Hair Routine for High-Porosity, High-Volume, Medium-Textured 3A-3C Curls (HQR1-4)

And, here's your customized hair routine for treating, cleansing, conditioning, and styling your high porosity, high volume, medium-textured, Type 3 curly strands:

A TWA requires very little to no maintenance. Just make sure that you keep your hair hydrated with COILBAR Light-weight Hydrating Leave-In Liquid Conditioner or COILBAR Curl Revitalizing Spray or COILBAR Light-weight Moisturizing Curl Refresher.

A SHORT half-inch to 2-inch ‘do can easily be detangled with your fingers. If hair is very short, use palm of your hand to rub in circles to create texture. For slightly longer hair, twist around finger to create curls and coils.

With a MEDIUM 2-inch to 10-inch 'do you can detangle your hair with fingers and follow with a wide tooth comb. You should separate your hair into sections when washing and styling, and only need to use a quarter-sized amount of styling product per section.

A LONG, 10-inch plus, armpit to waist-length locks should be detangled in sections, first with your fingers followed by a wide-tooth comb. At the minimum you'll need to use two quarter-sized dollops of styling product per section. To preserve your 'do overnight you can use a scrunchie to pineapple hair.

STEP 1: PRE-POO TREATMENTS & DETANGLING

Protein Treatment: Once or twice a month apply COILBAR Dead Sea Mud Deep Conditioning Hair Mask Treatment or COILBAR Deep Conditioning Hair Mask.

Hot Oil Treatment: Once a week apply hot oil treatment with COILBAR Growth Oil.

Detangle: Apply a small amount of COILBAR Growth Oil to dry hair, or saturate your hair with water and then apply COILBAR Intense Hydrating Conditioner or COILBAR Detangling Conditioner. Detangle slowly and carefully, section by section, with your fingers or a wide-toothed comb. Loosely twist or clip each section with a duckbill clip as you complete it.

STEP 2: CLEANSING

Co-washing & clarifying: Use COILBAR Silkening Co-Wash, alternating with COILBAR Deep Moisturizing Shampoo.

STEP 3: CONDITIONING

Deep conditioning: Deep condition regularly (after every wash or once a week) with COILBAR Intense Hydrating Conditioner.

Conditioning treatments:
For lowering hair porosity: Once monthly use COILBAR Intensive Scalp Detox Treatment Masque followed by COILBAR Detangling Conditioner to smooth and coat the hair shaft and temporarily lower porosity. Do a final rinse with cool water to seal the cuticle. Leave conditioner in; you can even add more after rinsing.



For dry and dull hair ends: On occasion when hair ends look dry and dull use COILBAR Deep Moisture Conditioner or COILBAR Detoxifying Deep Conditioning Hair Mask.

STEP 4: PRODUCT COCKTAILING & STYLING

Use the LOC method to layer styling product properly and to extend the number of days without having to re-moisturize your curls.

Step 4a: Add moisture with a leave-in conditioner:
Either under the spray of a shower or a spray bottle, apply COILBAR Lightweight Cream Leave-In Conditioner onto soaking wet, shampooed or co-washed AND conditioned hair to provide hair with moisture.

Place a plastic cap over hair until you are ready to complete styling. Doing so will keep hair warm and well-saturated.


Step 4b: Seal in moisture with oil:
Then, apply a thin layer of COILBAR Growth Oil to your strands to ensure that the moisture remains near the hair shaft and to act as a protective layer to prevent losing the moisture to the atmosphere.

Step 4c: Define curls and provide light hold with cream / custard / pudding / butter:

For wash and gos apply COILBAR Daily Hair Moisturizer onto strands to seal in the moisture from step one and provide curls with definition and hold. 



For medium to high-manipulation styles such as twists, bantu knots, braids, etc., use COILBAR Light-Hold Twisting Hair Butter or COILBAR Flax Seed Gel-Cream Curl Definer or COILBAR Medium-Weight Medium-Hold Curl Defining Cream to protect it. 


Step 4d: Create a longer-lasting, strong hold with more definition with gel:
For wash and gos finish with COILBAR Medium-Hold Moisturizing Argan Oil Styling Gel or COILBAR Light-Weight Medium-Firm Hold Curl Gel or COILBAR Strong-Hold Curl Defining Custard. Follow with your preferred curl definition and styling technique (Praying Hands Method, Rake and Shake Method, etc.).

For medium to high-manipulation styles finish with COILBAR Medium-Hold Moisturizing Argan Oil Styling Gel or COILBAR Light-Weight Medium-Firm Hold Curl Gel or COILBAR Strong-Hold Curl Defining Custard. Follow with your preferred manipulation technique (twists, Bantu knots, braids, etc.).

PRO STYLING TIP — Test whether or not your gel of choice plays well with the other stylers in your hair by mixing the gel and a dab of each styler together. If the mix is clear and uniform then it’s good. But if the cocktail is not clear and uniform, then it may cause flaking or leave little white balls all over your hair.


Step 4e: After hair is COMPLETELY dry:
— For a wash and go: Apply COILBAR Hair Growth Oil to hands. Next, gently scrunch out the crunch or flip your head over and lightly pick out your roots after your hair is completely dry. Don’t touch your curls.

— For medium to high-manipulation styles such as twists, bantu knots, braids, etc.: Apply COILBAR Hair Growth Oil to your hands, then gently un-twist or un-braid your hair. Next, lightly pick out your roots.

STEP 5: MAINTAINING YOUR STYLE

Refreshing and moisturizing tired curls, late-day, second-day wash and gos, or slept-in styles: Spray into hair COILBAR Light-weight Hydrating Leave-In Liquid Conditioner or COILBAR Curl Revitalizing Spray or COILBAR Light-weight Moisturizing Curl Refresher to refresh second-day hair or frizzy curls, to keep hair feeling soft, and to perk up listless curls.



Spot treating: Spritz dry areas of hair with COILBAR Curl Revitalizing Spray. If your hair requires more moisture, apply a small amount of COILBAR Light-weight Hydrating Leave-In Liquid Conditioner. Gently massage the moisturizer into the dry sections of your hair. Then, scrunch or twist areas that have lost definition.