regimen is complete without nightly protection! Make sure your little one either wears a satin bonnet to bed or sleeps on a satin pillowcase. This will keep their hair moisturized and also prevent breakage. You can find satin bonnets and pillowcases at the beauty supply store.

Now, all of this knowledge does you no good if you aren’t consistent. With most parents, finding the time to do all of these steps is the main reason while hair doesn’t get the proper TLC that it needs. But, if you want your child’s hair to grow and be healthy, then you will have to MAKE time! Try setting up alerts on your phone to remind you that you need to deep condition their hair, or write them down in a day planner or online time management program. Most parents spend the weekend deep conditioning and protective styling so that there is enough time. Whatever you do, MAKE TIME! Your child, and their hair, will thank you for it.

A sample regimen may look like this:

Sunday: Shampoo, condition, deep condition, LOC method, protective style

Monday: Moisturizer

Tuesday: Moisturizer

Wednesday: Moisturizer

Thursday: Co-wash, moisturize

Friday: Moisturize

Saturday: Moisturize

For more great tips, visit Natural Hair Kids!

What’s your child’s daily, weekly or even monthly hair regimen?