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Our 4 Year Old’s Hair Care Routine

I keep her hair in a protective style for as long as possible. Here’s our routine.

Wash Day

With waist-length hair, I only do her hair when I absolutely need to, which happens to be every 6-8 weeks.

Honestly, both my daughter and I don’t mind the frizz, just after a month and a half, I feel pressure to redo it.

But I do not take her hair out. I wash her hair with her plaits or twists in. Which means my focus is on cleansing the scalp and keeping it healthy so that her hair continues to grow.

Co-Washing

In between washes, I wet her hair and apply conditioner as needed. I know her hair needs conditioner if it doesn’t feel soft.

Hair Take Down

The day after washing her hair, it should be fully air-dried.

I take one braid/twist out at a time. Fully detangle with a fine-tooth comb and retwist or braid.

Twists look better to me, but braids last longer.

Although I make sure we are both comfortable and fully entertained, this process of taking out and redoing her hair can take 2-3 days due to her moving a lot and me having to attend to our infant. Sometimes I do her hair while she is sleeping, but eventually stop, because her position affects how her hair lays. Meaning, it looks neater when she is sitting upright and I can braid/twist her hair down.

The longest it has taken to redo her hair was 8 days.

How about you? What's your 4 year old's hair care routine? Here's Our 7 year old's and 4 month old's hair routine.

Until next time.

Love thyself,