- You guys are always asking me for a haircare routine,
meaning you want to see me wash, condition,
everything I do post-shower, and then styling.
So, today we are gonna film the whole thing for you.
I've definitely been going to the gym this week.
I've been using product this week.
We have oil, we have grease, we have buildup,
and it's time for a wash.
So you can see what the hair looks like now.
And we are going to take you along for the ride.
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Hey everyone, I'm Mindy from Cute Girls Hairstyles.
Today I'm gonna show you guys my haircare routine.
You guys are always asking about this one,
specifically using all of my Hairitage by Mindy products.
Let's get to it!
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Okay, so the first thing I do when I hop
in the shower is wet my hair down, of course.
And then I grab my Outta My Hair shampoo.
And the co-wash is a little heavy most
of the time on my hair. So I prefer Outta My Hair.
And I just take a couple pumps.
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And then I put it in the top of my hair.
And always when you start with shampoo,
you wanna work it into the top of your hair first,
not the root of your hair.
You wanna work it, or not the ends of your hair; excuse me.
You wanna work it into the root of your hair.
And if your hair is like mine,
and I usually go four or five days between washes
so I have a good amount of buildup
of product in my hair that you'll see
that this isn't super lathery this first time.
Pro-tip is to wash twice.
I kind of run it once like this,
just get it going, and then I'll flick the water back on
and rinse it a little bit, and then I'll do it again.
Let me rinse it and you'll see the difference.
If you wash your hair everyday,
this might not be a big one for you.
But for those of us that go a few days, this is important.
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So I'll do it again.
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The same thing.
And you'll see the difference immediately.
And another pro-tip is a lot of people forget this part
of their scalp and hair
and they just only do this top section like this.
So make sure you're dragging that shampoo
all the way through and you can see
what a huge difference that makes
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And I'm using the pads of my fingers,
not my nails, to do this.
Once you get the lather up into your hair,
then I just kind of drag that down
to the ends of my hair as well.
And just whatever's leftover goes through the ends.
And then I rinse.
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So this is where I would use the apple cider vinegar rinse,
the Apple a Day if I were going to use it.
I only use it like roughly once a month on my hair.
Once every six weeks I can even get away with.
So what I do is just try to remember
when I go to get my gray roots covered
that I wash my hair with this just before
and kind of cleanse my scalp.
Then I go get my hair colored.
Just 'cause it keeps me on schedule.
But I just had it done.
So I do not need to use this right now.
You can use this up to once a week depending
on your scalp and how much dandruff
and things like that that you have going on with your scalp.
But I wouldn't recommend more than that.
Also I have a video explaining all
about how to use the apple cider vinegar rinse.
You can find it by clicking up here
and let's get onto the next step.
Okay so here's a little trick with your conditioner.
Before I put my conditioner on,
I take my hair and just gently squeeze
as much water out of it as possible.
So if you have a ton of water in your hair,
it's just gonna dilute your conditioner.
And I want my conditioner to go on thick
so that it really absorbs and moisturizes my hair.
So I'm using the S.O.S. conditioner.
I can use any of the three conditioners.
If I want really silky smooth hair,
I'm gonna use Tame the Mane.
If I want something that's gonna give me tons
of movement and volume, I would try Held High.
S.O.S. is what I typically use
on a daily basis because it's deep moisture and repair.
And because my hair is color-treated,
that's what I'm looking for the most often.
So I'm gonna take a couple pumps of the conditioner.
And the opposite of shampoo, you start at your ends
before you go up to your roots.
So I start at my ends and immediately
when I place it into my ends, I start running my fingers
through it like this and doing a basic finger comb.
So I'm running,
I'm smoothing that conditioner all throughout.
And you're gonna notice I start pulling my shed
out in the process too as I'm de-tangling.
And then I just slowly work it up.
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And then I do the same thing and massage it into my roots.
And I really work my scalp over.
And just continue to finger comb like this.
Switch to the other side and do it.
And when I've got the predominant amount
of finger combing done, I usually take a comb.
Now you can use a wet toothbrush.
You can use a wide-tooth comb.
You can use a very fine-tooth comb
if your hair, if it will go through your hair.
Completely up to your curl pattern.
So for me, I can go ahead and use a fine-tooth comb.
And I comb the conditioner through my hair.
This is just gonna give your hair extra moisturizing
and conditioning because now we're making sure
that conditioner is working
through every single strand of hair.
And usually your combs will run
through really pretty smoothly
'cause you have a bunch of moisturizer in your hair.
So when I get it all combed through,
I twist my hair back.
You can use an elastic.
You can put a shower cap on if you want.
And then I let my hair sit with the conditioner on
while I shave my legs, I shave my armpits,
I wash my body, anything like that,
and then I rinse after about five minutes.
And when your hair has been sitting for a few minutes,
then you just rinse it out.
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Okay you guys, Mask-Querade.
So I use this several different ways.
Sometimes I use this as a true mask
where I do it after my conditioner.
I put it through my hair, I let it sit
with a shower cap on, and then I rinse it again.
You can even sleep in it overnight
if you have damp hair, rinse it out the next morning
if you really want uber absorption
and a super, super yummy moisturizer in your hair.
This is probably how I use it most frequently is
that instead of the conditioner,
so instead of my S.O.S., I will switch
out maybe once a month and use this as my conditioner.
So I will just sub it out, use Mask-Querade,
let it sit while I'm in the shower,
and then rinse it out too.
On Paisley's hair, I use this solely as the conditioner.
So on my hair, that might be a little bit too heavy
to use every time, but on Paisley's,
her hair loves it 'cause it's got so much curl and texture.
Since I've already used S.O.S.,
I'm not gonna use this today.
My routine is pretty much done.
You can see like with my hair still conditioned like
how easily I can run my fingers through it.
It's super moisturized.
It's gonna be great for after styling.
Two quick call outs: number one you guys,
Outta My Hair works for all four hair types
from straight to really coily hair.
And then co-wash is designed specifically
for curly or coily hair.
Sometimes I see people using co-wash on straight hair
and then they're not getting exactly the results they want.
And it may be because it's just too heavy
for the texture of their hair and their curl pattern.
Also if you're using currently a shampoo
that has a sulfate or a phthalate in it,
your hair is used to being like stripped,
stripped, stripped.
So you're getting that super squeaky clean feel
in your hair, but it's actually really bad for your hair
because you're not only stripping
off the product and the buildup.
You're stripping off the good parts of your scalp.
You're stripping off the good, clean oils in your hair.
So switching to any shampoo that is now sulfate
or phthalate free, you may have a little bit different feel
to your hair to begin with.
And it might take your hair a couple weeks
to adjust to the clean formulas that you'll be working with.
So when I'm done showering, I always wrap my head
in a like a microfiber towel.
So that's what I did after my shower.
And then I take a wet brush and I just comb through.
And of course when you're combing
or brushing your hair, you always start at the ends.
And remember, I de-tangled a ton in the shower,
which makes it really easy for my brush
to glide through my hair, right?
'Cause I only have wavy hair.
If you had curlier hair or something,
you might experience something different than this.
But I can go through mine.
So I brush it out like this. (upbeat music)
When I'm done with that,
then I've been taking the Strength Training leave-in pudding
and I just put a little, tiny bit on my hands.
Like not a ton, it doesn't require a ton
for my hair because this is pretty thick
and I don't want it oil my ends like weigh 'em down.
I just want it to condition 'em a little.
I take my hair all the way around one shoulder
and I kind of do praying hands through it.
You can see I kind of go like this.
And then I do the same on this side.
And I'm going midshaft down and the last little thing I do,
the only place that I go up higher is right here.
And I just run same amount,
like just basically running my palms through it
right here on my face framing pieces
because they get the most dry because I use them.
They're the most damaged so that's why.
So you've conditioned it and if you use a conditioner,
it's gonna be nice and hydrated and moisturized.
But you need to seal it in with an oil.
So that's when I take the argan oil.
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And I do just a couple pumps again
because my hair doesn't require a ton.
So you can use more or less.
And I just kinda do the same thing.
I just hit same basic areas,
just kind of running my fingers lightly through it.
So none of the hair is getting completely soaked anywhere.
It's just gonna be really light.
And that's just sealing it up.
And just so you know, argan oil too acts
as a little bit of a heat protectant
when it's dried into your hair, which is great.
Now typically when I'm done with that,
I usually shower at night.
So this is happening all at night.
I just go to bed or I let my hair air dry
and the next morning my hair is mostly dry
'cause I prefer not to blow dry it.
Today, since we're in the middle of the day,
I am gonna blow dry it and then I'll jump back
to you guys and show you what else I do.
Okay guys so I have my hair all finished blow drying.
Blow dries pretty much straight.
If my ends looked dry at this point,
which maybe a tiny bit they still do,
so I would maybe put a tiny bit more oil through.
But if there it's looking good, then I just leave it be.
Normally when I'm air drying, I don't have that issue.
It's probably just 'cause I blow dried it.
So it puts more heat into the hair
that it dried it out a little bit more.
So now I'm going to style my hair.
To start my style, I always separate off the bottom layer.
Today I'm going to do spiral curls.
So I pull everything else out of the way
except that bottom layer.
Then I'm gonna take a little bit
of the Wiggle Room Hairitage hairspray.
And the nice thing about this is
it's a flexible hold hairspray.
You just barely need a tiny bit.
And this is really just to give my hair a little extra hold
when I put those curls in.
It's not a finishing hairspray.
It's like a flexible hold.
It's gonna still give your hair a lot of movement
and body, which is great.
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Okay so I curled all of my hair.
You guys saw me do that.
And then I just kind of run my fingers through it like this.
And if I find any pieces
that I don't feel like are quite perfect, I retouch them.
For product stuff, I then take my dry shampoo,
Lazy Day dry shampoo, and even on day one.
So here's the trick is that even on day one,
I put dry shampoo in because it's sitting
on my hair and then it helps absorb
as my hair starts getting oily.
So I take the dry shampoo and I just spray some a little bit
on the top like this and then I do kind of some part lines
and work down through my hair and this on both sides.
And then I do just a little bit right in the back.
So just right in the roots where you tend
to get the most oily.
And then I like extra volume in my hair as well.
So then I take the texturizing powder
and I tap it in like this.
And you can do the same thing.
You can lift your hair up if you need to.
And I especially do some right
in the back in the crown right here.
I like my hair kind of falling forward like this.
And you can see my curls.
And honestly, that's kind of pretty much it.
Now if I really wanted my hair to stay put,
I like my hair to have like a lot of movement.
And I like fiddle with my hair all day long
and flip it and stuff.
So I don't usually use a really hard hold hairspray
unless I am like doing a you know like a bun
or something that I want to stay put put.
If I wanted to do that, I would use a harder hairspray.
But for just everyday use, this is
why I love the Wiggle Room again.
And I might just take it and I might just do this
in the front and the best part
about that is it just kinda keeps my curls
from forming like one big curl.
It kinda helps to keep 'em separated a little.
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But it's also gonna help that curl,
just hold it a little bit.
And that's it you guys.
That's kind of the products I use and style.
And the next day, I would kind of do a similar thing.
I would just start out with some more dry shampoo
and a little more root texture powder if I needed it.
And that would pretty much make my day two hair.
So that's it!
Okay you guys, I hope that
that haircare routine was helpful for you guys.
I would love to know if your haircare routine is similar
or very different or what you guys do that works.
So leave me a comment below and let me know.
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Bye guys!
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