Your Result: Moisture

Your hair is asking for moisture

Your answers point to dry or brittle hair: it feels rough, tangles easily, and may snap when stretched. Moisture means water getting into the hair and staying there. Oils on their own do not add it, they only help lock it in, so the order of your routine matters as much as the products. Your plan is one wash day a week, with the same steps every time and a different treatment each week.

Every wash day (once a week)

1. Pre-poo, 15 to 30 minutes. On dry hair, apply conditioner or a light oil, focusing on your ends. This cuts down on tangles and breakage during the wash.
2. Shampoo. Use a gentle, moisturizing shampoo on your scalp and let the suds rinse through your lengths. Use a clarifying shampoo once a month, in week 1.
3. This week's treatment. See the 4-week rotation below.
4. Detangle in your conditioner. Work in 4 to 6 sections with your fingers or a wide-tooth comb, starting at the ends and working up to the roots.
5. Leave-in and seal. Apply a water-based leave-in to damp hair, then seal with a light oil. If your hair is very dry or coily, finish with a cream. Water first, oil last.
6. Style. Choose a low-manipulation style. Air-dry or sit under a hooded dryer, and keep blow-dryers and flat irons to a minimum.

Your 4-week treatment rotation

1. Week 1: Reset. Clarifying shampoo to clear buildup, then a moisture deep conditioner for 20 to 30 minutes with gentle heat from a hooded dryer, steamer or thermal cap.
2. Week 2: Hydrate. Moisturizing shampoo, then a moisture deep conditioner for 20 to 30 minutes with gentle heat.
3. Week 3: Hydrate and adjust. Moisturizing shampoo and a moisture deep conditioner with heat. If your hair feels mushy, gummy or overly stretchy when wet, use a light protein conditioner before your deep conditioner this week instead.
4. Week 4: Check in. Moisturizing shampoo and a moisture deep conditioner with heat. Is your hair softer and easier to detangle? Does it stretch a little before it breaks? Keep what is working and adjust what is not.

Then start again at week 1, so you clarify about once a month.

Between wash days

• Mist your hair with water or a water-based leave-in every 1 to 2 days, then seal your ends with a little oil.
• Sleep in a satin bonnet or on a satin pillowcase, and keep styles loose.
• Keep heat to a minimum. If you do use heat, always use a heat protectant.
• Do not stretch washes so long that product and scalp oil build up. Buildup makes hair feel dry even when it is not.

Common problems and fixes

• Products sit on top of my hair and feel greasy. Your hair may be low porosity, meaning the outer layer is tightly closed. Use lighter products, apply them to damp hair, and add gentle warmth when you deep condition so moisture can get in.
• My hair is dry again within a day. Your hair may be high porosity, meaning it absorbs water easily but loses it fast. Use richer creams, seal well, and avoid heat and harsh shampoos.
• It still feels dry after weeks of moisture. Hair that feels gummy or overly stretchy may need protein, not more moisture. Retake the quiz in a few weeks, or book a consultation.
• My ends stay dry no matter what. Split or damaged ends cannot hold moisture. A trim every 8 to 12 weeks keeps them healthy.

Our products for this routine

Made by Kamilah Lee Salon and used in our chairs.

• Restore shampoo: cleanses without stripping natural oils.
• Moisturize and restore conditioner: for your weekly deep condition.
• Moisture milk: a leave-in mist to re-moisturize between washes.
• Nourishing Oil: a very light oil to seal moisture in after your leave-in.

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This is general hair care guidance, not medical advice.