In this tutorial I take my friend Annisa's hair from dry, dull and tangled to hydrated, shiny and smooth. Follow this step-by-step video to create beautiful, bouncy, frizz-free curls with just four MoKnowsHair products!
Step 1: Apply Scalp Clarifier and massage through scalp.
It’s key ingredients, Salicylic Acid, Sea Kelp Extract and Indian Winter Cherry are going to gently exfoliate the follicles while increasing circulation for healthy hair growth. Using this treatment weekly will help reduce flaking and shedding and give your scalp the clean, pH balanced foundation it needs to be healthy.
Pro Tip: Add water and massage Scalp Clarifier through curls for deep cleanse. Fully clarifying your hair every 4-6 washes helps remove any left-over product build-up giving you a clean canvas to work from. Your hair will be able to receive and maintain moisture better and allow deep treatments to penetrate more fully.
Step 2: Apply Moisturizing Co-Wash from roots to ends and detangle.
The Moisturizing Co-Wash is a rich, creamy formula that has elements of a cleanser and conditioner with a lot of slip. This is going to be great for moments like this when you need a little extra help and for refreshing your hair between full washdays. It has Abyssinian oil to increase manageability and strength, avocado oil to reduce breakage and ylang ylang oil to reduce shedding and stimulate sebum production to promote a healthy scalp.
The FHI Heat UNbrush is made with DuoFlex Anti-Static Bristles that help it glide effortlessly through all hair types and levels of tangle without causing breakage. It’s very light weight, easy to clean and it really cuts down on detangling time. Use code moknowshair for additional 10% off.
Pro Tip: If you feel like your hair needs even more love, you can follow up with the Elasticity Restoring Treatment which is specifically formulated to repair the lipid barrier of your strands to help you retain more moisture and reduce frizz while strengthening.
Step 3: Apply Curl Primer throughout and evenly distribute.
This treatment helps detangle as it defines giving you protection during and after styling while priming your hair for beautiful results.
Textured hair is always on its way to being damaged no matter what you do because of all the bends in the strand making it more susceptible to breakage, so you have to exercise preventative care. This leave-in treatment is part of your hair’s "health care" in that way.
Like the Moisturizing Co-Wash, it has Abyssinian oil to increase shine and manageability. It also has grape seed oil to protect hair from pollution and UV radiation, and castor oil to boost scalp circulation and encourage healthy hair growth. The Curl Primer also has Silk Amino Acids to help repair your strands, so using this before styling is going to work in perfect tandem with the cleansing and conditioning you’ve done.
Step 4: Apply Smoothing Pudding on each section, brush it through to make sure it’s evenly coating the strands and install flexi-rods.
The Smoothing Pudding is a brand new formula that is rich, creamy and made to glide through and absorb into strands giving flexible hold. It has aloe leaf juice as it’s base to hydrate while it strengthens, meadowfoam seed oil to reduce moisture loss and create a smooth silky finish and mango seed butter to prevent moisture loss and improve elasticity.
It has a different hold, or cast system of ingredients than the first version to make it more forgiving with a flake-free finish. This multi-purpose styler is great for twist-outs, braid-outs, rod sets, wash-n-gos, bantu knots or even smoothing hair into a pony tail. It’s made to keep the moisture in your hair while holding style and resisting humidity.
Pro-Tip: Blotting away excess product as you style ensures it dries without clumps of product on the surface that can result in sticky residue or flaking.
My flexi rod set was achieved with Curl Primer + Styling Potion.
Step 5: Sit under hooded dryer or use softhood attachment + blow dryer.
After getting all the rods in, Annisa will sit under my ceramic oversized hooded dryer for 45 minutes then switch to a softhood attachment and FHI Heat Platform 2000 ceramic blow dryer to funnel heat under the back for another 15 to 20 minutes.
Step 6: Remove rods, separate and fluff!
We went from dry, dull and tangled to hydrated, shiny and smooth with just four products!
At night, pineapple and enclose with a bonnet or scarf if your hair is long enough, or just cover with a bonnet. You can bantu knot sections in the days after to maintain shape and reset the curls if they frizz, fall or sweat out.
I hope this gives you inspiration and assistance in achieving or improving your results. One washday at a time - discipline and consistency will get you the results you want!
